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PUERTO RICAN INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND ADVOCACY INC., STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
2/01/2012
MADAMAS Y TUN TUN
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1/02/2012
MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers
TUN-TUN: A MAGIC NIGHTThe Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc., in Collaboration with URI Feinstein Providence Campus and the International Gallery For Heritage and Culture present at the Annual Black History Month Exhibit and Events
MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers
at AFRICAN-AMERICAN: IDENTITY
Living on Both Sides of the Hyphen Exhibit
January 23–February 24
Reception:January 31, 2012 @ 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m.
The reception will include music by The Groovalottos, Yoruba 2 with Black Poems by Carlos Cruz, Lydia Perez with Bomba Music, and local spoken word performers.
URI Feinstein Providence Campus
1st and 2nd floor
80 Washington St., Providence, RI
MADAMA Exhibition, curated by the Puertorican Waleska Santiago, the Artist-Researcher in Latin American & Caribbean Art. This exhibition will be presented as part of the URI Providence Campus and International Gallery of Heritage and Culture sponsored AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: Identity, Living on Both Sides of the Hyphen exhibit and events. The exhibit will explore the notion of Cultural Identity(s) and the complex issues and the conflicts that surround the 'hyphen' e.g. Afro-American, Afro-Asian, Afro-Caribbean (Puerto Rico,
Cuba, Republica Dominicana, Haiti), Afro-Latino, Afro-Native including experiences of those who find that they must balance their inclusion in multiple ethnic cultures, those who find they must choose identification in one of their cultural identities and those who experience exclusion from both sides of the hyphen.
The URI exhibit will include artwork in all media from more than fifty local professional and community based artists such as: Gregorio Aleman, Sharon Armour, Isabel Baez, Tyna Braxton, Marlene Britto, Tallibah and Carlos Cabral, Tamara Diaz, Felix Diclo, Kim Ellery, Manuel Fernando, George Garcia, Stephen Gross, Jerock, Evangelista Jimenez, Todd Jones,
Victor Justo, Nixon Ledger, Leonard Lentini, Titilola O. Martins, Cindy Taylor Meeks, Donna Mitchell, Munir Mohammed, Onna Moniz John, James Montford and his class project, Carole Moody, Peaceable Kingdom, Lydia Perez, Hannah Ressiger, Gaddier Rosario, Basma Samira, Waleska Santiago, Brittanny Tayor, Simone Spruce Torres, Anita Trezvant, Daniel Walker,Penny Gamble. 
MADAMAS Women, Madonnas, and Mothers is founded by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
10/28/2011
9/16/2011
El compartir Navideño de Gaddier Fine Arts
Christmas of Gaddier Fine Arts Studio was a gift for all of us. It's an extraordinary collaboration among artist from Springfield, Holyoke, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
El compartir Navideño de Gaddier Estudio en Finas Artes fue un regalo para todos nosotros. Fue una extraordinaria colaboración entre artistas de Springfield, Holyoke, Rhode Island, Connecticut, y Massachusetts.
Holyoke, MA: Nos congregamos para poder tener un compartir navideño con Bomba Puertorriqueña, Música Jibara, Villancicos y parranda en el estudio de Gaddier Rosario. Fuimos convocado por Gaddy, asi le llamo yo y allí fuimos a parar. Comenzó la navidad y es tiempo de confraternizar y dar gracias al todopoderoso por un año mas de vida y aún mas, vida compartidas con seres extraordinarios. Entre hermanos, familiares, artistas y hermosas pinturas pasamos una noche divina donde todos colaboramos para ser posible unos de los sueños de un gran PINTOR, fotógrafo y amigo. Tengo la certeza que esa maravillosa noche haya tocado al pintor para que en algún momento plasme en un lienzo toda la energía vivida.
La Bomba me tocó a mi y aquí esta un poquito de lo colectado. Cuando Gaddier venga con todo el montaje será para la historia.
Gracias Gaddy por invitarme hacer parte de tu equipo. Mi agradecimiento a los músicos Rene González(Repicador, Heshima Moja (Buleador), Ahmed González (Cua) y Lorena Garay (Maraca), todos ellos artistas de renombre Nacional e internacional que me acompañaron e improvisaron conmigo este regalo navideño, mas bien esta negricia Borinqueña... BOMBA EH...
Rene se especializa en Turbadora, Bajo electrónico y batá; Heshima es un gran compositor, arreglista, bajista y cantante; Ahmed hace magia con la Flauta y Lorena es la Diva en Guitarra clásica y Cuatro Puertorriqueños. Un honor contar siempre con ellos. Espero que esta noche se repita por siempre.
Esta ejecución fue improvisional. O sea nada de ensayo. Su ejecución fue con buenas vibras y emociones parpantes...al instante....
Video de:
Gaddier Fine Arts Studio
http://www.gaddier.com/
12 de diciembre del 2010
9/16/2010
BOMBA , AFRICA AND TEATRO VIDA AT CITYSTAGE, Springfield, MA
This video shows the end of Rumors of a New Day, amazing YOUTH THEATER, written and directed by: Magdalena Gomez. Ms. Gomez is a National Endowment for the Arts Master Artist, by Pregones Theater of NYC, and Co-Founder of Teatro Vida. Teatro Vida received the prestigious Arts/Learning 2010 Outstanding arts collaborative on the Field of theater award. More about her: WWW.latinapoet.net. or WWW.Teatrovida.com
Artists on stage: Bomba Dancers: Lydia Perez, an international artist from RI, Brendaliz Cepeda, daughter of Roberto Cepeda of the international Cepeda Family from PR., international Senagal dancer and musician: Afdul and Wally. A well knows and international musician from New England and NYC: Ahmed Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, Jesus Pagan, Victor "Papo" Sterling Duprey , Taylor Ho Bynum, Heshima Moja and Rey Natar. The artists on stage and screen come to us from: Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Northampton, Amherst, Hartford, New Haven, Rhode Island, South Norwalk and NYC. Teatro Vida of Springfield, MA works in Partnership with the Puerto Rican Institute for the Arts of Rhode Island.
8/22/2010
LA COMPARSA DEL MAJA
La Comparsa del Maja...
(videos) 2:30
Music by JUAN BORIA,El Faraón y Declamador del Verso Negro
The Masks and outfill used by Yoruba 2 in Performing Arts.
Las vestimentas y caretas que utiliza YORUBA 2 para la comparsa del Maja. La coreografía es montada con música en vivo de bomba o plena y es tocada y bailada por los estudiantes o la audiencia con el apoyo de miembros de Yoruba2.
Sponsored by PRIAA
3/06/2010
Lydia Yoruba 2: HER WORK OF ARTS IN RHODE ISLAND
Lydia Perez – Born in San Juan, Capital of Puerto Rico, she grew up in the town of “La Central” or “Hoyo Mula de Canóvanas”. She graduated from the Inter-American University, Magna Cum Laude, in June of 1989, with a Bachelor's in Business Administration. Four months later, she and her husband decided to move to Attleboro, Massachusetts. A year later, her husband bought a house in Warwick, Rhode Island.
She has been living in Rhode Island for 21 years. Lydia lives with Wendell Rivera-Davila, her husband (retired from the Armed Forces), and her two daughters Yidell and Dorothy Rivera, all of them Members of Lydia's nationally acclaimed family group, Yoruba2. Lydia is a highly accomplished and dynamic performer. She presents traditional music, workshops and productions from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
In 1994, she and her husband founded Puertorriqueños Unidos, Inc., a non profit organization. In 2004, Puertorriqueños Unidos, Inc. changed it's name to the Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, or PRIAA, and became an outstanding organization with high expectations from the Puerto Rican, Latino, and Rhode Island societies.
As part of her Puerto Rican culture and identity, she began learning Afro-Puerto Rican Music and Dance (*Bomba) and other rhythms from the Caribbean when she was a little girl. Her mastery and dedication in those rhythms gave her the idea of bringing that knowledge to the Puerto Rican and Latino community. She started in 1994 with Plena music and one vegigante for one years before she introduced the Bomba music. In 1995 the first Bomba group of Puertorriqueños Unidos was Cuembe Dance group, coordinated by the Director of Arts and Culture of Puertorriqueños Unidos, Arlene Ayala.
In 1996, Lydia invited Mr. Carlos Cruz Cruz, a "proclaimer of black verse", director of the original "Yoruba" group in Puerto Rico, and Bomba artisan from Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, to her first Bomba and Plena activity as a non-profit organization in Rhode Island. He brought with him a Bomba drum and left it as a gift to Lydia with the condition that she continue to promote Bomba music and rhythms. Lydia's collection has since grown from one Bomba drum and a trio of "Panderetas de Plena" to eight drums and six sets of Panderetas. It was at this point she founded Yoruba 2 in honor of Carlos Cruz.
Her hard work and brilliant commitment to spread the music of Bomba and Plena everywhere earned her the name of Master and Ambassador for the “Bomba” Arts in Rhode Island. She has been working directly with the Puerto Rican community in "Fiesta de Pueblo" in Central Falls for eight consecutive years. She also has working with the arts curriculum education in local elementary, middle and high schools with caribbean history. She is an arts educator and artisan in regards in making traditional masks. With her multiple discipline in the arts, she assembled smaller “Bomba” groups with children and youths throughout the state..
She was volunteer worker as an artistic director for the Art section in American News, a New England newspaper. She documented her work and shared the outcome of success with the community.
She has worked with numerous non profit organizations, after school programs, galleries, museums, Department of Tourism, both in the State of Rhode Island and in Puerto Rico, and with the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño. She has taught at the Springfield School Department in the Explorations in Puerto Rican Culture from 2007 to 2009, during which her Caribbean Island Programs were a success. Lydia and Yoruba2 brings a variety of Puerto Rican and Caribbean culture to school, universities, and communities bringing to the public the authentic folklore of her beautiful island.
Lydia has received twenty-five individual awards, including the highest honor of Fellowship Award from the Rhode Island Foundation in 2002, and Fellowship Awards from the Rhode Island State Council of the Arts in 1998, 2000 and 2010. She has also won the 1999 and 2000 “American Tradition” Tourism Award, and travels internationally to spread her culture and keep it alive.
Ms. Lynne McCormack, director of Art, Culture & Tourism in Providence, said: “Lydia contributes to promote the advancement of cultural opportunity and economic prosperity for the City of Providence and its residents”. Lydia brings to Rhode Islanders energy, harmony, happiness, diversity and respect.
"Lydia is an extremely talented artist and ambassador for the AfroCaribbean culture. Her knowledge and ability to entertain while teaching is legendary” October 20, 2011 Pablo Rodriguez, MD, President and CEO, Women's Care.
“Lydia is a highly motivated, energetic, enthusiastic, innovative and dedicated artist/arts administrator. She has done a tremendous job of education, community outreach and promotion of Puerto Rican Culture in the region.” October 20, 2011; Steven Pennell,Coordinator Urban Arts and Culture, Univ. of Rhode Island.
"Lydia Perez brings a dynamic level of professionalism combined with deep creativity to all her work. She is a natural educator and a master dancer who enlivens others as she works" .October 26, 2011, Paddy Bowman, Director, Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education.
Groups brought to Rhode Island through PRIAA:
-The National Puerto Rican children group “La Rondalla de Puerto Rico”
-The National group of “Los Pleneros de la 21”
Sponsored by City of Providence
Giovanni Lugo y “Guarayson” Quarter
Sponsored by FirstKids
Groups brought to Rhode Island through PRIAA, in collaboration with the Puerto Rican Blackstone Valley Committee, Founder Olga Silva, Fiestas de Pueblos include:
-The International group of Jibaro, MAPEYE
-The International Master William Cepeda and AfroBoricua
-The International composer and Virtuoso player of “Cuatro Puertorriqueño” Jose Gonzalez
-Freddy Moreno Orchestra
-Roberto Cepeda and Jose Rivera accompanied by Yoruba 2
-Miguel Amestica and Los Plenerod del Coco
-Yujiké Group with Musica Folkorica de Puerto Rico
-Jorge Arce Grupo Humano
-Van Lester and Orchestra
Sponsored by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and New England for the Arts
In 1999, PRIAA in partnership with the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño and with the collaboration of The Rhode Island Foundation brought to Rhode Island the exhibition of “Past & Presents, Santos de Puerto Rico”.
Past & Present: Santos of Puerto Rico, a scultural exhibition that showcases a unique form of Puerto Rican art and culture-with traditions dating back to the sixteenth century, after the Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico. Thank to the efforts of the Puerto Rican Institute for Arts of Rhode Island and the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña of San Juan, Puerto Rico, more than 100 objects has been exhibited for the public throughout the state. Santos was presented at: Rhode Island Foundation, Providence Public Library in Providence, Warwick Art Museum, RI, and The Rhode Island Historical Society Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket, RI.
PRIAA has brought to Rhode Island artisans such as: Jesus and Margarita Torres (Fish Scale Jewelry); Master Jose Lazzu (Coconut Jewelry); Jesus Cepeda, Carlos Cruz Cruz and Juan Fuentes, Master and artisan of Bomba and Plenas Instruments; Norberto Martell Morales, Reinaldo Figueroa, Mabel Oquendo and Ángel Sánchez, makers of Vejigantes figurines and masks; and Tony and Adruey Ayala from “La Gubia Dorada” keep the tradition of Saint carving from Puerto Rico.
The contribution of Lydia Perez with FirstWorkKids' International Festival has brought to the City of Providence a great diversity and respect for the Puerto Rico culture. The National Puerto Rican children group “La Rondalla de Puerto Rico”, the “Guarayson” Quarter, and the International groups “Los Pleneros de la 21” and “Mapeye” are examples of high quality Puerto Rican music which has seen exposure in Downtown Providence.
The Puerto Rican Institute for the Arts and Advocacy Inc., has received from the Rhode Island Foundation the 2007 Award of Economic and Community Development Award as a fiscal agent for Latino Public Radio (LPR) to help further establish an important communication tool for the Latino communities in Rhode Island.
Lydia is member of National Association of Professional Women, Cambridge Who's Who, RISCA (Arts in Education) member, RI Foundation Non-Profit Organization Member and New England for the arts Member.
She was commissioner for eight years in the Warwick Affirmative Action Commission and four years with the RI Governor’s Hispanic Affairs commission.
Bomba Music with Yoruba 2
She has had performed in such prestigious venues as:
-Veteran Memorial Auditorium, (VMA), Providence
-Water Place Park, Downtown Providence
-International festival in Downtown, Providence
-Sound Seccion, Black Rep. , Downtown, Providence
-Brown University, Providence
-RISD (Farago Museum), Providence
-Providence Art Club
-Warwick Museum
-Providence Children Museum
-URI Feinstein Campus, Providence,
-URI Johnston campus
-Providence College
-First Night at the Convention Center, Downtown Providence
-Foxwoods Casino and Hotel, Massachusetts
-Tampa and Georgia Performing Arts
Lydia performance with others groups and Individual artists such as:
-Emmannuelli Bomba Jam -The Puerto Rican Culture Center, Orlando, Florida
-Jesus Cepeda and Juan Fuentes accompanied by Yoruba 2, Rhode Island
-Roberto Cepeda, Rhode Island
-Lorena Garay, Rhode Island
-Irene I-shea Shaikly, Rhode Island
-Magdalena Gomez, Teatro Vida, Springfield, MA
-Victor M. Sterling, Springfield, MA
-Obanilu Ire, Springfield, MA
-Heshima Moja and Ofrecimiento group, Springfield, MA
-Alex and Alma Moyo group, Bombazo, Segunda de la Quimbamba, New Jersey
-Cuba as a representation of Baile Folklorico Iglesia de Lukumi de los Orisha, Providence, RI.
Caribbean Island: is an educational program in which we are engaging children, youth and parents in our Caribbean tradition. We teach different form of rhythms with Traditional instruments, dance, Mask,costume,and poems. We work in partnership with professional Artist from differents antilles.
The Caribbean Island program ran into Exploration in Puerto Rican Culture Program. Exploration in Puerto Rican culture is a partnership between the Springfield Public School and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a Commonwealth of Massachusetts agency. The program is funded by an Arts Model Development and Dissemination Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
*Bomba is an African style of music and dance that flourished along the coastal region and sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, where a lead singer chants short vocal calls to which the group sings fixed responses. Meanwhile, the female or the male dancer enacts a flirtatious dance that includes extended improvisational dialogue between the lead drummer and the solo dancer.
**Vejigante: Mythical figures from town festivals in Loiza and Ponce, Puerto Rico.
More information:
http://afroyorubarican.blogspot.com/
http://matchbook.org/ArtistProfile1.aspx?ProfileId=611
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=49299876&trk=tab_pro
2/24/2010
2010 FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, FROM RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
2010 Fellowship Exhibition
The Artists Reception on February 12th was a fabulous event! 200 attendees enjoyed words of encouragement from Senator Walter Felag acknowledging the importance of the arts in Warren and throughout Rhode Island, a fantastic performance by Lydia Perez and her band Yoruba 2, great food and the company of amazing artists. And did we mention the gorgeous artwork in the gallery? People are also still talking about the wonderful Writers Night on February 19th, with about 90 attendees and captivating readings by RISCA's Fellowship Writers.
If you have not yet seen the Fellowship Exhibition, this week is your last chance and we have two more events to entice you:
Fellowship Film Night
Thursday, February 25th from 7pm - 9pm
The Fellowship Film Night will feature works by Film & Video Fellowship recipients Mike Stoltz and Lisa Young, as well as New Genres Fellowship Merit Award recipient Aaron Jungels, who also received a 2010 Project Grant award for his documentary film "Silas the Teenager". This is a unique opportunity to hear these artists discuss past and current film projects.
Closing Night Artists' Talk
Saturday, February 27th from 6:30 - 8 pm
Join us for an informal discussion and guided walk through the gallery with Fellowship Artists Jenine Bressner, Elizabeth Duffy, Joshua Enck, Maureen Keaveny, Irene Lawrence, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Alison Owen, and Traer Scott.
All events take place at Imago Gallery, 36 Market St in Warren, and are free and open to the public.
For more information email Cristina DiChiera cristina@arts.ri.gov
Location: IMAGO GALLERY, Warren, RI
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LA COMPARSA DEL MAJA EN PROVIDENCE
con "Birch Vocational Center"
Talleres de Bomba , Plena y otros Ritmos afro-Antillanos en "Birch Vocational Center"