The Latin American Art Museum presents “No Tengan Miedo” a solo exhibit by Miami artist Xavier Cortada CLICK TO VIEW GALLERY

EXHIBIT CALENDAR
On exhibit at Latin American Art Museum: January 12 -27, 2001

Grand Opening Reception
2206 SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho)
Miami, FL
on Friday January 12, 2001, 6:30 to 10 pm

Four Literary Events: Voces 1
Presented on-site at the museum by
St. Thomas University’s Felix Varela Center for Cuban Studies
on Janurary 16, 18, 23 and 25, 2001 at 8 pm

Little Havana Viernes Cultural Closing Reception
2206 SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho)
Miami, FL
on Friday January 26, 2001, 6:30 pm to 10 pm

VOCES 1

a poetry series presented by the
Felix Varela Center for Cuban Studies
at St. Thomas University

at the

Latin American Art Museum
2206 SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho)
Miami, FL

during
“No Tengan Miedo”
a solo exhibit by Miami artist
Xavier Cortada

Program Schedule:

January 16 – Presentation of the book cuaderno interrumpido by Alejandro Armengol presented by Soren Triff (Catalogo de Letras Cultural Review) and Olga Connor (El Nuevo Herald).

January 18 – Two Cuban Voices. Readings by Uva de Aragon (Florida International University) and Rita Martin (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill).

January 23 – La isla en su tinta. Presentation of the new anthology of Cuban poetry with Francisco Moran, Reina Maria Rodriguez, Pedro Marques de Armas, German Guerra, and Felix Lizarraga.

January 25 – Homenaje a Jose Marti: Poetas del Presidio Politico. Readings by former political prisoners honoring Cuban poet and patriot Jose Marti, featuring Angel Cuadra, Angel Pardo, and Jorge Valls. Moderated by Rosa Leonor Whitmarsh.

For more information, contact Juan Carlos Espinosa, (305) 474-6853 or at espinosa@stu.edu. Look for Voces (2) Cuban and Cuban-American Theater, in April 2001

For information on the art exhibit, click here.

This series is presented by the Felix Varela Center for Cuban Studies at St. Thomas University, Catálogo de Letras, the Latin American Art Museum and Bacardi-Martini, USA.

MEDIA

• ‘It Changed the Paradigm’: Miami artist explores legacy of papal visit to Cuba three years ago, by Tom Tracy. Published on February 11, 2001 as the cover story in Our Sunday Visitor.
• Fights of Fancy: Fresh artists are popping up around town and trying to shake the status quo, by Alfredo Triff. Published on January 25, 2001 in the Miami New Times.
• Xavier Cortada y el Latin American Art Museum, by Armando Alvarez Bravo. Published on Sunday, January 21, 2001, in El Nuevo Herald.
• Have No Fear: Miami artist explores papal visit to Cuba three years ago this month, by Tom Tracy. Published on January 18, 2001 in The Florida Catholic.
• Cuban visit changes artist’s soul, work, by Fabiola Santiago. –Published Saturday, January 13, 2001, in the Miami Herald.
• Abre sus sesiones el Centro Félix Varela de St. Thomas, by Olga Connor. Published on Wednesday, January 10, 2001, in El Nuevo Herald
• Press Release: Latin American Art Museum exhibit explores impact of Pope’s Visit to Cuba Three Years Ago