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Americans for the Arts presents their
2012 Annual Convention
San Antonio, Texas
Register before the early-bird deadline, April 27, to save up to $175! Plus, register now and receive $50 off a second registration for a colleague.
The New Normal—we hear about it every day, but what does it mean to your organization? This June, join more than 1,100 arts and community leaders from across the nation to learn how your organization can adapt to the shifting economic climate, changing demographics, and prepare your community for the future. San Antonio is the ideal backdrop to experience how arts and culture can shape a community. From the city’s River Walk and historic museums to its ethnic diversity, you will see how the artistic practices and traditions of the past can merge with—and help redefine—the present and future. Dig deeper with colleagues during one of our focused preconferences, the Public Art Network Preconference or the Emerging Leaders Preconference, sponsored by American Express, June 7–8.

El Museo del Barrio presents
VOCES Y VISIONES: Gran Caribe
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Curator
Las Galerias, El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, New York, NY 10029
This exhibition features works that explore the vast diversity and complexity of the Caribbean basin, as an accompaniment to El Museo’s upcoming exhibition, Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, presented in collaboration with Studio Museum in Harlem and Queens Museum of Art. The Caribbean has been both a subject and a source for visual expression prior to its relationship with Europe. This history, marked by a constant flow of people, objects, ideas, and images into and out of the region, has affected artistic development and practices in the Caribbean basin as well as in its counterparts in the Diaspora. This installation of Permanent Collection objects takes a narrative approach to some of the themes developed in the larger exhibition, exploring the connections between personal experiences and visual expressions. The works seen here explore the human need to move from one place to another, the urge to make epic narratives from personal stories, and the desire to share one’s love for a homeland with others. As the title implies, the islands, the coastlines and the waters that unite them are all part of this study. The exhibition explores four related themes that focus on the connections between spirituality and daily life, the shifting of people into and out of urban spaces, the persistence of abstraction as a visual language, and the constant presence of the water. Among the featured works is a large-scale painting on hand-made paper by Puerto Rican artist Rossana Martinez. This work considers islands: small, golden, irregularly shaped forms that cover the rich cobalt blue of an endless sea. Other featured objects include a selection of Haitian paintings, featuring a work by Prefet Duffaut; Puerto Rican and Guatemalan masks; sculptures by Charles Juhasz -Alvarado and Federico Ruiz; photographs by Ana Mendieta and a trio of En Foco artists, Charles Biasiny Rivera, Roger Cabán and Felipe Dante; and a costume worn by Coco Fusco in a performance as Queen Isabella, created by Pepón Osorio.

December 20, 2011 —December 9, 2012

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library presents
Odetta — The Queen of Folk
Monday-Wednesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday-Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m to 5 p.m.
Folklife Gallery, Crandall Public Library, 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
Free to the public.
For more information, call 518-792-6508
This exhibition of original paintings, prints, and drawings by Stephen Alcorn celebrates the life and times of Odetta Holmes (1930–2008), and is occasioned by the publication of the critically acclaimed picture book titled Odetta—The Queen of Folk, conceived and illustrated by Stephen Alcorn; poem by Samantha Thornhill; and published by Scholastic Press. Produced by the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, this exhibition is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Arts Program, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

January 15, 2012 —June 15, 2012

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