Cuba Headlines has a piece on the artists’ trip to Madison and their exhibit in the DiRicci gallery.

An exhibiton of the Cuban art is underway in Wisconsin. It is about an exhibition of 25 pieces made by the Cuban artists Orestes Larios Zaak and Gregorio Perez, is exhibited until next 24 of November in Madison, capital city of the US state of Wisconsin.

The exhibition, made by these creators from the Cuban province of Camaguey, is held at the D´Ricci gallery, and includes oil paintings and wood sculptures about ecological topics.

Billed as Latin Music Fest 2, this year’s event will feature performances by local Latin music bands Mambo Blue, Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band and Grupo Candela. Also on the program will be the premiere of Madison’s first charanga group Charanga Agoza.

The performances will cover the musical spectrum of Latin jazz, mambo, chachacha, charanga, salsa and merengue, and it is being welcomed by listener-sponsored community radio WORT-FM.

Organized last year to raise funds for hurricane victims in the Caribbean, the Latin Music Fest attracted over 400 people to the Majestic, inspiring promoters to make…

Orestes Larios, María Ofelia and Gregorio Perez arrived on Nov 2.  Susan Kepecs writes a great piece in The Isthmus describing their visit, it’s significance and the their artwork.

Finally, here’s some change we can believe in. The U.S. blockade on Cuba is alive and well, but Obama’s given us wiggle room. For the first time since the start of W’s second term, Cuban artists can get visas to visit the States. Thanks to impressive efforts by the Madison-Camagüey Sister City Association, with support from Edgewood College, the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, and

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Warm thanks to Ricardo and MCSCA (my translation).

Mr. Ricardo Gonzalez,

President of the Madison-Camagüey Association.

The committee members have already declared II Annual International Video Art Festival of Camagüey event an undeniable reality — even before opening night.   We realized at the outset that our project would require the full backing of people and institutions.  We knew that  it was essential to have their good will and that they be fully prepared to engage in this project, which supports the dissemination of theory and practice of video arts in the province, the country and…

Meeting of Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – 7 PM
Sequoya Branch Public Library
Tokay at Midvale Boulevards – Madison, WI

A G E N D A

I.    Welcome and introductions.

II.   Cuban Artists in Madison/Celebrating Friendship:  Exhibit by Orestes Larios and Gregorio Escobar being held at DiRicci Gallery at Edgewood College, November 4-24.  Join us tonight in welcoming Orestes, his wife Maria Ofelia, and Gregorio to Madison.  Opening Reception on Friday, Nov. 6 from 5 to 7 PM.  See Press Release below.

III.    Wisconsin Medical Project Update: Group to travel November 14-21.

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