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Ivelisse Rivera - Fundación Ismael Rivera
Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of Fundación Ismael Rivera, stops to take photos with 5th Bomba Research Conference Participants during their visit to the Foundation's home base, the preserved childhood home of Ismael Rivera.
Eugenia "Ivelisse" Rivera
Eugenia "Ivelisse" Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of Fundación Ismael Rivera, legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer, speaks with guests touring the foundation during the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Chair of Doña Margot
Chair of Doña Margot, full name Margarita Rivera García, on display at Fundación Ismael Rivera. Doña Margot was the mother of Ismael Rivera. A full biography of Doña Margot is available in spanish at: https://prpop.org/biografias/dona-margot/
Photo on Display at Fundación Ismael Rivera
Photo of musicians on display at Fundación Ismael Rivera.
Photo - Celia Cruz
Photo of Celia Cruz on display at Fundación Ismael Rivera.
On Display - Fundación Ismael Rivera
Items on display at Fundación Ismael Rivera.
5th Bomba Research Conference - Fundación Ismael Rivera
5th BRC participants visit Fundación Ismael Rivera, in the family home of Ismael Rivera.
Mural - Calle Calma
Mural seen on Calle Calma neighborhood walking tour of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Calle Calma Resident
A resident of Calle Calma who stopped to talk to participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Sculpture-Maelo
Close up of a sculpture in progress depicting the legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer Ismael Rivera also known as "Maelo" and "el sonero mayor"
Sculpture-Ismael Rivera
A sculpture in progress depicting the legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer Ismael Rivera also known as "Maelo" and "el sonero mayor", seen on the Calle Calma neighborhood tour on Day 1 of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Future Mural
Jorge Emmanuelli Náter shows the site of a future mural on Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where a mural dediacated to Ismael Rivera, had been vandalized earlier in the year.
5th Bomba Research Conference - Day 1, Santurce
Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference on Day 1 during the neighborhood walking tour of Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Raíces Cultural Exchange: 5th Bomba Research Conference
Raíces Cultural Center co-founder and Director Francisco G. Gómez taking notes at the 5th Bomba Research Conference neighborhood tour of Calle Calma.
Calle Ismael Rivera
Calle Ismael Rivera, also called Calle Calma, where the legenday singer and composer Ismael Rivera grew up.
Raíces Cultural Exchange: Calle Ismael Rivera
Raíces Cultural Center co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines at Calle Ismael Rivera (a.k.a. "Calle Calma") on day 1 of the 5th Bomba Research Conference in 2013.
5th Bomba Research Conference Participants
Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado with a group of participants at the 5th BRC.
Historic Site - Ruins
Ruins of the house at La Henriqueta, the site of the former Lind family sugarcane plantation in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.
La Henriqueta
The land where the former Lind family sugarcane plantation stood in Arroyo, Puerto Rico is now property of the electric company and there is no on-site indication of its historic significance. If not for events and programs like the 5th Bomba…
Historic Site - La Henriqueta, Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference on a historic site tour at the grounds of La Henriqueta.
Ruins
Ruins of the house of the enslaver at "La Henriqueta" in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. The ruins were still visible during the 5th Bomba Research Conference in 2013, but post-Hurricane María, the land is completely overgrown and the ruins have been reclaimed…
La Henriqueta
This land is where the former enslaver Eduardo Lind lived. It was once a sugar plantation called "La Henriqueta". This property was visited by the attendees of the 5th Bomba Research Conference as "an opportunity for site-specific learning where…
Excursion - 5th Bomba Research Conference
Attendees of the 5th BRC on the trolley provided by the Centro Cultural de Arroyo to tour the historic site of the Lind family plantation, "La Henriqueta".
Historic Site Tour
Attendees of the 5th BRC visited the ruins of La Henriqueta, thanks to the generous donation of a bus by the municipality of Arroyo. According to PROPA director Melanie Maldonado, "PROPA’s BRC first utilized these southern ruins in 2013 to create an…
At the 5th BRC
Conference attendee and supporter Kelly Archbold with Doña Ana Rodríguez, one of the panelists from the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th…