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Painting
Original painting by artist Amy Garas.
Oyá Altar
Altar for Oyá built and painted by artist Amy Garas.
Orixa Oyá
Painted altar for Oyá by artist Amy Garas
Orisha Art Show: With the Artists
Raíces Co-Directors Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines with the artists featured in the exhibit, Aja Washington and Joe Lentini
Orisha Art Show Cultural Display
Cultural and educational display at the Orisha Art Exhibit. The display includes the batá drums, and peripheral instruments used in Afro-Cuban music, an orisha Oyá doll, a handmade Eleguá, Orisha tiles and a an Orisha poster.
Original Painting by Amy Garas
Painting by artist Amy Garas.
Opening Reception - Lembranças
Attendees at the opening reception of Lembranças: A Recollection
Miniature Paintings at Lembranças
This series of miniature paintings was created as an accompaniment to the book "Words for a Wedding: A Dialogue Between Two Lovers" by Neil R. Selden.
Making Art at Family Arts Day-Day of the Dead
Participant in the Raícitas Youth Program and Family Arts and Culture Day working on his Day of the Dead skull. Family Arts and Culture Days provide participants with culturally based arts activities while teaching the stories and histories of a…
Lembranças Solo Exhibit
Artist Amy Garas speaks with attendees of the Lembranças solo exhibit at Raíces Cultural Center.
Lembranças Solo Exhibit
Selection of artwork from the Lembranças solo exhibit featuring original artwork by Amy Garas.
Lembranças - Opening Reception
Opening reception for Lembranças: A Recollection, a solo exhibit of original artwork by Amy Garas.
Learning percussion
Raíces Cultural Center provides arts and music education to the community. Here a student is learning the basics of Afro-Caribbean percussion with teacher and Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez
Kombucha Fermenting
Workshop participants learned how to care for kombucha and brew kombucha drinks.
Kennedy Center Cultural Exchange 2010-Bomba
Abdul (Uganda) and Nonie (India) adding their own flavors to the picoteos of bomba!
Interactive Painting
Attendee of the Lembranças solo exhibit working at the interactive art/mural station during the opening reception of the exhibit.
Interactive Art
Attendees of the Lembranças art exhibit had the opportunity to create and contribute artwork by participating in an interactive painting station.
How to Ferment Foods
The secret ingredients-water and salt.
Herbal Healing from the Island of Puerto Rico Ticket
Ticket for admission to the workshop “Herbal Healing from the Island of Puerto Rico”, the first in a series of herbal healing workshops presented by local herbalist Angela Lugo. This was the first program presented in the Raíces Natural Arts program…
Healing Lymes Naturally
Dan Farella discusses herbal protocols which can help those who suffer from Lymes disease, as well as educate participants on how to avoid, identify and remove ticks.
Hands On Fermenting
The workshop was hands on, participants made their own ferments out of organic vegetables to take home and enjoy.
Flags
Flags depicting the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro strung throughout Raíces Cultural Center for the opening reception of Lembranças: A Recollection, a solor art exhibit featuring the work of Amy Garas.
Festival for the Dead 1: Testimonials for the Ancestors & El Santísimo
The introduction to the production “Festival for the Dead”. The production began with a multimedia sequence projected with live music followed by interviews footage of community members explaining their own connections to the ancestors.
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Festival for the Dead 1: Testimonials for the Ancestors & El Santísimo
For many cultures, death has always been felt with such finality. There are those, however, that have maintained a reverence and veneration for those that came before them. The Raíces Cultural Center's 2011 production Festival for the Dead: Ancestral…
Fermenting Foods
Dan Farella explains the chemical process of fermentation.