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Pandeiro
A pandeiro is a hand-held frame drum used in the music of capoeira and other Brazilian musical genres such as samba, coco, chore and more.
Pandeiro
Hand frame drum used in capoeira and other Brazilian music forms. Pandeiros generally have a wooden rim with metal disks like a tambourine and a natural skin head.
Pan Flutes 3
Pan flutes 3
Pan Flutes
During his performance Pepe has his instruments on display. These are just a few of the many pan flutes in his collection. This instrument is a staple in Andean Music. Pepe sometimes plays two at a time.
Pan Flute and Drum
Pepe plays the pan flute and drum. Pepe calls the beating of the drum a "rythmic pattern" in which music can be added to create a song.
Paintings on Display - Water Is Life Group Art Show
Some of the paintings submitted to the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show starting to go up on the walls at 431 Raritan Ave. for the opening reception event.
Painting Submissions - Water Is Life
Some of the paintings submitted to the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show starting to go up on the walls at 431 Raritan Ave. for the opening reception event.
Painting by Amy Garas
Original painting by artist Amy Garas on display at the Lembranças solo exhibit.
Painting by Amy Garas
Original painting by artist Amy Garas.
Painting
Original painting by artist Amy Garas.
Pacific Islands on the Frontline of Climate Change
Flag reading "Pacific Islands on the frontline of climate change" which was integrated into the Okeanos model sea vaka. Islands are especially at risk to the effects of climate change.
Oyá Altar
Altar for Oyá built and painted by artist Amy Garas.
Owl
Ramapough Lenape Member Own giving a presentation on the history of the Lenape lands and modern struggles of Indigenous and First Nations people to have sovereign control of their lands and protection of the environment.
Owen Ingley and Francisco G. Gómez at Plenitud PR
Owen Ingley of Plenitud PR and Francisco G. Gómez of Raíces Cultural Center talking about the work, experiences, and needs of Plenitud post-Hurricane María.
Owen Ingley
Owen Ingley is a co-founder and director of Plenitud PR. Here Owen is greeting service learning program participants in the morning before planning out the day with the Plenitud crew.
Owen in his Superadobe Prototype
When Raíces first visited Plenitud PR in 2013, their first earth bag and superadobe house was under construction on their land. Arriving in the driving tropical rain, Owen still invited us to step into the earth bag house for our first time to see…
Outside Of the Kitchen
Outside of Mai Bare's kitchen.
Our Traditions
Showing off our traditions
Our Plastic World
Raíces EcoCulture Intern Kira Herzog visibly disappointed at how our community's disposable and single-use plastic ends up in our waterways.
Our Plastic Waters Opening Reception
The Our Plastic Waters solo exhibit featured artist Lisa Bagwell who crafts sculptures out of garbage that would otherwise end up in the landfill, or our waterways. This exhibit was part of the Water Is Life exhibit series held in Highland Park, NJ…
Our Plastic Waters Exhibit Attendees
Attendees of the Our Plastic Waters exhibit held at Blank Space Highland Park in October 2017.
Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Volunteers
Raíces Cultural Center director Francisco G. Gómez with a group of volunteers preparing to participate in a cleanup of a quarter mile stretch of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters cleanup and ecoart workshop in the Water Is Life…
Our Plastic Waters Eco-Art Workshop
During the eco-art workshop portion of the Our Plastic Waters program, volunteers and program participants created sculptures from the litter they collected and sorted during the clean up held earlier in the day.
Our Plastic Waters Eco-Art Workshop
Artist Lisa Bagwell works with Our Plastic Waters program participants to create forms for sculptures made from the garbage collected during the river clean up portion of the project.
Our Plastic Waters Clean Up
Artist Lisa Bagwell observing volunteers sorting garbage collected during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop. Once sorted, the usable materials would be turned into eco-art sculptures.