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Learning the Cuá
A member of the group representing Aguada in the 5th Encuentro de Tambores takes time to teach Raíces co-founder and ensemble member Nicole Wines the pattern he plays to accompany the bomba strains. Each town and group has their own variations of…
Lembranças - Opening Reception
Opening reception for Lembranças: A Recollection, a solo exhibit of original artwork by Amy Garas.
Lembranças Solo Exhibit
Selection of artwork from the Lembranças solo exhibit featuring original artwork by Amy Garas.
Lembranças Solo Exhibit
Artist Amy Garas speaks with attendees of the Lembranças solo exhibit at Raíces Cultural Center.
Lembranças: A Recollection Art Exhibit Flyer
Flyer for a solo art exhibit “Lembranças - a Recollection” created and curated by Amy Garas.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Raices Cultural Center Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception – Saturday, February 26th, 2010
Exhibit Open February 26, 2010 – March 19,…
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Raices Cultural Center Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception – Saturday, February 26th, 2010
Exhibit Open February 26, 2010 – March 19,…
Levi's
Screenshot from Levi's commercial that featured a song written and recorded by Silent Knight.
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Then, breaking into a different side of the business, I finally landed my first commercial. I wrote…
Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:
"Then, breaking into a different side of the business, I finally landed my first commercial. I wrote…
Libation Ceramic pot
Ceramic libation vessel. This vessel can be used in a number of ways when performing ceremonies for the Orishas.
Lisa Bagwell - "Garbage Artist"
Artist and workshop leader Lisa Bagwell, who designs sculptures out of garbage, carries bags of litter collected during the Our Plastic Waters clean up out of the wooded areas along the Raritan River.
Lisa Bagwell - Making Art From Garbage
Artist Lisa Bagwell works on a fish sculpture made out of garbage collected from the banks of the Raritan River.
Listening
The men listening at Masikandoro.
Litter
Litter in Johnson Park, along the Raritan River waterfront, collected by volunteers during the Our Plastic Waters clean up and eco-art workshop.
Litter and Pollution
A human-created sustainability problem. The aftermath of some festivals in Puerto Rico mirror that of the US, with debris, litter and pollution created en masse and left behind for municipal workers to deal with. Not all of the litter will be found…
Litter from the Raritan River
Dozens of bags of litter were collected along a quarter mile stretch of riverfront during the Our Plastic Waters river cleanup. After sorting, some of the garbage found and collected was used to create eco-art sculptures to display during the Water…
Little Did We Know
Little did we know what can be achieved if we all tried our best
Livestreaming Water Is Life
Local resident Karlos Subverses recording interviews and reflections from some of the organizers of the Water Is Life initiative on a livestream of the opening reception event.
Living Art - Interviewing the Interviewer
Featured visiting artist Isaac Murdoch, whose doodles inspired the theme of the project, being interviewed by local resident Karlos Subverses, while in turn focusing his own camera on the interviewer and livestreaming the interview.
Living History - Panel of Elders
The speakers in the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) that participated in the 5th Bomba Research Conference ranged in age from 78 -…
Local and Visiting Guests
This exhibit series brought together local community members and visiting artists from around the US and Canada. Here a local Highland Park, NJ resident who stopped into the reception when passing by sits with visiting artist, Patsea Griffin and her…
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead
Looking Around the Rock
We were looking around the rock
Los caballeros
Citizens of Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico in a parade on the day of Santiago apostol.
Los Vejigantes
Raíces Cultural Center delivered an arts and culture residency about the history, music, song and dance of the vejigantes at the Greater Brunswick Charter School in 2009. This culminating assembly performance was part of the 2009 Raíces Production…
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico
Raícitas don’t just study the traditions of the Caribbean, they also share them with audiences in and around there community. These vejigantes are Raícitas student performers, sharing this cultural tradition from the Island of Puerto Rico with their…
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Bombazo
Bomba is community! Students from the audience were invited up to dance bomba before the drum with the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble.
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Dancing Bomba at the Greater Brunswick Charter School
As part of the 2009 Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico residency program, the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed the music, dance and song of bomba and plena at the Greater Brunswick Charter School. As in all bombazos, audience/community…