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Arts and Family Day: Family Bomba with Vejigante
Family participants in the vejigantes Arts and Family Day event got to try the instruments of bomba and plena and learn how to play a simple bomba rhythm together.
Arts and Family Day: Instruments of Bomba and Plena
Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez explaining the instruments used in the music of bomba and plena, which is the music most closely related to the tradition of the vejigantes.
Arts and Family Day: Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Program Flyer
Flyer for the February 2011 Arts and Family Day Program: Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Raíces Cultural Center hosts monthly Family Arts Days with:
-Storytelling
-Family Arts and Crafts
-Cultural Displays
-Slideshows and…
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Raíces Cultural Center hosts monthly Family Arts Days with:
-Storytelling
-Family Arts and Crafts
-Cultural Displays
-Slideshows and…
Arts and Family Day: Meeting the Vejigantes
At this Arts and Family Day event, participants got to learn about and meet los vejigantes de Puerto Rico in an interactive presentation and performance.
Arts and Family Day: My Sacred Self Program Flyer
Flyer for the March 2011 Arts and Family Day Program: Lembranças/Recollections.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Meet the artist Amy Garas as you explore her solo exhibit "Lembrancas: A Recollection". Participate in creating art with your children and families…
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Meet the artist Amy Garas as you explore her solo exhibit "Lembrancas: A Recollection". Participate in creating art with your children and families…
Arts and Family Day: Painting Vejigante Mask
Participants in this Arts and Family Day event had the opportunity to paint and take home their own miniature vejigante masks.
Arts and Family Day: Vejigante Coloring Activity
After hearing stories about Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico and making their own vejigante masks, participants colored vejigante costumes and masks and later put their artwork on display at the Raíces studio.
Arts and Family Day: Vejigante Crafts
After learning about the history of the vejigantes, families who participated in this Arts and Family Day event worked together on vejigante based crafts.
Arts and Family Day: Vejigante Mask Making
Arts and Family Day participant working on her own miniature vejigante mask.
Arts and Family Days: Spring 2011 Program Flyer
Flyer for spring 2011 series of Arts and Family Day Programs.
Artwork and Artifacts in Samuel Lind’s Studio
Paintings, statues, masks and sculptures in Samuel Lind’s home art studio. Every wall, corner and surface of the studio has art and artifacts on display.
Artwork by Amy Garas
Original painting with mixed media by artist Amy Garas.
Artwork from the Lembranças Collection
Painting by artist Amy Garas created for the Lembranças: A Recollection solo art exhibit.
Arugula
A bed of arugula growing in a raised bed at Plenitud PR.
As Word Got Around
Masikandoro becoming popular as word got around
Assembling the Vaka
Interns from The Okeanos Foundation construct the sea vaka model that would go on early display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series.
At Plaza Vivero Community Garden
Arriving at Plaza Vivero Community Garden
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…
At the Market
Trying to make a buck at the market.
Aumbao Wa Ori
Nicole Wines dances for the dead accompanied by the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble playing Aumbao Wa Ori.
Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead
The chants and the toques de batá for the dead performed by the Raíces Ensemble and guest artists in the Festival for the Dead are taken from the Lucumí/Ocha liturgy of Cuba.
Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead
The batá are the liturgical drums of Ocha. The rhythms and chants are used to praise, honor and call to the Orishas, or forces of nature.
Aya osi eleko - Toque de batá/chant for Obbá
Toque and chant for the orisha Obbá, keeper of the graves in the cemetary.
Ba and Mai
BaMike and MaiMike, our builder at his homestead.
Babies Of the Vision
The babies were part of the process they go everywhere with their mum.