Art Blog - Hispanic Art Scene

The Associatio for Puerto Rican -- Hispanic Culture, Inc. Invites you to its annual concert of Puerto Rican Danzas. This concert, aptly named ALMA SUBLIME, coincides with El Mes De La Danza celebrated in the city of Ponce in homage to Puerto Rico's greatest 19th century composer JUAN MOREL CAMPOS (1857 -- 1896) whose Danzas found the heart of the Puerto Rican people. Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 2:pm, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, corner of 103rd Street, * The Museum of the City of New York suggests a small/voluntary donation * For more info please see link http://www.joseluisharp.com/concert.html http://www.joseluisharp.com/concert 1 comment

Hispanic Marathon Sunday in NYC. Pictured to the right are Dr. Elelis Pena (Politician Sato Domingo) Julio C. Nunez (Director of the Immigrant Lives Oral History Project) Dr. Arturo Alvarez (Owner of Poesia magazine and distinguished Journalist)and Jose Acosta (Artist & Journalist)at Museum of the City of New York. This past Sunday November 7, 2010 my wife and I had the privilege of visiting NYC to enjoy viewing the Marathoners running by Central Park and also visiting the newly renovated Museo del Barrio on 5th Ave and 104th Street. I have been a member of the Museum for many years but had not visited since the renovation. The New Museo del Barrio is great I like the architecture and the new spaces including the gift shop and cafeteria… Continue reading… 1 comment

Happy Birthday Peter Bloch Peter Bloch would have been 89 years old today but unfortunately he passed away on July 31, 2008. Peter Bloch will always be a great friend and mentor to me. I visited his grave this past Sunday and placed flowers there for him and said a prayer. It is more then two years since Peter Bloch passed away but he is always in my heart and I see his picture everyday in my studio. Peter Bloch was born in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) on October 19, 1921 and he grew up in Germany. He would later live in England, Switzerland and Belgium before he came to the United States in 1949. He became a United States citizen in 1955. Peter Bloch studied Hispanic history and culture since his youth… Continue reading… 4 comments

Exhibition of Puerto Rico and Venezuela Artists Pictured Antonio Perez Melero with Padre Diego Jaramillo. On June 21, 2010 I had the honor of attending the exhibition of Artists from Puerto Rico and Venezuela at the Venezuela Mission to the United Nations in New York City. The exhibition was beautifully presented and I enjoyed viewing all the sculptures and paintings on display. The Venezuelan Artists represented were Alicia Meza, Arnaldo Moncada, Ernesto Leon, Nejia Vivas, Guillermo Barreto, John Kelly Aguilera and my good friend Antonio Perez Melero. Antonio was born in Spain but has spent most of his life living in Venezuela and has art studios in Spain, Venezuela and New York… Continue reading… 3 comments

TRIBUTE TO PUERTO RICAN ARTIST JOSE CARABALLO Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1930, Jose Caraballo moved to New York with his parents at the age of 14. In 1947 Jose studied graphics and sculpture in a Greenwich Village workshop. That same year he had the good fortune to meet the great Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo at the Rufino Tamayo Studio at the Brooklyn Museum of Art where Rufino Tamayo was teaching art. Jose Caraballo exhibited paintings in 1950 in Chicago. He then exhibited at the Oller-Campeche-Gallery in Puerto Rico, Galleria II, Galleria Tito, Allen Rich Galleries, Duncan Galleries in Paris France, and many other Galleries throughout New York… Continue reading… 4 comments

Congratulations to Euterpe Magazine and Hernando Merchand. In the picture Elelis Pena ( Politician Dominican Republic ) Hernando Merchand ( Founder of Euterpe Magazine ) and Jose Acosta ( Journalist and Artist ) Hernando Merchand created Euterpe Magazine for the Performing Arts, Inc. 40 years ago in 1970. Euterpe magazine - production promotes Hispanic-American culture in all the arts. The 1st concert was at Carnegie Recital hall on May 3, 1970 with the legendary Puerto Rican pianist Genoveva de Artega. In that year they also started a series of 40 concerts at CAMI HALL… Continue reading… 0 comments

BLOCH --Peter, 86, died July 31, 2008 in New York City. Beloved friend, noted journalist and historian and fluent in four languages. Born in Frankfort, Germany he left in 1939 as a teenager and joined the underground in Belgium. He later was interned in Switzerland. He came to the U.S. in 1949 and became a citizen in 1955. He was the founder and President of the Association of Puerto Rican-Hispanic Culture. He was the U.S. Representative of the French Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of Isabella Catolica in 1969 by the Head of the Spanish State. Published in the New York Times on 8/3/2008 It was a great Honor to have met such a great man in the Arts. I knew him long before we met through his book Painting and Sculpture of the Puerto Ricans (1978)… Continue reading… 4 comments