Murals Festival recap!
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El Festival del Murales en el Museo de las Américas resultó un éxito y estuvo lleno de actividades. Además de la presencia de los muralistas; con quienes charló el público, los asistentes pudieron visitar el mural subterráneo del AMA y darse un viajecito en autobús por los más importantes e icónicos murales hechos por latinos en la ciudad de Washington.
El publico se interesó mucho en los videos que Hola Cultura ha realizado en torno al tema del arte público y se fascinó con la tradición guatemalteca de las alfombras de aserrín. Así mismo disfrutamos de comida colombiana, música de Puerto Rico y la presencia de un público cautivado por las obras colgadas en las paredes del Museo de las Américas (AMA) que recibió a todos con los brazos abiertos.
Gracias en particular a la Oficina de la Alcaldesa para Asuntos Latinos, pero también gracias al público asistente, a los artistas participantes, a las otras organizaciones que se sumaron a este esfuerzo, a los directivos del AMA y también a los Interns y voluntarios que nos ayudaron a lograr que este evento fuera un éxito rotundo. Un abrazo a todos y lo mejor.
English
Thanks for helping to make the Murals Festival at the Art Museum of the Americas yesterday, July 14, 2019, such a big success!
It was standing room only for the community discussion with muralists Ligia Medina Williams; Luis Peralta Del Valle; Jose Piedra; Karla “Karlisma” Rodas-Israel; Carlos Arrien; Federico Frum, known as Mas Paz; and photographer Nancy Shia. Noel López moderated.
In addition to a great community conversation with some DC’s most talented muralist, festival goers visited the AMA’s underground mural or took a bus tour with Hola Cultura to see some of the most important and iconic murals made by Latinos in Washington, D.C., over the last half century.
There was also music from Puerto Rico in the garden and wonderful art on the walls of the museum, while a sawdust carpet took shape in real time.
Guatemalan artist Ubaldo Sánchez led a team supported by the nonprofit organization, Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas, that created a beautiful sawdust carpet in honor of the Mayan children who have died at the U.S. border. The audience was captivated by the skill and speed of their work, as the portrait took shape the museum’s garden by the early afternoon.
Musicians and singers from the Maryland-based nonprofit Cultura Plenera played the traditional Puerto Rican Plena music in the garden and led a procession through the museum’s galleries to the delight of the rest of the festival goers.
Hola Cultura’s webumentaries and video interviews with local artists were on view inside the museum and onboard the American University’s Humanities Truck in the parking lot. A.U. professor Dan Kerr and Maren Orchard, a graduate fellow, also spun dance tunes from our crowdsourced Spotify list and screened Hola Cultura videos during much of the afternoon, as the local company Majoh Gourmet sold delicious empanadas and other light fare.
Thanks to the audience, to the participating artists and the D.C. Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs for supporting this joined this effort between Hola Cultura and the Art Museum of the Americas. We’d also like to offer a big shout out to all the Hola Cultura interns and volunteers who helped us to make this event a resounding success. A big hug to all and best wishes!
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