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In Conversation: Adriana Herrera Téllez and Willy Castellanos. Cuban Art News, 01.11.2012

On Cuban artists, their new art foundation, and Miami as “the kiss of death” This past year, the Miami-based Aluna Art Foundation was established by art historian and curator Guillermo “Willy” Castellanos and critic and curator Adriana Herrera, with the goal of raising the visibility for artists outside the mainstream. The Foundation’s first exhibition, After […]

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Después del Neo-Expresionismo. El Nuevo Herald, 01.12.2012

CARLOS M. LUIS/ESPECIAL/EL NUEVO HERALD La conocida distinción que Nietszche hiciera entre lo que él denominó lo dionisíaco y lo apolíneo, tuvo su momento de mejor definición cuando los expresionistas optaron por la primera a partir de los comienzos del siglo XX. En realidad ese espíritu se manifestó mucho antes y bajo diversas corrientes artísticas […]

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Barrio Workshop Artspace. Arte al Dia International, 01.17.2012

After Neo-expressionism – Miami by Eduard Reboll Five Miami-based Cuban artists aligned with the Neo-Expressionist tradition – Yovani Bauta, Frank Chinea Inguanzo, Carlos A. Díaz Barrios, Vicente Dopico-Lerner, and Ramón Lago − gathered together in a gallery that is deliberately marginal and warmly human: Barrio Workshop Artspace. The exhibition, curated by Willy Castellanos with support […]

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Interpretative Guided Tour: Weaving the Tension Between Nature and Urban Sprawl.

Interpretative Guided Tour: Weaving the Tension Between Nature and Urban Sprawl. Sunday, January 15, 2023 Alissa Alfonso, Sharon Berebichez, Nancy Billings, RemiJin Camping, Maritza Caneca, Mabelin Castellanos, Alex De Yavorsky, Jocelyn Flores, Amy Gelb, Isabel Infante, Jeanne Jaffe, Marlene Kohn, Oriana Lacau, Adriana Lo Mascolo, Aurora Molina, Vero Murphy, Juliana Navarro Torres, Cynthia Passavanti, Felisa Prieto, […]
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Unfolding Visions of Contemporary Mayan Art, a live lecture by Dr. Adriana Herrera in the context of the exhibition Tiempo Circular

The Aluna Art Foundation is proud to invite you to the live lecture “Unfolding Visions of Contemporary Mayan Art”, presented by Dr. Adriana Herrera in the context of the exhibition Tiempo Circular organized by Tanya Brillembourg Art with the support of the Guatemalan Consulate in Miami.
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Live Talk at Pinta Art Fair 2022 | Textile Art: Spinning the Political with Ancestral Practices

This PINTA TALK featuring fiber artist Pip Brant, Aurora Molina and Evelyn Politzer is moderated by Adriana Herrera PhD, cofounder of Aluna Art Foundation. They will discuss politically-charged fiber arts and ways of exploring the relationship between gender, history, and fiber ancestral traditions and its connection with contemporary textile art.
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Zoom Talk | Threading the City’s virtual panel discussion

The Circularity of Textile Time features art historian and Pre-Columbian Art experts Carol Damian, Ph.D., and Shelley Burian, Ph.D., moderated by Adriana Herrera, Ph.D. The discussion will explore the relationship between pre-Hispanic textiles and modern fiber art and examine the living presence of indigenous art not only in contemporary artists who are direct descendants of native peoples, but also in other Latin American artists, including some Miami artists who work with fiber.
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Florida Humanities and the National Endowments for the Humanities supports educational programing during Threading the City, a series of fiber art exhibits across Miami.

Florida Humanities awarded a Community Project Grant Award to Aluna Art Foundation for the public programming of Threading the City. Lead scholar Adriana Herrera, Ph.D., joins other invited scholars, including: Carol Damian, (…)
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