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PAST EXHIBITION

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Rites of Passage: Selections of Cuban Contemporary Photography

Curated by Aluna Curatorial Collective

Aluna Art Foundation and Focus Locus presented a thematic exhibition in this new edition of “Lima Photo 2015”, celebrated at the Centro de la Imagen (CI) of the Peruvian capital, between August 12th and 16th 2015.

Entitled “Rites of Passage: Selections of Cuban Contemporary Photography”, and curated by Aluna Curatorial Collective (Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos), the exhibition featured works by Juan Carlos Alom, Raúl Cañibano, Willy Castellanos, Javier Castro, Juan Si González, Cristóbal Herrera-Ulaskevich, Rogelio López Marín (Gory), Maritza Molina, Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui, Geandy Pavón, René Peña, Martha María Pérez Bravo, and Mabel Poblet.

Aluna Art Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to promote a wide range of dialogues and contemporary art practices, through projects developed from institutional collaboration and from the teamwork of curators, artists, and art professionals. The exhibition will help raise necessary funds to continue the work of both the foundation and participating artists. Focus Locus is an Aluna Curatorial Collective project for the diffusion of contemporary photography. Our Acknowledgements to Punctum (Mexico), for their collaboration in this event.

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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