PUERTO RICO: HISTORIA, HERENCIA, ARTE Y NACION

El Museo del Barrio Summer 2006 Free Community Tour Series With artist Yasmin Hernandez All tours are on Thursdays at 6 PM. Gather at gallery entrance… July 13 HISTORIA: A look into key moments in Puerto Rico’s history through selected artworks on view. July 20th HERENCIA: We already know of the Spanish elements in our culture. This tour will use selected artworks to celebrate and discuss the African and Taino heritage of the PUERTO RICAN. And then in August… August 3rd ARTE: Printmaking, plena, poetry of the Nuyorican School: This tour will focus on the incredible artistic traditions of Puerto Ricans. August 10th NACIÓN: From el Grito de Lares 1868, to the 1979 release of the Nationalist prisoners and the recent struggle to take back Vieques, this tour will focus on the affirmation of nationhood as seen in the exhibitions. Tours are based on the following exhibitions: Between the Lines: Text as Image. An Homage to Lorenzo Homar and the Reverend Pedro Pietri and… Hector Mendez Caratini: The Eye of Memory. Three Decades, 1974-2003 Also on view in the lobby: Yasmin Hernandez’s Soul Rebels installation on the Heckscher Theater doors. All Free Community Tours take place on Thursdays to coincide with El Museo’s Summer Nights Series Del son al reggaeton. All free music performances take place from 6:30-8:30. For more information visit www.elmuseo.org. *Please note: No Community Tour will be scheduled for the evening of Thursday, July 27th. Yasmin Hernandez, Visual Artist www.yasminhernandez.com