Visiting scholars from the Dominican Republic and a Houston Museum of Culture meeting
Mark Lacy
whirlwind few weeks in our museum campaign. It looks like the Houston
Museum of Culture will soon have a home (in a district with major
infrastructure support) and professional fundraising help. We have a
general information meeting about the museum on Saturday afternoon in
case you or others are interested to learn more.
We also have a folklorist and anthropologist from the Dominican
Republic in town this week. They will give a presentation at the
Houston Institute for Culture East End Studio Gallery on Thursday
night.
Houston Museum of Culture General Information Meeting
3-4:30pm, Saturday, March 24, 2012
McGovern-Stella Link Neighborhood Library
7405 Stella Link, Houston, Texas 77006
Please join us for a General Information Meeting about the Houston
Museum of Culture. Founders and advisors have an exciting opportunity
to move the museum timeline ahead by as much as two years. Many
critical decisions will be made in two to three weeks following this
meeting.
Future meetings:
6pm, Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
5300 Caroline, Houston, Texas 77004
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6pm, Thursday, May 10, 2012
Freed-Montrose Neighborhood Library
4100 Montrose, Houston, Texas 77006
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Carnival Connection (Film, Panel Discussion, Exhibit and More)
7pm, Thursday, March 22, 2012
Houston Institute for Culture
708-C Telephone Road
Houston, TX 77023
"Colores del Carnaval Dominicano" - Film by Ruben Duran and Donna
Pinnick followed by a Panel Discussion with Dr. Dagoberto Tejeda Ortiz
and Dr. Lynne Guitar.
Carnaval Popular Domincano - Photo Exhibit by Mariano Hernandez
Carnival Mask Making Demonstration by Melvin Marte
CARNIVAL CONNECTION explores the customs and historic relationships
between carnival traditions in the Caribbean, Latin America and the
Gulf Coast. In March 2012, Carnival Connection will present a series
of lectures, workshops, films, photography, and carnival costume and
mask exhibits in Houston, Texas, Port Arthur, Texas and New Orleans,
Louisiana. There will additionally be cultural exchange field trips,
and radio programs and interviews with carnival participants and
experts.
Carnival Connection is produced by Houston Institute for Culture with
the support of the Houston Museum of Culture, National Endowment for
the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Houston through
the Houston Arts Alliance.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
Dagoberto Tejeda Ortiz, Ph.D. has taught for 30 years at the
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and he is the director of the
Dominican Institute of Folklore. As the leading expert on carnival
traditions of Santo Domingo, he is widely published, including Los
carnavales del carnival, Calendario Folklórico Dominicano, and Atlas
folklórico de la República Dominicana.
Lynne Guitar, Ph.D. is Resident Director of the Council on
International Educational Exchange at PUCMM (Pontifica Universidad
Católica Madre y Maestra) in Santiago and one of the foremost
historians of the Dominican Republic. Dr. Guitar earned her Ph.D. from
Vanderbilt University while also being a Fulbright Fellow in the
Dominican Republic.
Mariano Hernández is a multiple award-winning Latin America carnaval
photographer who has had recent exhibits around the world including
Mexico, Chile, and Europe.
Melvin Marte is an award-winning carnaval mask maker in the Dominican Republic.
Learn more at:
http://www.houstonculture.org/