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American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (AFLFC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has been building cultural bridges between the U.S. and Cuba since the year 2000 through exchange programs in the arts. Our unique partnership with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, a non-governmental, non-profit art and cultural organization in Havana, has allowed us to maintain exclusive ties to the vibrant art community of Cuba. AFLFC’s unique visual arts, film, dance and music initiatives deeply touch and transform the lives and careers of American and Cuban students, artists, art professionals and the general public, enabling them to interact with each other.AFLFC’s flagship project, Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY), annually premieres exceptional films from and about Cuba, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. For more information: AFLFC.org / HFFNY.com Message from Carole Rosenberg, founder and president, AFLFC Fifteen years ago, AFLFC was created to work together with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC), a non-governmental non- profit organization in Havana, and build cultural bridges between the U.S. and Cuba. Our exceptional educational exchange programs and projects in the arts have provided rewarding experiences for those who have joined me on this journey. We have witnessed the development of successful careers – the result of dedication, determination, training programs, and international opportunities offered by both foundations. And when we look back at the beginning, we are surprised at how much we have accomplished, often under difficult conditions.We never gave up and always found a way. To celebrate our 15th anniversary and the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba’s 20th anniversary, we thought to share the richness of Cuban culture with you. We invited some of our friends to partner with us and we created the Cuban Culture Festival New York to bring you a sampling of the latest in Cuban film, dance, music and the visual arts. Invite your friends to join you. Enjoy the performances, exhibitions and films, and participate in the conversations and discussions. You will have surprises and your experience will be amazing! Please share it with us. Sincerely, Carole Rosenberg AFRO LATIN JAZZ ALLIANCE (ALJA) afrolatinjazz.org AMERICAS SOCIETY as-coa.org BAM (BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC) BAM.org JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY jackshainman.com THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS bronxmuseum.org THE JOYCE THEATER joyce.org NATIONAL ARTS CLUB nationalartsclub.org American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (AFLFC) celebrates its 15th anniversary with Cuban Culture Festival NY, an exceptional multidisciplinary initiative that offers New Yorkers the latest in Cuban film, dance, music and visual arts throughout Spring 2015. This exciting program also honors our outstanding partnership with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC) as we continue building cultural bridges between the U.S. and Cuba through unique exchange programs in the arts. Cuban Festival NY is presented by AFLFC in collaboration with our renowned partner organizations Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA), Americas Society, BAM, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Jack Shainman Gallery, The Joyce Theater, and the National Arts Club. AFLFC.org/cubanfestny SHOWCASING THE LATEST IN CUBAN FILM, DANCE, MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS February - June 2015 4 West 43rd Street #304 New York, NY 10036 212.687.2146 / 628.3494 info@AFLFC.org • AFLFC.org Building cultural bridges between the United States and Cuba through exchange programs in the Arts AFLFC.org/cubanfestny
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American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (AFLFC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has been building cultural bridges between the U.S. and Cuba since the year 2000 through exchange programs in the arts. Our unique partnership with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, a non-governmental, non-profit art and cultural organization in Havana, has allowed us to maintain exclusive ties to the vibrant art community of Cuba. AFLFC’s unique visual arts, film, dance and music initiatives deeply touch and transform the lives and careers of American and Cuban students, artists, art professionals and the general public, enabling them to interact with each other. AFLFC’s flagship project, Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY), annually premieres exceptional films from and about Cuba, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. For more information:
AFLFC.org / HFFNY.com
Message from Carole Rosenberg, founder and president, AFLFC
Fifteen years ago, AFLFC was created to work together with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC), a non-governmental non-profit organization in Havana, and build cultural bridges between the U.S. and Cuba. Our exceptional educational exchange programs and projects in the arts have provided rewarding experiences for those who have joined me on this journey. We have witnessed the development of successful careers – the result of dedication, determination, training programs, and international opportunities offered by both foundations. And when we look back at the beginning, we are surprised at how much we have accomplished, often under difficult conditions. We never gave up and always found a way.
To celebrate our 15th anniversary and the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba’s 20th anniversary, we thought to share the richness of Cuban culture with you. We invited some of our friends to partner with us and we created the Cuban Culture Festival New York to bring you a sampling of the latest in Cuban film, dance, music and the visual arts.
Invite your friends to join you. Enjoy the performances, exhibitions and films, and participate in the conversations and discussions. You will have surprises and your experience will be amazing! Please share it with us.
Sincerely, Carole Rosenberg
AFRO LATIN JAZZ ALLIANCE (ALJA)afrolatinjazz.org
AMERICAS SOCIETYas-coa.org
BAM (BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC) BAM.org
JACK SHAINMAN GALLERYjackshainman.com
THE BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTSbronxmuseum.org
THE JOYCE THEATERjoyce.org
NATIONAL ARTS CLUBnationalartsclub.org
American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (AFLFC) celebrates its 15th anniversary with Cuban Culture Festival NY, an exceptional multidisciplinary initiative that offers New Yorkers the latest in Cuban film, dance, music and visual arts throughout Spring 2015. This exciting program also honors our outstanding partnership with the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (LFC) as we continue building cultural bridges between the U.S. and Cuba through unique exchange programs in the arts.
Cuban Festival NY is presented by AFLFC in collaboration with our renowned partner organizations Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA), Americas Society, BAM, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Jack Shainman Gallery, The Joyce Theater, and the National Arts Club.
AFLFC.org/cubanfestny
SHOWCASING THE LATEST IN CUBAN FILM, DANCE, MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTSFebruary - June 2015
4 West 43rd Street #304 New York, NY 10036212.687.2146 / 628.3494
[email protected] • AFLFC.org
Building cultural bridges between the United States and Cubathrough exchange programs in the Arts
AFLFC.org/cubanfestny
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Americas Society This rare solo recital by the exceptional young Cuban pianist Willanny Darias highlights works by a variety of famed international composers including Albeniz, Busoni, Debussy, Ginastera, Leon, and Schumann, displaying the outstanding wide range of this talented young performer.
Bronx Museum of the Arts Havana Film Festival New York’s annual free kick-off event features a screening of Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen, followed by a special music performance by Dayramir Gonzalez & Habana enTRANCE and spinning by DJ ASHO.
FEBRUARY
24 MARCH
3-8
The Joyce Theater Malpaso Dance Company, the young Cuban group that made its acclaimed U.S. debut last spring, returns to The Joyce Theater for an equally exciting engagement. The program includes the New York premiere of a new work by artistic director Osnel Delgado set to original music by GRAMMY award winner Arturo O’Farrill, performed live by his Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble. Also on the program is a new work by Trey McIntyre.
BAM Master Class at Mark Morris Dance CenterIn conjunction with Malpaso’s performace at the Joyce, BAM, with Mark Morris Dance Group, offers a master class for experienced and professional dancers with Malpaso’s artistic director Osnel Delgado on March 4 at Mark Morris Dance Center. Delgado will also lead a master class for students in BAM’s Dancing Into the Future after-school program on March 5.
MARCH
4-5
MARCH
27-28
MAY
1-2END OF
MAYTHROUGH
JUNE
BAMcinématek Golden 60s, presented in partnership with Havana Film Festival New York, showcases selected works produced by Cuban filmmakers in the wake of the Cuban revolution of 1959. During this period, with the help of the state-sponsored Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) filmmakers unleashed a stream of formally radical works crossing New Wave-inspired stylistic experimentation with politically charged subject matter that reflected the country’s massive social upheaval.
BAMcafé BAMcafe Live presents two evenings with Havana-based rapper and poet Telmary, one of the shining stars of the Cuban underground music movement, who has been able to use the genre as a means of expressing her ideas and communicating with young people in the island.
Havana Film Festival New York AFLFC’s 16th Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) showcases an exciting mix of premieres, audience hits, and award-winning films from Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinos working in the U.S.; as well as Q&As and panels with guest and local filmmakers, and receptions. Citywide venues include Americas Society, Directors Guild Theater, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU and School of Visual Arts Theater in Manhattan; and Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. HFFNY is thrilled to team up with BAM to bring Cuban archival films to Brooklyn audiences.
HFFNY.com
ArtOnCuba Launch at The National Arts ClubArtOnCuba magazine, a source of information on Cuban visual arts production, launches in New York at The National Arts Club. A glossy publication featuring Cuban art exhibitions worldwide, it also includes profiles of art collectors, curators and institutions involved in Cuban art.
Symphony Space The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance presents the North American premiere of GRAMMY award winner Arturo O’Farrill’s latest album, Cuba: The Conversation Continued. Led by O’Farrill, the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra performs his groundbreaking collaboration with today’s top Cuba-based composers and notable American artists that picked up the legacy of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo’s groundbreaking work in the 1940s, alongside special guests.
Jack Shainman Gallery A solo exhibition of Cuban conceptual artist Yoan Capote at its two gallery spaces in Chelsea will open at the end of May and run through June. Capote uses sculpture, painting, installation, photography and video to create analogies between the visual poetry of objects and the world of the mind.
MARCH
20-31
APRIL
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as-coa.org/events/concert-cuban-pianist-willanny-darias
Americas Society 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
joyce.org/performance/malpaso-dance-company-2
The Joyce Theater 175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011
BAM.org/CubanCulture
Mark Morris Center3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
nationalartsclub.org
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park S, New York, NY 10003
nationalartsclub.org
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park S, New York, NY 10003
afrolatinjazz.org
The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
jackshainman.com
Jack Shainman Gallery524 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
BAM.org/CubanCulture
BAM - 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
BAM.org/CubanCulture
BAM - 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
bronxmuseum.org/events/first-fridays-in-collaboration-with-havana-film-festival
The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10456
MARCH
27
The National Arts Club This exceptional exhibition, the first New York solo show by Cuban artist Carlos Quintana, is centered on four major colorful oil paintings and also includes watercolors and drawings.
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February - June 2015AFLFC.org/cubanfestny
