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Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century

SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS TO ACCOMPANY LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

In conjunction with the exhibition LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY (June 6 - September 7, 1993), The Museum of Modern Art is

presenting a series of special events, including symposia, readings, and

musical performances. The schedule is as follows:

Symposia Participants include artists in the exhibition, as well as scholars, curators, and critics from throughout the Americas.

June 7, 7:45 p.m. Artists' Panel Dore Ashton, moderator (panelists to be announced)

July 6, 6:30 p.m. (with El Museo del Barrio) The Artist as Activist Susanna Torruella Leval, moderator, with Josely Carvalho, Rafael Montanez Ortiz, Juan Sanchez, and Kukuli Velarde

July 13. 6:30 p.m. (with The Americas Society) Many Americas Robert Storr, moderator, with Guy Brett and Paolo Herkenhoff (additional panelists to be announced)

July 20, 6:30 p.m. Women's Movements in the Arts: A Dialogue Julia P. Herzberg, moderator, with Jean Franco, Ana Mae Barbosa, and Amalia Mesa-Baines

August 24. 6:30 p.m. Criticism: State of the Art in Latin America Mari Carmen Ramirez, moderator, with Thomas McEvilley, Gerardo Mosquera, and Luis Camnitzer

Tickets $10.00, members $8.00, students $6.00

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Readings, with The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Inc.

June 24, 7:00 p.m. Miguel Algarin, host, with Jimmy Santiago Baca, Amiri Baraka, Lois Griffith, and Pedro Pietri At The Museum of Modern Art

July 1, 9:00 p.m. Lois Griffith, host, with Trade Morris, Reggie Gaines, Edwin Torres, and Alma Villega with musician Fred Ho At The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East Third Street, New York

Tickets $12.00, members $10.00, students $8.00

Musical Performances

June 17, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Tito Puente's Latin Jazz Ensemble

July 15, 7:00 p.m. Craig Harris's Root Expansions in collaboration with Cyro Baptista, Juan Lazaro Mendolas, Gere Allen, Bobby Sanabria, Jose Santiago, and poets Sandra Maria Estevez and Sekou Sundiata

August 5, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Eddie Palmieri's Latin Jazz Orchestra

August 12, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Tom Ze's Hips of Tradition

August 19, 7:00 p.m. Raul Jaurena's New York Buenos Aires Connection

September 2, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Paquito D'Rivera Quintet

Tickets $12.00, members and students $10.00

Advance tickets Beginning June 6, tickets to all of the above events are available at the Museum's lobby information desk. All tickets may be used for entry to the exhibition at a later date.

Course

June 7, 9. 14, and 16, 6:15 - 8:15 p.m. Latin-American Presences: Latino Artists in the U.S., 1965-93 Fee $90.00, members $75.00; registration: 212/708-9795

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Brown Bag Lunch Lectures Weekday slide lectures for adult audiences in an informal setting. Participants are welcome to bring their lunches. All talks: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

June 14 and 18 Identity, Universality, and Other Fictions in Latin American Art

June 21 and 25 Modernist Abstraction in Latin America: A History of Their Own

July 5 and 9 From Carmen Miranda to Eva Peron: The Idea of the Latin American in Art and Popular Culture

July 12 and 16 The Political Impulse in Latin American Art: From Diego Rivera to Ana Mendieta

Admission $5 at the door. Enter the Edward John Noble Education Center, 18 West 54 Street.

For exhibition, events, and program information, call 212/708-9480.

LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, commissioned by the

Comisaria de la Ciudad de Sevilla para 1992 and organized under the auspices

of the Museum of Modern Art's International Council, is made possible by

grants from Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Cisneros; Banco Mercantil (Venezuela); Mr.

and Mrs. Eugenio Mendoza; Agnes Gund; The Rockefeller Foundation; Mrs. Amalia

Lacroze de Fortabat; Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller; the National Endowment

for the Arts; The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art; Consejo

Nacional de la Cultura y Galeria de Arte Nacional, Venezuela; and WXTV-Channel

41/Univision Television Group, Inc.

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For further information or photographic materials, please call the Department of Public Information, 212/708-9750.