EL MUSEO'S HISTORY

Decade of Expansion

El Museo begins the decade by expanding its exhibitions, programs, and facilities, including the first renovation of El Museo’s galleries. The later half of the decade is marred by an investigation of El Museo’s fiscal management and the freezing El Museo’s funds, almost causing its closing. However, El Museo recovers after much of the staff work for free and its director is dismissed.

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1980

FEBRUARY

Graphics from the Permanent Collection of El Museo del Barrio is presented at the Jersey City CETA office.

MARCH 3–APRIL

Homage to Casa de las Americas, Cuba, including 56 works by graphic artists of 12 Latin American countries, is on view. It includes Rodolfo Abularach, Antonio H. Amaral, Lucy Angúlo, Humberto Aquino, Félix Arauz, Fernando Bedoya, Arnold Belkin, Nora Beltrán, Rafael Bogarín, José Bracamonte, Susana Campos, Delia del Carril, Irene Cárdenas, René Castro, Luis Chacón, Roberto Chao, Valentina Cruz, Juan Downey, Enrique Estrada, Antonio Frasconi, Cristina Gálvez, José Gamarra, Alfredo León Gil, Vita Giorgi, Juan Gómez-Quirós, Lionel Gongora, Mário Gruber, Luis Guevara Moreno, Rafael Hastings, Lorenzo Homar, Juan Manuel Lugo, Mateo Manaure, Roberto Matta, Francisco Mariotti, Antonio Martorell, Luis Molinari, Teresa Morán, Gontran G. Netto, Luis Felipe Noé, María Luisa Pacheco, Hernán Pazos, Regulo Pérez, Arthur Luiz Piza, José C. Ramos, Arturo Rivera, Herbert Rodríguez, José Rosa, Juan Salazar, Juan Sanín, Flavio Shiró, Enrique Tabara, Mario Toral, Gabriel Vargas, Gustavo Vejarano, Alfonso Villanueva, and Oswaldo Viteri. The exhibition is accompanied by a 6-page brochure.

MARCH 26

Board member George Aguirre helps Director Jack Agüeros and El Museo del Barrio purchase the firehouse for $16,000 from the City of New York with a grant from Consolidated Edison and the special advocacy of Vice President for Community and Government Relations, Edward W. Livingston, and City Councilman Robert Rodríguez. Aguirre’s leadership was also crucial to the growth of the permanent collection during this period.

MARCH 28

Teatro 4, a theater organization that spearheaded El Museo del Barrio’s renovations of the firehouse, opens their first production, Gimme Five, on the ground level.

MAY

Carlos Raquel Rivera,“con su permiso,” a retrospective of over 95 prints, drawings, and paintings opens. It is accompanied by a 28-page catalogue.

MAY–JUNE

Puerto Rico: Calor, 33 black and white photographs on heat-sensitive paper by John Betancourt, is on view.

MAY 16–JUNE 30

Comadres: A Collective Environmental Exhibit by Ten Women Artists, coordinated by Wanda María Quiñones, is on view. It includes works by Susan Ackoff Ortega, Nydza Bajandas, Marta León-Bonilla, Dori Collazo, Doris Cordero Ramirez, María Cortés, Maritza Dávila, Aurora Dias Jorgensen, Wanda María Quiñones, and Diana Rivera, and is accompanied by a 22-page catalogue.

JULY–SEPTEMBER

Fox and Intervale, Photographs by Perla de León, documenting a neighborhood in the South Bronx, is on view. It is accompanied by a 4-page brochure and is presented in the F-stop Gallery.

AUGUST

Art Across the Park, an outdoor sculpture project held in upper Central Park, including the works of 20 artists, concludes at El Museo del Barrio, where 3 artists’ works are installed in the Fifth Avenue Courtyard. The project is conceived by David Hammons and curated by Horace Brockington and Gylbert Coker.

AUGUST–SEPTEMBER

From Museo Rayo to Museo del Barrio presents prints by Omar Rayo, from the Permanent Collection of Museo Rayo (Roldanillo Valle, Colombia). It is accompanied by a 6-page brochure.

AUGUST–SEPTEMBER

Petroglifos de Boriquén, a portfoilio of 20 photographs by Héctor Méndez Caratini, is presented.

SEPTEMBER 26–NOVEMBER 21

Images of Panama/Portobelo II, photographs by Roger Cabán, is presented in the F-stop Gallery. It is accompanied by a 4-page brochure.

SEPTEMBER 26–NOVEMBER 21

Carteles de Navidad, 1950–1979, curated by Jacqueline Biaggi, Curator, El Museo del Barrio, presents over 50 posters created by DivEdCo, including Isabel Bernal, Rafael Delgado Castro, José Manuel Figueroa, Manuel Hernández Acevedo, Ismael Hidalgo, Lorenzo Homar, Antonio Maldonado, José Meléndez Contreras, Rodolfo Morciglio, Carlos Osorio, Max Quiñones, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Rafael Tufiño, and Eduardo Vera Cortés. It is accompanied by an 8-page brochure with a silkscreen by Antonio Maldonado.

NOVEMBER 20

El Museo del Barrio holds a ribboncutting ceremony, celebrating the purchase of the firehouse.

NOVEMBER

Untitled/Anonymous: Paintings by Colo, a one-person exhibition of almost 50 works, opens. It is accompanied by a 32-page catalogue.

Santos installation (Sarah McFadden, ”Going Places, Part I: Or Beyond Museum Row,” Art in America, February 1980, 68; photo by Steve Sloman).

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1981

El Museo joins the American Association of Museums.

FEBRUARY 27–MAY 22

Grand Central: Notes from the Underground presents photographs by Julio Nazario. The exhibition is accompanied by a 4-page brochure.

FEBRUARY 27–MAY

Images of Villarini, presenting 23 paintings by Pedro Villarini, is on view. It is acompanied by a 28-page catalogue.

MAY 29–AUGUST 31

Auto Retratos: A Photographic Exhibition, curated by Roger Cabán, and organized by El Museo del Barrio in association with Casa Aboy, is on view. It includes photographs by Adál, Ramón Aboy, Nydza Bajandas, John Bentancourt, Roger Cabán, Sylvia Arlene Calzada, Pablo Cambo, Alberto Caputo, Evelyn Collazo, Héctor M. Méndez Caratini, Jorge Ramos Caro, José Carrero, Linda Ferrer, René Gelpi, Frank Gimpaya, Alan Hirsh, Marco Kalisch, Ramón Korff, George Malavé, Frank X. Méndez, Antonio Mendoza, Eugene Merinov, Rafael Ramírez, Sandra Reus- Bewer, Charles Biansiny Rivera, Sofía Rivera, Lisl Steiner, Tony Vasquez, and María Vélez. The exhibition is accompanied by a 33-page catalogue and it is later presented at Casa Aboy, San Juan, Puerto Rico (September 25–October 31, 1981).

MAY 29–AUGUST 31

The Golden Age of Spain: Theatre and Period Dress, curated by Gladys Peña, includes prints from El Museo del Barrio, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library (NY); Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven); the Library of Congress (Washington DC); the British Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London). Accompanied by a 40-page catalogue, this celebration of art, drama and literature of 16th- and 17thcentury Spain commemorates the threehundred year anniversary of Spanish playwright Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s death, and is a collaboration between El Museo del Barrio, Ballet Hispanico and INTAR Hispanic American Theater.

JUNE 19, 20, 21

The National Latino Film & Video Festival is presented.

SEPTEMBER 1–OCTOBER 15

Silkscreen Posters by José Rosa is on view.

NOVEMBER 6, 1981– FEBRUARY 5, 1982

Marcos Dimas: The Voyager, curated by Gladys Peña, including 29 paintings, ink drawings, and mixedmedia assemblages, is on view. It is accompanied by a 34-page catalogue.

NOVEMBER 6, 1981– JANUARY 22, 1982

The Puerto Rican Diaspora: A Preview Exhibition of Photographs by Frank Espada is on view. It is accompanied by a 4-page brochure.

The Golden Age of Spain exhibition catalogue cover.

Octopus, an artists’ collaboration, organized by Papo Colo (photo Papo Colo: Will, Power & Desire, Painting Sculpture Drawing, Performance 1976–1986, New York: Exit Art and Rosa Esmar Gallery, 1986 ).

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1982

MARCH 12–MAY 14

Los Taínos: A Visual Tradition, curated by Gladys Peña, is presented. It includes works by José Aviles, Luis Cancel, Rafael Colon-Moráles, Marcos Dimas, Carlos Gonzalez-Ortiz, Matilde Perez de Silva, Wanda Maria Quiñoes, Jorge Soto Sanchez, and Nitza Tufiño, and is accompanied by a 27-page catalogue. MAY 7, 8, 9 The Second National Latino Film & Video Festival, coordinated by Lillian Jimenez, opens with a retrospective of works by Brazilian filmmaker, Helena Solberg-Ladd.

MAY 28–AUGUST 14

Myrna Báez: Diez Años de Gráfica y Pintura, 1971–1981, Jacqueline Biaggi, Curator, is on view. Báez’s first solo retrospective includes 29 graphics and 25 paintings, and is accompanied by a 30-page catalogue. The exhibition is later presented at the Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, MA) September–October 1982; and the Chase Manhattan Bank of Puerto Rico, December 1982.

SUMMER

Octopus, organized by Papo Colo, is presented in the Fifth Avenue courtyard of El Museo. This project hinges together 4 x 8 foot plywood sheets into a 140-foot long artists’ book that wraps around the patio in an enormous, standing accordion. Over 30 days, artists and poets create artwork “pages.” Participants include Vito Acconci, David Hammons, Ana Mendieta, Catalina Parra, Reverend Pedro Pietri, and Juan Sánchez, among others.

JULY 30–SEPTEMBER 30

Enrique Buenaventura: Drawings/Dibujos is on view.

OCTOBER 28, 1982– FEBRUARY 11, 1983

Children of the Darkness: Rafael Colón Morales: Paintings 1972–1982, curated by Gladys Peña, is presented. A retrospective of 48 works, the exhibition is accompanied by a 32-page catalogue.

NOVEMBER 19

The New East Wing and Recent Acquisitions celebrates the opening of renovated galleries. Exhibits include the Dr. Ricardo Alegría Gallery of Caribbean Pre-Columbian Art [now known as the Alegría Gallery]; the Video Gallery (which presents Video at El Museo, including Lima by Juan Downey, Video Poems by Cecilia Vicuña, and Breaking Street Dancing by Ramsey Najm, November 19–December 31); the Art History Gallery [Hallway], where a permanent didactic installation of Puerto Rican Art History was to be installed; and the East Gallery, which highlights 17 recent acquisitions, chosen by Curators Gladys Peña and Jacqueline Biaggi, including works by Myrna Báez, Tony Bechara, [Papo] Colo, Rafael Colón Morales, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Marcos Dimas, Raul Farco, Rafael Ferrer, Domingo García, Rafael Montañez Ortiz, José Morales, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Fernando Salicrup, Carmelo Sobrino, and Jorge Soto. Works by Héctor Méndez Caratini are shown in the F-stop Gallery, and in the Theatre Gallery, 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century hand-colored etchings are shown. This opening is accompanied by a 24- page catalogue.

Sketch of proposed renovation of the Dr. Ricardo Alegría Gallery of pre-Columbian Art, by designer William Bowles.

The New East Wing and Recent Acquisitions exhibition catalogue cover.

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1983

JANUARY 12–FEBRUARY 27

Video at El Museo: Part II, including El Diálogo by Karen Ranucci is presented.

FEBRUARY 25

Thirty Pictures: Photographs by Marco Kalisch, curated by Gladys Peña, and accompanied by a 23-page catalogue, is presented in the F-stop Gallery.

FEBRUARY 25

Portraits: The Puerto Rican Series, curated by Gladys Peña, opens in the West Gallery. It presents 48 photographs by Adál Alberto Maldonado, and is accompanied by a 25-page catalogue.

FEBRUARY 25

José Carrero: “Obsession With A Laughing Mask,” a series of photoweavings, accompanied by an 8- page catalogue, is presented in the Theatre Gallery.

FEBRUARY 25–MAY 1

Eloy Blanco: Faces & Figures, A Retrospective is presented in the East Gallery. Curated by Gladys Peña, the exhibit includes nearly 60 works and is accompanied by a 16-page catalogue.

MAY 13–AUGUST 10

Rafael Ferrer: Impassioned Rhythms, a one-person exhibition including 40 paintings, drawings, and mixed-media constructions, is presented. Organized by the Laguna Gloria Art Museum (Austin, TX), it is accompanied by a 36-page catalogue.

MAY 20–22

The Third National Latino Film & Video Festival, curated by Lillian Jiménez and coordinated by Aurora Flores, opens. It is accompanied by an 8-page catalogue.

JUNE 17–AUGUST 17

Sanctus, a video installation by Edín Velez, is presented.

MID-1983

Three Women/Three Islands, curated by Evelyn Collazo, is presented. The exhibit includes photographs by Lilia Fontana, Frieda Medin Ojeda, and Sophie Rivera, and is accompanied by an 8-page catalogue.

OCTOBER 21, 1983– JANUARY 8, 1984

The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Themes in The Survival of a People, An Exhibition of Photographs by Frank Espada, is presented. The exhibition includes 150 photographs, and is accompanied by a 16-page brochure.

OCTOBER 21, 1983– JANUARY 8, 1984

Louis Agassiz Fuerte: Vaulted Birds, is on view. The exhibition includes 50 works from the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, PA) by the late 19th-century/early 20th-century painter of birds. It is accompanied by a 32-page catalogue-calendar.

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1984

JANUARY 20–MARCH 18

Francisco Oller: A Realist Impressionist, curated by Marimar Benítez for Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico) is presented. A retrospective of work by the nineteenth-century Puerto Rican painter (b. 1833–d. 1917) commemorates the 150th anniversary of his birth. Including 73 works, the exhibition is accompanied by an 236-page catalogue.

MAY 18–SEPTEMBER 9

Latin Times, curated by Sophie Rivera, is presented in the F-stop Gallery. It includes photographs by Nydza Bajandas, Charles Biasiny-Rivera, George Malavé, Tony Mendoza, Carmen Quesada, Sophie Rivera, Ani González Rivera-DaCuezo, and Naomi Simonetti, and is accompanied by a 22-page catalogue.

MAY 18–JULY 29

Humble Visions, paintings and mixed media from the Permanent Collection of El Museo del Barrio, is on view.

MAY 18–JULY 29

Escalio, by Pepón Osorio, is presented. The project includes sculptural paintings inspired by Clemente Soto Velez’s 1937 book.

AUGUST 2–SEPTEMBER 2

¡Mira! The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour 1984, juried by Jack Agüeros, El Museo del Barrio; John A. Mahey, San Antonio Museum of Art; and Edmundo M. Rodríguez, Plaza de la Raza, debuts. The travelling exhibition includes artists Francisco Alvarado-Juárez, Alfredo Arreguin, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Roberto Borboa, Alberto Castagna, Ramón Delgadillo, Daniel Gálvez, Nivia González, Robert González, José Jaramillo, Luis LeRoy, César Martínez, Esperanza Martínez, Juan Melé, Alvaro Peñarette, Louie F. Pérez, Gamaliel Ramírez, Tony Rio, Freddy Rodríguez, Daniel Serra-Badué, Luis Stand, and Jesse Trevino.

AUGUST 10–AUGUST 20

The National Latino Film and Video Festival, and Latin American Film Showcase, coordinated by Jaime Barrios and Diego Echeverría, is presented at The Public Theater, New York. It includes films by Suzana Amaral, Skip Blumberg, Patti Bradshaw, Cine-Ojo Collective, Centro Cultural Cándido Méndes, Diego Echeverría, Sandra Eleta, Roberto Evangelista, Film and TV collective of the Radio Venceremos system/FMLN, Juan E. García, Orlando Godoy, Guy Heller, Paula Heredia, León Hirszman, ICAIC, Eduardo Latorre, Félix Limardo, Ramiro Locayo, Claire McCanus, Alan McClade, José A. Martínez Suarez, Silvia Morales, Pepón Osorio, Karen Rannuci, Sergio Renan, Humberto Ríos, Pedro A. Rivera, Toshi Saki, Merián Soto, Regina Vater, Pastor Vega, John D. Wise, Ricardo Wullicher, and Susan Zeig, and is accompanied by a 10-page brochure.

SEPTEMBER 7–OCTOBER 31

Mind Harbors: Works of Art from Nicaragua, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Invited Artist from Argentina, curated by Rafael Colón Morales and Susan Schweitzer (Assistant Curator), in collaboration with Joseph Papp and the Festival Latino en Nueva York, (organized by Oscar Ciccone) is presented. The exhibition includes works by Carlos Alonso, Faustino Altamirano, Fernando Altamirano, José F. Altamirano, Luis Alvarado, Isabel Alvárez Mojíca, Eduardo Arana, Rodolfo Arellano, Imna Arroyo, Eloy Blanco, Alejandro Cabrera, Julia Chavarría, Milagros Chavarría, Rafael Colón Morales, Félix Cordero, Marcos Dimas, Nelson Domínguez, Franklin Flores Silva, Carlos García, Domingo García, Mercedes Graham, Miriam Guevara, Olivia Guevara, Olga Madariaga, Vilma Maldonado Reyes, Carlos Marenco, Pablo Mayorga, Carlos Osorio, Gustavo Perez Acosta, Elena Pineda, Rosa Pineda, Rafael, Jorge Luis Rodríguez, Ricardo Rodríguez, Fernando Salicrup, Mariana Samsom, Juan Sánchez, Tomas Sánchez, Eler Servino Fonseca, Jorge Soto, Carlos Sueños, and Yelba Ubau. It is accompanied by a 16-page catalogue.

FALL

Faces of the Sixties: Frank Espada opens. It includes 43 photographs, and is accompanied by a 6-page brochure.

DECEMBER 1984– FEBRUARY 1985

Miralda: Santa Comida (Holy Food), is on view. The exhibition of altars created by Spanish artist Miralda is dedicated to six Orisha-archetypes. It is accompanied by a 64-page catalogue, and is also presented at Miami-Dade Community College’s South Campus Art Gallery (March 1985).

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1985

APRIL 26–AUGUST 31

Tony Bechara, Recent Paintings 1980–1985, a one-person exhibition (and the first exhibition entirely dedicated to abstract art held at El Museo del Barrio) is presented. The exhibit is accompanied by a 10-page catalogue.

SPRING

The National Latino Film & Video Showcase opens.

OCTOBER 11, 1985– JANUARY 27, 1986

¡Mira! The Tradition Continues: The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour, juried by Jack Agüeros, El Museo del Barrio; Jim Lichon, Hyde Park Art Center; and Sister Karen Boccalero, Self-Help Graphics, debuts. The travelling exhibition includes works by Julio Alpuy, Francisco Alvarado-Juárez, Martha Chávez, Félix Cordero, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Ramon Delgadillo, Marcos Dimas, Jorge Drosten, Liliana Durán, East Los Streetscapers, Diane Gamboa, Nivia González, Benito Huerta Lozano, Julio Larraz, Louis Leroy, Eduardo Lozano, Cesar Martínez, Yolanda Mesa, Alberto Mijangos, Anthony Ortega, Gamaliel Ramírez, Pico Reinoso, Tony Río, Arnaldo Roche-Rabell, Gilberto Ruiz, Juan Sánchez, Marta Sánchez, Fanny Sanín, Jesse Trevino, and Frederico Vigíl. The exhibit is accompanied by a 32-page catalogues.

NOVEMBER

Bess Myerson, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs of the City of New York, freezes El Museo del Barrio’s funding. The Department of Cultural Affairs begins investigations into El Museo’s fiscal management.

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1986

WINTER

The funding freeze forces staff layoffs. Curator, artist, and art historian Rafael Colón Morales volunteers to work without pay in order to keep the institution open and protect its permanent collection. Colón Morales becomes Acting Director as the investigation of El Museo del Barrio’s finances continues.

JANUARY–OCTOBER

Taíno Artifacts from the Collection, an exhibition of pre-Columbian artifacts from Puerto Rico, is presented.

FEBRUARY–OCTOBER

Two by New, a group exhibition of 13 artists, is on view.

FEBRUARY–OCTOBER

Crafts from Puerto Rico, works from the Permanent Collection, is presented.

FEBRUARY–OCTOBER

Graphics from Latin America, including prints and works by graphic artists, is on view.

FEBRUARY–OCTOBER

Art and Crafts: Photographs, an exhibition of Permanent Collection images documenting Puerto Rican and Latin American arts and crafts, is presented.

MID-1986

Life in El Barrio, photographs from the Permanent Collection, is on view.

MARCH 14

El Museo del Barrio’s Board of Trustees dismisses Jack Agüeros. Rafael Colón Morales serves as Acting Director during March and April.

APRIL

Robert Esnard, Deputy Mayor to Mayor Edward I. Koch, appoints Gladys Peña as Interim Director of El Museo del Barrio. (By this time, Peña is Director of Public Arts Programs for the New York City Arts Commission.) Peña serves as Interim Director from April to October 1986.

JUNE–SEPTEMBER

Mango Mambo, a photographic exhibition, is on view.

OCTOBER 4

Petra Barreras del Río, Grants Manager at the New York State Council on the Arts, is appointed Executive Director of El Museo del Barrio by the Board of Trustees. Barreras rebuilds El Museo del Barrio’s staff and undertakes important new initiatives for the care and management of the collection. She also establishes ongoing relationships with the Ford Foundation and the National Arts Stabilization Program. Barreras serves as director from October 1986 until March 1993.

OCTOBER 24, 1986– JANUARY 25, 1987

Francisco Alvarado-Juárez: Native/Stranger: Painting & Constructions 1983–1986, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, is on view. The one-person exhibition is accompanied by a 32-page catalogue.

OCTOBER 24, 1986– JANUARY 25, 1987

José Gopar: Homage to García Lorca in New York, a one-person exhibition of paintings and prints, is presented. It is accompanied by a 10-page catalogue.

NOVEMBER 20, 1986– JANUARY 25, 1987

Sophie Rivera: All Hallows Eve, a one-person exhibition of photographs, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, is presented. It is accompanied by a 9-page catalogue.

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1987

FEBRUARY 4–SEPTEMBER

Images of Latin Community: The Lower East Side 1956–1986, photographs and documentation of Hispanic life on the Lower East Side, is on view.

FEBRUARY 4–SEPTEMBER

Painterly Touch, paintings from the Permanent Collection, is on view.

MARCH 12–APRIL 12

A Decade of En Foco, presented by The Bronx Museum of the Arts and En Foco, Inc., co-curated by Charles Biasiny-Rivera and Holly Block, is presented. The exhibition highlights 102 photographs by 57 artists, including Gilbert Acevedo, Nydza Bajandas, John Betancourt, Louis Carlos Bernal, Dawoud Bey, Charles Biasiny-Rivera, Robert C. Buitrón, Roger Cabán, Silvia Arlene Calzada, Pablo Cambó, Evelyn Collazo, Phil Dante, Jack Delano, Pablo Delano, Robert Espier, María Angelica Fernández, Elsa Flores Almarz, Carol Foresta, José Gálvez, José Rubén Gaztambide, Frank Gimpaya, Glen Goldstein, Carlos Guzmán, Hermán Guzman, Reynaldo Hernández, Carlos del Santos Heyward, Kenro Izu, Carlos de Jesús, Perla de León, George Malavé, Frieda Medín, Frank X. Méndez, Héctor Méndez Caratini, Antonio Mendoza, Carlos Arnaldo Meyners, Carmen Mojíca, Julio Nazario, Edwin Pérez, Julio Piedra, Rafael Ramírez Aviles, Sophie Rivera, Rivera da Cueva, Fernando Rodríguez, Daniel José Salazar, Juan Sánchez, Christina Santiago, Luis Servedio-Morales, Naomi Simonetti, Coreen Simpson, Juma Santos, Ricardo Valderde, John N. Váldez, José Antonio Vázquez, Josefa Vázquez, Tony Vélez, Rene M. Verdugo, and Ramón Vila. The exhibition is accompanied by a 44- page catalogue.

APRIL 23–MAY 3

Films With A Purpose: A Puerto Rican Experiment in Social Films is presented. Produced by Exit Art, directed by Jeanette Ingberman, with consultant Jay Leyda and organizersresearchers Luis Rosario Albert and Inés Mongil Echandi, the project includes screenings and events held at The Museum of Modern Art, The Collective for Living Cinema, New York University, El Museo del Barrio, and The Bronx Museum of the Arts. It is accompanied by a poster-program.

APRIL 30–SEPTEMBER 15

Posters for Films 1950–1979, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, is on view. It includes 46 posters by Isabel Bernal, Felix Bonilla Norat, José Manuel Contreras, Juan Díaz, Lorenzo Homar, Antonio Maldonado, José Meléndez Contreras, Carlos Osorio, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Julio Rosado del Valle, Rafael Tufiño, and Eduardo Vera Cortés, and is accompanied by a 15- page catalogue. APRIL 30 Graphic Prints from Puerto Rico, highlighting prints from the Permanent Collection, opens.

OCTOBER 9–DECEMBER 6

From the Center: Eugènia Balcells: A Video Installation, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, is presented. It is accompanied by a 30-page catalogue.

OCTOBER 10–DECEMBER 6

Carlos Osorio: Nueva York-Puerto Rico, Paintings 1956–1984, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, is on view. The exhibit includes 40 paintings and mixed media works, and 41 works on paper, and is accompanied by a 32-page catalogue.

DECEMBER 1987– MARCH 1988

Puerto Rican Painting: Between Past and Present, curated by Mari Carmen Ramírez, is presented. The travelling exhibit includes 62 works by Roberto Alberty, Myrna Báez, Luis Germán Cajiga, Paul Camacho, Jaime Carrero, Wilfredo Chiesa, Carlos Collazo, Lope Max Díaz, Ramón Frade, Domingo García, Manuel Hernández Acevedo, Luis Hernández Cruz, Lorenzo Homar, Carlos Irizarry, Santos René Irizarry, Augusto Marín, José Meléndez Contreras, José R. Oliver, Francisco Oller, Mari Mater O’Neill, Miguel Pou, Nick Quijano, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Arnaldo Roche- Rabell, Francisco Rodón, Felíx Rodríguez Báez, Jaime Romano, Juan Rosado, Julio Rosado del Valle, Noemí Ruíz, Samuel Sánchez Herrera, Julio Suárez, José A. Torres Martinó, and Rafael Tufiño. It is ccompanied by a 128-page catalogue.

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1988

MARCH 26–MAY 22

Rafael Montañez Ortiz: Years of the Warrior 1960-Years of the Psyche 1988, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, presents the first major retrospective of the vanguard artist and founder of El Museo del Barrio. The exhibit is accompanied by a 63- page catalogue.

JUNE 14–SEPTEMBER 4

Growing Beyond: Women Artists from Puerto Rico, curated by Susana Torruella Leval, is on view. The exhibition includes works by Myrna Arocho, Myrna Báez, Clarissa Biaggi, Sylvia Blanco, Rebecca Castrillo, Lorraine de Castro, Susana Espinosa, Margarita Fernández Zavala, Yolanda Fundora, Rosita Haeussler, Toni Hambleton, Carmen Esther Hernández, Susana Herrero, Lizette Lugo, Liza Miranda Johnson, Maria de Mater O'Neill, María Antonia Ordoñez, Betsy Padín, Marta Pérez, Mercedes Quiñones, Nora Rodríguez Vallés, Noemí Ruíz, Maria Emilia Somoza, and Miriam Zamparelli. It is accompanied by a 40-page catalogue and is also presented at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. (May 5–May 28), and Galería Caribe, San Juan (September 21–October 9).

JUNE–SEPTEMBER

Emblems of His City: José Campeche and San Juan, curated by Dr. Arturo V. Dávila and Susana Torruella Leval, is presented. The exhibition includes 13 paintings by Campeche, as well as period maps, documents, maquettes, costumes, accessories, books, photographs, musical instruments, and decorative artworks, and is accompanied by a 37-page catalogue.

OCTOBER 7–DECEMBER 4

Edgar Franceschi: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities, A Survey of Work 1980–1988, curated by Rafael Colón Morales, presents a solo exhibition of paintings, sculptural, and mixed-media works. The exhibit is accompanied by a 20-page catalogue.

NOVEMBER 4-DECEMBER 10

UP Tiempo! Performing & Visual Artists of the Americas, a collaboration with Creative Time, is presented. The project includes performances by ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power), Chico Alvárez & Nosotros, Al Angeloro, Norma Bessouet, Josely Carvalho, George Cisneros, The Eddie Torres Latin Dance Company, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Gronk, Roberto Juárez, Kajou, Marcos Kurtycz, Willy “Ninja” Leake, Marcelo Llorens, Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), James Luna, Manuel Alum Dance Company, Marisela Notre, Nuyorican Poets’ Café Revisited, Orquesta Broadway, Catalina Parra, Jonas dos Santos, El Salvador Media Project, Manny Vega, and Donald Woods. It is accompanied by a 24-page catalogue.

NOVEMBER 18-NOVEMBER 23

The National Latino Film & Video Festival, directed by Lillian Jiménez, opens. It is accompanied by a 22- page catalogue, and is presented at Columbia Cinema, New York.

DECEMBER 16, 1988– FEBRUARY 19, 1989

¡Folklore! Traditional Crafts from Cuba, The Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, Made in New York, is on view. A presentation of The Association of Hispanic Arts, Inc. in collaboration with El Museo del Barrio, the exhibit is curated by Ana Mercedes Negrón, Director of the Folk Arts Program, AHA, and Rafael Colón Morales, Curator, El Museo. It features musical instruments, toys, masks, bobbin lace, sewing, santos, Afro- Caribbean religion, and decorative arts. The exhibition includes works by Angel Allende, Santiago Andújar, José Luis Avilés, Bienvenido Ayala, Martín Ayala, Ramón Cepeda, Marta de la Cruz, Rosa Elena Egipciáco, Pablo Falcón, Pura García, Mercedes Gil, Andrés Gutiérrez, Gregorio Marzán, José Eduardo Pichardo, Elisa Pérez, Antonio Ramírez, Francisco Rivera, Iraida y Luis Rivera, José Rodríguez, William Roldón Aguilera, Osvaldo Sesti, and Rosa y Jesús Vega, and is accompanied by a 30-page catalogue.

Emblems of His City: José Campeche and San Juan.

Rafael Moñtanez Ortiz’s Years of the Warrior 1960–Years of the Psyche 1988.

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1989

MARCH 1-MAY 14

¡Mira! The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour III, curated by Susana Torruella Leval, Ricardo Pau-Llosa (Associate Professor, Miami-Dade Community College-South Campus and contributing editor to Art International), and Inverna Lockpez (artist and gallery director), opens. The travelling exhibition includes works by Rodolfo Abularach, Carlos Alfonzo, María Brito-Avellana, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Tony Bechara, Mario Bencomo, Humberto Calzada, Rimer Cardillo, Mel Casas, Enrique Castro- Cid, Alfredo Ceibal, Pérez Celis, Paloma Cernuda, Edgar Franceschi, Ismael Frigerio, Virginia Jaramillo, Ramiro Llona, Tony Mendoza, Roberto Gil de Montes, Miguel Padura, Catalina Parra, Liliana Porter, Paul Sierra, Rafael Soriano, Jorge Tacla, Mario Torál, Rubén Trejo, Patssi Váldez, and Francisco Vidal. It is accompanied by a 79-page catalogue.

AUGUST

El Museo del Barrio receives a multiyear Ford Foundation Grant for collections care and management.

SEPTEMBER 15, 1989– APRIL 15, 1990

Taller Alma Boricua: Reflecting on Twenty Years of the Puerto Rican Workshop: 1969–1989, curated by Diógenes Ballester, is presented. The exhibit documents the chronology and impact of the artists’ collective, whose history is closely related to that of El Museo del Barrio. It is accompanied by a 91-page catalogue.

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