Haitian Cultural Week´s Ayiti at Home to be Part of 11th Havana Biennial

Haitian Cultural Week´s Ayiti at Home to be Part of 11th Havana Biennial
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic  5/29/2012

Between May 29 and June 2, the Casa de las Américas (House of the Americas) will host the “Ayiti en Casa” as part of Cultural Week in collaboration with the Haitian Ministry of Culture and Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Cuba at the XI Havana Biennial.

Through bilateral institutional dialogues, specialized conferences, meetings with artists and exhibitions, this event seeks to extend the historic links between Haitie and the sister nation of Cuba.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to explore what is happening in the area of contemporary culture, society, painting and audiovisual productions going on in Haiti. Through bilateral institutional dialogues, specialized conferences, meetings with artists and exhibitions, this event seeks to extend the historic links between Haitie and the sister nation of Cuba, stressing their common cultural dimensions:

The program is set up as follows:

Ayiti en Casa Haitian Cultural Week
May 29 – June 1, 2012

Tuesday May 29
Manuel Galich Hall

1:30 p.m. Inaugural Session
Words of welcome: Roberto Fernández Retamar (President of Casa de las Américas)
Conducted by: Yolanda Wood (Director of the Caribbean Studies Center)

Haitian Culture Today
Phillipe Dodard (Director of Haitian School of Art)
Michèle Frisch (Director of the Panteón Nacional de Haití Museum)
Barbara Prézeau (artist and curator)
2:30 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Audiovisual Cycle on Haitian art – Documentary by Arnold Antonin
Conducted by: Orlando Victores
Presentation of “Art naïf et répression in Haiti” (53 min.)

Wednesday May 30
Mariano Gallery, Casa de las Américas

5:00 p.m. Inauguration of contemporary Haitian art exhibition.

Thursday May 31
Manuel Galich Hall

1:00 p.m. Haiti: Tourism and Patrimonial Heritage
Carine Beauvoir-Gardère (Ministry of Tourism)
Josette Darguste (Ministry of Tourism)

1:30 p.m. Creole Identity, Language and Culture.
Euvonie Auguste (Cultural Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
2:00 p.m. Break.

2:30 p.m. Audiovisual Cycle on Haitian art – Documentary by Arnold Antonin

“André Pierre, celui qui peint le bon” (26 min.)
“Cédor, l’esthétique de la modestie” (39 min.)

Friday June 1
Manuel Galich Hall

1:00 p.m. The path of contemporary Haitian art
Meeting of artists: Dubreus Lherisson, David Boyer and Barbara Prézeau

2:00 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. Audiovisual Cycle on Haitian art – Documentary by Arnold Antonin.
“La sculpture; peut elle sauver la ville de Noailles? Ou les Boss Métal de la Croix de Bouquets” (36 min.)
“La planète bleue de Luckner Lazard” (23 min)

3:30 p.m. Presentation of Haitian book published by the National Publishing House of Haiti.

Pierre Robert Auguste (Director General of the National Publishing House)
Dominique Batraville (writer)
Philippe Charles (poet)

Saturday June  2
San Carlos de la Cabaña Fort

11:00 a.m. Closing session (INVITATION REQUIRED)
Photographic Exhibition of drawings done by Haitian children.
Awarding of certificates to members of the Marta Machado Brigades.