Center for Cuban Studies New York

	MONTEBRAVO: 10TH ANNIVERSARY September 9 – October 24, 2009 Montebravo (José de Jesús García Montesbravo), 55, is a self-taught painter from Cienfuegos, a city three and a half hours southeast of Havana. He taught geography in secondary schools for 19 years before becoming a full time artist. As with many Cuban artists, a welcoming spiritual tent hangs over all of his paintings, drawings and prints and though not trained, his works are informed by his in-depth knowledge of both African religions and art history. More Info • Gallery

	José Fuster, Los Cubanos June 5 - July 11, 2009 José Rodríguez Fuster was born in Villa Clara in 1946. He paints, engraves and sketches and is also one of Cuba's most original ceramists. He began his artistic career in 1961 at the age of 14. He studied at the Art Instructors School from 1963 to 1965. He then started working as a ceramist at the Cubanacán Ceramics Workshop in Havana in 1966. More Info • Gallery

	Jorge Perugorría, Recent Paintings April 21, 2009 Cuba's best-known actor is fast becoming known as one of Cuba's most exciting painters. The Cuban Art Space will present Pichi's recent paintings in a show that opens April 21 and will be up for a month. Perugorria will be here for the Havana Film Festival in New York which opens April 16 with a film in which he stars, and will be at the gallery opening of his show. More Info • Gallery