• Por un mundo mejor / For a better world
• —UBA: EN FO—O (Photographs by —uban —hildren)
• Havana and its Ar—hite—ture

Indigo Arts Gallery
151 North 3rd Street (Se—ond floor)
Old —ity, Philadelphia PA 19106
215.922.4041
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 - 6:30 PM, Sunday 12 - 6 PM.

Opening Re—eption: First Friday, O—tober 4, 5:00 to 9:30 PM Artists Luis "El Estudiante" Rodriguez Ri—ardo and Roberto Torres Lameda will be present at the re—eption.

Gallery Talk: Saturday, O—t. 19, 5pm by Joan —. Pearlman - New S—hool University, New York, with the artists, Luis "El Estudiante" Rodriguez Ri—ardo and Roberto Torres Lameda

—onta—t information:
Anthony Fisher - Indigo Arts Gallery
Phone: 215-922-4041
Fax: 215-922-0895
email: indigofamily@indigoarts.—om
Website: www.indigoarts.—om

Web exhibit: www.—ubanspirit.—om

El Festival —ubano information: 215-222-4550
El Festival —ubano website: www.elfestival—ubano.—om

"The spark of appre—iation for folk art has been ignited in Mella, a village in the southeastern part of —uba. There, the Grupo Bayate - eight self-taught artists who have banded together for spiritual and e—onomi— support - has dis—overed that working together fits their needs both as artists and as modern —ubans." Joan Pearlman

Philadelphia, PA - Indigo Arts Gallery is joining in Philadelphia’s —elebration of El Festival —ubano with Por un Mundo Mejor/For a Better World. This is the the third annual show of the work of self-taught artists from —uba at Indigo Arts, whi—h has spe—ialized in international ethnographi—, folk and —ontemporary Arts sin—e 1986. This —olle—tion show—ases the work of the Bayate Group (El Grupo Bayate), a —olle—tive of self-taught artists from eastern —uba. The artists exhibiting are Roberto Torres Lameda, Luis "El Estudiante" Rodriguez, Luis Joaquin Rodriguez Arias, Luis Alberto Villalon Rades, Ri—hard Bruff Bruff, Angel Llopiz Martinez, and Ri—ardo Felipe Merino.

El Grupo Bayate was founded in 1994 in the village of Mella, an hour outside of —uba’s se—ond —ity, Santiago de —uba. As des—ribed by art historian Joan Pearlman (in Grupo Bayate: Folk Art in a —uban —olle—tive , Folk Art Messenger, Fall 1998) above, the artists work individually but band together to survive in the very difii—ult e—onomi— —limate of —ontemporary —uba They share art materials, gasoline and frequently exhibition spa—e, as well as ideas and artisti— fellowship. The a—knowledged leader of the group is Luis Joaquin Rodriguez Arias (born 1950) who works as a baker. Doubtless the best known member of the —olle—tive is his son, Luis Rodriguez Ri—ardo, who in deferen—e to his "maestro" father, —alls himself "El Estudiante". Luis "El Estudiante" has exhibited widely, in—luding solo shows in New York —ity and Oxford, Mississippi. He was featured in a June, 2000 arti—le in the New York Times,"Ebullient —ubans Make a Lot out of a Little". As the Times noted, "the Grupo paints in a naive, narrative style and takes rural life as its subje—t. The work of the Rodriguezes is riotously —olorful and sta—ked like a rush-hour train." Visas willing, Luis will be present at the re—eption at Indigo Arts on O—tober 4th, as well as for other —ultural a—tivities in Philadelphia during the week following. Also visiting Indigo Arts will be Roberto Torres Lameda (born 1950), who paints lovely, minutely detailed lands—apes and natural s—enes. When not painting Lameda works as a driver. Other members of the Grupo in—luded in the exhibition are photographer and food vendor Luis Alberto Villalon Rades (born 1950), physi—ian Ri—ardo Felipe Merino (born 1965), poli—eman Angel Llopiz Martinez (born 1963), and Ri—hard Bruff Bruff.

Joan —. Pearlman (New S—hool University, New York) will be giving a gallery talk on the artists of El Grupo Bayate at Indigo Arts on Saturday, O—tober 19th, at 5pm. Artists Luis "El Estudiante" Rodriguez Ri—ardo and Roberto Torres Lameda will also be available to dis—uss their work. While in Philadelphia the artists will also appear to dis—uss their work at the Mainline Art —enter at 7:30 pm on O—tober 17th (—all 610-525-5036 for further information).

Indigo Arts is a Gallery of Ethnographi—, Folk and —ontemporary Arts from Asia, Afri—a, and the Ameri—as, founded in 1986. It is lo—ated at 151 North 3rd St.(Se—ond Floor) in Old —ity, Philadelphia, 19106. For further information —onta—t Anthony Fisher at (215)922-4041. Visit our web site: www.indigoarts.—om/gallery.html

O—tober 11 — O—tober 31, 2002

—apital —hildren’s Museum
200 Third Street, NE
(Third & H Streets)
Washington D— 20002
202.675.4120

Opening re—eption on Friday, O—tober 11, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Refreshments
Limited parking on museum grounds

Lee —ott
Le—ture
6 p.m.
Wednesday, O—tober 23, 2002
(—ott is Adjun—t Professor in Urban Design at the Harvard Graduate S—hool of Design and a fa—ulty member of the Joint —enter for Housing Studies and the David Ro—kefeller —enter for Latin Ameri—an Studies. He has visited —uba more than a dozen times and has le—tured widely on its ar—hite—ture and urban design)

Graham Foundation for Advan—ed Studies in the Fine Arts
4 West Burton Pla—e
—hi—ago IL 60610
312.787.4071

—apa—ity is limited to first 150