Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. We have planned a series of exciting events and activities to celebrate this month.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September 6, 2022 at 6:00pm – Live YouTube Event
Special Hispanic Heritage Month Tertulia: An Artist’s Journey: A Conversation with Dr. Marcus Burke and Timothy J. Clark
A lively conversation between Curator Emeritus, Dr. Marcus Burke and artist Timothy J. Clark in our next Tertulia on the artist’s experience with the land, sun, and color of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America through these masterful watercolors featured in the exhibition American Travelers: A Watercolor Journey Through Spain, Portugal, and Mexico, open to the public until October 16th, 2022. Dr. Burke will discuss the role Archer M. Huntington’s commissions of artists abroad played in the history of the Hispanic Society
September 10, 2022 at 2:00- 4;00pm – Broadway Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets)
Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders presents Ceramic Painting and Paper Flowers Making
Explore the American Travelers: A Watercolor Journey exhibition, paint ceramic vases and make paper flowers.
https://www.manoamano.nyc/event-details/workshops-ceramic-painting-and-paper-flowers-making
September 17, 2022 at 2:00- 4:00pm – Broadway Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets)
Watercolors on the Terrace
Create your own watercolor expressions guided by local teaching artist.
September 17, 2022 at 5:00- 6:30pm – East Building Gallery | Broadway Between 155th & 156th Streets
Gallery Talk by Dra. Noemí Espinosa, Assistant Director
Earth and Light: Photography and Decorative Arts in the Hispanic Society Museum & Library explores scenes of life in Spain captured on ceramics by Daniel Zuloaga and the photographs in the collection of Archer Huntington.
September 24, 2022 from 12:00- 1:00pm and 2:00-3:00pm– Broadway Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets)
In My Dreams/En Mis Sueños
Jugando N Play presents In My Dreams/En Mis Sueños: an outdoor multilingual interactive theatre piece.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-my-dreamsen-mis-suenos-tickets-404686386877?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
October 1, 2022 from 12:00- 1:00pm and 2:00-3:00pm– Broadway Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets)
In My Dreams/En Mis Sueños
Jugando N Play presents In My Dreams/En Mis Sueños: an outdoor multilingual interactive theatre piece.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-my-dreamsen-mis-suenos-tickets-404686386877?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
October 4, 2022 at 6:00pm – Live YouTube Event
Special Hispanic Heritage Month Tertulia: “Ceramic Traditions from the Hispanic Society Collection” by Dr. Margaret Connors McQuade, Deputy Director & Curator of Decorative Arts
The Hispanic Society’s recent exhibition, American Travelers: A Watercolor Journey Through Spain, Portugal, and Mexico, provides a wonderful opportunity for visitors to traveler in time and space through the work of various artists who traveled to Spain, Portugal and Mexico in the early 20th. This tertulia will highlight the pottery traditions represented in the exhibition and explore the depth of the Hispanic Society’s world-renowned collection.
You can join this live Tertulia using this link.
October 6, 2022 at 6:00pm – Library. The American Academy of Arts and Letters (633 W 155th Street)
The Hispanic Heritage of Panama’s National Costume: La Pollera
A presentation and sartorial display with live music focused on the cultural origins of Panama’s National Costume, La Pollera
Please RSVP using this link.
October 8, 2022 at at 2:00-5:00pm – Broadway Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets)
Travel Journal Bookmaking
Create a hand stitched pocket-size journal that could be used on your next adventure. Whether it’s overseas or in your own backyard! Join Bookbinders and Artists’ Jennifer Verbit and Jessica Lagunas as they teach you how to use a needle and thread to transform paper; while sharing some key bookbinding terms.
Please RSVP usinf this link.
October 15, 2022 at 2:00-5:00pm – Broadway Terrace (Broadway between 155th and 156th Streets)
Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders presents Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos featuring performance by Claudia Valentina Montes
Live music and artmaking. Learn about Day of the Dead traditions and make paper altars, paper marigold flowers, and decorated skulls.
EXHIBITION
American Travelers: A Watercolor Journey Through Spain, Portugal, and Mexico
East Building Gallery | Broadway Between 155th & 156th Streets
17 June–16 October, 2022 | Thursday to Sunday: 12:00-6:00pm | Free admission | All visitors age 2 and older are required to wear mask
Each Saturday at 1:00pm until October 16th. The tours are led by a docent. Space is limited. RSVP is required. To reserve your tour here
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK HERE
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BOOK CLUB
The Hispanic Society has created a Reading List in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The list reflects a careful selection made by our Assistant Librarian, William Delgado, of prominent 20th century writers from Spain and Latin America whose literary works are found in the Hispanic Society’s Library. All of the authors were elected members of the Society. Happy reading!
- Rayuela. Julio Cortázar (1914-1984). Argentine writer. Member of the Hispanic Society. Rayuela is a fundamental text of the Latin American literary Boom. An experimental novel considered as Cortázar’s masterpiece
- Retahílas. Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000). Distinguished Spanish writer. Member of the Hispanic Society. Retahilas (Strings) derives its title from the series of monologues in which members of a family from different generations go over the past
- La reina del sur. Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951- ). Best-selling Spanish novelist Pérez-Reverte grips us in this exciting account of Teresa Mendoza, a young Mexican woman who, after moving to Spain, became one of the most powerful and bloodiest drug dealers of her day. Adapted as a Spanish language TV series in 2011
- The selected poems of Rosario Castellanos. (1925-1974). Important Mexican writer. Her poetry is imbued with Catholic beliefs and talks about social issues like women’s and Indians’ oppression. A selection of her best-known poetry is presented here in a convenient bilingual edition
- Fortunata and Jacinta. Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920). Famous Spanish novelist. Member of the Hispanic Society. A novel about the stormy life of two married women, their husbands and their lovers
- Obras completas (y otros cuentos). Augusto Monterroso (1921-2003). Very original Honduran writer naturalized Guatemalan. A skilled cultivator of the short story. His work is characterized by humor and irony
- Green mansions. William Henry Hudson (1841-1922). Born in Argentina of American parents. Green mansions is a very beautiful novel inspired by a deep feeling of Nature and is set in the jungles of Venezuela
- Celestina or The Spanish bawd. Fernando de Rojas (-1541). One of the most important classics of Spanish literature. It tells the ill-fated love story of Calixto and Melibea Though written in the Middle Ages, it remains fresh to this day. The English version by Margaret Sayers Peden is particularly recommended
- Malinche. Laura Esquivel (1950- ). Marina was a Nahua indian who helped Cortés to accomplish the conquest of Mexico. Both of them controversial, this is their fascinating love story as told by one of today’s most famous Mexican writers
- Tres tristes tigres. Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005). Important Cuban writer. Tres tristes tigres is another fundamental text of the Boom. Overflowing display of playfulness with language in a nostalgic novel about Havana nightlife