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EXHIBITIONS,
EVENTS & UPDATES
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ORDER PRINTS FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
Considering purchasing a print of a Yasmin Hernandez artwork
as a gift? You have until Saturday, December 17th to order and
still receive the print(s) in time for Christmas. Visit the
newly updated Purchasing Art page featuring
purchase buttons for all available prints, in one place!
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CURRENT EXHIBITS
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Bieké: Tierra de Valientes
The University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
campus
Aguedo Mojica Marrero Library, 2nd floor
November 3rd through December 15th, 2011
la Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto
de Humacao
Biblioteca Aguedo
Mojica Marrero, segundo piso
3 de Noviembre hasta el 15 de diciembre, 2011 m
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ARTWORKS ON VIEW/ ON-GOING
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"Soldaderas" 2011
Tribute to Frida Kahlo, Julia de Burgos and Puerto Rican/ Mexican
solidarity
Outdoor mural, Modesto Flores Community Garden,
Lexington Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets, East Harlem,
NYC
(Unfortunately the garden is mostly open during daylight
hours and closed during inclement weather, though some of the
mural can be viewed from the street).
"Mothers of the Motherless" 2008
(a tribute to revolutionary leaders of women and LGBT communities)
The Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Transgender People
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
"40 Years of Student Activism" 2008
(5 panel series decidated to Student Activism at Columbia University
1968-2008)
Intercultural Resource Center
Columbia University, NYC
"Raising Revolution" 2004
(A portrait of Pedro Albizu Campos and the subversion of US
institutions in building revolutions elsewhere)
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library
Hunter College, CUNY, NYC
"Miel de Abeja (Para Ochun)" 2003
(A tribute to the Yoruba Love Goddess)
ISESE Gallery
The Center for African and African American Studies
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
"Quien se queda?"
2003,
(A tribute to the participants of the Day Hall Takeover of 1993
and student activism at Cornell)
Latino Living Center
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
"Realidades de quisqueya" 1997
(Permanent exhibition of works inspired by the Dominican
Republic)
Latino Studies Program Offices
4th Floor, Rockefeller Hall
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Sponsored by LSP, COSEP/MEA and a grant from the Cornell
Council for the Arts
UPDATES

In July of 2011, Yasmin was invited to participate
in a group of more than a dozen young Latino Arts Professionals
from throughtout the US to form Crescendo Cultural,
a task force on the state of Latino arts in this country. The
initiative was spearheaded by the National Museum of Mexican Art
in Chicago. A report of the findings is currently being developed.
Visit the Crescendo Cultural website to learn more about this
important initiative and to read more about the selected Task
Force members.
http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/CrescendoCulturalPage/index.html
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Puerto Rico tiene que
controlar su propio destino
Puerto Rico Must Control
its Own Destiny
Yasmin was invited to write an Op Ed
piece on the theme of Puerto Rico's political status. This brief
piece in favor of independence for Puerto Rico was published
in the Opinion section of Spanish-Language newspaper El Diario/
La Prensa on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.
Click
here to read the piece that was published in Spanish (English
translation also included)
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Projects being developed...
Yasmin has been busy developing several new projects and exploring
new media. Her Luz (Light) project is
dedicated to her brother who ended his battle with cancer in April
of 2010. Having witnessed her brother's illness and passing around
the time of her first pregnancy and birth and during the first
year of her baby's life, this project explores the cycle of life
and the transcendence of spirit. It is a reflection of her family's
spiritualist beliefs and traditions. This multimedia project makes
use of digital art, expanding on her paintings and collages. Calligraphy
is also weaved into the images bringing text from song lyrics,
journal entries, quotes from her brother and more.
Another project she is working on, Linea Negra
(Black Line) is inspired by the artist's experience having birthed
her son at home with a midwife. The project reclaims birthing
as a sacred process. Referencing the history of the mass sterilization
campaigns on Puerto Rican women and the experimentation of contraceptives
in Puerto Rico, the project celebrates birthing on the mother's
term as a liberating, spiritual and political act.
Last but not least, building on the Bieké
project, Yasmin is developing the footage that she shot in preparation
for the debut exhibit in Vieques, Puerto Rico. She is working
on a series of videos that are part art/ part documentary. The
first in this series, 19 de abril (April
19th) tells the story of David Sanes and how his tragic death
revitalized the movement to finally end US Navy bombing maneuvers
on Vieques island. A familiar story of tragedy and triumph, this
work also goes on to share the impact that this loss presented
for the Sanes family.
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A new Mom!
Of all my creations, the "bestest"
was born in the Spring of 2009. To the tunes of the most inspiring,
uplifting music in my collection, mami and papi, with the guidance
of our ancestors, our midwife Sakina O'Uhuru and doula Enentsa,
welcomed Gabriel Shea Gartner Hernandez in the comfortable,
loving space of our living room!!!!! It was the most fierce,
spiritual, powerful, challenging, spectacular thing I have ever
experienced!

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Appreciated and Necessary
Support:
I am grateful to have received some much needed support for
my Bieké: Tierra de Valientes
project. These grants have covered travel costs for research,
the purchase of supplies and equipment and the transport of
the artworks to Vieques for the debut exhibit. Thanks to:
-The Puffin Foundation Ltd, Teaneck, NJ. 2009
-The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC),
Fund for the Arts. San Antonio, TX. This fund is also supported
by the Ford Foundation and JPMorgan Chase. (2008)
-The CUNY Caribbean Exchange Program/ The Center for Puerto
Rican Studies/ CUNY. NYC. (for 2007/08 academic year)
-The Sugarman Foundation. Navato, CA. (2006)
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PAST EVENTS
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tertulia latina
Three Artists:::Three Visions
Friday, September 30 @ 7PM
SAGE
305 7th Avenue
5th Floor (between 27th and 28th Street)
New York City, NY
WITH
Yasmín Hernández
www.yasminhernandez.com
Erick Sánchez
www.ericksanchez.net
AND
Luis Carle
www.luiscarle.com
A tertulia is a social gathering with literary or artistic
overtones, especially in Iberia or Latin America. The word is
originally Spanish, and has only moderate currency in English,
in describing Latin cultural contexts. It is rather similar
to a salon, but a typical tertulia in recent centuries has been
a regularly scheduled event in a public place such as a bar,
although some tertulias are held in more private spaces, such
as someone's living room. Participants may share their recent
creations (poetry, short stories, other writings, even artwork
or songs). Usually (but not always) the participants in a regularly
scheduled tertulia are, in some respects, likeminded, whether
by having similar politics, similar literary tastes, etc.

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