CAFE ARCHIVES

2011 CAFE XII.  Pueblo Colorado.
Venue: Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
Curators: Leandro Soto. Grisel Pujalá.  Andrea Herrera
Participating Artists:  Gustavo Acosta. Carlos Alvaré. Yovani Bauta. José Bedia. Esteban Blanco. María Brito. Adriano Buergo. Víctor Caldée. Chari Castro-Marín. Ana Albertina Delgado. Tomás Esson. Ana Flores. César García. Nelson García. Sergio García. Florencio Gelabert. Joaquín González. Anita Guerra. Alexis Guinn. Dora Hernández. Israel León.  Guido Llinás. Gloria Lorenzo. Alejandro López. Kadir López. Rafael López Ramos. Laura Luna. Alejandro Mendoza. Heriberto Mora. Glexis Novoa. Andrea O´Reilly Herrera.  Natasha Perdomo. Pedro Portal. Guillermo Portieles. Angel Ramírez. Baruj Salinas. Ana María Sarlát. Esterio Segura. Paolo Simeón. Rafael Soriano. Leandro Soto. Armando Tejuca. Angela Valella. Raúl Villarreal. Roberto Wong.
Guest Artist: Albert Chong. Puerto Rico. Bob Rink. U.S.A.
Contributors: UCCS. Women and Ethnic Studies Program. Sangre de Cristo Arts Center. The University of the West Indies.  Department of Languages, Linguistics and Literatures.
Dedication:  Antonio Benítez Rojo. Irena Majchrzak.
Symposium: yes.
Performance: yes

2010  CAFE XI. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. II International Conference on Caribbean Studies.  
Venue: Marquette University Art Gallery
Curator: Grisel Pujalá
Participating Artists: Natasha Perdomo. Víctor Caldée. Raúl Villarreal. Guido Llinás. Nelson García.  Chari Castro-Marín. Israel León. Roberto Wong. Yovani Bauta. Paolo Simeón. Pedro Portal. Sergio García. Dora Hernández. Armando Tejuca. José Bedia. Rafael López Ramos. Cesar García. Glexis Novoa. Leandro Soto. Alejandro López. Joaquín González.
Guest Artists: Raoul Deal. Annalee Davis.
Contributors: Marquette University. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.  
Dedication: None.
Symposium: yes. Topics on Cuban Diaspora. Participating scholars: Dr. Andrea Herrera.Chair. Ethcnic and Women Studies Program. UCCS.  Grisel Pujalá. UWI. Department of Languages, Linguistics and Literatures.  Cavehill. María Alicia Cantellano. FIU. Department of Modern Languages.
Performance Art: yes. Participating performers: Jorge Luis Morejón. Leandro Soto.

2010 CAFE X. Barbados.  International DiasporaArts Festival.
Venue: Errol Barrow Center for Creative Imagination. The University of the West Indies.
Curators: Leandro Soto. Grisel Pujalá.
Participating Artists: José Bedia. Ana Flores. Cesar García. Joaquín González. Juan-sí González. Anita Guerra. Israel León. Rafael López Ramos. Gloria Lorenzo. Glexis Novoa. Natasha Perdomo. Pedro Portal. Jorge Porrata. Yolanda Sánchez. Leandro Soto. Armando Tejuca. Raúl Villarreal.  Roberto Wong. Yoel Vázquez. Alejandro López. Tony Mendoza. Elizabeth Ceregido.
Guest Artists: Annalee Davis.
Contributors: The University of the West Indies. Department of Languages, Linguistics and Literatures. Erroll Barrow Center for Creative Imagination.
Dedication: None
Symposium: yes. Diaspora from and to Cuba.  Participating scholars: Dr. Gail Gelburd. Chair. Art Department. University of Western Connecticut. Dr. Andrea Herrera. Chair. Women and Ethnic Studies Program. María Alicia Cantellano. Florida International University. Dr. Victor Simpson, Dr. Ian Craig, and Dr. Grisel Pujalá. The University of the West Indies. Department of Languages, Linguistics and Literatures.
Poetry Reading: yes. Amparo McWatt, Professor Mark McWatt, Grisel Pujalá and Andrea Herrera.
Performance Art pieces: Choreographer Neri Torres.  Leandro Soto