Cal U. to showcase Cuban art
The work of five artists from Cuba will be on display in the third-floor gallery at California University of Pennsylvania’s Manderino Library.
The free exhibition features works by artists Yamiliany Morales Ferras, Dayron Simon, Jesus Gastell, Duhamel Xolot and Jose Luis Cabrera Restoy.
Special presentations Tuesday will put the artwork into context, with a panel discussion by several artists and a talk on human rights and genocide in Latin America by Dr. John Cencich, an international war crimes investigator and a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice.
Christine Frechard, who owns an art gallery in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, also will be in attendance.
“Frechard went to Cuba last summer and was thrilled by the art scene,” said Andrea Cencich, a friend of the gallery owner and an instructor in the Department of Art and Languages.
“She met a few artists in Havana and Soroa, and she became enthusiastic about bringing their art and the artists to the Pittsburgh area, to give them an opportunity to be represented outside of Cuba,” Cencich said.
The Cub’Art exhibition also can be seen at the Christine Frechard Gallery, and an opening reception is planned at G1 Gallery in Pittsburgh.
“Cuban Art” will be on public display April 16-21 during regular Manderino Library hours, 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Pay-by-meter parking is available in Lot 10 and Lot 17.
Tuesday, students from five area high schools will meet the artists and attend a panel discussion with the artists and a talk on human rights from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The public can attend the panel discussion and human rights presentation at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Room 208 of Manderino Library. Admission is free.