National Poetry Month

Poetry Month includes a program of fascinating discussions and readings by contemporary Mexican and Spanish poets at the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C.

POETRY WEEK | April 16 through April 24, 2010
Celebrating National Poetry Month:
Spanish Language Poetry Festival and Book Fair

The Mexican Cultural Institute joins National Poetry Month this April by showcasing contemporary Spanish language contributions to the genre from publishing houses in Mexico and Spain. Join them between April 16th and April 24th as they present recent poetry publications with an accompanying program of readings, lectures and a book fair featuring editions of these anthologies.

The Language of Poetry in a Global Age: Conversation and Poetry Reading
Friday, April 16 @ 6:30 pm
This conversation and bilingual reading with Mexican poets Rocío Cerón, Rodrigo Toscano and Mónica de la Torre. They will explore contemporary poetry trends in the digital age, where technology and fluid borders have facilitated the increased movement of people and ideas, thereby calling into question the role of nation-based identity politics and cultural practices in creative expression. The discussion will focus on the recently published anthology Poesía Iberoamericana Made in U.S.A., which features a new generation of Spanish-language poets writing in Spanish in the U.S., U.S.-born poets writing in Spanish, and Mexican poets writing in English.

Bilingual Poetry Reading: Rocío Ceron´s Empire/Imperio
Saturday, April 17 @ 11:00 am
Mexican poet Rocío Cerón will read from her bilingual poetry anthology, Empire/Imperio, an ambitious project that examines the intimate nature of violence within the nuclear family and the tumultuous crash that makes way for the fall of an empire. Rocío Cerón will be introduced by Charles Jensen, Director of The Writer´s Center in Bethesda.

Poetry in the Quotidian Ritual: Reading by Poets Julio Trujillo (Mexico) and Gabriel Insausti (Spain)
Tuesday, April 20 @ 6:30 pm
Mexican Poet Julio Trujillo and Spanish poet Gabriel Insausti will read from their poetry collections Bipolar and Vida y Milagros, respectively. Both of these works reflect on the dual nature of daily life. Trujillo registers a shifting, “bipolar” sentiment within us, while Insausti first filters the rare, brief moments of fulfillment from our daily lives then proposes that this duality may be a misleading notion, and that life itself is a miracle. The authors will be introduced by Sergio Waisman, Chair of the Department of Romance, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at The George Washington University. This reading, organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, will be presented in Spanish.

Spanish Language Poetry Book Fair*
April 16 through April 24
From April 16 to April 24, the Mexican Cultural Institute will hold a Book Fair of Spanish-language poetry collections. Books and anthologies from Mexican and Spanish publishing houses (El Billar de Lucrecia y Motín Poeta, Tucán de Virginia, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Ediciones sin Nombre, Pre-Textos, TRILCE, CIDCLI, ERA) will be on display and available for purchase at the Mexican Cultural Institute during regular business hours.
*A special section includes a variety of wonderful books for children in Spanish and bilingual editions.

Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street, NW | Washington, D.C.
The Mexican Cultural Institute is open Monday to Friday between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

I rent my self to dream

Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 6:30 pm
by Álvaro Santiago

I Rent myself to Dream travels to the Mexican Cultural Institute after a successful run at the sister Institute in Montreal, Quebec. Alvaro Santiago is a visual artist who shows unique command of various forms, including painting, ceramic, drawing, engraving, woodcarving and sculpture. His works characterized by energetic lines and fierce color. Santiago did not need to leave his natal region of Oaxaca in order to consolidate his audacious dialog in which forms are shaped with the use of various materials that lead him to create unseen universes. He has maintained a constant presence in Mexico and abroad, where his work has been shown in galleries, museums, collective and individual shows.

Mexican Cultural Institute
Frida Kahlo Gallery
2829 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20009
Free to the public
R.S.V.P. (202) 728-1675 or email: icmdc@instituteofmexicodc.org
Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Exhibit open until July 18, 2008

THE MIGRANT PROJECT:

THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
invites you to the presentation of

THE MIGRANT PROJECT: Contemporary California Farm Workers
Photographs and text by Rick Nahmias
and
THE CELEBRATION OF CÉSAR CHÁVEZ DAY
Monday, March 31st, 2008

5:00PM
Roundtable discussion with:
Demetrios G Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute
Bruce Goldstein, Executive Director, Farmworker Justice
Irasema Garza, Member of the Board, Farmworker Justice
Rick Nahmias, Photographer, The Migrant Project

6:00PM
Presentation of the exhibit by the photographer
Reception and book signing to follow
RSVP (202) 728-1675 or icmdc@instituteofmexicodc.org
For more information please visit: www.instituteofmexicodc.org

THE MIGRANT PROJECT addresses the phenomenon of Mexican migrant workers in California through a series of photographs by Rick Nahmias. This exhibit, which is now the subject of a new book just published by University of New Mexico Press, offers a rare contemporary look into the lives of one of America's largest invisible and disenfranchised populations. The pictures were taken in fifty different towns across California; they address the day-to-day life of migrant workers and their families, giving a human face to this otherwise forgotten population. The Migrant Project, an indepth photo-documentary (with bilingual text), proudly places the faces and stories of those currently working our fields front and center, providing a present day microcosm for numerous issues surrounding the human cost of feeding America.

Instituto Cultural de México
Washington D.C.
2829 16th st, NW
Washington D.C. 20009 USA
(202) 728 1647

Camara Culture Out of Mexico

Mexican Cultural Institute | 2829 16th Street N.W. | Washington , D.C.
Saturday, November 3, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Free admission - Limited space available
Business casual

“Camera Culture Out of Mexico” is one-day symposium to present the public with an overview of trends and movements within Mexican photography, and by Mexican and Mexican American photographers since the Mexican Revolution until today. Part of the “Mexico at the Smithsonian” program series, this symposium is being presented in conjunction with several photography exhibitions including the Casasola Archives, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Mariana Yampolsky, Graciela Iturbide and others.

This event is free. Registration is limited to 75 attendees. To register for this event, please call (202) 633-0925, or e-mail woodamanr@si.edu with the subject heading “Camera Culture Registration.”

PROGRAM:

Session I: “Modernist Mexican Photography and the Legacy of Women
Photographers”
Panelists: • Elizabeth Ferrer • Yolanda Andrade • Laura González
Moderator: • Shannon Perich

Session II: “Trends and Movements in the mid-20th Century: Photojournalism;
Foto-escultura and Popular Culture; the Vanguard”
Panelists: • John Mraz • Pamela Scheinman • José Antonio Rodríguez
Moderator: • Mauricio Maillé

Session III “Contemporary Trends in Mexican and Mexican American
Photography”
Panelists: • Rubén Ortiz Torres • Pablo Ortiz Monasterio • George Rodriguez
Moderator: • Elizabeth Ferrer

Mexican Cultural Institute | 2829 16th Street N.W. | Washington , D.C. (202) 633-0925

Day of the Dead

CELEBRATION
Friday, November 2, at 7:00 pm

Mexican Cultural Institute | 2829 16th Street N.W. | Washington , D.C.

Tamales, pan de muerto and chocolate $ 10.00
(Children under 12 $ 5.00)
Limited space available
Pick up your ticket before 1:00 pm November 2nd at the Mexican Cultural Institute
or call (202) 728-1675 and pay at the door
Business casual

The Mexican Cultural Institute’s annual opening of the Altar de Muertos (Altar of the Dead) in celebration of the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is one of the most important events of the year. On this occasion the Altar will be dedicated to Frida Kahlo, celebrating the 100th anniversary of her birth. Frida Kahlo is undoubtedly one of the most influential Mexican women artists and was instrumental in introducing Mexico and its culture to the world. “Mexico at the Smithsonian” is proud to present a series of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s birth in 1907.

Embracing Mexico : Mariana Yampolsky, "Art and Life" at The Mexican Cultural Institute

Thursday, September 13 − Wednesday, November 21, 2007

An esteemed modern photographer in Mexico , Mariana Yampolsky was also known for her printmaking, book design and editing, as well as her work as a curator and collector. This exhibition presents those facets of her creative work: prints, photographs, a selection of the art books she edited, and examples from her folk art collection.

Mexican Cultural Institute | 2829 16th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C.
www.instituteofmexicodc.org