Noche De Bohemia Series: The Bolero
2024-10-18 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Friday, October 18 at 6pm – 9pm

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Join us for an enchanting evening of culture and music at Noche de Bohemia: The Bolero on Friday, October 18, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Taller Puertorriqueño. This event, a collaboration between Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas and Taller Puertorriqueño, will feature a captivating blend of poetry and music by José Santiago and Daniel de Jesús, along with lively performances by Raíces Boricuas, who will showcase both classic boleros and dance music.

Admission:

Cost: $10 per personYour admission includes a raffle ticket for a chance to win exciting prizes, such as books and CDs!

Event Highlights:

Live Performances: Enjoy an inspiring blend of poetry and music featuring José Santiago and Daniel de Jesús.

Boleros and Dance Music: Dance the night away with the captivating sounds of Raíces Boricuas, showcasing classic boleros and lively dance tunes.

Presentation on the Bolero: Learn about the rich history and significance of the bolero in a short presentation.

Open Mic Segment: Feel inspired? Join us for an open mic session where audience members can share their own poetry or musical talents.

Light Refreshments: Enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages throughout the evening

Clay Heals Minds: Community Forum, Tours, & Celebration
2024-10-19 11:00 - 15:30 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, October 19 at 11am – 3:30pm

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Hosted by We Here’s Community Advisory Committee of Kensington residents and Curator of Public Engagement Megan Voeller, Mural Arts celebrates the artists and community members behind We Here at Taller Puertorriqueño.

11a.m. Children’s Book Reading & Activities

12 p.m. Forum Welcome & Lunch, Documentary Preview, Roberto Lugo in dialogue withLemon Andersen, Panel: Arts Access & Mental/Behavioral Health in Kensington

2- 3:30pm Celebration!

After the forum, enjoy clay sculpting activities with Lugo and Nitza Walesca Rosario, a Polaroid photo booth with Daisie Cardona, music, games, refreshments and a tour of Taller’s cultural corridor with Experience Eastern North.

All activities are free and open to the public, registration required, families welcome! Sign up for a community walking tour of the two additional sculptures on September 28th, October 26th or November 16th.

Major support for We Here has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from Hummingbird Foundation, City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS), Katie Adams Schaeffer & Tony Schaeffer, Julia & David Fleischner, City of Philadelphia, and an anonymous donor. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Life Drawing Workshop (10/24)
2024-10-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Thursday, October 24 at 5pm – 6pm

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FREE RSVP REQUIRED

Please join us for free life drawing classes on Thursday, October 17th and 24th, from 5 to 6 PM, and 26th, from 1 to 3 PM. All ages and experience levels are welcome. We will have a life model and an instructor will guide the drawing process. We will supply easels, drawing papers, charcoal, and pencils.

Workshop Dates:

FULL: Thursday, Oct. 17, 4-5 (YAP) & 5-6 PM open to the public

FULL: Thursday, Oct. 24, 4-5 (YAP) & 5-6 PM open to the public

FULL: Saturday, Oct. 26, 1 – 3 PM open to the public

We are offering this program with the exhibition Alexis Duque: Los Dueños de Nada. In his new work, Duque incorporates figurative life drawing in paintings and drawings. Come to the classes and see the show!

The classes are free, but registration is encouraged. Space is limited to 10.

Life Drawing Workshop (10/26)
2024-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, October 26 at 1pm – 3pm

Taller Puertorriqueño | 2600 N. 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133

Workshop is FULL

FREE RSVP REQUIRED

Please join us for free life drawing classes on Thursday, October 17th and 24th, from 5 to 6 PM, and 26th, from 1 to 3 PM. All ages and experience levels are welcome. We will have a life model and an instructor will guide the drawing process. We will supply easels, drawing papers, charcoal, and pencils.

Workshop Dates:

FULL: Thursday, Oct. 17, 4-5 (YAP) & 5-6 PM open to the public

FULL: Thursday, Oct. 24, 4-5 (YAP) & 5-6 PM open to the public

FULL: Saturday, Oct. 26, 1 – 3 PM open to the public

We are offering this program with the exhibition Alexis Duque: Los Dueños de Nada. In his new work, Duque incorporates figurative life drawing in paintings and drawings. Come to the classes and see the show!

The classes are free, but registration is encouraged. Space is limited to 10.

Taller 50th Anniversary Gala
2024-11-01 19:00 - 23:00 | The Lucy by Cescaphe, South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
Friday, November 1, 2024, 7pm – 11pm

Venue: The Lucy by Cescaphe

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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please reach out to Joana Diaz at jdiaz@tallerpr.org.

Join us in celebrating 50 incredible years of artistry, education, and community impact!

Gala Highlights:

Cocktail Reception

Top-Shelf Open Bar

Three-Course Dinner

Honored Guests Program

Dancing and Entertainment

Silent Auction

As we mark this golden milestone, we’ll honor our past with recognition of past Executive Directors and the exceptional artists and educational programs that have defined Taller Puertorriqueno’s legacy over the past five decades.

Dress to impress and join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating El Corazón del Barrio, Taller Puertorriqueno.

Thank you to our sponsors

Keynote Speaker: Quiara Alegría Hudes is a Philadelphia native, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for Water by the Spoonful, author of the memoir My Broken Language, and screenwriter of In the Heights.

Emcee: from Nbc10 and Telemundo 62, Emmy-nominated anchor and reporter Valeria Aponte Feliciano.

Raíces Literarias Award: Honors Dr. Yonaira Rodriguez for establishing a literacy partnership with the Julia de Burgos Bookstore that deeply roots students in their cultural heritage through literature.

Legacy of Service Award: Honors Manuel Berrios for his unwavering dedication and over 20 years of service to Taller Puertorriqueño

Spirit of Fairhill Award: Honors Jose Ortíz Pagán for his artistic work on the Memorializing Fairhill project, celebrating the resilience and history of the Fairhill neighborhood.

Liderazgo Pionero Award: Honors past Executive Directors Domingo Negron, Johnny Irizarry, Dr. Carmen Febo San Miguel, and in memoriam Pedro Perez and Carmen Puigdollers for their pioneering leadership and lasting impact.

Picturing the Border Series: Michelle Angela Ortiz and Dr. Veronica Montes
2024-11-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
This event will be held at Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia. Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz and Dr. Veronica Montes will speak about their interdisciplinary collaborations and the ways that art can be a tool for activism and the study of migration.

Michelle Angela Ortiz is an award-winning visual artist, skilled muralist, community arts educator, and filmmaker who uses her art as a vehicle to represent people and communities whose histories are often lost or co-opted. Through community arts practices, painting, documentaries, and public art installations, she creates a safe space for dialogue around some of the most profound issues communities and individuals may face. Her work tells stories using richly crafted and emotive imagery to claim and transform spaces into a visual affirmation that reveals the strength and spirit of the community.

Ortiz has worked with Dr. Veronica Montes, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of Latin American, Iberian, and Latina/o Studies at Bryn Mawr College. For this event the two will speak about their interdisciplinary collaborations and the ways that art can be a tool for activism and the study of migration. Rafael Damast will moderate the discussion.

The event will be held at Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 N. 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133. Free visitor parking is available in the rear of the building on Huntingdon St.

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Meet the Author: Bessie Flores Zaldívar
2024-11-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, November 9 at 3pm

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Join us on Saturday, November 9th at 3pm for a Q&A and book signing with author of Libertad, Bessie Flores Zaldívar.

About the Book

A queer YA coming-of-age set during the rigged Honduran presidential election about a young poet discovering the courage it takes to speak her truth about the people and country she loves.

As the contentious 2017 presidential election looms and protests rage across every corner of the city, life in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, churns louder and faster. For her part, high school senior Libertad (Libi) Morazán takes heart in writing political poetry for her anonymous Instagram account and a budding romance with someone new. But things come to a head when Mami sees texts on her phone mentioning a kiss with a girl and Libi discovers her beloved older brother, Maynor, playing a major role in the protests. As Libertad faces the political and social corruption around her, stifling homophobia at home and school, and ramped up threats to her poetry online, she begins dreaming of a future in which she doesn’t have to hide who she is or worry about someone she loves losing their life just for speaking up. Then the ultimate tragedy strikes, and leaving her family and friends—plus the only home she’s ever known—might be her only option.

About the Author

Born in 1997 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Bessie FloresZaldívar is a writer and professor of fiction. They’re currently based in the New Haven area. Libertad is Bessie’s debut novel.

Opening Reception: DORIS NOGUEIRA-ROGERS: FORM & CONTENT
2024-11-15 17:00 - 20:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Friday, November 15, 5pm – 8pm

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FREE EVENT

Join us for the opening of DORIS NOGUEIRA-ROGERS: FORM & CONTENT, a new show by the artist Doris Nogueira-Rogers—her first solo exhibition in Taller’s new building.

Nogueira-Rogers, based in Woodbury, NJ, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has been ubiquitous in the Philadelphia artist community for 46 years and has shown widely. She has worked in various mediums, including textiles, linoleum blocks, canvas, ceramics, and installations. Her work has often been political, addressing social inequity, nature, and environmental justice while remaining colorful, bright, evocative, and almost optimistic in their presentation. In her visual discourse, she uses nature-derived abstract compositions set against rich colors and shapes to create “forms” that hold deep symbolic meaning.In her new show, FORM & CONTENT, Nogueira-Rogers created installations and two-dimensional work for audiences to journey through and experience. This new show highlights rarely-seen works whose themes resonate profoundly with our time.

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Meet the Author: Patricia Coral
2024-11-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, November 23 at 3pm

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Join us on Saturday, November 23rd at 3pm for a conversation with author of Women Surrounded by Water, Patricia Coral in conversation with Adrienne Perry.

About the Book

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Patricia Coral was surrounded by women who fought for their needs amid the demands of domesticity and who were dismissed and judged when they rejected any predetermined paths on an island that itself has never been free. At age twenty-five, she married her first love, a green-eyed musician whose internal storms drove Coral to slowly realize that the marriage must end. Faced with disillusionment—with her husband, with the patriarchal expectations that surrounded her like the Caribbean Sea, and with the limited options available to her—she leaves, only for Hurricane Maria to wrench her heart homeward.

Coral evokes the beauty, love, and language of her family and of Puerto Rico as well as the pain of yearning for more. Tastes, colors, and the dreamlike lushness of childhood memories infuse this mournful and propulsive memoir of personal and natural disasters—and the self-discovery made possible only when we choose what to leave behind.

About the Author

Patricia Coral is a bilingual Puerto Rican writer. She holds an MFA in creative writing from American University, where she received the Myra Sklarew Award and where she was Editor in Chief of FOLIO. Coral writes creative nonfiction and poetry, but frequently her words find their home in between. The former events director for Politics and Prose Bookstore, she has contributed to numerous literary magazines.

About the Moderator

Adrienne Perry grew up in Wyoming, earned her MFA from Warren Wilson College, and her PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. From 2014-2016 she served as the Editor of Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts. A Hedgebrook alumna, Adrienne is also a Kimbilio Fellow and a member of the Rabble Collective. Adrienne’s writing has received support from Friends of Writers, the Elizabeth George Foundation, Inprint, and the University of Houston. In 2020, Adrienne received the inaugural Elizabeth Alexander Prize in Creative Writing from Meridians journal. Adrienne’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Copper Nickel, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. She is an Assistant Professor of literature and creative writing at at Villanova University.

Annual "Sangiving" Lunch & Donation Drive Pal' Barrio
2024-11-27 12:00 - 15:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Friday, October 18 at 6pm – 9pm

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FREE PUBLIC EVENT

As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to gather with our community for the annual “Sangiving” Community Lunch and Donation Drive! We’re excited to continue this cherished tradition of sharing warmth and resources with those in need.

How You Can Help:

We invite you to contribute to our donation drive by bringing in gently used winter clothes, shoes, canned goods, or non-perishable items. You can drop off your donations in the lobby bins at Taller during our regular business hours. Every bit counts and helps us make a significant impact!

Volunteer Opportunities:

We are looking for passionate volunteers to make this event a success! You can help by:

Donating prepared meals to be served

Serving food to the community

Managing the donation drive

If you’re interested in volunteering or preparing a dish, please complete this form to sign-up. If you have any questions please contact Aida Devine at adevine@tallerpr.org and Jose Santiago at jsantiago@tallerpr.org.

This Thanksgiving, let’s come together as a community to give back and express our gratitude. Join us for a day filled with warmth, laughter, and the spirit of giving! We can’t wait to see you there!

Taller Puertorriqueño’s Fiesta de Cumpleaños
2024-12-13 19:00 - 23:59 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Friday, December 13th Doors open at 7pm

7pm – 10pm Salsa with DJ Eddie Alba

10pm – 12pm Latin Mix with DJ R3MSATIVA

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$20 Admission at the door

Get Ready to Party! Taller Puertorriqueños’ 50th Fiesta de Cumpleaños

Get your dancing shoes on and get ready to salsa the night away! Taller Puertorriqueño is turning 50, and we’re throwing the ultimate Fiesta de Cumpleaños to celebrate – and you’re invited!

Join us on Friday, December 13, 2024 for a night of non-stop dancing, sizzling beats, and a whole lot of fun! Doors open at 7:00 PM, $20 admission, and the party will be heating up all night long with DJ R3MSATIVA and DJ Eddie Alba bringing the freshest salsa, reggaeton, and latin hits.

This isn’t just any birthday bash – we’re celebrating five decades of culture, art, and community with a packed dance floor, delicious food (included in your cover), and plenty of partying to keep the vibes high.

Whether you’re looking to dance the night away or just kick back and enjoy the party, this is the holiday celebration you don’t want to miss. Come dance, party, and celebrate with us!

See you on the dance floor!

Three Kings Day Toy Giveaway: A Celebration for Kids
2025-01-09 15:00 - 18:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Thursday, January 9 at 3pm – 6pm

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FREE EVENT

NEW DATE: Thursday, January 9, 2025 from 3:00pm – 6:00pm

Due to inclement weather our Annual Three Kings day Toy Giveaway is postponed to Thursday, January 9th from 3pm – 6pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we hope to still see all of the lovely families who signed up for our event later next week!

Taller Puertorriqueño in collaboration with HACE invites children and families to join a heartwarming holiday event with its annual Three Kings Day Toy Giveaway. This beloved tradition brings joy to the community with a celebration rich in culture, family, and festivity.

Attendees will have the chance to receive a special gift, participate in creative arts and crafts activities, and meet the Three Kings themselves in an afternoon that wraps up the holiday season with warmth and cheer. Each child registered for this event will receive one (1) toy, bringing a smile to their face and creating memories to cherish. Join us for an afternoon of joy and tradition at Taller Puertorriqueño’s Three Kings Day Toy Giveaway!

Registration Deadline:

This is a free event but prior registration is required as toys are limited. The registration deadline is January 2, 2025. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

How to Donate Toys:

As we prepare for this festive event, Taller Puertorriqueño welcomes donations of new, unwrapped toys to help make this day special for every child. Community members, businesses, and organizations are encouraged to contribute. All toy donations will bring a smile to a child’s face and ensure that no child leaves without a gift. Please bring new, unwrapped toys to Taller Puertorriqueño by January 2, 2025.

For drop-off arrangements or questions, contact José Santiago at jsantiago@tallerpr.org or call 215-426-3311.

Beginners Jewelry Workshop with Aida Devine
2025-02-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, February 1st at 1pm

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PAID EVENT | $25

Come join us for a fun and hands-on Beginners Jewelry workshop where you’ll learn basic techniques to create your own stunning accessories!

Bad Bunny DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: Short Film Screening and Album Listening Party
2025-02-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Wednesday, February 12 at 6pm

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Join us alongside Philly Boricuas, Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, Gusto, and AfroTaíno on February 12 for a Short Film Screening & Album Listening Party of Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOTos. After viewing the film and listening to songs from the album, Philly Boricuas will lead a conversation centered around the themes of colonialism, resistance, and Puerto Rican pride present in Bad Bunny’s work. Come enjoy this love letter to Puerto Rico and be part of an insightful discussion with us! Prior registration is required and space is limited so make sure to RSVP! Food will be provided by Amy’s Pastelillos for guests to enjoy.

Artist Talk: Doris Nogueira-Rogers - Form & Content
2025-02-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, February 15 from 2pm – 4pm

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FREE PUBLIC EVENT/ IN PERSON

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On February 15, join us for an intimate discussion with artist Doris Nogueira-Rogers, exploring her diverse artistic portfolio. Her exhibition DORIS NOGUEIRA-ROGERS: FORM & CONTENT at Taller Puertorriqueño will be on view through March 1, 2025.

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A Brazilian-born artist now residing in Woodbury, New Jersey, Nogueira-Rogers has been a prominent figure in the Philadelphia art scene for 46 years. Her extensive artistic practice spans multiple mediums, including textiles, printing, canvas, ceramics, and large-scale installations.Her artwork is powerfully distinctive, addressing profound social themes such as social inequality and environmental conservation. Despite tackling serious subjects, her pieces remain visually striking—characterized by vibrant colors and an almost optimistic aesthetic. She develops her visual narratives through abstract compositions inspired by natural forms, using rich colors and symbolic shapes to convey complex messages.

Through her art, Nogueira-Rogers creates a unique visual language that transforms challenging social commentaries into compelling, aesthetically engaging works that invite viewers to reflect and engage deeply with critical contemporary issues.

Schomburg Symposium Opening Event: Flores Para Gloria Film Series and Conversations with filmmaker Gloria Rolando & Special Guest Gabriela Castillo
2025-02-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Friday, February 21, 2025 at 6pm

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FREE EVENT

As part of our programming for the Arturo Schomburg Symposium, join us for our opening event and film screening. Flores Para Gloria Film Series and Conversations with filmmaker Gloria Rolando & Special Guest Gabriela Castillo. Diálogo con mi Abuela, A Cuban grandmother’s stories illuminate Afro-Cuban history and resilience. This special film series celebrates the groundbreaking work of Gloria Rolando, a visionary filmmaker who illuminates Afro-Cuban history, culture, & resistance.

This opening event is free, but the symposium on Saturday, February 22 is ticketed. Learn more about the symposiums and purchasing tickets here.

Schomburg Symposium: The Legacy of Arturo Schomburg: Rooting Ourselves in Pan Africanism
2025-02-22 09:30 - 15:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, February 22, 2025 9:30am – 3pm | Symposium

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TICKETED EVENT

Since 1997, The Annual Arturo A. Schomburg Symposium has taken on a different yearly theme exploring various aspects of the intricate and complex relationship of the African Diaspora influences within Latin American culture abroad and in the US. Through formal presentations and Q&A’s, audience members engage in dialogues that promote increased understanding of our shared traditions and influences. Stay tuned for more information about the theme and schedule of events!

Available Tickets: $10 Student Ticket & $20 General Admission Ticket:Group fees and financial assistance is available please get in touch with Erikka Goslin via email at egoslin@tallerpr.org or via phone at 215-426-3311 x1003 to discuss rates.

Taller Members at the $125 level and above receive a free ticket.

Book Launch: The Latina Anti-Diet with author Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, in conversation with Amy Rivera-Nassar
2025-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Thursday, March 20 at 7pm

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Join us on March 20 to celebrate the launch of The Latina Anti-Diet with author Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, in conversation with Amy Rivera-Nassar of Amy’s Pastelillos. The conversation will be followed by Q&A and book signing. Pre-order the book and RSVP above.

Exhibition Opening Reception of Shifting Realities: 12 Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times​
2025-03-21 17:00 - 20:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Friday, March 21, 5pm – 8pm

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Join us for the opening of Shifting Realities: 12 Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times​, this exhibition brings together 12 Philadelphia-based artists to explore what defines shared reality in an era of shifting historical narratives, eroding facts, and silenced identities.

Shifting Realities highlights a diverse group of artists whose practices confront today’s political polarization and uncertainty. Through their work, they navigate the tension between instability and resilience, seeking ways to reclaim meaning, connection, and place in a world in flux.

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Coffee Cart Pop-Up & Spring Sale
2025-03-22 11:00 - 17:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, March 22 from 11am – 5pm

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Enjoy coffee from Café Loíza and 15% off all books!

Taller's Education Program Open House
2025-03-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, March 22 at 12pm

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Come learn about our after-school art programs, tour our classrooms, meet our staff and check out if our program is a good fit for you and your kids! Our programs are for age groups 6-14 and 14-18. Register below!

For any questions contact Danny Melendez at dmelendez@tallerpr.org or Jose Ramos at jramos@tallerpr.org or at 215-426-3311 x1005

Riverwards Chapbook Series with H&H Books
2025-04-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Tuesday, April1 at 6pm

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Join us on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 6pm for a conversation with a panel of authors & illustrators from the Riverwards Chapbook Series. RSVP above

Artist Talk Shifting Realities: 12 Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times​
2025-04-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Tuesday, April 22, 6:30pm

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Shifting Realities showcases a group of diverse artists whose practices confront our current landscape of political polarization and widespread doubt. Through their work, these artists navigate paths toward stability and solace for themselves and their communities amid profound societal transformation.

This artist conversation is part of the exhibition whose theme asks a fundamental question: What constitutes our shared reality in an era when historical narratives face revision, factual foundations erode, and individual identities risk being silenced?

Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Taller for a discussion with artists Kukuli Velarde, Silvana Cardell, Marta Sánchez, and Eugenio Salas about their work and the work in the show. The curator, Rafael Damast, will moderate the talk.

About The Artists

Kukuli Velarde

Philadelphia-based artist Kukuli Velarde is a painter and sculptor. Primarily known for her feminist reinterpretations of Colonial painting and Pre-Columbian sculpture, Velarde’s work brings together the personal and the political, zeroing in on the perspectives of the indigenous people’s culture of her native Peru and those cast into the corner of society due to their age or appearance.

Silvana Cardell

Silvana Cardell is an Argentine choreographer, dancer, and educator known for her daring, evocative work in contemporary dance theater. Her choreography explores identity and urgent societal issues, including climate crisis, forced migration, and animal exploitation.

Marta Sánchez

Chicanx artist Marta Sánchez draws profound inspiration from traditional Mexican folk art traditions. Her artistic practice primarily focuses on linocut, monotype, and painting with collage on metal. In her work, she has explored memory, mental health, and placemaking.

Eugenio Salas

Eugenio Salas is a Mexican/Canadian artist based in Philadelphia. His practice involves disrupting social roles and dynamics through collaborative process-based projects carried out autonomously and within institutions. The resulting participatory, performative actions employ sculpture, media, print, live actions, and cooking.

Nuyorican & Diasporican Visual Art Panel Discussion
2025-04-26 15:00 - 18:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm

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FREE PUBLIC EVENT

Join us on April 26 to to discuss Nuyorican & Diasporican Visual Art: A Critial Anthology with editors Arlene Dávila and Yasmin Ramirez, moderated by contributor Johnny Irizarry. RSVP above.

Artist Talk Shifting Realities: 12 Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times​
2025-05-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Thursday, May 1, 6:30pm

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Shifting Realities showcases a group of diverse artists whose practices confront our current landscape of political polarization and widespread doubt. Through their work, these artists navigate paths toward stability and solace for themselves and their communities amid profound societal transformation.

This artist conversation is part of the exhibition whose theme asks a fundamental question: What constitutes our shared reality in an era when historical narratives face revision, factual foundations erode, and individual identities risk being silenced?

Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Taller for a discussion with artists Linette Messina Martinez, Symone Salib, and Kalila Jones about their work and the work in the show. Richie Lopez, artist and Project Manager for Tramando will moderate the talk.ve actions employ sculpture, media, print, live actions, and cooking.

About the Artists

Symone Salib

Symone Salib is a first-generation Cuban/Egyptian muralist, illustrator, and trauma-informed educator whose art centers on community members’ storytelling through large-scale public installations. Firmly rooted in portraiture, her work envisions a world of radical possibilities where equality and justice are at the center. By focusing on the voices and faces of marginalized communities, Symone uses her art to uplift and amplify those who are often overlooked.

Linette Messina Martinez

Linette Messina Martinez is a photographer and textile artist. For years, she has been creating yarn art on Philadelphia streets. Her work beautifies, celebrates, and connects people to their neighborhoods. Her monumental work for the exhibition Threads of Sicilian Passage looked at a loss, the death of someone special, and the change in family structure as an opportunity for rebirth.

Kalila Jones

Kalila Jones is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia, PA, whose art explores the intersections of their identity through material exploration. She uses yarn, found textiles, hair accessories, and dollar store craft supplies to make collaged textile garments and sculptures that evoke joy and nostalgia. Their use of material helps them navigate what it means to express a sense of unapologetic self in a society that often presents race & gender as monolithic experiences.

Taller Puertorriqueño’s Spring Fundraiser: El Mercado A Latino Art Market
2025-05-10 11:00 - 14:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, May 10 from 11am -2pm

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Save the Date for our annual Spring Fundraiser!

El Mercado: A Latino Art Market at Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 11AM to 2PM! Get ready for an afternoon filled with vibrant art, culture, and community as we celebrate local Philly Latino artists and support Taller’s Education Programs.

What to Expect:

Artisan Market featuring unique art, jewelry, prints, textiles, and more from talented Latine artists

Meet the Artists and learn about their incredible work

Hands-on Activities like creating your own print

Delicious Food Trucks

Exhibition at Taller’s Gallery

Artist Talk Shifting Realities: 12 Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times​
2025-05-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Thursday, May 15, 6:30pm

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Shifting Realities showcases a group of diverse artists whose practices confront our current landscape of political polarization and widespread doubt. Through their work, these artists navigate paths toward stability and solace for themselves and their communities amid profound societal transformation.

This artist conversation is part of the exhibition whose theme asks a fundamental question: What constitutes our shared reality in an era when historical narratives face revision, factual foundations erode, and individual identities risk being silenced?

Join us at 6:30pm at Taller for a discussion with artists Hagudeza Rullán-Fantauzz, Liliana Pérez, and Miguel Antonio Horn about their work and the work in the show. The curator, Rafael Damast, will moderate the talk.

About the Artists

Hagudeza Rullán-Fantauzzi

Hagudeza Rullán-Fantauzzi is a Philadelphia-based interdisciplinary artist and storyteller. She uses her journey as an Afro-Boricua Trans woman to create work that opens dialogues around often unspoken experiences—originally from Ponce, Puerto Rico, Hagudeza’s early years in low-resourced communities ignited a drive to create despite limited access to artistic outlets. Over time, they honed their voice through movement and visual expression as artists and filmmakers, crafting original works embodying resilience and transformation. Her projects continue to evolve, blending forms and pushing boundaries, driven by a commitment to spark connection and foster more profound understanding.

Liliana Pérez

Born in Havana, Cuba, Liliana Pérez’s artistic journey began at the tender age of six when she made a drawing from the balcony of her family’s second-floor apartment in Central Havana. She sketched a car and proudly shared it with her father and uncle. Her uncle taught her how to draw a car, emphasizing geometric shapes and simplified forms. However, his approach didn’t resonate with her vision. Determined to stay true to her perspective, she returned to the balcony, vowing to create the most sincere and intentional drawing she could muster. This formative experience profoundly shaped her artistic choices throughout her life.

Miguel Antonio Horn

Miguel Antonio Horn is a sculptor from Philadelphia with Colombian and Venezuelan roots. He creates large-format sculptures using digital and analog processes in various media. His artworks have been exhibited at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Tamaulipas, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, University of the Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and as part of the Vancouver Biennale. He has several permanent public installations in the Philadelphia region, Canada, and Mexico.

Bilingual Storytime: La Chiva in partnership with Acción Colombia and LABF
2025-05-17 11:30 - 13:30 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, May 17 at 11:30am

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Join us on Saturday, May 17, at 11:30am to read I Am La Chiva! in English and Spanish. We will have craft activities and Colombian coffee and pastries.

Bodies & Territories: Ecofeminist Legacy – Film Screening and Conversation
2025-05-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Saturday, May 17 at 4pm

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A Film Screening and Conversation with Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Silvana Cardell, and Mey-Yen Moriuchi at Taller Puertorriqueño

Bodies & Territories: Ecofeminist Legacy brings together choreographer Silvana Cardell, filmmaker Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, and art historian Mey-Yen Moriuchi for a screening and conversation that reflects on and reimagines ecofeminist artistic practice. Silvana Cardell’s new production TERRA: Bodies & Territories will premier in June on the forested land of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in northwest Philadelphia. Cardell’s production aligns the bodies of her dance ensemble with the land, merging human movement with nature to reveal our inextricable livelihood and empowerment.

In this program leading up to the June performances, Cardell’s work will be discussed in conversation with the groundbreaking work of the artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), whose performative artistic practice embedded her own body into the land. Filmmaker Raquel Cecilia Mendieta introduces Ana Mendieta’s work through two short films, Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside (8:23 min) and Whispering Cave (27 min) for this exclusive screening. Bringing Cardell’s new production and Mendieta’s work together, art historian Mey-Yen Moriuchi will moderate a conversation on the legacy of ecofeminist artistic practice and its relevance today.

About the Presenters:

Silvana Cardell, a dancer, choreographer, and educator, has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography. With roots in Argentina and the US, she has directed dance companies and developed programs in both countries. Cardell’s performances blend dance, theater, and visual arts, and draw inspiration from her personal experiences and cultural background. Her work often addresses social issues and challenges dominant cultural narratives.

Cardell’s performances have been showcased domestically and internationally since the late-90s. Her projects have received significant funding from prominent organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, Pew Center for the Arts & Heritage, and the New England Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and Mid Atlantic Foundation of the Arts. She is also committed to advancing dance in her communities, having founded several organizations, including EDA Escuela de Danza del Abasto, a three-year professional dance training program sponsored by Secretaria de Cultura de la Nacion in Argentina, and Sala Ana Itelman, a performance space sponsored by the Instituto Nacional del Teatro in Buenos Aires and Cardell Dance Studio in Philadelphia.

In Philadelphia, Cardell has collaborated extensively with Manfred Fishbeck at Group Motion Dance Company, Myra Bazell and Madison Mario at Scrap Performance, Merian Soto, theater director Blanka Zizka and created Cardell Dance Theater and Cardell Dance Studio.

From 2009 to 2022, she served as the Director and Chair of the Department of Dance at Georgian Court University.

Raquel Cecilia is an independent filmmaker and writer best known for her recent films on her aunt, artist Ana Mendieta. Her films have screened at film festivals, art museums and galleries world-wide. Raquel is also the Administrator of the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection and has published numerous essays about Ana Mendieta in art catalogues, most notably the essay on her experience overseeing the digital restoration of Mendieta’s moving image works on film and video in the catalogue Ana Mendieta: Covered in Time & History. She is currently working on a feature length documentary about the life and art of Ana Mendieta and was recently awarded a large grant from a philanthropic organization to help complete the film.

Mey-Yen Moriuchi is the co-editor of Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2022) which examines the role and breadth of contemporary activist art. Dr. Moriuchi’s book, Mexican Costumbrismo: Race, Society, and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Art, was published by Penn State University Press in 2018, and received honorable mention by the Eleanor Tufts Award committee. Dr. Moriuchi received her B.A. in History of Art and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in History of Art from Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Moriuchi teaches a variety of topics, including Latin American art, art and history of Mexico, women and art, public art, and contemporary art and activism.

Major support for TERRA has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from Georgian Court University, and the 2025 Creative Sector Flex Fund, a program by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Embroidering Legacy: A Community Workshop with Richie Lopez
2025-05-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, North 5th Street 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19133, United States
Thursday, May 22 from 4pm -6pm

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FREE | All materials provided | Space limited to 20 participants per session | Participants must be 14 and up

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Join artist Richie Wilde Lopez for two free community embroidery workshops at Taller Puertorriqueño. This hands-on session invites participants to contribute directly to a collaborative art installation centered on the theme of legacy—what we carry, what we leave behind, and what we hope to be remembered for.

During the workshop, participants will learn a few basic embroidery stitches and use them to stitch a single word onto cloth—something that represents their personal interpretation of legacy. These embroidered words will be collected at the end of the session and included in a larger textile installation currently in progress.

This is a space for thoughtful making, quiet reflection, and connection through craft. All experience levels are welcome.

All materials will be provided. Please note that participants will not keep their finished pieces, as they will become part of the final artwork.

Participation is limited to 20 people per session. Pre-registration is encouraged. Participants must be 14 and up.

This workshop has reached its maximum capacity and is currently closed for registration. We appreciate your interest.
