Thursday April 5, 2018 - Friday May 25, 2018 All Day
Co-sponsored by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Wistariahurst is excited to welcome you into into the realm of Guayama, Puerto Rico, in a comparative museology installation which offers a combination of art, story, and history.
Walk through the doors of Wistariahurst and be transported into the central plaza of Guayama, Puerto Rico as you journey through an immersive installation created by a collaborative team led by Curator Alvilda Sophia Anaya Alegria, artist, economist, and Professor at Cambridge College.
The exhibit will focus on the architecture and history of the Museo Casa Cautiño, a striking Neo-Classical structure built in Guayama in 1887 – just around the time that Wistariahurst was moved to and expanded upon in Holyoke. This historic house museum, like Belle’s Wistariahurst home, is designed to romance guests the minute they walk in. Through history, photography, and art the exhibit will explore the parallels between Wistariahurst and Museo Casa Cautiño, including strong female inhabitants and close ties to the economic development of their respective hometowns, and the differences in the architecture and histories of the two homes.
The exhibit is co-curated by Aníbal Ernesto Rodriguez Ayala, ICP Museum Educator, Penni Martorell, Wistariahurst, with translation support from Professor Alba Martinez and research assistance from Mabel Martinez. Photography by Sergio Gómez Velázquez, and brochure design by Angel David Santos. Special thanks to Commissioner Martínez Gómez who accepted being part of this team representing the Autonomus Municipality of Guayama.
It will be on view at Wistariahurst April 5 – May 25, 2018, Sundays – Wednesdays.
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) is an institution of the Government of Puerto Rico responsible for the establishment of the cultural policies required in order to study, preserve, promote, enrich, and diffuse the cultural values of Puerto Rico. These include 18 Museums and a Ceremonial Taíno Indigenous Archeological Park.
Support for this exhibit comes from El Sol Latino, a monthly, bilingual (Spanish and English), free publication published by El Coquí Media Group, LLC. El Sol Latino was born of the need to meet, present, interpret and analyze news and events from a perspective that reflected the changing cultural, economic, linguistic, educational, social and political reality that defines the growing Puerto Rican-Latino community residing in the region.
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Esta exhibición ha sido auspiciada por el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña; y Wistariahurst Museum quienes le invitan a entrar al reino de Guayama, Puerto Rico, a través de una instalación museográfica de carácter comparativo en la que se combinan el arte y la historia.
Penetre a los interiores de Wistariahurst y sea transportado a la plaza de Guayama, Puerto Rico mientras se sumerge en un maravilloso viaje en una instalación preparada por la curadora Alvilda Sophia Anaya-Alegría quien es artista, economista y Profesora de Cambridge College.
A través de la historia, fotografías y una exhibición de arte, se podrán explorar los paralelos arquitectónicos entre Wistariahurst y el Museo Casa Cautiño, la cual incluye la fuerza económica de la mujer como inversionista y ente activo en el desarrollo económico de ambas ciudades, Holyoke y Guayama.
La exhibición ha sido co-curada por Aníbal Ernesto Rodríguez Ayala, quien es educador en los Museos del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Patti Martorell, la curadora de Wistariahurst, traducida por la Profesora Alba Martínez e investigada por Mabel Martínez. Fotógrafía por Sergio Goméz Velázquez y Ángel David Santos, artista gráfico del obolúsco. Agradecemos al Comisionado Martínez Gómez el que haya aceptado integrarse a nuestro equipo de trabajo representando al municipio autónomo de Guayama.
El Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña es una institución que forma parte del gobierno de Puerto Rico, y quien establece la política pública cultural del país, esta agencia reserva, promueve y difunde los valores culturales de Puerto Rico. A su vez incluye 14 museos diversos y un área arqueológica ceremonial del periodo Taíno.