Casa Azul Arts Series
Casa Azul of Greensboro Arts Series is a special time for everyone. We offer exciting programming for all. Events range from concerts to art exhibits complimented with workshops and community discussions to explore the themes and topics in focus.
2024
Chronicles de Cocinas: The Stories We Tell Through Latinx Food
For its 2024 Art Series, Casa Azul of Greensboro is showcasing the diverse aspects of Food in Latin America. Food is at the center of everyday life, it is a protagonist of all celebrations and traditions. It plays a pivotal role in Latino culture transcending mere nourishment to become a form of expression, tradition, connection, and cultural identity. For this year’s series Casa Azul of Greensboro is once again partnering with the African American Atelier to bring its series: Chronicles de Cocinas: The Stories We Tell Through Latinx Food from August 30th to October 12th, 2024. The exhibit will take place at The African American Atelier Gallery located in Suite #14 at the Greensboro Cultural Center.
Chronicles de Cocinas: The Stories We Tell Through Latinx Food exhibit explores the multiple ways in which food, food habits, food spaces, and foodways communicate cultural and historical values and issues in Latin America and Latinx cultures. Casa Azul invited Latinx artists to reflect on how food images and food practices are used symbolically to enter dialogue with Latinx history and culture and as a medium of celebration or social commentary.
Participating artists: Brenda Fonseca, Emilio Kimbeni, Fernanda Piamonti, Georges Le Chevallier, Gilberto Herrera-Sandoval, Gliser Fuentes, Rick Ruiz, Keudis Sanchz, Kristin Aguilar, Myles Brown, Nayla Bautista-Rubio, Antonio Alanis, Daniela Alcivar-Castillo, Tabata Chisse, Robert Salazar-Guevara, Dayana Camposeco.
Join us for the Exhibit Opening Reception on August 30th at 6:00 pm to meet the artists and explore the exhibit, which showcases artwork inspired by the diverse ways food has shaped Latin American culture. See the calendar of events for Chronicles de Cocinas: The Stories We Tell Through Latinx Food for more information.
Calendar of Events
Friday, August 30th
Opening Art Exhibit Reception: Meet the artists at the African American Atelier Gallery, 6:00 pm
Thursday, September 12th
Artist Talk, at the African American Atelier Gallery, 6:00 pm
Tuesday, September 24th
The New Southern Latino Table. An evening with Sandra Gutierrez food journalist, professional cooking instructor and acclaimed cookbook author. At the African American Atelier, 6:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Friday, October 11th
An Evening of Culinary Literature & Poetry, at the Scuppernong Books, 6:00 pm
2023
Latitudes in Afro-Latinx Art Exhibit
Casa Azul of Greensboro brings to our community its 2023 Art Series highlighting afro-Latinx art and culture and drawing attention to the African influence in Latin America and Latino art and culture. For this year’s series Casa Azul of Greensboro is once again partnering with the African American Atelier to bring its series: LATITUDES in Afro-Latinx Art from September 15th to October 28th, 2023. The exhibit will take place at The African American Atelier Gallery located in Suite #14 at the Greensboro Cultural Center.
The Afro-Latinx diaspora spans latitudes. Latitude refers both to a place and a celestial object in relation to the equatorial mark we humans invented. It is an imaginary line around the globe. It occupies both north and south imaginations. In this series, we are highlighting artworks and practices that engage with the Afro-Latinx expressions in their diversities, expansions, and imaginations.
Participating artists: Miguel Brown, Esperança Gadelha, Matthew Johnson, Gliser Fuentes Mena, Melvin D. Nix, Karen Salinas, Raphael Serrano Disla, María Carolina Tavarez, Leticia Clementia Thomas. Exhibit’s curator and judge: Paula Damasceno.
We invite the community to take part in the Exhibit Opening Reception on September 15th at 6:00 pm to meet the artists and exhibit curator, and to enjoy the exhibit artwork drawing attention to the African influence in Latin America and Latino art and culture. See the calendar of events associated to the Latitudes in Afro-Latinx Art Exhibition.
Calendar of Events
Friday, September 15th
Opening Art Exhibit Reception: Meet the artists at the African American Atelier Gallery, 6:00 pm
Thursday, September 28th
A Conversation About the Artist's Journey, at the African American Atelier Gallery, 6:00 pm
Friday, October 13th
“Raíces africanas en ritmos latinos” (African Roots in Latin Rhythms). Talk and Demonstration by Betto Herrera. Director of Mambo Dinámico Dance Company, at the Greensboro International Civil Rights Center & Museum, 6:00 pm
Casa Azul will designate 2 days a week for school visits. During these days the Gallery will be staffed with a person that will guide students to the exhibit and the African influence in Latin America arts and culture. Reservations are recommended. Contact the African American Atelier at: arts@africanamericanatelier.org or
(336) 333-6885
My ROOTS, MY DREAMS, 2021
In the 2021 Arts Series, Casa Azul of Greensboro partnered with the African American Atelier to present the series: DREAMERS. This was a collaboration exhibit with the Artivists: Rosalia Torres-Weiner, Cornelio Campos and activist Moises Serrano . This event highlighted how art can be a voice and advocate for social justice and create awareness on issues affecting the Latinx community.
Activities included:
- An art exhibit from Rosalia's series DREAMERS in which she interviewed dreamers and listened to their stories and then she painted a portrait that reflected her vision of the story and the works of Cornelio Campos.
- A round table discussion with the featured artists in which they discussed their work and artivism .
- A screening of the documentary Forbidden and a Q & A by Moises Serrano.
- A final roundtable discussion with the dreamers that are members of our community.
TALLER GRAFICA POPULAR, 2019
Casa Azul and the African American Atelier joined forces during the summer of 2019 to present “Engraving Injustice”, in collaboration with General Consulate of Mexico in Raleigh. The exhibit featured Taller de Gráfica Popular works, part of an artistic movement in mid-20th Century Mexico. It was one of the most influential and progressive printmaking collectives of its time.
Community discussions held throughout the summer offered an opportunity to dialogue on the events and circumstances surrounding the artwork on display.
INFUSION SERIES, 2017
In the summer of 2017, Casa Azul explored cultural and individual identity through Latin Arts, while looking at the dynamic nature of Latino cultures and the tendency for cultural blending throughout time.
The word “In-Fusion” referred to today’s mix of cultures and how these interact to create rhythms, visual and performing arts.
Activities included:
- A community discussions and a concert with Che Apalache, a four man string band based in Argentina with members from NC, Mexico and Argentina.
- A percussion concert in the park highlighted blended music with African and Latin roots.
- A Mascaras Workshop presented an exploration of identity through mask making.
It was a great summer!