Chalk Painting Our Hispanic Heritage
Oct
7

Chalk Painting Our Hispanic Heritage

"Chalk Painting our Hispanic Heritage: Student Contest"

Saturday, October 7, 2023 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Peristyle at City Park in New Orleans by Café Du Monde (42 Dreyfous Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124).

The Foundation has once again invited private, parochial, and public high schools in the city to participate in the contest with a limited capacity of 12 school teams. Each school team will have the opportunity to choose a design theme based on a Hispanic country, they wish to represent and will have a designated space of 10 ft x 10 ft for their design to be executed and presented to a panel of three art professional judges.

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Evenings with Enrique
Apr
19

Evenings with Enrique

City Park Conservancy kicked off festival season with the return of its signature concert series Evenings with Enrique

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation was pleased to partner with The Helis Foundation for a very special evening with Enrique on April 19th at 5:00 p.m.

Launched in 2016, Evenings with Enrique is a bi-annual event every April and October, free for Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. The series pays tribute to Enrique Alférez, a renowned Mexican artist who lived in New Orleans for almost 70 years and specialized in sculpting the human form. Alférez has over 20 works of art at The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden.

 

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Pursuing Detail: 1930 Tulane’s Expedition to Uxmal
Mar
16

Pursuing Detail: 1930 Tulane’s Expedition to Uxmal

Pursuing Detail: 1930 Tulane’s Expedition to Uxmal

Within the framework of the 18th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium & Workshop, the Middle American Research Institute, the Mexican Cultural Institute, and the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation presented the lecture of the exhibition “Pursuing Detail: 1930 Tulane’s Expedition to Uxmal” on March 16, 2023 at the Mexican Cultural Institute gallery.

Lecture by Dr. Laura Gilabert-Sansalvador will be followed by a reception hosted by NOHHF.

EXHIBIT:

In 1930, Frans Blom, Director of the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University, gathered an interdisciplinary team to travel to Yucatán in Mexico and conduct a detailed survey of the Nunnery Quadrangle in the ancient Maya city of Uxmal. The goal of the expedition was to document –draw, measure, make casts, and photograph– the architecture in order to build a full-scale faithful reproduction of the Quadrangle at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. The result is one of the most detailed and accurate architectural surveys of a Maya building complex before the recent development of digital technologies. However, this was not their only achievement: they discovered stelae and new hieroglyphic inscriptions, mapped the site, and conducted a thorough architectural study on the Nunnery that proved the ancient Maya architects had knowledge of perspective.

This exhibit explores the motivations, procedures, and legacy of the expedition in order to highlight its significance for the study and documentation of Maya architectural heritage.

AUTHORS:

Laura Gilabert-Sansalvador (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)

Riccardo Montuori (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)

Sara Tankersley (Master of Science in Historic Preservation, Tulane School of Architecture)

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From Here and There: An Unbreakable Cultural Bond: 7 Artists from Mexico and the United States of America.
Dec
13

From Here and There: An Unbreakable Cultural Bond: 7 Artists from Mexico and the United States of America.

The exhibition From Here and There: An Unbreakable Cultural Bond curated by Belinda Flores-Shinshillas MA Ed and Marcela Correa MA, will present the work of seven Mexican and American artists that share the indebtedness of their creative journey to Mexico. Each artist expresses their identity through diverse mediums and viewpoints finding common ground in a shatterproof ongoing cultural exchange.

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                 ARCHITECT HERMES MALLEA PRESENTS Havana Living Today: Cuban Home Style Now
Nov
10
to Nov 11

ARCHITECT HERMES MALLEA PRESENTS Havana Living Today: Cuban Home Style Now

Two special events in New Orleans featuring Celebrated Cuban-American author and architect Hermes Mallea were co-sponsored by The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation (NOHHF), Tulane University Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR), and Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute (CCSI), along with The Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans (PRC).

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Duets: Origins and History of the Famous Songs for Two A Presentation of Stories of Iconic Duets from the Americas
Nov
9

Duets: Origins and History of the Famous Songs for Two A Presentation of Stories of Iconic Duets from the Americas

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation presented “Duets: Origins and History of the Famous Songs for Two” a lecture of stories of iconic duets from the Americas by Dr. Daniel Party, Associate Professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile, on November 9, 2022, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center located at 1205 N. Rampart Street in New Orleans.

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Chalk Painting our Hispanic Heritage: Student Contest
Oct
1

Chalk Painting our Hispanic Heritage: Student Contest

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation is proud of the 11 high school teams that participated in our "Chalk Painting our Hispanic Heritage: Student Contest" last Saturday, October 1st at beautiful City Park.

All the following teams did a wonderful job creating artwork about Hispanic countries and their culture!

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Ballet Hispánico performance
Jun
26

Ballet Hispánico performance

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation in partnership with the New Orleans Ballet Association was pleased to join NOBA at the virtual presentation of the acclaimed Ballet Hispánico performance on Saturday, June 26th at 7:00 pm

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Latin American Symphony
Apr
9

Latin American Symphony

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation presented on April 9, 2021, the multicultural virtual experience LATIN AMERICAN SYMPHONY featuring the Chilean-Italian Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Maestro Paolo Bortolameolli who took us on a journey of musical knowledge and appreciation to the classical genre. Enjoy this event again HERE.

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A Journey to Peru’s Best Culinary Secrets
Nov
24

A Journey to Peru’s Best Culinary Secrets

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation presented the Virtual Culinary experience “A Journey to Peru’s Best Culinary Secrets”. Celebrated New Orleans Chef Juan Lock of Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco prepared his favorite and most famous Peruvian dishes and drink recipes.

Enjoy this amazing event HERE.

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Viaje Musical a Hispanoamerica
Sep
25

Viaje Musical a Hispanoamerica

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation was pleased to present the virtual musical event “Viaje Musical a Hispanoamerica”. Thank you to all who joined on September 25, 2020, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Enjoy the event HERE.

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The Hidden Landscapes of the Ancient Maya by Melissa Galván at the Mexican Cultural Institute
Mar
5

The Hidden Landscapes of the Ancient Maya by Melissa Galván at the Mexican Cultural Institute

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation along with the Middle American Research Institute (M.A.R.I.) and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies of Tulane University and the Cultural Institute of Mexico in New Orleans are pleased to present the lecture The Hidden Landscapes of the Ancient Maya by Melissa Galván at the Mexican Cultural Institute.

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AZUL by Cristina Quintana
Mar
27
to Apr 14

AZUL by Cristina Quintana

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce its collaboration with Southern Rep Theatre for their upcoming play AZUL by Christina Quintana, New York-based writer with Cuban and Louisiana roots.

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Calladita te ves más bonita / Be pretty and shut up by Mexican artist Carmen Mariscal
Mar
21
to May 24

Calladita te ves más bonita / Be pretty and shut up by Mexican artist Carmen Mariscal

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation is pleased to collaborate with the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans with the presentation of the exhibition Calladita te ves más bonita / Be pretty and shut up by Mexican artist Carmen Mariscal from March 21 to May 24, 2019. The exhibition was curated by Marcela Correa, MFA.

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A Brief History of the Aztecs
Jan
12

A Brief History of the Aztecs

The Aztecs are along with the Mayas, the most famous pre-hispanic culture in Mexico. They founded the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325 AD on a small island in the middle of a lake and became the most powerful empire of Mesoamerica in a period less than 200 years.

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Iván Acosta Presentation
Sep
25
to Sep 27

Iván Acosta Presentation

IVÁN ACOSTA, Author, Playwright, Filmmaker, and Theatre Director presents The film “El Súper” and his book “With a Cuban Song in the Heart / Con Una Canción Cubana en el Corazón”

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Synergy by artist Nora Buchanan
Sep
10
to Sep 15

Synergy by artist Nora Buchanan

The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans, The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Consulate of Honduras in New Orleans presented the exhibition Synergy by artist Nora Buchanan.

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New Perspectives
Oct
24
to Dec 1

New Perspectives

Newman Arts and the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation in collaboration with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Consulate of Mexico presented NEW PERSPECTIVES, a groundbreaking intercultural arts experience that explores contemporary visual arts and music of Latin America during National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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