Kaleidoscope Exhibition at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation was pleased to collaborate with the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans presenting the Art exhibition KALEIDOSCOPE by Paulina Carretero on April 5, 2024, at the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans
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.
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.
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)
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.
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).
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.
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!
TANGO FIRE and BALLET HISPÁNICO presentations by NOBA
TANGO FIRE on January 22, 2022, and BALLET HISPÁNICO
2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
The NOHHF partnered with the Louisiana Children’s Museum for special performances on Saturday, October 2nd celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the museum.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bolero Jazz: Stories of a Musical Rendezvous
Bolero Jazz: Stories of a Musical Rendezvous. The event will feature a lecture by Daniel Party, PhD, who is a Richard E. Greenleaf Fellow at the Latin American Library of Tulane University, in which the genre of the Bolero Jazz will be explored.
‘TIL SUNDAY written and performed by Nairoby Otero
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce its collaboration with Southern Rep’s City Series presenting the play: ‘TIL SUNDAY written and performed by Nairoby Otero From July 18th through the 28th of 2019
Arts District of New Orleans’ Annual Jammin’ on Julia on Saturday, May 4, 2019
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation is sponsoring the presentation of Carlos & Maureen Urrego performing Argentine Tango and providing free dance instructions at the Arts District of New Orleans’ Annual Jammin’ on Julia on Saturday, May 4, 2019
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.
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.
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.
Hispanic Women Making Art: Creative Empowerment and Identity
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation in collaboration with the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans presented the groundbreaking exhibition Hispanic Women Making Art: Creative Empowerment and Identity.
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”
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.
Reflection and the Diasporic Epic by artist Piki Mendizabal
The Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans in collaboration with the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation presented the exhibition Reflection and the Diasporic Epic by artist Piki Mendizabal.
IMPRESSIONS by NEW PERSPECTIVES Works of Newman Students Inspired by Latin-American Art
NEW PERSPECTIVES presented works of Art to the Newman and New Orleans communities that recounted a storyline of contemporaneity, diversity, and unity.
Decoding the Purity of an Icon by Belinda Flores-Shinshillas
Paintings and Installations by Mexican-American artist Belinda Flores-Shinshillas were presented in collaboration between the Mexican Cultural Institute, the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation.
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.
Architect Hermes Mallea: Great Houses of Havana: A Century of Cuban Style
the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation (NOHHF) sponsored renowned Cuban author and architect Hermes Mallea with the presentation of his book Great Houses of Havana: A Century of Cuban Style.