The Cuban Artists Fund & Residency Unlimited are pleased to share The Youth Art Fund. Life Impulse—A Presentation by Neida Peñalver Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | 1:00pm
Join In person at: Residency Unlimited, 360 Court Street (main green church doors), Brooklyn NY 11231
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In this presentation, curator Neida Peñalver (currently in residency at CAF & RU) will talk about the Fondo de Arte Joven (The Youth Art Fund), a cultural platform founded in Cuba in January 2023. It is currently functioning as an inclusive space for creation, significantly impacting the new generation of artists and curators.
With an extensive list of visual artists in the disciplines of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, sculpture, installation, video installation, performance, video art, digital art and multidisciplinary projects, the Fund constitutes a point of reference for contemporary art produced in Cuba. It is a key element in the emergence of innovative proposals that explore contemporary issues such as identity, migration, diaspora, and technology.
The platform operates through a system of open calls, contests and awards with the objective of facilitating access to resources, supporting the execution of creative projects, and offering exhibition opportunities to artists selected by specialized juries. As a catalyst for contemporary Cuban art, the Youth Art Fund works to create collaborative networks among Cuban and international artists, art critics and curators. It manages the Havana-based gallery Salón Blanco and organizes the annual competition for emerging visual artists malaYerba.
Neida Peñalver is a historian, researcher, art curator, and essayist, holding a master’s degree in Gender Studies from the University of Havana. She works as a museologist at the Servando Cabrera Moreno Library Museum and a coordinator of the Commission of experts that certifies the authenticity of his works. She was the compiler of the book Epifanía del cuerpo. Erotismo y homoerotismo en la obra de Cabrera Moreno (The Body’s Epiphany. Eroticism and Homoeroticism in Works of Cabrera Moreno), 2014, and co-author of the books Mírame así. “Habaneras” y “guajiros” de Servando Cabrera Moreno (Look at Me Like This. “Habaneras” and “Guajiros” by Servando Cabrera Moreno), 2017 and La hora azul. Servando Cabrera Moreno en la Fundación Los Carbonell (The blue hour. Servando Cabrera Moreno at the Los Carbonell Foundation), 2023. Neida is also the General Coordinator of the cultural platform Fondo de Arte Joven (Youth Art Fund), a cultural platform, which collaborates with several emerging visual artists.
