The Taller Boricua , in Manhattan, New York is a multidisciplinary cultural space founded in 1969 by Puerto Rican artists to promote the arts and culture of the Puerto Rican community in El Barrio/East Harlem, as well as to offer a platform to underrepresented and marginalized artists.
12-485: It is located at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center. Its founders were a group of activists, intellectuals and young artists such as Carlos Osorio, Rafael Tufino , Fernando Salicrup , Marcos Dimas and Nitza Tufiño . This artist-run non profit gallery offer art exhibitions, artist talks, workshops and art classes that take place throughout the year and aim to curb the economic, cultural and social disparities in
24-739: Is a multidisciplinary cultural space founded in 1969 by Puerto Rican artists to promote the arts and culture of the Puerto Rican community in El Barrio/East Harlem, as well as to offer a platform to underrepresented and marginalized artists. It is located at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center. Its founders were a group of activists, intellectuals and young artists such as Carlos Osorio, Rafael Tufino , Fernando Salicrup , Marcos Dimas and Nitza Tufiño . This artist-run non profit gallery offer art exhibitions, artist talks, workshops and art classes that take place throughout
36-772: The United States Army from 1943 to 1946. Some of his first documented drawings date from his tenure in Panama while serving with the Army Signal Corps in Panama. Taking advantage of the GI Bill , he then moved to Mexico to study painting and engraving at the San Carlos Academy , where he was exposed to the populist ideas of the Taller de Gráfica Popular ( Spanish : "People's Graphic Workshop") and
48-574: The "Painter of the People". Rafael Tufiño Figueroa was born on October 30, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York where he lived with his parents, Gregoria Figueroa and Agustín Tufiño, until he was ten years old. In 1932, he moved to Puerta de Tierra, the neighborhood located just outside Old San Juan , to live with his grandmother. At the age of 12, he began to work in the workshop of Antonio "Tony" Maldonado, where he painted signs and letters. Tufiño served in
60-645: The 1950s, he was part of the " Generación de los Cincuentas " (the Generation of the Fifties), a group of artists who worked to create a new artistic style and aesthetic identity for Puerto Rico. He also spent time in New York on a Guggenheim fellowship in 1954, and returned to the city in the 1960s, when he encountered a generation of Puerto Rican artists particularly intent on exploring and celebrating their cultural heritage. Until 1963, he contributed to
72-616: The Mexican muralists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco . Upon returning to Puerto Rico in 1949, he joined the Graphic Arts Workshop of the Community Education Division (DIVEDCO, for its Spanish acronym), which had been created as part of a government campaign to teach the public about health. Rafael Tufiño's painting included portraits, landscapes and images of Puerto Rico daily life. During
84-748: The Puerto Rico Department of Public Instruction (now the Department of Education ) various paintings, posters, and advertisements to help bring government-sponsored literacy and hygiene programs to poor and illiterate communities in Puerto Rico. Tufiño dedicated his later life to foster art and related studies in Puerto Rican communities, such as taking part in founding an artist workshop / cooperative named Taller Boricua in 1970, located in Spanish Harlem , and advocating for
96-765: The age of 85 after a battle with lung cancer. Upon hearing his death, the Governor of Puerto Rico ordered all state flags to fly at half mast and proclaimed 2 days of national mourning. His work is among the collections of the Museum of Modern Art , the Metropolitan Museum of Art , Philadelphia Museum of Art , the Galería Nacional , and the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico . Taller Boricua The Taller Boricua , in Manhattan, New York
108-565: The area. In Fall, 2019, a twelve-venue exhibition between Taller Boricua, Boricua College Art Gallery, Lehman College Art Gallery, Longwood Art Gallery, Queens College Art Center, Studio 13 Gallery, Chashama Space for Artists (two locations), Teatro LaTea, Queensborough College Art Gallery, East Village Art View and BronxArtSpace opened, featuring dozens of Latin American artists. The 2019 Latin American Art Triennial
120-686: The creation of El Museo del Barrio , located on New York's Fifth Avenue at the top of " Museum Mile ". For his body of work and his dedication towards minority communities, he received a lifetime achievement award by the National Arts Club in New York City in 2003. Rafael Tufiño had two daughters, Nitza Tufiño and Rima Tufiño, and three sons, Rafael Tufiño II, Salvatore Tufiño,and Pablo Tufiño, as well as eight grandchildren. Tufiño died on March 13, 2008, in Condado, Puerto Rico at
132-510: The year and aim to curb the economic, cultural and social disparities in the area. In Fall, 2019, a twelve-venue exhibition between Taller Boricua, Boricua College Art Gallery, Lehman College Art Gallery, Longwood Art Gallery, Queens College Art Center, Studio 13 Gallery, Chashama Space for Artists (two locations), Teatro LaTea, Queensborough College Art Gallery, East Village Art View and BronxArtSpace opened, featuring dozens of Latin American artists. The 2019 Latin American Art Triennial
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#1732791146665144-705: Was organized by Alexis Mendoza , New York Latin American Art Triennial Chief Curator, and Luis Stephenberg , New York Latin American Art Triennial Director. 40°47′31″N 73°56′48.5″W / 40.79194°N 73.946806°W / 40.79194; -73.946806 Rafael Tufi%C3%B1o Rafael Tufiño Figueroa (October 30, 1922 – March 13, 2008) was a Puerto Rican painter, printmaker and cultural figure in Puerto Rico , known locally as
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