Navi-Arts Fest A Complete Success!

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On the weekend of December 3-4, 2011, the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture celebrated its first holiday arts sale event Navi Arts Fest. The event featured arts and crafts from Puerto Rican artists that included Galería Cuca (mixed media), Edgar “El Pintor” (ceramics), Leo Negrón (coconut art) Miguel Arroyo (photography and graphic design), Elias Carmona (photography), Lebster Pabón (paintings), Between Rags and Dolls (hand made rag dolls), Zoraida Rivera Tañón (artisanal coquito), Mr. Myke (urban art) and El Quijote Bookstore.

On Saturday, December 3rd, Navi Arts Fest, kick off with the musical flavor of La Trova del 31 at noon. The presentation of Adolfo Colón’s book Pasto y Maleza and the musical presentation of the up and coming bomba group Buya.  Later on, IPRAC hosted two amazing parrandas, received with one of the López family’s sweetest recipes of ‘leche con jengibre’. The first traditional parranda sponsored by ¡Humboldt Park NO SE VENDE! and the second one by the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center’s traveling parranda led by los pleneros of Nuestro Tambó.

The event concluded with an amazing children’s workshop led by Happy Kids Chicago on Sunday afternoon. This joyful celebration brought many Puerto Ricans together, like back home, enjoying excellent music, arts, delicious holiday treats, gifts and good memories.

by Brenda Figueroa

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