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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

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letmypeopleshow:

You Ain’t Seen Nada Nyet:
Quinceañera con Kremlin, by Cuban artist Gertrudis Rivalta Oliva, adorns a fascinating new volume on a relatively unexplored field: the impact of Soviet culture on the arts of Cuba. Caviar with Rum, edited by scholar Jacqueline Loss and novelist and essayist José Manuel Prieto, features 16 essays by writers and artists exploring the way themes like the matryoshka and genres like Sots art were transformed and adapted in the Cuban context. Along with Rivalta, the volume features works by artists Tonel, René Francisco and Eduardo Ponjuan, Lissette Solórzano, and more. The book, which includes a timeline of Soviet-Cuban relations, is a revolutionary study of the meeting, through art, of two (post-) revolutionary cultures.

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April Berry as part of Katherine Dunham’s dance work Shango, 1987. photographer: Jack Mitchell
Katherine Dunham (1909–2006) studied the African-based dances and rituals of the Caribbean area and based many choreographic works on that research. One of the most popular numbers was Shango (1946), based on Haitian vodun (voodoo) ritual. (via MLOC)

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wine-loving-vagabond:

New Year’s Resolutions (a little late, I know):

Create boundaries.

Sort out array of emotional issues.

Read, read, read.

Fall back into an exercise routine.

Start graduate studies abroad by any means necessary.

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