Cuban art exhibition opens at Springfield museum

(From the Springfield Art Museum)

Please join us on Friday, December 7 at 5:30 PM for the opening reception of El Grabado: Contemporary Cuban Printmaking featuring over 70 prints by 33 Cuban artists who have all worked, at one time or another, at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de Habana – the oldest, continuously running print workshop in Cuba. Free and open to the public. All exhibition text is presented in English and Spanish.

The Taller was established in 1962 by muralist Orlando Suarez with the help of Che Guevara, who was then Cuba’s Minister of Industry.

From its inception, the workshop has focused on connecting artists with traditional printmaking techniques and fostering a dynamic artistic community based on the sharing and exchange of ideas, experimentation, and art criticism. 

This supportive community has allowed Cuban artists a relative freedom of expression, even amid the country’s larger political and cultural issues. It continues to be one of the most important workshops in Cuba. This exhibition is pulled entirely from the collection of Drs. Antonio and Luz Racela and will be on view through March 17, 2019.

*Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.