Drawings from the notebooks of the “dean of New Orleans artists,” Paul Ninas, from his time in Cuba and the Caribbean in the 1930s.

Sat, Jan 9, 6 - 9pm Opening
Thurs, Jan 14, 7 - 9pm Book signing
Images from writer/photographer Richard Fleming’s book Walking to Guantanamo; screening of Uprising – Drums, Voice of Resistance with filmmaker, William Sabourin O’Reilly.

Mixed-media painting, drawings, and sculpture by Cuban/American artist Luis Cruz Azaceta.

Fri, Jan 15, 6 - 8pm Artist reception
Paintings, drawings, and installation shown in conjunction with the artist’s exhibit at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Cuba Now – photographs by Richard Sexton; Cuba Then – photographs by William Henry Jackson and E.O. Goldbeck.

A site-specific installation by Jose Bedia
Mario Petrirena: Soul House
Jorge Otero: Unrestored Miami

An installation by José Bedia; ceramic pieces by Mario Petrirena; and color photographs by Jorge Otero.

An installation in conjunction with the Mario Petrirena show at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Peruvian-born guitarist Pepe Coloma will play Latin music with a nod to Cuba.

A joint exhibition presented by the Newcomb Art Gallery and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Opening at both venues on January 16, the show features more than 50 works by 27 Cuban artists working in various media that highlight the latest trends in contemporary Cuban art.

A joint exhibition presented by the Newcomb Art Gallery and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Opening at both venues on January 16, the show features more than 50 works by 27 Cuban artists working in various media that highlight the latest trends in contemporary Cuban art.

Sat, Jan 16, 5 - 6pm Opening and copa de champaña
Photographs, drawings, and unique ephemeral materials documenting the urban landscape and popular culture of Havana, Cuba from 1859 to 1959.

An exhibition of maps, documents, and the photography of Michael P. Smith illustrating the cultural, political, and economic connections that have historically linked Louisiana and Cuba.

6pm
Keynote by by Cuban-born author, artist, curator, and president of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission, Adolfo V. Nodal. Collecting Cuban Art is a symposium hosted by the Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans Museum of Art, Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute, and Tulane Center for Scholars, January 28 - 29.

6pm
Authors John Radanovich and Richard Fleming discuss and sign their books Wildman of Rhythm and Walking to Guantanamo, respectively. Rum for tasting, and hand-rolled cigars given out with book purchases. Latin jazz artist Michael Skinkus will lead his group, Moyuba.

2pm
Lecture by contemporary Cuban artist Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernández Rodríguez). (Sponsored by the Center for Scholars, Office of the Dean, School of Liberal Arts.)

3 - 5pm
Panel with speakers Gerardo Mosquera, Adolfo V. Nodal, Ricardo Viera, Holly Block, Sandy Levinson, Daniel Cameron, and Tonel.

Collecting Cuban Art is a symposium hosted by the Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans Museum of Art, Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute, and Tulane Center for Scholars, January 28 - 29.

Miranda Lash, Contemporary and Modern Art Curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art, will speak at Tulane University about Cuban art and globalization.

7:30pm
A film screening of Mikhail Kalatozov’s 1964 masterpiece featuring four vignettes in Batista's Cuba.

7:30pm
Mini-retrospective featuring 8 of the most acclaimed works from the late founder of the Cuban Film Institute and its legendary newsreel division, Noticiero ACAIC.