Feria Artística Kick-Off Party

Join Makor for the second week-long celebration of Latino Jewish art and culture. This year's event will feature an art exhibition including works by Karina Kamenetzky, Dorron Lemesh, Patricia Saidon, Arturo Arditti and Laura Murlender, the Latin fusion music of Daniel Caplivski, live theater with Quiara Alegria Hudes, new film work from Akiva Penaloza, food and drink tastings, dancing, a live DJ and more.

Music
Daniel Caplivski (trumpet, Peru) and Grupo Latin Vibe
High powered Salsa/Latin Jazz that brings an energy filled show to the band stand.

Art
Karina Kamenetzky (painting, Argentina)
Karina enjoys observing the world that surrounds her and using forms, lines and colors to show interpretations of that world. Karina’s art inspires feelings of excitement and vertigo.

Laura Murlender (painting, Argentina)
Laura lives and works in NYC and Buenos Aires, exhibiting internationally in the US, Israel, Canada, France, Mexico, Uruguay and Argentina.

Dorron Lemesh (photography, Spain)

Patricia Saidon (painting, Argentina)
Patricia has exhibited her work in many fine galleries throughout Europe and South America. Her work is at once whimsical as well as mystical. Her multi-dimensional paintings can evoke feelings from beautiful times past or a mythical time yet to come.

Arturo Arditti (architecture, Mexico)

Theater
Quiara Alegría Hudes (playwright, Puerto Rico)
She wrote the book for In the Heights, a new musical in production at Off-Broadway’s 37 Arts Theatre. She is also a composer a proud member of New Dramatists. Her plays are available from Dramatists Play Service.

Film
Akiva Penaloza (filmmaker, Mexico)
In 2006, she won funding to direct her short film, La Chiva, from the Latino Lens Film Challenge sponsored by Mercury and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP). She is a selectee of Tribeca Film Festival's 2007 All Access program representing her award-winning screenplay, Hannah Henri.

Displays
Simon Guindi (clothing displays, Mexico)
Spenglish was inspired with the intention of creating awareness to those who seek a nostalgic identity. Their mission is to solidify and replenish identity by using textual art and colorful sense of humor; to manifest values, ideas, and history in such a way that it ultimately becomes a fashion statement.

Date & Time: Sun, Apr 29, 2007, 5:00pm

Location: Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street Directions

Code: T-MM5PA11-01

Price: $20.00