Soraida,
Since 1992 Teaching Tolerance Through Her Verdadism Art with Written
Social Commentaries, at Cumberland County College.
Released
on: September 29, 2007, 5:50 pm
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Release Author: Artist, Soraida
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Education
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Release Summary: For over 15 years now, artist and activist, Soraida
Martinez, has been raising awareness of racism, sexism, stereotyping
and other social issues that until recently have been considered
too taboo to be discussed in mainstream American society.
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Release Body: Soraida Martinez, Artist
Teaching Tolerance Through Her Verdadism Art with Social Commentaries
Since 1992, Opens Art Show at Cumberland County College.
According
to Soraida, “When I first exhibited my
paintings with social commentaries in the early 1990’s, many
people thought that there wasn’t a tolerance problem in America
anymore. But, it was behind closed doors…a big glass ceiling
was placed there. Here we are in 2007, 15 years later, and intolerance
is all we hear about on the news every day. I saw it coming in the
80's because we, as a society, stopped talking about social issues
in the 80's and 90's. My Verdadism art is about
my personal life experience. As a Puerto Rican woman and owner of
an art and design studio started in 1986, I saw and experienced
this inequality in mainstream America. In 1992 when most people
were not speaking about racism, sexism and stereotyping, I knew
we were going to face hard times in addressing our differences and
promoting tolerance.”
For
over 15 years now, artist and activist, Soraida Martinez,
has been raising awareness of the social issues that until recently
have been considered too taboo to be discussed in mainstream American
society. Sexism, racism, stereotyping, health care and family relationships
are some of the subjects that Soraida addresses in her mixed media
hardedge abstract paintings with written social commentaries--which
she calls Verdadism.
Soraida’s Verdadism Art Show will
be on exhibit at Cumberland County College, Vineland, New Jersey,
until October 24, 2007. An opening reception will
take place on October 3rd, from 2PM-3PM at the Frank Guaracini,
Jr. Fine & Performing Arts Center. For more information call
Sarah Shapiro, Professor of Fine Arts, at 856-691-8600 ext. 314.
To learn more about Soraida and Verdadism, visit www.soraida.com.
Web
Site: http://www.soraida.com
Contact
Details: 220 South Berlin Road, Lindenwold, NJ 08021
Phone: 856-346-3131 Fax: 856-346-3251
E-mail: ArtSoraida@aol.com Web: www.soraida.com
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