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Did you know that street art is one of the most practiced art forms?

The source of the street artist’s relevance does not lie solely in how they embellish their respective communities, but also in how they convey their socio-political worries through their art.

Street art and street artists unify their residents and their people. It gives them an activity to connect with each other, and while doing so they also give their home life, uniqueness and identity. This is key for tourism!

It Is a common misconception that street art is vandalism, or that whatever cultural artistic activity developed in urban areas isn’t really “art”. In reality, there are many different types of street art that go from murals, graffiti, poster art, sticker street art, stencils, sidewalk chalk art to many more. They all are equally important and influential as academic and more “popular” forms of art.

By: Génesis Muñoz

Photography

Hilda Muñoz

Urban artist: Angurria

Congrats Alexis_cruz01 👏

Alexis received a merit scholarship to Ballet Hispánico’s Summer Program. We at Coquí are very proud of you!

Alexis, te lo mereces!!!

“Thank you again to Coqui Charities for your help in supporting his journey to Ballet Forte, without that none of this would have been possible! To the Entrekins who gave him a wonderful surrogate family last year, a safe place to land in an unfamiliar place”

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”In many ways we often forget the real value of art. How it can touch or better our lives. How it can give us both the joy of experiencing emotion in exciting new ways, and the ideal, tools to understand, document and improve ourselves collectively and individually. It harbors the soul, while laying out the mysticities of life. Art, for those who practice it, is a form of living and thinking the world. Whereas for those who experience it, it is a way of learning; of feeling the world and life itself. This is why it is urgent to keep nourishing and supporting the art communities and the artists that continue to emerge from them. To do so is to invest and contribute to the advancement of society!”

Beautiful writing by Génesis Muñoz.

These murals are part of LAS50.

LAS50 supports great artists that use urban contemporary art and murals, primarily to transform the street and drive businesses of Calle Loiza, Condado and beyond.”

Coquí Charities still has N95 Masks for sale!

At $3.50/ with a minimum of All proceeds (not profits but proceeds) will go to supporting our Manatee Conservation Center.

If you are interested contact Cristy Montalvo at cristy@coquicharities.org

or Hilda Muñoz at 787-318-0156.

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Hello coqui family let’s help to make Rebeca’s dream come true..🙏

My name is Rebeca Almeda Nieves, I live in Caguas, Puerto Rico. From a very young age I was fascinated with drawing and painting. Since 7th grade I did homeschooling which gave me a lot of time to practice and perfect my work focusing in fine arts. I also play the oboe since I am seven years old at the Escuela Libre de Música in Caguas, PR. Coursing my 11th grade I started to put together my art portfolio to continue my studies in the United States. I was accepted at four art universities, one of these, Columbia College Chicago offered me a $20,000 scholarship for each year. The university’s location makes the house very expensive which would create for me a huge debt by the time I finish. Thanks to my art work I’ve been able to rise money but I still need a lot more. Currently, I am coursing my first year of digital animation, and my dream is to work creating special effects for movies. I enjoy very much creating a world that couldn’t be capture by a camera. This semester I applied for a scholarship where an art work will be selected for a postal company, this scholarship is valued in $10,000, the participants with more votes will be selected to the finals. Winning this award will be of great economic help for my future as an artist.

👋 Meet Adriana Cruz, one of the puertorican dancers at Bailar al Sol 2020 virtual.

My name is Adriana Nicole Cruz Castro and I was born on December 5, 2003 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. I’m actually 16 and coursing my senior year. I first started dancing when I was 3 years old in a small ballet academy called Ballet Danza. Couple years later I moved to another academy in Cidra, Puerto Rico where I learned more ballet and hip hop. When I was 11 years old I started taking contemporary, flamenco, ballet, physical training, yoga and Jazz in Coda21. A year later I got accepted in the Julian E Blanco a school specialized in ballet. I’m still studying there today’s day. I also took a few classes at Broadway Dance Center on summer. Then I started dancing in Ballet Concierto where I took ballet, contemporary and Jazz and I stayed for two years until I moved to Waldo’s School of Performing Arts. I’ve been taking ballet, hip hop, modern, partnering, jazz, tap, singing lessons, theatre and musical theatre in general. I’m still dancing there and I wanna keep expanding my knowledge as a dancer and person and work with artists on a international level.
Andrea Kramer Willy Laury Bailar al Sol Montclair State University
Ballet Forte at Wings Conservatory
#coquicharities #supports #arts

Meet Alexis Cruz, one of the puertorrican dancers at Bailar al Sol 2020.

Alexis Emmanuel Cruz Castro has been a male dance student since he was 9 years old. In 2014, he received a scholarship in Compañía de Danza 21 where he stayed until the summer of 2016. With CoDa21, he reached Level III in classical ballet, additionally he took Boys Class, Pas de Deux, Contemporary Dance and Jazz. On 2016, Alexis was accepted at Julián E. Blanco High School focused on ballet. At the same time, he received a full scholarship on Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico. In 2018, Alexis was accepted into Waldo’s School for the Performing Arts, where he received lessons in Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Broadway Jazz, Theatre, Tap and Singing. In 2019, González selected Alexis to participate in the Bailar al Sol cultural exchange with Ballet Forte (New Jersey). After he got graduated from Julián E. Blanco, Ballet Forte offered Alexis a full year of training through a sponsorship by Coquí Charities Foundation. During 2019, he benefitted from many new experiences, such as college auditions, competitions and dance festivals. Then in 2020, he competed at the YAGP in Boston, where he placed 3rd in the Senior Men’s contemporary an was accepted to Montclair State University to pursue a BFA in dance.

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Together we can make a difference!
Andrea Kramer Bailar al Sol Willy Laury Montclair State University Ballet Forte at Wings Conservatory #coquicharities #support #dance

Coquí Charities had the great honor to witness the release of two sea turtles, Kai and Chely.

Two sea turtles were released today on the coast of Arecibo after being healed and rehabilitated at the Manatee Conservation Center of the Caribbean, Universidad Interamericana, Bayamón Campus.

Both endangered species, Chelonia Midas (peje blanco) and Eretmochelys imbricada (Carey), have a gps located on their shells to monitor their post-rehabilitation motions, location and their swim abilities, all this through ARGOS satellite from a special computer at the University.

We encourage you to support the Manatee Conservation Center, so they can keep doing this amazing work, giving treatment and care to manatees, sea turtles, pelicans, among other birds.

You can do it through ATH mobile, pay a business under CentroDeManaties, or PayPal at http://manatipr.org/donativos/

Under the authority of PRDNER #2019-EPE-020 Endangered Species Scientific Permit
📷Hilda Munoz