Yo y Alicea’s Photo Gallery estamos orgullosos de pertenecer y ser parte de la Coalición de Artistas de Puerto Rico, la única red social de artistas plásticos de la isla.
Esta organización fundada y dirigida por los artistas Edwin Velázquez Collazo y Leída Rodríguez Vila, con el objetivo de promover y unificar al artista plástico puertorriqueño así como apoyar y defender los interese culturales, económicos y sociales de los mismos, se ha convertido en muy poco tiempo en un baluarte en romper con el aislamiento del artista plástico dentro y fuera de Puerto Rico. Usando la plataforma NING como base, la misma que utilizan importantes revistas e instituciones como Atrevéis, Inglaterra; Art Calendar, Canadá; Proyecto Acá, Argentina, establecen la Primera Red Social de Arte Puertorriqueño en la Internet, que funciona al estilo de facebook, y buscan poner en contacto al artista puertorriqueño con curadores , críticos, gestores culturales, museos y coleccionistas locales e internacionales. Lanzada en abril pasado, este espacio virtual ya cuenta con más 300 artistas registrados que manejan el contenido de sus propias paginas, comparten información, fotos, videos, blogs, comentarios, realizan debates – en línea , acceden a una agenda de eventos, donde cada artista puede anunciar sus exposiciones, talleres, ferias, simposios, convocatorias y también pueden integrarse a los diferentes grupos de arte que existen. Indudablemente la Coalición de Artistas de Puerto Rico con más de 3,000 visitas hasta el momento y alrededor de 100 visitas diarias a la red provenientes de Estados Unidos, Latinoamérica, Europa y Puerto Rico se esta convirtiendo en la institución cultural puertorriqueña de mayor proyección internacional en la Internet.
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I and Alicea’s Photo Gallery are proud of been part of the “Coalición de Artistas de Puerto Rico”,
the unique wed directory for Puerto Rican artists within and outside of Puerto Rico.
This organization founded and run by artists Velázquez Collazo y Leída Rodríguez Vila, with the aim to promote and unify the Puerto Rican artist and to support and defend the cultural, economic and social consequences of them, has become in very short time a value in breaking with the isolation of the artist within and outside of Puerto Rico. Using the NING platform as a base, used by magazines and institutions as Artreview, England, Art Calendar, Canada, ACE Project, Argentina, set the First Social Network for Puerto Rican art on the Internet, which operates in the style of facebook, and looking to get in touch with the Puerto Rican artist curators, critics, cultural managers, museum and local and international collectors. Launched last April, this virtual space and has over 300 registered artists who manage the content of their own pages, share information, photos, videos, blogs, reviews, discussions – online, access a calendar of events, where each Artist may advertise their exhibitions, workshops, exhibitions, symposiums, meetings and can also integrate the various art groups that exist. Certainly the Coalition of Artists from Puerto Rico with more than 3,000 visits so far and about 100 daily visits to the network from United States, Latin America, Europe and Puerto Rico is becoming the Puerto Rican cultural institution in the greater international Internet.
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