Cafe XV: the Journey of Cuban Artists Symposium

Graphic Art by Leandro Soto

Café XV: the Journeys of Cuban Artists Symposium at UWI, Cave Hill, was a cultural event where Ms. Linda Bair and Dr. Jorge Luis Morejon, along with other presenters, discussed ideas about diasporic communication, the arts, cultural retention and collaboration outside the diaspora. They also presented the dance piece My Hands, Tus Brazos with Solodos Dance which in the context of the symposium illustrated the diasporic issues discussed, but through the creative process used in dance. The symposium invited other important presenters such as key speaker Achy Obejas, Lecturer Dr. Grisel Pujala and Performance Artist Leandro Soto.  In the audience there were present the Cuban Ambassador in Barbados, the Cuban Consul, representatives of the Canadian Embassy, UWI students and other audience members.