Friday, October 22, 2021

Conjunto Guantánamo is RECOGNIZED WITH CITY ARTISTS CORPS GRANT FROM NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS




Afro-Cuban sextet, Conjunto Guantánamo is RECOGNIZED WITH CITY ARTISTS CORPS GRANT FROM NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA) AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS (DCLA) 

Conjunto Guantánamo Will Present a Free Concert At The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center on October 20 as Part of the Award Program

New York, NY – Conjunto Guantánamo is one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive a full grant through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre.

Conjunto Guantánamo was recognized for their significance in their roles as the “ambassadors of Cuban Folklore,” and they’ll bring their own brand of traditional “Son Cubano” music to this multi-arts cultural institution in the Lower East Side of Manhattan on October 20, 2021 at 8pm. 

Conjunto Guantánamo's soulful sound is layered with authentic Cuban swing and sophisticated influences like "El Barbaro" Benny More, Arsenio Rodriguez, Roberto Faz, and Miguelito Cuní. Playing authentic traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms like Son Montuno, Cha-Cha-Cha, Mambo, and Rumba with contemporary energy, their performances sometimes transition into extended experimental descargas -- a type of Afro-Cuban improvisational jam session -- using musical motifs straight from the streets of Havana and Matanzas, combined with the very spirit of New York City. Their recordings, available on Spotify and everywhere, are also lively and robust revivals of the most traditional compositions of the Afro-Cuban songbook. 

Over the course of three award cycles, more than 3,000 artists will receive $5,000 grants to engage the public with artist activities across New York City’s five boroughs this summer and fall. Artists can use the grant to create new work or phase of a work, or restage preexisting creative activities across any discipline. 

Members of the public can participate in City Artist Corps Grants programming by following the hashtag #CityArtistCorps on social media. 

City Artist Corps Grants was launched in June 2021 by NYFA and DCLA with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. The program is funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery initiative announced by Mayor de Blasio and DCLA earlier this year. The grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. It is strongly recommended that a portion of the grant be used to support artist fees, both for the applying artist and any other artist that is engaged to support the project. 

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