Here is our online map to where the <a title="Conociéndote (Getting to Know You): Bridging the Audience Divide" href="http://tallerpr.org/2013/11/29/getting-to-know-you-conociendote-exhibition-cycle/">Conocíendote</a> events will take place.

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<span style="color: #ce2c42;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1490" src="http://tallerpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Brocados-Slider-image-300x115.png" alt="Brocados Exhibition" width="300" height="115" />At 6 p.m. May 9th Reception - <a title="Conociéndote: Brocados" href="http://tallerpr.org/event/conociendote-brocados/" target="_blank"><i>Brocados</i></a></span> New York-based artists<a href="http://www.galeriagalou.com/"> </a><a href="http://patcazorla.wix.com/patricia-cazorla-art">Patricia Cazorla</a> and<a href="http://nancysaleme.wix.com/nancy-saleme-art"> Nancy Saleme’s</a> site-specific installation in Taller’s adjacent garden pays homage to the history of the area’s textile industry and it’s connection to Latina women and their struggles. (2721 N. 5th St.)

<strong>For the Reception on May 9th</strong>, a trolley will transport the public between sites on <b>30-minute loops from 6-8 p.m.</b>, beginning at <a title="Raices Culturales" href="http://www.raicesculturales.org" target="_blank">Raíces</a> &amp; ending at Taller. <b>The final trolley begins at 8 p.m. &amp; ends at <a title="Education Building" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2557+N+5th+St/@39.9903629,-75.1404088,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c6c81b73915ded:0x5bfd39921d9efd8a" target="_blank">Taller’s Education Building </a>(2557 N. 5th St.) for the performance at 8:30 p.m.</b>

<strong>The event starts at 6 p.m.:</strong>
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	<li><a title="Congreso" href="http://www.congreso.net/site/" target="_blank"><b>Congreso</b></a><b>:</b>Presenting works from Taller’s private art collection, primarily including prints and photographs by exhibited artists.</li>
	<li><a title="Raices" href="http://www.raicesculturales.org" target="_blank"><b>Raíces</b></a><b>:</b><b> </b>Led by muralist César Viveros, this mural project prompts residents to engage each other to discuss topics of local and personal concern, while expressing themselves through art-making.</li>
	<li><b><a title="A Seed on Diamond" href="http://www.betsycasanas.com" target="_blank">A Seed on Diamond</a>:</b> Can a work of abstract art show intimate details of one’s past? <i>Abstraction</i> is a group show featuring the work of visual artists Hayes Mcleod, Sandra Gonzalez and Stephen Haigh.</li>
	<li><b>Taller’s </b>Lorenzo Homar Gallery presents <a title="The Iconography of Meaning" href="http://tallerpr.org/event/reception-iconography-meaning-contemporary-art-2/" target="_blank"><i>Iconography of Meaning</i></a>, three artists who use contemporary imagery to convey ideas and perceptions of cultural identity, politics and the immigrant experience</li>
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<b>The May 9th opening events concludes at 8:30 p.m. in <a title="Robert Hernandez Theater" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2557+N+5th+St/@39.9903629,-75.1404088,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c6c81b73915ded:0x5bfd39921d9efd8a" target="_blank">Taller's Robert Hernandez Theater</a> with a performance by </b> <a title="Magdaliz and Her Latin Ensemble CRISOL" href="http://www.triocrisol.com/2011/Home.html" target="_blank"><b>Magdaliz and Her Latin Ensemble CRISOL</b></a> and members of <a title="Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture" href="http://albustanseeds.org" target="_blank"><b>Al Bustan</b> <b>Takht Ensemble </b></a>(<b>Hanna Khoury</b> and<b> Hafes Kotain</b>).  Latin and Arab music come together. A special poetry reading by <a title="Motivos" href="http://www.motivosmag.com" target="_blank"><i>Motivos</i></a> youth opens the concert.

Conociéndote is Taller’s 2013 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Arts Challenge project, a series of art exhibitions starting May 9th, July 11th, and September 21st. The events connect the work of partner organizations in North Philadelphia around commissioned, month-long, socially conscious outdoor art installations.
<h5>Learn more about the Conociéndote Summer long program <a title="Conociéndote (Getting to Know You): Bridging the Audience Divide" href="http://tallerpr.org/2013/11/29/getting-to-know-you-conociendote-exhibition-cycle/" target="_blank">here</a> or download the program <a title="Program May/June" href="http://tallerpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Conociéndote-Program-MayJune.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</h5>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;"><img class="wp-image-1792 size-medium alignleft" src="http://tallerpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Logo-Grouping-Conociéndote-2014-276x300.jpg" alt="Brought to you by: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation With additional support by: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Impacto, Motivos, The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Independence Foundation, and PECO." width="276" height="300" /><img class="size-medium wp-image-1793 alignleft" src="http://tallerpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Organization-Grouping-Conociéndote-2014-267x300.jpg" alt="Participating Organizations: Taller Puertorriqueño, A Seed on Diamond Gallery, Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas, and Congreso de Latinos Unios" width="267" height="300" /></p>
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