<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>December 10, 2004-April 23, 2005</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Celebrating Taller’s 30 year Anniversary</span></p>
This exhibit brought to Philadelphia a comprehensive interpretation of unprecedented works of art from the Taínos, the dominant culture in the Caribbean before the arrival of Columbus.  The influence of this Native American group continues to inspire art forms, stories, and world-views both for Caribbean people and for artists and audiences worldwide.  The Taínos artistic legacy provides a context for present day Puerto Rican and Caribbean artistic expression. <i>Isla del Burén</i> was made up of a selection of approximately <b>100 archaeological pieces</b>, including significant loans from the Museo de Historia Antropología y Arte of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR); the Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP), Ponce, Puerto Rico; and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (UPM) in Philadelphia.  In addition to Anabelle Rodríguez, Taller’s Gallery Curator, the installation was coordinated by Guest Curator, Dicey Taylor, Ph.D., who previously curated Taíno exhibitions in 1997 and 2000 at El Museo del Barrio (EMB) in New York City.  This exhibit attracted accolades from the many people that came to see it as well as from the press, getting coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC Channel 6.  Two educational event programs included a Taíno Family Day with workshops and gallery tours for children and families on March 19 and an expert panel discussion on April 23, 2005 that served as closure to the exhibition.

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