<h4 style="text-align: center;">September 15 – October 28, 2017</h4>

<h4 style="text-align: center;">Reception: Friday, September 15, 5:30–8 pm</h4>

Recalling Venezuela’s “Marchas de Ollas Vacías” (Marches of Empty Pots), in which protesters strike empty pots and pans to denounce food shortages and the economic and political crisis the country faces, Miguel Antonio Horn’s <em>Dissonance</em> channels public outcry in the face of an increasingly bleak reality. Sculptor Horn’s new work at Taller Puertorriqueño probes the boundaries of power and powerlessness, and asks how protest can bring about meaningful social change.

Born in Philadelphia, Miguel Antonio Horn received his certificate in sculpture from PAFA in 2006. He then moved to Mexico City to apprentice with master sculptor Javier Marín for four years. In 2010, Horn’s work was exhibited in Zona Maco, Mexico’s premier international art fair and he had his first solo show at Terreno Baldio Arte in Mexico City. A member of Traction Company in West Philadelphia, he is currently creating new works for the Free Library of Philadelphia’s South Philadelphia Branch.

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Passion &amp; Protest: Songs of Resistance</h2>

<h5 style="text-align: center;">Saturday, October 28 at 7 pm</h5>

Connecting to this exhibition, Taller will present an intimate café-theater performance of passionate songs of protest from Spain and the Americas. Through their political commitment and powerful lyricism, artists such as Rafael Hernández, Violeta Parra, Victor Jara, Caetano Veloso, and Joan Manuel Serrat created songs that are emblematic of struggles for freedom and social justice–both past and present. Performers Diana Sáez and Friends (Pável Urkiza, Suzzette Ortiz, and Leo Álvarez) offer stirring contemporary renditions of these timeless classics.

This performance is part of Taller’s Diálogo Series, whose goal is to deepen our understanding of broader social issues of struggle, community, economic upheaval, and identity. Funding for Diálogo has been provided by a generous grant from <strong>PNC Arts Alive</strong>. PNC Arts Alive is a multi-year, multi-million dollar grant initiative of the PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. In its ninth year, PNC Arts Alive challenges visual and performing arts organizations to put forth their best, most original thinking in expanding audience participation and engagement. A very prestigious grant, only twenty arts organizations in the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey region are selected. For more information on PNC Arts Alive and the grant recipients visit <a href="http://www.pncartsalive.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.PNCARTSALIVE.com</a>

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