Havana, Aug. 19 (Prensa Latina) This space is a great opportunity to showcase women’s art, maintaining the positive energy we need and that does us so much good, Cuban artist Flora Fong declared today during the opening of the exhibition Huellas de mujeres (Women’s Footprints).
The exhibition, a tribute to the work and legacy of three masters of the visual arts on the Caribbean island: Zaida del Río, Lesbia Vent Dumois, and Flora Fong herself, is located at the national headquarters of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), in the Vedado district of the capital.
With support from the Ministry of Culture and the National Council of Visual Arts, the exhibition also honors the work of Vilma Espín Guillois, Heroine of the Republic of Cuba and founder of the FMC, an organization celebrating its 65th anniversary.
Fong expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to share the space with Lesbia Vent Dumois and Zaida del Río, and to showcase the Cuban spirit that characterizes his work.
Speaking to Prensa Latina, Zaida del Río described the FMC’s national headquarters, located at the intersection of 13th and Paseo Streets, as an ideal location for similar activities in the future.
In this regard, Vent Dumois highlighted the importance of the FMC having a permanent exhibition hall.
“It’s excellent that galleries are being created in our institutions’ spaces; it’s a way to delve deeper into the work of our Cuban creators and make it accessible to our population,” he told Prensa Latina.
The inauguration was attended by Inés María Chapman, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister; Alpidio Alonso, Minister of Culture; and Teresa Amarelle Boué, Secretary General of the FMC, among other special guests.
The exhibition will remain open to the public for the next three months.
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