The Howland Cultural Center To Celebrate Hispanic-American History Month

The Howland Cultural Center will begin its month-long celebration of the National Hispanic-American History Month with an art exhibition featuring twenty-four Latino artists of the Hudson Valley. On Saturday, September 8, 2007, the exhibition, Light - Shadow - Conscience will open with a reception from 3- 5pm, to which the public is invited. The exhibition will hang from September 8- 30, and gallery hours will be from 1- 5pm every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There is one exception to the gallery hours schedule: on Sunday, September 30, the gallery is closed to the general public as the Howland Chamber Music Circle will present a concert at 4pm featuring the Miami String Quartet.

The at exhibition will feature paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and photography from Jose Acosta, Salvador Arellano, Saul Avvevalo, Karlos Carcamo, Aurelio Castano, Rolando W. Cuartas, Jessica Diaz, Richard Diaz, Rafael Figueroa, Sandra Figueroa, Arthur C. Georgalas, Ana Laura Gonzalez, Salvador Guzman, Ramon Ibarra, Elizabeth Lauri, Nestor Madalengiotia, Josephine Monter, Wilfredo Morel, Laurentino Nova, Elisa Pritzker, Federico Ruiz, Gregory Slick, Marida del Pozo Slick, and Felipe Guevar Vazques.

Spanish speaking people have always been a vital part of America's development. Their contributions are well documents as Celcilia M. Garcia, Director of Communications for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Inc. has written in her publication, Hispanic Threads in America. "The United States has a rich history that goes back at least 300 years. Hispanics have always played major roles in building this country and making it a better place. From the Revolutionary War that freed the United States from Great Britain to the present conflict in Iraq, Latinos have proudly served this country in the Armed Forces. Throughout United States history, Latinos have prominently participated in building the West, in medicine and science, in entertainment, business, education, civil rights, politics, and in the great American pastime of baseball."

The Howland Cultural Center takes pride in presenting Light - Shadow - Conscience, an exhibition of extraordinary artwork representative of the Latino artists community.

The Howland Cultural Center is located at t177Main Street in Beacon For further information and/or directions, please call (845) 831-4988.