Museo de Arte, Historia y Antropologia de PR- week 2

Hi guys!

Just as some of you, I’ve been having a lot of internet problems since I don’t even have my phone.

My second week at the museum was much more exciting than the first. The first two days I was able to work and touch (with gloves of course) different pieces from different Puerto Rican artists. Just those days, two different poster collections were donated. The museum has a huge Puerto Rican poster collection, from the 1910’s until these days. I was excited to work and see the different techniques that different artists have used. For instance, a lot of them were serigraph, others were off-set, and the recently ones were digital. What impressed me the most were the different drawings and letters that the artists used. Most of them used stencils for the calligraphy, but others, such as well-known Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell, used his own handwriting for all of his posters. Below, I’ve included one of his posters, and yes, that is his own writing. I was so impressed and stunned by it. I might even take a course of it. With the posters, I had to organize them by artist and then by date. It was a long process, but very entertaining. The other three days, I focused on the special project (that I mentioned in my first week entry) that they assigned me. That actually took me a lot of time. Is not even half finished, but its okay, since they know that is a very long and exhausting job. There, I had to pass down all of the notes I did of the paintings and characters. Then divide them by groups and later look up each biography or historical facts of the characters. Even though it’s exhausting (reading and reading and reading), I found it very productive since it increased my knowledge in Puerto Rican history, and it helped me reestablish my roots and the struggles that a lot of Puerto Rican passed  to get all the benefits that today we have. It’s very empowering to learn something new about our history, our culture, our country and therefore, our identity.  

I’m very thrilled to see what this week awaits for me.

Lost of Puerto Rican love,

Krystal J