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I am Alma G. Batista, a Chemical Engineer who works now for ICN in Humacao, Puerto Rico, as a Technical Operation Specialist; if you want to look at my RESUME, please
I do not think I have to say that I am proud of them because it is obvious.
I shall thank my mother, Gladys Rodríguez, for facilitating the biographical information attached to this page and join me in what she considered the Batista Family Project.
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  Tomás Batista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tomás Batista (born 1935, Luquillo, Puerto Rico) is considered to be Puerto Rico's greatest sculptor.
In 1958, Batista was awarded a grant and studied sculptoring at the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture under the direction of the Maestro Compostela.
Batista also studied art in the Escuela la Esmeralda in Mexico, the Guggenhimen in New York and in the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica in Spain.
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 Science Fair Projects - Tomás Batista
In 1958, Batista studied sculptoring at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña under the direction of the Maestro Compostela.
Among Batista's other works are the sculptures of Eugenio María de Hostos in Mayagüez, Chuito de Cayey in Cayey, and Rafael Hernández in Bayamón plus many more.
In 1987 Batista was awarded the Medalla de la Orden del Quinto Centenario meaning: the "Medal of the Order of the 5th Century", in commemoration of Puerto Rico being discovered by Colombus.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Tomas_Batista   (458 words)

  
 artistvenue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Alberdi, Joxe - sculptor in stone, wood, and other media who has exhibited at the Royal Academy and worldwide.
Fuss, Kathy Gore - a Pacific Northwest sculptor using an innovative mixed media process involving casting objects in plaster gauze and then covering the surface in carefully preserved flower petals.
Guild, Nancy - sculptor in the Toronto area whose medium of choice is clay.
www.artistvenue.com /Bpgs/HmPgs/HmPgSculpt.html   (2560 words)

  
 "B" Famous People
Barlach, Ernst (1870-1938) Expressionist sculptor, playwright, and poet, born in Wedel...
Batista (y Zaldívar), Fulgencio (1901-73) Cuban soldier and dictator, born in Oriente province.
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Baroque sculptor, architect, and painter, born in Naples, SW Italy...
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 A Brief History of Holguin
A statute of this patriot of the city of Holguin, made of marble by an Italian sculptor, was erected eighteen years later in the year 1916 in the center of the park.
Also on this date President-elect Tomas Estrada Palma, born in 1832 in Bayamo, a lawyer who had also served in the Ten Year War as a General, is sworn in as Cuba's first president.
These new principles from Batista's opposition had reached the general populace of Cuba, and it was widely accepted by many aside from Alex.
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 eHeadline News: Sculpture
Alberdi, Joxe - sculptor in stone, wood, and other media who has exhibited at the Royal Academy and wordwide.
Cave, Leonard - carver of wood and stone, additionally using clear plastic and painted wood for expressive concepts.
Delaney, Greg Kevin - Artboy - sculptor who specializes in wearable art and figures fabricated from polymer clay and "found" objects.
eheadlines.tripod.com /Categories/Arts/art-sculpture.htm   (3255 words)

  
 84.03.08: The Art of the Puerto Rican People
Outstanding painters from the sixties are Francisco Rodón, Tomás Batista, Myrna Baéz, Mar’a Rodr’guez Señeriz, Natividad Gutierrez, Nicholasa Mohr, Suzi López del Campo, and Eduardo M. Ort’z.
Tomás Batista was born in Luquillo in 1935.
Batista’s sculptures have been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, Spain, and Puerto Rico.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1984/3/84.03.08.x.html   (5678 words)

  
 Sculpture
Alberdi, Joxe - sculptor in stone, wood, and other media who has exhibited at the Royal Academy and word-wide.
Angelotti, Paolo - Italian sculptor born in Rome.
Cenci, Beatrice - painter, sculptor and art teacher born in Florence.
www.artist-show.com /ArtFields/Visualarts/Sculpture.html   (489 words)

  
 Omniseek: /Arts & Humanities /Visual Arts /Sculpture /Sculptors /Personal Exhibits
sculptor in stone, wood, and other media who has exhibited at the Royal Academy and wordwide.
Exhibited at War Memorial Museum and the Jewish Museum of Budapest, Hungary.
South African sculptor making busts and plaques of famous people.
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 Cuba: Everything you need to know
This wonderfully open space is surrounded by a slew of historic buildings, including the Teatro Tomas Terry (named for a sugar baron who amassed $33 million in the late 19th Century).
Grammatophyllum species are on a central column -- these are orchids capable of becoming enormous, while their botanical name is sugar cane orchid (gramma is grass, phyllum is leaf and when several feet tall, the plants resemble sugar cane).
The garden was begun in 1943 by Canary Island lawyer Tomas Felipe Camacho following the death of his daughter during childbirth.
www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/cuba/2247.html   (1665 words)

  
 Alejandro Anreus
It is the sculptor Roberto Estopinan (1921-) and the painter Guido Llinás (1923-) who have been committed to printmaking as an independent medium since the late 1950s.
Llinás recalls that after he was established in Havana, together with sculptor Tomas Oliva, he decided to make some woodcuts.
In his eighth decade of life Guido Llinás has entered what art historians like to define as "late style," while he calls it "last style"(17), the force and vigor of his recent prints and paintings is anything but the end.
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 Mmegi Online ::> news we need to know
But David is more than spying on Diego-instead he is fascinated by his wit and wisdom, his range of knowledge, not only in literature, but also in art and music.
Diego’s former lover was the sculptor, German (Jorge Angelino), for whom he has been trying to arrange a show.
Gutierrez Alea was the head of the underground film unit during the revolution up to 1959, and then the National Film Unit afterwards.
www.mmegi.bw /2005/February/Tuesday15/2561447471915.html   (696 words)

  
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The descriptions are valid: outstanding productions, distinguished artists and a variety of shows have passed through its halls and even the gardens have been transformed into one of Havana’s emblematic spaces.
After an exhaustive search, Sánchez managed to pin down that the first stone of the Theater was laid “on July 29, 1952 (when the Batista dictatorship was already established) the first stone of the Theater was laid.
But it was not until October 25 that the Purdy and Henderson Company officially signed as civil contractors to construct the building “according to the plans and specifications prepared by the office of Nicolás Arroyo Márquez, architect, technical director and supervisor of the project.
www.granma.cu /INGLES/2004/julio/mar27/31teatro-i.html   (775 words)

  
 The Smithsonian Resident Associate Program's Art Collectors Program
Alexander Calder (Philadelphia, 1898- 1976) was an American sculptor known as the originator of mobiles.
New Castle, Indiana, 1928) is a painter, printmaker and sculptor, known as a major contributor to the Pop Art movement in the United States.
In addition to being a painter, light sculptor, designer, and environmental artist, Piene is the former director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies and professor emeritus in the Department of Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
www.artcollectorsprogram.org /artists.htm   (2022 words)

  
 Professor recounts trip to Havana Film Festival
Batista was in this palace when it was stormed by revolutionary forces in 1959; indeed, among the first things Estér pointed out to us were the bullet holes in the marble of the wall behind the central staircase (just behind another bust of Jose Martí) and the secret stairway Batista used to escape the rebels.
A particularly striking room was devoted to images of Che, including some grouped around a street corner sign marking the intersection of 23rd and 12th Streets, where the Socialist character of the Revolution had been proclaimed (the same corner where I had attended the animated films in the 23 y 12 cinema).
In a predictable final twist of irony, the sculptor filmmakers are last seen as statues in a gallery where the dwarf narrator closes the film.
www.mssu.edu /international/Cuba/trip12-2003/Havana.htm   (18405 words)

  
 Puerto Rico's Culture: Famous Puerto Ricans: A-C
In 1907, he established the newspaper "El Tiempo." He was a member of the Executive Cabinet from 1900 to 1917 and held a seat in the Puerto Rican Senate from 1917 until his death on December, 1921 in San Juan.
Batista, a notorious sculptor has created several famous Puerto Rican monuments such as: "El Jíbaro Puertorriqueño" Monument in Cayey, Luis A. Ferré Highway, Eugenio María de Hostos in Mayagüez, Nemesio R. Canales in Jayuya, Chuíto el de Cayey in Cayey, Rafael Hernández in Bayamón, among others.
In 1991, Luquillo City Hall assigned permanent exhibits for some of Batista works.
www.topuertorico.org /culture/famousprA-C.shtml   (3221 words)

  
 Puerto Rico's Culture: Famous Puerto Ricans: A-C
In 1907, he established the newspaper "El Tiempo." He was a member of the Executive Cabinet from 1900 to 1917 and held a seat in the Puerto Rican Senate from 1917 until his death on December, 1921 in San Juan.
Batista, a notorious sculptor has created several famous Puerto Rican monuments such as: "El Jíbaro Puertorriqueño" Monument in Cayey, Luis A. Ferré Highway, Eugenio María de Hostos in Mayagüez, Nemesio R. Canales in Jayuya, Chuíto el de Cayey in Cayey, Rafael Hernández in Bayamón, among others.
In 1991, Luquillo City Hall assigned permanent exhibits for some of Batista works.
topuertorico.org /culture/famousprA-C.shtml   (3229 words)

  
 : latincollector : carmen herrera :
As an antidote to by-then repetitious and clichéd modernism, numerous artists in the 1950s began to experiment with abstraction.
The results of their work and their exhibitions represented as much a protest against what they viewed an exhausted form of narrative art as a disapproval of the official policies of the corrupt government of Fulgencio Batista.
Principal among these radical pre-Revolutionary groups were the artists known collectively as “Los Once,” including painters Guido Llinás, Antonio Vidal, Raúl Martínez, sculptor Tomás Oliva and others.
www.latincollector.com /special3/textEdward.html   (749 words)

  
 List of Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tomas Batista, sculptor of "El Jibaro Puertorriqueño" monument
Francisco Oller, painter, the only Latin American painter to play a role in the development of Impressionism.
Antonio Broccoli Porto, painter and sculptor from San Juan
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Puerto_Ricans   (4002 words)

  
 Foreign Films - Cuban Films
Cuban artists, filmmakers and musicians, including sculptor Pedro "Pulido" Gonzalez, performance artist Tania Bruguera, singer/songwriter Carlos Varela, and jazz musicians Ele Valdes and Carlos Alfonso, discuss their work and reveal their personal feelings toward Fidel Castro, the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and their country's political climate.
The brutal methods employed by Castro's government to maintain a stronghold on the Cuban population are chronicled in this revelatory documentary.
Former Castro comrades and Communist party leaders, writers, intellectuals, and supporters of fallen Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista testify to the ill treatment they received at the hands of Cuba's police force.
www.multilingualbooks.com /foreignvids-spancuba.html   (2098 words)

  
 CubaMania Cuba Forums - CRISTOBAL COLON CEMETERY in Habana C&P
The center three-story gate is adorned with reliefs and sculptures in Carrara marble by de Loira's collaborator, noted Cuban sculptor Jose Vilalta de Saavedra.
This is the space Coyula, in a collaboration with two colleagues, architect Emilio Escobar and sculptor Jose Villa, created as tribute to students killed on March 13, 1957, during an unsuccessful assassination attempt on dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The graves are all above ground, as in New Orleans and all the population of Santiago and outlying area use this large cemetary.
www.cubamania.com /cuba/printthread.php?t=8486   (1756 words)

  
 Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Jayuya is known for its skilled wood carvers.
Among its monuments are the Catholic church, the statue of Nemesio R. Canales and the bust of the Indian leader Jayuya, by the Puerto Rican sculptor Tomás Batista.
Jayuya is located in the center region of the island, north of Ponce; east of Utuado; and west of Ciales.
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 The list: Movers & Shakers in America.(Cover Story) - Latino Leaders - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Gloria's father was a bodyguard to Cuba's overthrown president, Batista.
Age: 59 Residence: Los Angeles, CA Who he is: President of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, Pachon is also the executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) and a professor of government at the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
Our Prediction: Harry Pachon's work in social science/policy research with the prominent Tomas Rivera Policy Institute will continue to guide the dialogue concerning the social and economic impact of Latinos in US society.
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 XX Century - Republican Era (1901-1958)
On May 20, 1938 José Martí’s bust was inaugurated in Arango y Parreño Park, the work of Cuban sculptor Teodoro Ramos Blanco, replacing the old gazebo existing there since the initial construction of the park.
Arcelio Tagle governed as such until March 10, 1952 when a coup d’état masterminded by General Fulgencio Batista caused the constitutional government of President Carlos Prío Socarrás to stop governing.
The coup d’état lead by Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar on March 10, 1952 changed the constitutional order of the Republic, affecting the political order and tranquility of the country.
www.circuloguinero.org /contentEN/historiaDeGuines/1901-1958.html   (2158 words)

  
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Expressionist sculptor _1870-1938 Bar-Lev, Haim Israeli (Aus.-born) gen. & polit.; secy-gen. of Labor Party 1978-1994; Israeli ambassador to Russia 1992-1994; eponym of Bar-Lev Line _1924-1994 Barlow, George Hilario, Sir Brit.
sculptor; sculpted Statue of Liberty _1834-1904 Bartholin, Erasmus Danish phys.
Baroque architect, painter, & sculptor _1598-1680 Bernoulli, Daniel Swi.
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 Media Resources - Latin American and Caribbean Videocassettes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Shows members of the Roman Catholic clergy, including priests serving as government officials, and various Nicaraguans as they testify to the inspirational and unifying force of Christianity in the revolutionary struggle and reforms in Nicaragua.
Summary: Four stories explore Batista's Cuba and the conditions that led to revolution.
Summary: Interview with Cuban sculptor Roberto Estopinan, "considered one of the most important sculptors in Latin America".
www.lib.usf.edu /tampa/mr/lacs.html   (16900 words)

  
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Futurist painter, sculptor, & art theorist _1882-1916 Bock, Jerrold Lewis (Jerry) US songwriter & writer of musicals _1928-- Bode, Johann Elert Ger.
sculptor _1XXb Boganda, Barthelemy Central African Rep. polit.; 1st prime min.
sculptor _1847-1922 Brock, William Emerson III US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1977-1981; 1st US Trade Representative 1981-1985; Secy.
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