Released on: January 30, 2008, 9:03 am

Press Release Author: Taller Portobelo Norte

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: With the 2008 Colony taking place June 16th to June 30th,
Taller Portobelo Norte (TPN) has announced a Request for Proposal from artists of
all disciplines and media.

Press Release Body: January, 30th, 2008 - Noteworthy visual and literary artists and
scholars such as Henry Drewall, Imna Aroyo, Opal Moore, Robert Pruitt, and Jaki
Shelton Green have all had one thing in common. They've each participated in the
Taller Portobelo Norte Summer Art Colony in Portobelo, Panama. With the 2008 Colony
taking place June 16th to June 30th, Taller Portobelo Norte (TPN) has announced a
Request for Proposal from artists of all disciplines and media. The goal of the
residency is to support artists whose work stimulates ideas and expands artistic
boundaries and conventions in realizing works-in-progress and new work. The deadline
for applications is Friday, March 7th, 2008.

Founded in 1997 by Dr. Arturo Lindsay, a Panamanian born artist and Professor of Art
and Art History at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, the TPN Summer Art Colony in
Portobelo, Panama has attracted artists, scholars and students from throughout the
country interested in the visual and performing arts and cultures of the African
Diaspora, ethnographic and anthropological research, Spanish and Latin American
Studies, and responsible and ethical tourism. The residency takes place at the
Taller Portobelo compound in Portobelo, Panama, which consists of three guest houses
and a small gallery and workshop.

Taller Portobelo Norte (Portobelo Workshop North in Spanish) is a collective of
emerging and established artists and artist/scholars that seeks to encourage
critical dialogues around the art and culture(s) of the African Diaspora, create a
cross-cultural, intergenerational, multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and
inspirations among artists, and create a supportive space for experimental and
non-traditional artists, writers, and scholars to experience communal intellectual
stimulation as well as quiet contemplation.

For additional information please contact Ms. Oronike Odeleye at 404-685-9190 or
visit www.tallerportobelonorte.com.

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Web Site: http://www.tallerportobelonorte.com

Contact Details:
Ms. Oronike Odeleye
Taller Portobelo Norte
256 Walker St Suite C
Atlanta, GA 30313
Phone: 404-685-9190
odeleye@tallerportobelonorte.com
www.tallerportobelonorte.com