Alvilda Victoria Martinez-Anaya C

Title: Dulce Sueño regresa a su plaza de Guayama, Puerto Rico

Location: Guayama, Puerto Rico 

To understand this mural, Dulce Sueño regresa a su plaza de Guayama, Puerto Rico, it is necessary to take a look at its Architectural and Resonance (sound) legacy. At the turn of the century, Puerto Rico was on the stopping points of the West Indies African Slave Trade Routes of the Caribbean; and Guayama (founded in 1763) having one of the largest ports of the Caribbean facilitated the settlement of new people coming from all over the world. The architecture surrounding this mural includes; a Neo-Roman Cathedral built in 1827-1867; a French (Corsica people) water-fountain, a Neo-Classical/Creole Style (Spaniard/Portuguese) Museum; a German Bronze and Gold Church Bells (1835); Swiss Church Clock (18??); Art Deco Theater (1938); and 600 A.D., our pre-Colombian Taíno nation.  The intricate lines, swirls, and colors represent the chu-cu-chucu-chucu-cha of the voices of the Taíno people, the pucutu-pucuta of our African legacy, the ocean-side that cradles us with its susurro; and the feminine ancestral voice reveled by the embodiment of Dulce Sueño/Sweet Dream in a post-colonial era revealed through the language of this universal/abstract piece of art.

Alvilda Victoria Martinez-Anaya was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, USA and she holds a Master of Science in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University, Hookset, NH. Her other works include: Art Education: Doctorate level economics and studio art courses University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, studied with renown watercolor artist, Richard Yarde; Guild Art Studio, Northampton, MA; Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA studied with renown Modern artist painter, Selina Trieff; Theophilus Art Center, Guayama, Puerto Rico, studied with renown master of stained art glass/ restorer, don Matías Arroyo.

Teaching Experience: Springfield College, Springfield, MA in Economics; Tufts University Summer Institute, Medford, MA, in Economics; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA in English.

Artist-in-Residence: Spanish American Union, Inc., Springfield, MA

Selected Fine Art Gallery & Museum Exhibits: Centro de Bellas Artes, Guayama, Puerto Rico, The Springfield Fine Arts Museums; Binghamton University Department of Romance Languages & Literature; Florida International University, Miami; University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center, University Museum of Contemporary Art (Mural); and recently was accepted for an upcoming Installation to be held at The Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA (fall 2008)

Collections: Private collectors throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.