In September 2019, One Book One Bronx and Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education partnered to form the CASITA MARIA BOOK CLUB and expand the reach and impact of book clubs in the Bronx. We meet in Casita Maria’s 6th floor gallery, and book selections reflect exhibitions that are currently on view. Books also mirror the cultures, histories, and ongoing narratives of the Hunts Point neighborhood. In the first session of each book club, we give away free books to the first 15 attendees. Free to join!

CASITA MARIA BOOK CLUB, 928 SIMPSON ST., BX NYC
Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion by Natasha Tarpley
Wednesdays, Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, & 9
> Exhibition: RESPECT: Nichole Washington, Jessica Spence and Tim Okamura
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America by Ayana Byrd and Lori Tharps
Oct. 23, 30 Nov. 6, 13, & 20, 2019
> Exhibition: RESPECT: Nichole Washington, Jessica Spence and Tim Okamura
Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora by Emily Raboteau
Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 2020
> Exhibition Garifuna Intangible Heritage by Pen Cayetano & Isidra Sabio
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez (book club and poetry workshop)
March 25, April 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2020
> Exhibition: Young Artist Showcase
Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera
June 3, 10, 17, 24, & July 1, 2020
> Exhibition: Annie Legnini: Bronx Faces as part of South Bronx Culture Trail
Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories by Kem Joy Ukwu
July 15, 22, 29, Aug 5, & 12, 2020
> Exhibition: Annie Legnini: Bronx Faces as part of South Bronx Culture Trail

CURRENTLY ON VIEW
Garifuna Intangible Heritage by Pen Cayetano & Isidra Sabio

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education and Garifuna Coalition USA, Inc. are delighted to announce Garifuna Intangible Heritage, an exhibition celebrating the cultural expression of the Garifuna people of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, St Vincent and the Grenadines and the United States. The art gallery exhibition and related public programs comprise the Winter season of ¡CelebrARTE!, Casita Maria’s South Bronx arts and culture series.

Garifuna Intangible Heritage will showcase the work of two self-taught Garifuna artists, Pen Cayetano and Isidra Sabio, whose brightly-colored paintings and digital prints highlight Garifuna culture, cultural expressions, and daily life.

Garifuna Intangible Heritage will honor the 18th anniversary of UNESCO’s proclamation of the Garifuna Language, Music, and Dance as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This Heritage consists of the intangible and tangible aspects of the whole body of cultural practices, resources and knowledge systems developed, nurtured and refined by Garifuna people, and that are transmitted from generation to generation as a crucial component of their sense of identity and continuity.