Being that the city of San Juan is the new heart of contemporary culture, as part of the negotiations carried out since the coordination of the fair, 25+ satellite projects and public interventions will run parallel to MECA. This part of the orchestrated programming along with the production spaces distributed along the Art District, will complement the cultural offer that will receive thousands of visitors from inside and outside the Island.
OLD SAN JUAN
Cierre de Jornada: Centenario de Lolita Lebron
Opening: Thursday, November 14, 2019 / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00AM - 5:00PM @ Ateneo Puertorriqueño (Avenida Juan Ponce de León, San Juan, 00901)
Artist: (Not specified; collective exhibition)
Open to the public
MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Tues-Thurs, 10:00AM-6:00PM @ Beta Local (40 Calle Jose Celso Barbosa, San Juan, 00901)
ENTRÓPICO
Opening: Noviembre 14, 7pm / MECA Art Week visit hours: Mon-Thurs 3:00-8:00pm or by appointment via 787-644-6462 or [email protected] @ El Bastión Cultural Center (1 Cll. San Sebastián San Juan, PR, 0090)
Artist: Juan Carlos Amador
Carmelo Sobrino: Mapas, Multitudes y Retratos
Opening: Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 7PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Thurs, Sat & Sun, Nov 21, 23 & 24, 2019, 8AM - 8PM / Friday: CLOSED @ Fundación Casa Cortés (210 Calle San Francisco, San Juan, 00901)
Artist: Carmelo Sobrino
Pequeño Formato #8
Opening: Thurs, Nov 21, 2019 @ 7:00PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Fri-Sat, Nov 22-24, 2019, 12:00-6:00PM @ La Casa de Los Contrafuertes (101 Calle San Sebastián, San Juan, 00901)
Artists: Elizam Escobar, Ivon Prats, Luis Alonso, Luis Maisonet
Contorno deshilado
Opening: Thurs, Nov 14, 2019 / MECA Art Week visiting hours: Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 12:00 - 6:00PM @ Liga de Arte de San Juan (Calle Dr. Francisco Rufino de Goenaga, San Juan, 00926, Puerto Rico)
Artist: Ana Rosa Rivera
MIRAMAR
Tangible lo intangible
Opening: Oct 24, 2019 / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Tues-Fri: 9:30AM-5:30PM / Sat: 9:30AM to 4:30PM @ Galería de Arte, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Calle San Antonio Rosales, Parada 26.5, San Juan, 00914, PR)
Artist: Diana Dávila Casanovas
Unsettings
Opening: Thurs, Nov 21, 2019 / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Tues-Sat, from 10:00AM-5:00PM @ MADMi (607 Calle Cuevillas, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artists: Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Ada Bobonis, Mónica Rodríguez, Carolina Caycedo y Sofía de Grenade
MECA Illustration Art Show
Opening: Fri, Nov 22, 2019 @ 6PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Sat & Sun, Nov 23-24, 2019, 11:00AM-10:00PM @ Pública (1057 Ave. Ponce de León, Santurce, PR)
Artists: Alberto Santiago, Aslan Uno, Camila Buxeda, Cresenciano Sotomayor, Cristian Guzmán Cardona, Don RIMX, El CoCa, Elizabeth Barreto, Esteban Ruiz, Gerardo Cloquell, Guanina Cotto, Ivana Tarraza, Jean Oyola, Josué Oquendo, Juan Salgado, JUFE, Krisia Ayala, Lorraine Rodríguez, Mariela Pabón, Mónica Parada, Mya Pagán, Natasha Laracuente, NEPO, Nivea Ortiz, Odalis Gómez, Omar Banuchi, Orlando Santiago, Pedro Medina, Ricardo Sánchez, Rosaura Rodríguez, Rubén Rolando, Sarah Urbain, Spear Torres, Supakid
HATO REY
Suavitel Entertainment Club
Opening: Nov 2, 2019 / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 1:00-6:00PM @ Embajada (382 Calle César González, Hato Rey, PR 00918)
Artist: Radamés 'Juni' Figueroa
GUAYNABO & CAGUAS
Open studio
MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 3:00-6:00 PM @ Área: Lugar de Proyectos (Calle E Solar 4 y 5, Villa Blanca Industrial Park, Caguas, PR 00725)
Artists: Víctor González (artist-in-residence), Javier Orfón, Norma Vila, Cristina Tufiño e Ivelisse Jiménez
Proyecto II “Aire”: Writing in the Sky
Opening: Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 3:00-9:00 PM @ El Depósito - Colección Hernández Castrodad (Calle Rafael Hernández, Caguas, PR 00725)
Artists: José Jorge Román & other artists from private collection
CRIATURAS
Nov 15 - Dec 31, 2019 - 6:00pm @ Vicenza Espacio Creativo (Urb. Parkville Ext. ZA-20, Calle Romerillo, Guaynabo, PR)
Artist: Rafael Iván Hernández
SANTURCE
2bleó Open studio
Opening: Nov 20, 2019, 10:30pm @ El Local (1425 Av. Manuel Fernández Juncos, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artist: Omar Obdulio Peña Forty
CROMÁNTICA
Opening: Sat, Nov 16 2019, 7:00-10:00PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: by appointment only; email [email protected] or call 787-393-2488 @ El Lobi (621 Calle Ernesto Cerra, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artist: Chaveli Sifre; curated by Guillermo Rodríguez
CoCa wic
MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Thurs, Nov 21, 2019, 8:00PM-2:00AM / Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 8:00PM-3:00AM / Sat, Nov 23, 2019, 8:00PM-3:00AM / Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:00PM-1:00AM / For appointments, please email [email protected] or 787-640-0332 @ El Local (1425 Av. Manuel Fernández Juncos, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artists: el CoCa (Uziel Orlandi, Sergio Vázquez y Adrián Martínez)
Galería Petrus
MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Mon-Fri: 10:00AM-6:00PM / Sat: 12:00-5:00PM @ Galería Petrus (726 Calle Hoare, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artists: First floor: Carlos Dávila Rinaldi / Second floor: Generación Reactiva
requiem
Opening: Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 2:00-10:00 PM / Live performance by Sabila @ 8PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Sat-Sun, Nov 23-24, 2019, 12:00-6:00PM @ Hidrante (454 Calle Saldaña, San Juan Puerto Rico 00912)
Artists: Omar Velázquez, Rebecca Adorno, Herman Aguirre, Condy Bernhard, Javier Bosques, Guillermo Rodríguez, Jonathan Torres, José Luis Vargas, CD Wu
Sub-versiones (in collaboration with 3 independent spaces from Latin America: Sagrada Mercancía (Chile), Proyectos Ultravioleta (Argentina) & El Dorado (Colombia)
Opening: Fri, Nov 22, 7pm-10pm / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: By appointment only; please email [email protected] or call 787-459-9224 @ KM 0.2 (619 Calle Cerra, 2nd Floor, Santurce, PR 00907)
Artists: Antonio Castles, Julieth Morales, Victor Flores, Maruki Nowacki, Adolfo Bimer, Guzman Paz, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Norman Morales, Ada del Pilar, Irma Sepúlveda, Francisca Jiménez, Lolo y Lauti
Reflejos de un paraíso fiscal
Opening: Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 7:00PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Mon-Fri, 11:00AM-5:00PM @ Recinto Cerra (619 Calle Cerra, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artist: Jaime Rodríguez Crespo
Las Males Quita
Opening: Tues, Nov 19, 2019, 6:00PM @ Taller Malaquita (161 Av. Condado, San Juan, PR 00907)
Artists: Andrea Pérez Caballero, Carolina Fernanda Serrano, Coral del Mar Alemán, Dania Reyna Mercado, Elizabeth Barreto, Fefa Carlo, Ingrid Bonetti Veloz, Karla Claudio Betancourt, Kimberly Lesik, Krystal Lee Rodríguez, Laurie de Jesús Lagares, Nasheli Juliana, Nitzayra Leonor, Rosaly Mota Márquez, Rosenda Álvarez Faro, Vero Rivera, Yamileth Flores Reyes, Zuania Minier Jiménez
Anarquía y dialéctica en el deseo
Opening: Sat, Nov 16, 2019 / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Tues-Fri: 10:00AM-4:00PM / Sat: 11:00AM-4:00PM / Sun & Mon: Closed @ Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (Av. Ponce de León, esquina Ave. Roberto H. Todd, Parada 18, San Juan, PR 00910)
Artists: Gathering the work of more than 100 women artists and artists of diverse gender identities in Puerto Rico to dedicate a year of our programming to this historic project that looks to the future in solidarity.
HILO: Textil en el arte contemporáneo
MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Woven: Junte de DJ's en saludo a MECA: Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 9:00pm - 1:30am / @ El Cuadrado Gris (455 Calle Tito Rodriguez, San Juan, PR 00915). For appointments please call (954) 261-7409 / (787) 639-9604 or e-mail [email protected]
Artists: Zaida Goveo Balmaseda (PR), Lilliam Nieves (PR), Paola Della Torre (PR), Niurca Marquez (USA/Cuba) & Moira Holohan (USA), Beatriz Helton (USA), threadstories (Ireland), Jon Cowan (USA), Gwen Charles (USA), Vanessa Freitag (Mexico), Jennifer E. Moss (USA) & Natasha Middagh (USA); curated by Annie Y. Saldaña Matías
máquinas.cerebros.algoritmos: o una microbase de datos para contemplar
Opening: Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 6:00-8:00PM / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Other hours by appointment. Please call: Carola: 787-948-0068 / Migdalia: 787-923-1790 @ Diagonal (Calle del Parque &, Av. Manuel Fernández Juncos, San Juan, PR)
Artists: A.B. Ducao & Bex Hong Hurwitz, Carola Cintrón Moscoso, Gabriela Torres Ferrer, Gata Berger, Juan 'Jufe' Fernández, Migdalia Luz Barens-Vera, Noelia Medina, Rafael Vargas Bernard, Rebecca Adorno, Ricardo Cabret
El espacio común
Opening: Oct 6, 2019 / MECA Art Week Visit Hours: Fri & Sat: 10:00AM-5:00PM / Sun: 11:00AM-5:00PM @ Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (299 Av. de Diego, San Juan, PR 00909)
Artists: Ada Bobonis, Alexis Díaz, Ana María Marietta, Banksy, Colectivo La Puerta, Colectivo Moriviví, Dhara Rivera, Hello Again, Joshua Santos Rivera (Bik Ismo), Letra Criolla, Mario E. Ramírez, Melissa Raymond & René Sandín, Mónica Rodríguez Medina, Myritza Castillo, Pedro Torres (Spear), Philip Cruz Villegas (Pun18), Piso Proyecto, Rachid Molinary, Rogelio Báez Vega, Rosenda Álvarez Faro, Sergio Vázquez, Sofía Maldonado, Turismo Interno, Vero Rivera
POP-UPS
CO2
Opening: Thurs, Nov 21, 2019, 7:00-10:00PM / MECA Art Week Visiting Hours: Fri-Sun, Nov 22-24, 2019, 10:00AM-6:00PM @ Anexo Art Project (@ Liga de Arte – Calle Dr. Francisco Rufino de Goenaga, San Juan, 00926, PR)
Artists: Jean Carlo Jiménez, Kristal Juan Rovira, Laura García Urrutia, Ada del Pilar Ortiz, Elizabeth Magaly Robles, Juan Andrés Pagán, Yamileth Flores, Andrea Pérez Caballero