Opening Reception: Port-au-Prince Debout

Sunday, March 25, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, 2012

On view March 21 – April 1, 2012 in the Partnership Gallery

View of the Grand Rue in the 19th century before significant infrastructural development, Courtesy of the Library of Congress

View of the Grand Rue in the 19th century before significant infrastructural development, Courtesy of the Library of Congress

In January, 2012, CIDIHCA (Centre International de Documentation et d’Information Haitienne, Caribéenne et Afro-Canadienne) in cooperation with FOKAL (La Fondation Connaissance et Liberté) organized an exhibition “Port-au-Prince Standing” on the occasion of the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake of January 12th, 2011 which struck the city of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. This exhibition documents the development of the city of Port-au-Prince from Independence through the present day through historic illustrations and photos. The exhibit opened simultaneously in the City hall of Montreal and in the FOKAL in Haiti, and is now traveling to the Partnership Gallery of the Queens Museum of Art.

Join us for screenings and presentations including:

Keynote Address by Frantz Voltaire, Executive Director CIDIHCA

Gina Cheron, Consortium for Haitian Empowerment: “The Connection Between the 1939 World’s Fair and Urban Development of Port-au-Prince.”

United Haitian Artists on “The Evolution of Art & Culture as related to the History of Port-au-Prince”

Light Refreshments will be served.

This exhibition is made possible in part by support from The International Center of Documentation and Haitian Caraïbéenne and Afro-Canadian Information (CIDIHCA), FOKAL and the Consortium For Haitian Empowerment.