May 4, 2011
Contact: David Audet
813-323-7830
Ybor Documentary to Screen at the Cuban Sandwich Show
in June
Director Gayla Jamison will screen and host a panel discussion of her documentary, Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor, Saturday, June 11, HCC-Ybor Room, 10:30-noon, free and open to the public in conjunction with THE CUBAN SANDWICH SHOW. The venue is located at Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus, 2001 N. 14th Street and Palm Avenue, across the street from the Cuban Club.
The Artists and Writers Group, Inc is the creator and sponsor of THE CUBAN SANDWICH SHOW, taking place at numerous venues in Tampa, June 1-30, 2011. The premise is that all the art, in all mediums, has as its subject, “Tampa: past, present, future…and/or Cuban sandwiches.”
The Artists and Writers Group is partnering with Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus and Ybor City Development Corporation to evolve this event into a cultural highlight of the summer season in Tampa Bay.
Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor, directed by Gayla Jamison, aired on The Learning Channel as part of the series, “New to America,” hosted by Edward James Olmos and later the film aired nationally on PBS.
Gayla Jamison: “What I have in mind is to ask the panel (and invite audience members to join in) to talk about the film’s role in preserving cultural history, especially since most of the people interviewed in the film are no longer living (25TH anniversary of film). Thus the film has become a kind of living history that enables first-hand accounts of this unique immigrant community to be passed to future generations. I’d like for people to talk about why that is important and the role that it plays in teaching history, in bringing history to life. Ideally, there will be interplay of academic analysis, nostalgic reminiscences from older members of the community and the fresh perspectives of young viewers. It will be a way of bringing the community together to share an inter-generational experience.”
The panelists are Dr. Susan Greenbaum, Professor Emerita of Anthropology Dept and former Dept. Chair at USF., Dr. Cheryl Rodríguez, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute on Black Life at USF, and Maria Pasetti, who is on the Executive Board of Tampa Hispanic Heritage — she’s also interviewed in the film–and Rene Tamargo, educator and Tampa native.
ABOUT THE CUBAN SANDWICH SHOW: While all the art must be exclusively about TAMPA and/or Cuban sandwiches (our chosen symbol of Tampa-slightly tongue-in-cheek), the artists can be from anywhere. Thus, whatever the art form—visual arts, photography, video, dance, theater, music, cuisine, poetry, literature–the root subject is Tampa and it’s past, present, and/or future. And for those of you who ask, yes, Ybor City is the heart of Tampa.
Current participants (subject to change) are; Arts Council of Hillsborough County Advisory Committee, Bamboozle Café, Blue Bird Books, Café Hey, Community Stepping Stones, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Gram’s Place, Grown Man Brand Studios, Hillsborough Community College-Ybor Art Gallery, Tampa Regional Artists at Old Hyde Park Art Center, King Corona Cigar Cafe, La France, MacDonald Training Center, MC Filmfest, Michelle Faedo’s On the Go, New World Brewery, The Pyramid, Silver Meteor Gallery, Tre Amici at the Bunker, Ybor Art Association, Ybor City Saturday Market, among others to be announced.
The Cuban Sandwich Show is an expanded version of a very popular annual arts exhibition was that originated in Ybor City in 1991 by Gordon and Denise Mhyre and continued in Seminole Heights for a number of years. The 2011 Cuban Sandwich Show will mark the twentieth year anniversary and is a major expansion of the event.
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Gayla Jamison, Producer-Director
In Our Son’s Name
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