First, I Dream/Primero Sueño

Primero Sueño exhibition postcard
Primero Sueño exhibition postcard

First, I Dream/Primero Sueno is a mixed media installation inspired by the life and writings of 17th century Mexican intellectual, poet, and nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Artists include: Myriam de la Riva, Laura Elenes, Guillermo Gadda, Rosario Giovaninni and Pedro Osorio (from Mexico City); Jeannette Betancourt (from Puerto Rico); Mia Gonzalez, Mondo Jud Hart, Betsie Miller-Kusz, Thomas Lucas S.J., José Ramón Lerma and Constance Tell (from San Francisco).

Exhibition produced by Mondo Corazón with support from the Consulate General of Mexico and the Mexican Cultural Center, Encantada Gallery, USF College of Arts and Sciences, Modern and Classical Languages Department, Women’s Studies Program, CELASA - the Center for Latino Studies in the Americas and the Thacher Gallery.

Events

Opening Reception
Wednesday, April 28, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Thacher Gallery at USF
Gleeson Library/Geschke Center

I, the Worst of All: a film about Sor Juana, directed by Maria Luisa Benberg
Thursday, April 29, 7:00pm
Harney 127

Marathon Reading of Sor Juana’s Collected Works
Friday, April 30, 11:00am – completion
Crossroads Cafe