PLORERS PLORERS X THREE KINGS DAY ARTE

ENCUENTRA: Three Kings Puppets by Polina Porras in the Café on the first floor. , 2011 Three Kings Puppets Polina Porras,

ENTERATE: MIRA: These artworks show three • What do you notice characters from a story about these characters? that is often told around • What are they wearing? the holidays in Latin • Who might they be? America and other parts of the world.

1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th St. New York, NY 10029 www.elmuseo.org @elmuseo ENTERATE: These artworks show three characters from the story of the three PALABRAS: kings and their journey to bring gifts to the infant Jesus. This story has been told many times, and there are different versions of the Los Tres Reyes Magos story. In this version, the artist, Polina Porras, added in elements The three wise men who from the Taíno culture in Puerto Rico. came together from three Mississippi River different parts of the world. New Orleans Mississippi River They followed one star, USA New Orleans which led them to the infant USA THE THEJesus, who would later Grand Bahama [Bah.] Grand Bahama Great Abaco [Bah.] [Bah.] grow up to be an important Great Abaco [Bah.] Freeport Freeport teacher and leaderN inN his Miami THE BAHAMAS Miami THE BAHAMAS GULF OF MEXICO community. W E GULF OF MEXICO Nassau W E Nassau Dry Tortuga [U.S.] Key West [U.S.] S Dry Tortuga [U.S.] S Key West [U.S.] Andros [Bah.] Havana Taíno the native people of Andros [Bah.] CUBA TURKS & CAICOS ATLANTIC OCEAN Havana Cockburn Town the Caribbean CUBA TURKS & CAICOS Great Inagua [Bah.] ATLANTIC OCEAN Yucatán Peninsula Isla de la Juventud [Cub.] Cockburn Town DOMINICAN Tortuga [Ha.] REPUBLIC Mérida BRITISH Great Inagua [Bah.] VIRGIN ISLANDS Isla Cozumel [Mex.] ANGUILLA Guantánamo Bay PUERTO RICO Yucatán Peninsula Campeche Georgetown Culebra Isla de la Juventud [Cub.] DOMINICAN Santo Domingo ST. KITTS ST. MARTIN San Juan [P.R.] & NEVIS SINT MAARTEN REPUBLIC Port-au-Prince Vieques CAYMAN ISLANDSTortuga [Ha.] [P.R.] St John’s BRITISHIsla Saona [D.R.] Mérida Veracruz U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Mexico City VIRGIN ISLANDS Chetumal HAITI GUADELOUPE [France] Isla Cozumel [Mex.] Isla Beata [D.R.] ANGUILLA MONTSERRAT Guantánamo Bay PUERTO RICO St. Croix [U.S.V.I.] Campeche Georgetown Culebra Basse-Terre KingstonSanto Domingo ST. KITTS ST. MARTIN Marie-Galante [Gua.] Belize City JAMAICA San Juan [P.R.] & NEVIS SINT MAARTEN MEXICO Swan Islands [Hon.] Port-au-Prince Vieques DOMINICA Roseau CAYMAN ISLANDS BELIZE [P.R.] St John’s Isla Saona [D.R.] Fort-de-France MARTINIQUE [France] Veracruz U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Mexico City Castries Chetumal HAITI GUADELOUPE [France]ST. LUCIA CARIBBEANIsla Beata [D.R.] SEA MONTSERRAT BARBADOS GUATEMALA St. Croix [U.S.V.I.] Bridgetown ST. VINCENT & Kingstown HONDURAS Basse-Terre Marie-Galante [Gua.] Kingston THE GRENADINES Belize City Guatemala JAMAICA Tegucigalpa Cayos Miskitos [Nic.] MEXICO Swan Islands [Hon.] HAZLO: DOMINICA Roseau GRENADA ARUBA St. George’s BELIZE CURAÇAO Fort-de-France San Salvador Isla de la Providencia [Col.] BONAIRE MARTINIQUE [France] The three kingsNICARAGUA brought gifts from their communities. Port of EL SALVADOR Miskito Coast Los Roques [Ven.] Isla Margarita [Ven.] Willemstad Castries Spain TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Isla de San Andrés [Col.] ST. LUCIA Managua Isla La Tortuga [Ven.] Lake Managua Islas del Maiz [Nic.] BARBADOS CARIBBEANIn the artist’s SEA version of the story, theyBarranquilla are each carrying GUATEMALA Caracas Bridgetown Maracaibo Kingstown Lake Nicaragua ST. VINCENT & HONDURAS something that is important to the CartagenaTaíno culture. THE GRENADINES Orinoco River Guatemala Maracaibo Tegucigalpa Cayos Miskitos [Nic.] COSTA RICA Lake San José PANAMA VENEZUELAGRENADA St. George’s Limón Panama Canal ARUBA CURAÇAO San Salvador PACIFIC OCEANIsla de la ProvidenciaWhere [Col.] can we find these objectsPortobello in nature? Sketch them below! BONAIRE Georgetown Colón Magdalena Port of NICARAGUA Miskito Coast Panama River Los Roques [Ven.] Isla Margarita [Ven.] EL SALVADOR City Willemstad Spain TRINIDAD GUYANA & TOBAGO Isla de San Andrés [Col.] Managua Isla La Tortuga [Ven.] Paramaribo Lake Managua Islas del Maiz [Nic.] Barranquilla Caracas SURINAME Maracaibo Cayenne Lake Nicaragua COLOMBIA Orinoco River FRENCH Cartagena GUYANA Maracaibo [France] COSTA RICA Lake San José PANAMA VENEZUELA Limón Panama Canal PACIFIC OCEAN Portobello Georgetown Colón Magdalena Map © El Museo del Barrio, New York. Created for the publication Caribbean: Art at the Crossroads of the World Panama River (New York: El Museo del Barrio in association with Yale UniversityCity Press, 2012), eds. Deborah Cullen and Elvis Fuentes, GUYANA published on the occasion of the exhibition, Caribbean: Crossroads of the World which opened in June 2012 at El Museo del Barrio, the Queens Museum of Art, and The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Paramaribo SURINAME Cayenne COLOMBIA FRENCH GUYANA [France]

IMAGINA: These artworks are actually puppets that are meant to be worn during El Museo’s Three Kings Day Parade on January 6th. Imagine you are wearing one of these puppets. What would it feel like to wear one of these? How would you move?

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