PUERTO RICAN INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND ADVOCACY, INC. (PRIAA)
LYDIA PEREZ, FOUNDER AND ARTIST DIRECTOR
Bomba/Plena group at Segue Institute for Learning-2019
Rhode Island Council on the Arts
Apprenticeship program
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
BOMBA DANCE
Traditional Folklore Apprenticeship 2020-2021
Instruments and Dance
Master- Lydia Perez -Rhode Island
Apprentice; Grisel Lopez
(Southeast of Puerto Rico)
Traditional Folklore Apprenticeship- 2017-2018
Master- Lydia Perez -Rhode Island
Apprentice: Dorothy Rivera
Bomba Dance
Master- Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Marian Cruz, Rhode Island 2001
Master- Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Marian Cruz, Rhode Island 2001
Marimbola and drums Instruments
Master: Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Yidell Rivera and Dorothy Rivera - 1997
Master: Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Yidell Rivera and Dorothy Rivera - 1997
Bomba Drum
Master Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Master Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Chistian Baraona and Jose Barahona 1999
PLENA
Master- Lydia Perez -Rhode Island
Apprentice; Grisel Lopez-2020 -2021
Invited:
Caroline, Nayda and Wanda Almodoval
Master- Lydia Perez -Rhode Island
Apprentice; Grisel Lopez-2020
Invited:
Ivette Solivan, Gizne Garcia, Belen Florez, Sandra Davila
2017 - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Artist as Educators Seminar
CCX-2017
Creative Community (CCX) Conference, June 8 and 9, 2017
New London, MA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE (NALAC)
Leadership Institute
NALAC 2015, San Antonio, Texas
July 13-18, 2015
CCX-2015
Creative Community (CCX) Conference, June 2 and 3, 2015
New Hampshire
2014-NALAC-Rhode Island
October 11 and 12
2013-NALAC-New York
The Arts of PlaceMaking Conference 2013
HARTFORD PERFORMS OF THE GREATER HARTFORD ARTS COUNCIL
I Ran two Arts integration Workshop at Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT
August 20-21,2013
Sponsored by Hartford Performs-Greater Hartford Arts Council
The Hartford Performs Arts Integration Conference 2012
I Ran four Arts integration Workshop, August 21-23, 2012
at Convention Center-Hartford, Connecticut
Sponsored by Hartford Performs-Greater Hartford Arts Council
2010-Teaching Artist Institute
2009-The United States conference of Mayors
2007-Diversity Dialogues
2007-THE BEST INITIATIVE
Youth Worker Certificate Project
28 hours of Youth Development Training
August 17, 2007, Providence, RI
2005-National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc. Annual Policy Conference
2004-NATIONAL HISPANIC LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
2004-OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCE, (Asian Pacific and Hispanic Americans)
2004-OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCE, (Asian Pacific and Hispanic Americans)
2004-Teaching Artist Institute
2001-Congreso Bacardi
1999- National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc. Annual Policy Conference, Un Encuentro entre Familia
Bomba Master and apprentices
Exploration the Puerto Rican Culture Institute,Springfield, Massachusetts
Master, Lydia Perez, from Rhode Island
Year: 2008,2009, 2010
of Education in Springfield, MA
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
Southern Arts Federation
Traditional Artist Technical Assistance Program
American Tradition, Atlanta,Georgia 2000
Traditional Artist Technical Assistance Program
American Tradition, Tampa, Florida, 1999
Lydia's and two members of Yoruba 2,
Showcase at Playhouse Theater, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Southern New England Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program
Bomba Master and apprentices
Exploration the Puerto Rican Culture Institute,Springfield, Massachusetts
Master, Lydia Perez, from Rhode Island
Year: 2008,2009, 2010
District of Education in Springfield, MA
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
Bomba/Plena Music and Dance
Master Lydia Perez, Rhode Island
Apprentice: Maria Perez Colón, President of Puertorriqueños Unidos,Hartford, CT, Year 2, 1999/2000
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
Bomba/Plena Music and Dance
Master Lydia Perez, Rhode IslandConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Advanced Saints Wood Carving
Master: Carlos Santiago MA
Master: Carlos Santiago MA
Apprentice: Lydia Perez /Yidell Rivera, Jan.-June 2017
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Saints Wood Carving
Master: Carlos Santiago MA
Master: Carlos Santiago MA
Apprentice: Lydia Perez /Yidell Rivera, Jan.-June 2016
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Puerto Rican Vejigante Masks
Master: Angel Sánchez. MA
Apprentice: Lydia Perez, RI -2006-2007
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
