Mark Gordon

Field Study Listing

June-August 1987

Key:

A. Collected mask samples

B. Videotaped maskmaking process

C. Documented masks [photographs]

D. Ethnographic interviews

E. Photographed use of the mask

Maskmakers of Venezuela:

Manuel Sanoja and son Manolito, San Francisco de Paula de Yare [Miranda] ABCDE

Juán Morgado, San Francisco de Paula de Yare. ABCDE

José Betancourt, Naiguatá [Areguá]. ABCDE

Armando Reyes, Turiamo [Areguá]. D

Maskmakers of Puerto Rico:

Raúl and Marcos Ayala, Loíza Aldea. BCDE

Miguel Caraballo and son Miguelito, Playa de Ponce. ABCD

Miguel-Angel Perez, Playa de Ponce. A

Santos Vendress, Ponce. C

Eduardo Colón Lopez, Ponce. C
Felix “El Pescador” Vasquez, Ponce. ACD

Juán Alindato, Playa de Ponce. ACD

Leonardo Pagán, Ponce. ABCD

Pablo Cruz, Ponce. D

Maskmakers of the Dominican Republic:

Juán Bosco Duvergé, La Romana. ABCD

Manuel Jesús Jiménez, Santiago de los Caballeros. ABCD

Pedro Pablo Sánchez, Santiago de los Caballeros. D

Victor Justo, Santiago de los Caballeros AD

Joaquín Ureña, Santiago de los Caballeros. ABCDE

Felipe Inoa, Santiago de los Caballeros. ABCDE

Temistocles Feliz Suárez, Cabral. ABCDE

Iselsa Suárez Ramírez, Cabral. AB

Tonito Suárez, Cabral. BCDE

Pedro Diaz Jiménez, Santo Domingo. ABCDE

José Caballo, Santo Domingo. CD

Felipe Abreu, La Vega. ABCD

Wilton de Olio, La Vega. C.

José Dominguez de la Cruz, Montecristi. ABCD

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Festivals Observed During the Field Study

Venezuela:

San Francisco de Paula de Yare: Día de Corpus Cristi (June 17-18): Ceremonial masked dancing. E

Curiepe: Festival de San Juán (June 24): Celebracion de los Tambores with rhythmic log-drumming and dancing .

Guatire: Festival de San Pedro (June 29): Face-painting with stove-black, dressing in “tuxedo” in honor of María Ignacia (slave who originally danced as promesa in thanks for the curing of her daughter), celebration in the church. E

Puerto Rico:

Loíza Aldea: Festival de San Antón or Santiago Apostal (July 23-29): Masked processions (mainly store-bought manufactured masks, with some coconut-husk handcrafted masks). E

Dominican Republic:

Santo Domingo: National Independence Day (August 18): Costumed, sometimes masked groups in a few of the barrios E

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Interviews

Venezuela:

Isabel Aretz: anthropologist, writer on Venezuela’s folk festivals

Angelina Pollak-Eltz: anthropologist, author, expert on festivals and folk traditions

Blanca Guzmán: Director or CONAC [Consejo Nacional de Cultura]

Alberto Asprino: FUNDARTE [Foundation for Caracas-area crafts]

Jesús Blanco Sojo: Phd candidate at Universidad Central, native of Curiepe, involved in the study of Venezuelan folklore’s African influences

Nelson Garriod: photographer responsible for folklore calendar

Puerto Rico:

Ricardo Alegría: author, Director of Centro de Estudios Avanzados del Caribe; foremost Puerto Rican folk historian

Teodoro Vidal: folklorist, collector, author

José David Miranda: Director of future Museum of Caribbean Folklore in Ponce

Helga Umpierre: Film and video producer

Raquel Tirado: Director of Departamento de Artesanías, Ministerio de Turismo

Dominican Republic:

Carlos Esteban Deive: Assistant Director of Museo del Hombre

Domingo Batista: photographer, with interest in masking celebrations

Jose de Ferrari: craft shop owner, has contact with Dominican artisans

June Fosenberg: anthropologist, author, interested in African cultural roots

Pedro José Vega: anthropologist, formerly with Museo del Hombre Dominicano

Bernardo Vega: author, former Director of Museo del Hombre Domicano

Jose Castillo: director of Ballet Folklórico of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo [UASD], with interest in folklore and masks

Jaime Piña: film producer and interviewer; produced documentary film “Carnaval y Caretas”

Pedro Guzmán: cinematographer, edited “Carnaval y Caretas”

Tomás Morel: folklorist of Santiago, owner of Santiago Folklore Museum, hosts an annual national mask competition—extensive mask collection.

Franco Oliva: former director of PLANARTE (national artisan’s organization).

Aristides Inchaustegi: former Director of Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, expert in Dominican music, and foremost operatic tenor of the Dominican Republic

Isabel Mendoza; ethnographer of Museo del Hombre Dominicano, organized permanent exhibition on carnaval

Federico José Alvarez: lawyer, author, expert on Santiago folklore

Myrna Guerro: Director of the Centro de la Cultura de Santiago

Apolinar Nuñez: poet, professor at Universidad Católica, Santiago

Frank Moya Pons: Historigrapher, author

Genaro Rodriguez: native of Montecristi, Phd candidate in Dominican History at the UASD

Fernando Morbán Laucer: Director, Museo del Hombre Dominicano.

Stephen Kaplan: art coordinator for Altos de Chavón, hosts annual crafts fair

Ada Balcázar: visual artist, involved in themes of the Bacá (man/bull image prevalent in rural D.R.) and masks