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Olga Ayala

Moving To The Beat....Yo Tengo Azuquita En La Cintura!

About Me

PAINTING BY SYLVIA. Check her out at.... myspace.com/ breezethroughMachete! is shown here proudly wearing a Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Flag pendant I made. Visit him at: myspace.com/nymacheteroPolymer Clay brush For "Frida Kahlo’s Sacred Brushes" altar at the Oakland Museum’s Dia de Los Muertos Community Day Celebration On October 21, 2007, 12-4 pm. My Brush (below the white skull) at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, CAThe CricketSoda Myspace Profile EditorThe CricketSoda Myspace Profile EditorGet Your Own! | View Slideshow Bombero, Jorge "Georgie" Vazquez, and Lourdes Hernandez, Bomba Dancer TO VIEW MORE OF MY WORK, VISIT MY WEBSITE AT... olgaayala.zoomshare.com ================== My work has also been featured on the following fabulous sites. Visit them to not only see my work, but the awesome work of other talented artists! ================== statenislandlatino.com. Featured Artist, July 2007 statenislandlatino.com Art By Latina Artists (ALBA) Featured Artist artbylatinaartists.com Bull Fighters Cafe Art Lounge Featured Artist bullfighterscafe.com boricuation.com Featured Artist boricuation.com

My Interests

All of the visual and perfoming arts. Music, from Bach to Hip-Hop. Dancing.... dancing... and more dancing! People who exercise the gray matter in their craniums! Dancing..... Free spirits! Did I say Dancing? LOL!

I'd like to meet:

"Vejigante a la bolla! Pan y Cebolla!""Toco toco toco toco! Vejigante come coco!"I'm here to meet and network with interesting, creative, artistic, open minded creatures, especially those who think out of the box!..... Leave traces of your vist to my page by sharing your paintings, sculptures, photography and poetry... keep me inspired!Fantasmas del pasado.....

Music:

I'm a polymer clay artist. To see more of my work check me out at olgaayala.zoomshare.com With one of my Reyes Magos sets at El Comite' Noviembre event at Hunter College, November 2006

Movies:

Hector Lavoe.... Bomba y Salsa!... Vaya Hector!!! My Teenage Daughter at 16 Singing in a Nightclub My Daughter... A little older.... still talented... and a little bugged! LOL! Her Music Video Ruben Blades and Robi Draco Rosa at the Latin Grammy's Young girl dancing Bomba at Bomba y Plena para Guiro y Maraca fundraiser at Grace Church, Jersey City - 2006 ************************* The group is called BAMBULA. On drums - Left to right: Norka Nadal on Buleador & Lead vocals, Richie A. on Buleador, Eddie Rodriguez on Buleador & Joe Santiago on Primo. ************************* Thank you "FlakaBambula" for the details! Alianza at HBO Latino Artisans Showcase -April 25, 2007 -First Latino Artisans Showcase presented by Alianza at HBO promoting Latino art and culture.Event Organizer, Steve Colon, Alianza at HBO Board Member.Artisan Coordinator, Olga Ayala.Participating Artisans:Luis Cordero – Graphics Artist, Puerto Rico, Felipe Rangel – Vejigante Mask Maker, Puerto Rico, Olga Ayala – Polymer Clay Artist, Puerto Rico, Josafat Moreno – Paper Mache Artist, Mexico, Teresa Perez – Painter and Gourd Artist, Puerto Rico, Angel Garcia – Cajon Maker, Puerto Rico, Donald Giovany – Painter, Haiti, Amelia Escobar – Leather Rugs, Columbia, Tanya Torres – Handmade Books, Paintings, Puerto Rico Check out that HOT couple dancing in the lower left corner!... Who ARE those people?!?! ... LOL! Raza Event at Club Cielo Since my favorite sign off is "Abrazos".. (Hugs) why not treat yourself to a hug as many times as you wish? .... Enjoy... and... Abrazos! :)

My Blog

El Cantante

This past Sunday I went to see the film El Cantante that I had been anxiously awaiting (in giddy expectation) for over a year to see. First of all I must express my utter disgust in the fact that yet ...
Posted by Olga Ayala on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:58:00 PST

Olga's Pulpo Pasta..... Juepaaaa!

Get down with OPP (Olga's Pulpo Pasta) Thank you Hector! ------------------ ------------   Olga's Pulpo Pasta 4  4 ounce cans of Goya Pulpo in Garlic 3  Heaping tablespoons of Goya Frozen Rec...
Posted by Olga Ayala on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:20:00 PST

The History of Lamento Borincano - Latin Beat Mag, Oct, 1999

The History of Lamento Borincano Latin Beat MagazineOct, 1999 Author: Frank M. FigueroaEver since the caveman, man has sought relief from pain and sorrow through cries and lamentations. Experience has...
Posted by Olga Ayala on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:34:00 PST

Reconstruction and African American Political Power

A revolution drowned in bloodReconstruction and African American political powerhttp://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?s=recen t By Carlito RoviraThe period of U.S. history known as Reconstruc...
Posted by Olga Ayala on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST

Young Student's Film Leaving Audiences Stunned

The following was originally a bulletin post by one of my friends.   My commentary follows...   Kiri Davis is a young filmmaker whose high school documentary has left audiences at film festi...
Posted by Olga Ayala on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST

Puerto Rico's Cultural Loss

This appears in today's El Diario / La Prensa. The original English version appears at the end.   La pérdida cultural de Puerto Rico OPINIÓN - 12/07/2006 Luis R. Cancel  Muchas veces las n...
Posted by Olga Ayala on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:40:00 PST