Margarita Cano papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cano, Margarita, 1932-
label: Names
content: Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture (Miami, Fla.)
label: Names
content: Miami-Dade Public Library
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Florida -- Miami
label: Occupation
content: Librarians -- Florida -- Miami
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern
label: Topic
content: Cuban American art
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Margarita Cano donated her papers in 1997 to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cano, Margarita, 1932-
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content: Margarita Cano papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Margarita Cano's papers measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1983-1985. The collection primarily concerns the 1983 exhibition The Miami Generation, 9 Cuban-American Artists, an exhibition organized by The Cuban Museum of Art in Culture in cooperation with the Miami-Dade Public Library System and for which Cano served as Project Director. Curated by Guilio V. Blanc, the exhibition included work by Mario Bencomo, Maria Brito-Avellana, Humberto Calzada, Pablo Cano, Emilio Falero, Fernando Garcia, Juan Gonzalez, Carlos Macia, and Cesar Trasobares. The exhibition traveled to Meridian House International in Washington, DC and later to Philadelphia at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in 1985. Found are two files of correspondence, exhibition planning and publicity files, a catalog, checklist, and photocopied news clippings. Most of the documents are photocopies. There is also one folder of slides and photographs of works of art in the exhibition.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Born in 1932 in Havana, Cuba, Margarita Cano began her studies at the University of Havana. She left Cuba in 1962 to settle in Miami and later became director of arts for the Miami-Dade County Public Library. The arts programs she initiated focused on the work of African-American and Cuban-American artists and eventually led to the establishment of a permanent collection at the library. An artist herself, Cano's artwork focuses on Cuban scenes painted on wood in a miniature style. In 1983 she served as project director for the exhibition The Miami Generation: Nine Cuban-American Artists (La Generacion de Miami: Nueve Artistas Cubano Americanos), curated by Latin American curator and scholar, Guilio Blanc.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.canomarg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series:

Series 1: Exhibition Files, 1983-1985 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Margarita Cano papers were processed by Rosa M. Fernandez, December, 1998. The finding aid was completed in 2000.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: Margarita Cano's papers measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1983-1985. The collection primarily concerns the 1983 exhibition The Miami Generation, 9 Cuban-American Artists; an exhibition organized by The Cuban Museum of Art in Culture in cooperation with the Miami-Dade Public Library System for which Cano served as Project Director. Curated by Guilio V. Blanc, the exhibition included work by Mario Bencomo, Maria Brito-Avellana, Humberto Calzada, Pablo Cano, Emilio Falero, Fernando Garcia, Juan Gonzalez, Carlos Macia, and Cesar Trasobares. The exhibition traveled to Meridian House International in Washington, DC and, later, to Philadelphia at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in 1985. Found are two files of correspondence, exhibition planning and publicity files, a catalog, checklist, and photocopied news clippings. Most of the documents are photocopies. There is also one folder of slides and photographs of works of art in the exhibition.