Elementos de identidade
Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Título
Leandro Soto Papers
Data(s)
- 1978-2007 (Produção)
Dimensão
8 Boxes
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1956, avante garde artist Leandro Soto participated in more than 200 exhibitions and performances at both national and international levels. Majoring in painting and minoring in graphics, he received his degree in Fine Arts from the National School of Art in Havana. In 1982 he obtained a teaching certificate at the Graduate Art Institute at the University of Havana.
Soto formed part of the “Volumen Uno” art movement in Havana in 1981 and was the first performance-installation artist in Cuba. Along with artists such as José Bedia and Carlos Cárdenas, he is considered part of Cuba’s “1980 generation” of artists. In 1988 he moved to Mexico, where he established the interdisciplinary art school El Tesoro de Tamulté for indigenous children of the Maya-Chontal community.
Throughout his artistic career, he demonstrated an interest in religion, ritual, and the mythology of indigenous people. Along with his installations and performance art, Soto designed sets and costumes for theater productions.
From Mexico, Soto went into exile in the United States, teaching at various universities and advising theater groups. He is well known as part of the interdisciplinary and multicultural Latino art movement. He was a Senior Lecturer and Artist in Residence at Arizona State University, West Campus, in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department. Soto died in 2022.
Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
The Leandro Soto Papers consist primarily of original drawings of set and costume designs, audiovisual materials, posters, and photographs of productions and exhibitions documenting the work of visual and performance artist Leandro Soto. While the collection also includes correspondence, clippings, press releases, manuscripts, and theater and exhibitions programs, the bulk of materials relate to Soto’s artistic production in the United States since 1992.
Sistema de arranjo
The Leandro Soto Papers are organized into two series. Please see the Finding Aid/Inventory section of this guide for more detailed information.
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Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos
Condições de acesso
Collection is open for research.
Acesso físico
Acesso técnico
Condiçoes de reprodução
Leandro Soto Papers Finding Aid
Preferred citation: Leandro Soto Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Idiomas do material
- inglês
- espanhol
Escrita do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Instrumentos de descrição
Instrumento de pesquisa gerado
Elementos de aquisição e avaliação
História custodial
Fonte imediata de aquisição
Gift of Leandro Soto, 2008
Informações de avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Elementos de materiais relacionados
Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/theater
Material arquivístico relacionado
Director Information for Leandro Soto. Cuban/Latino Theater Digital Archive. University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Descrições relacionadas
Elemento de notas
Nota geral
Other Information:
Sponsor Note: This collection processed with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
Rights Statement:
The text of this webpage is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
Notas especializadas
Identificador(es) alternativo(s)
Elemento de controle de descrição
Regras ou convenções
Fontes utilizadas
Nota do arquivista
Processed by Ximena Valdivia, 2008. Finding aid revised and published online by María R. Estorino, October 2008.
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso - Assuntos
Pontos de acesso - Locais
Pontos de acesso - Nomes
- Soto, Leandro, 1956-2022 (Assunto)