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Pioneer Pen Jams in Griga-dang Print E-mail
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Written by Andrew Steinhauer   
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Pen Cayetano, seminal figure in the Garifuna renaissance, is on one of his yearly pilgrimages back to Belize from his home for 17 years in Germany. Every year Pen treks across the Atlantic Ocean to savor his beloved Garifuna culture in Dangriga. Every year he exhibits his latest series of historical-cultural paintings in one art venue or another to both expose his fellow countrymen to his most recent creative endeavors and to help finance his round trip plane ticket. Tuesday, November 13th his exhibition of paintings titled “Home Belize” opened at the Institute of Mexico in Belize. The show runs to the end of the month.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 November 2007 )
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Tales of Anti-Cheese Print E-mail
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Written by Andrew Steinhauer (Resort Review)   
Thursday, 22 November 2007
The Garifuna communities along the southern shores of Belize like Dangriga, Hopkins and Seine Bight were a buzz with activity this last weekend- Garifuna Settlement weekend. Over the 66 years from 1941 when Garifuna activist T.V. Ramos first started celebrating his culture on November 19th, the holiday has been garnering more and more attention both throughout the country of Belize and internationally- North Americans and Europeans are flocking to Belize to taste the arcane Garifuna culture first hand.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 November 2007 )
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Carving out a vision the art of Alfonso Galvez Print E-mail
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Written by Andrew Steinhauer   
Tuesday, 09 October 2007
Sunday, October 24, 1999 - The carved wood sculpture of Cayo based artists, Alfonso Galvez, cuts out new rough-hewn emotional territory. Before o analyze Galvez’s work I will give a thumbnail historical sketch of sculptors George Gabb and Ignacio Peyrefitte whom created same of Belize’s most adventuresome art done during the seminal decade of contemporary art, the 1960’s. Both of those titans of sculptural form pushed the envelope of modernist into radical new realms.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 October 2007 )
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