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Pioneer Pen Jams in Griga-dang |
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Written by Andrew Steinhauer
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Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
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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.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 November 2007 )
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Tales of Anti-Cheese |
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Written by Andrew Steinhauer (Resort Review)
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Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
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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.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 November 2007 )
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Carving out a vision the art of Alfonso Galvez |
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Written by Andrew Steinhauer
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
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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.
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