Calling all entries for the third annual “Digital Graffiti” festival. The first-ever projection art festival is showcased in what some call “Florida’s premiere beach resort town.” So what’s the La Antigua connection? The resort town of AIys Beach was largely modeled after the quintessential abode of La Antigua Guatemala. Of course, Guatemalans are welcome to ...
The artist behind the Urban Landscapes exhibit displayed at the Paseo de los Museos in Casa Santo Domingo describes his collection as “a new type of landscape.” Bill Ipsan’s exhibition of 31 distinct images was unveiled in La Antigua September 26, 2009. Art enthusiasts will have the chance to view his edgy, urban photographs – ...
He works as an administrator in his bookstore. At times, he visits surrounding communities as a qualified agronomy engineer: “I visit poor communities to teach them how to properly prepare their lands for sustainable farming.” And when he’s not doing that, Alejandro (Alex) Salazar Merck paints, draws, writes, simply… creates. “It can be color, it can be ...
Announcing a new book release of a novel about Guatemala: Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegrino 2009. Below a summary published by Reading in Color: For the peaceful highlanders of Guatemala, life has become a nightmare. Helicopters slash like machetes through the once-quiet air. Soldiers patrol the streets, hunting down suspected guerillas. Villagers mysteriously disappear and ...
The presentation was a declaration of “alter-reality.” Anna Soler’s exhibition of “Contactos: Estampillas de Viajes Entre dos Mare” (Contacts: Stamps of Travels Between Two Seas) evokes a surreal sense of the typical urban and rural landscape. “It’s an invitation [to] see the landscape through my eyes, through how I am seeing it in an unrealistic way,” ...
A new gallery is opening its doors in La Antigua Guatemala today. El Carmen Galeria de Arte is hosting its “apertura” from 5:00pm to 8:00pm this evening. Art enthusiasts are invited to enjoy free cocktails while visiting with the artists whose work is being showcased at the gallery. The gallery is currently featuring portraits and ...