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New Book Fiambre Chapín Highlights Guatemala

10.21.2009 · Posted in ArteAntigua, Drawing, Literary

The name of the new book is fitting. As a hodge podge collection of sketches, tales and poems of Guatemala, the concept behind the Ernest Croft Long’s Fiambre Chapín matches that of the traditional food prepared in Guatemala during All Saints’ Day and the Day of the Dead (November 1st). The majority of housewives and ...

Undiscovered Art in La Antigua Guatemala

09.30.2009 · Posted in ArteAntigua, Audio, Drawing, Interview, Painting

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 ...