2018: Costa Rica
Cultural and Artistic Expressions in Costa Rica
May 27-June 5
Highlights:
SAN JOSE:
- "Tiempo Suspenso" multimedia dance performance, Teatro de la Danza
- Tour of La Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano"
- Tour of Teatro Nacional Costa Rica
- Blues performance, Amon Solar Cultural Center
- Disucssion with lawyer/educator Javier Argudas concerning the social and historical context of Costa Rica
- Private viewing and discussion of short film“Abrázame como antes,” with the film's creator Jurgen Ureña
- Performance of the San Jose Symphony Orchestra (and chance meeting the current president, Carlos Alvarado Quesada!)
- Tour of the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
- Tour and library discussion in Teo/rética
- "Semblanza...Secuela...Espectro...", two short plays by Samuel Beckett, in Spanish
- Lecture, walking tour with Iden-Tica
- Tour of MUSEO DE ARTE Y DISEÑO CONTEMPORÁNEO
- En Plein Air, watercolor painting history and instruction, artists Ana Elena Fernández and Doreen Bákit
- Private concert and lecture, Manuel Monestel
CARTAGO:
- Tour of Museo-Municipal de Cartago
- Tour of Santiago Apóstol Parish Ruins, Heritage Site
- Tour of local area, historical/cultural context of the former capitol city
PORT LIMÓN/CAHUITA:
- Tour of Casa de la Cultura of Port Limon, and city area with local politician Jorge Calvo
- Impromtu chat with local Port Limon artists Honorio Cabraca
- Discussion with Escuela Excelencia ceramic's instructor, Marcel Juan Guéguen
- Lecture and performance of Calypso music at Colegio Liceo Rural de Cahuita; impromptu meeting with famous Caypso musician Walter Ferguson
- Discussion with local Indigenous Leader Gloria, of the Keköldi people (BriBri).