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The Open-Air Museum of Contemporary Art of
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Punta Islita
The Punta Islita Open-Air Museum of Contemporary Art was created in 2003 from the first Meeting of Artists in 2002 who made more than 15 public works in houses, the forest, the community hall, town square and the Punta Islita Hotel. This museum seeks to develop an artistic language through a process with a group of approximately 50 local artists. This institution has a Museum House where various workshops and activities are held in San José in coordination with the Costa Rican Art Museum. The museum is currently a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Since 2002, under the direction of Loida Pretiz, the museum has promoted groups and workshops of artists who develop an artistic language with local identity. The Museo Islita gallery has held 10 to 15 exhibitions a year of local and guest artists, many of whom have conducted training workshops in the community. Since 2002, Islita has been an open-air museum of contemporary art, a showcase of works that evoke
the Chorotega culture and honor the Nicoya Peninsula, which is one of the five blue zones of the planet, known for the high longevity of its population, with many inhabitants aged over 90 and 100 years.
The Museum House now exhibits his works of graffiti on recycled wood, jewelry with local materials such as seeds and shells, mobiles, mirrors made from logs left by the sea, nature landscapes engraved on second-hand fabric, lamps, soap dishes or coconut cutlery and ceramic pieces that tell the history of the Chorotega.
The Villafranca Zurcher Foundation (VC) has created the Islita Art Museum, a day center and the Creative Center, which teaches and promotes art, crafts and culture in the local community and the province of Guanacaste.
Information: Mariel Pinel, directora ejecutiva Mariel@fundacionvz.org
(506) 2661 4044 museo.dir@hotelpuntaislita.com
hotelpuntaislita.com Museo de arte Punta Islita
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