viernes, 29 de abril de 2011

Cosme Proenza Opens Mega-Exhibition in Holguín

Cosme Proenza, Holguin's foremost painter and one of the most renowned artists in Cuba, opened a mega-exhibition on Wednesday in the city of Holguin, at times of his 40 year non-stop carreer.

Under the title "Parallels: history and tradition of Western art," the exhibition includes more than one hundred pieces that review the various creative periods of the artist. The exhibition curator was Angel San Juan.

Parallels: history and tradition of Western art is a didactic exhibition that presents the artist’s vision of Western culture throughout five centuries of inherited painting in our continent.

Cosme Proenza was born in the Cuban province of Holguin in 1948. He graduated as Master on Fine Arts at the Fine Arts Institute of Kiev, Ukraine, and has been granted national and international acknowledgement.

His works are being exhibited in major galleries and private collections in Australia, Italy, Germany, Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico, Russia, France and Venezuela. Some of the works at: http://www.radioangulo.cu/noticias/cultura/14632-sera-inaugurada-esta-noche-en-holguin-gran-exposicion-de-cosme-proenza.html












miércoles, 20 de abril de 2011

The Sugar Cane, the Factory and the Cuban

By Amauris Betancourt.

Cristino town is named after the sugar factory. Its people are very sociable.
The current Cuban sugar harvest benefits from favorable results, actually needed for the new domestic economic situation. Productive results are achieved before time and unexpectedly because costs are lower than planned.

Sugar factories go on producing, though plans have bee accomplished, because there are still available sugar cane fields.

The sugar cane, from its very harvesting to its industrial process, tinges Cuban idiosincracy. It is part of our culture.

It gets me happy the chance to live it, lens in between, of course; and even more, to share it.
Cuban KTP harvester.

Hand workers pick up manually leftovers.

Young student drives a KTP for pleasure and duty.

Lunch time.
 
Cristino Naranjo sugar factory.

Vasculador, from where sugar cane goes into the factory.

Greasing to improve friction.
 Tandem, where the milling takes place.




Sugar factory furnace worker.

Centrifugues.

Sugar honey treatments.

Produced sugar on the way to storage.
 Storing


Workers.

viernes, 1 de abril de 2011

Raul Camayd Payed Homage to During Concert Festival

The Lirical singer Raúl Camayd was payed homage to in Holguín with the gala "The Lirical Dream", held at the history museum "La Periquera" during the third night of this Concert Music Edition.





Concepción Casals, María Dolores Rodríguez, María Luisa Clark and tenor Julio Proenza sang while the operetta “La viuda alegre”, and zarzuela “Cecilia Valdés”, by Gonzalo Roig were interpreted by Alfredo Más y Liudmila Pérez.