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National Artisans' Fair
"VIVA!" at the Ancon Theater

Oleles Spanish contemporary dancers

Andean buskers

Gallery & museum guide

A large selection of well made chacaras of all sizes was on sale at a table run by the Asociacion de Grupos Artesanas Makada Kradeko de Bestikio in the Ngobe-Bugle Comarca. Contact them by email at Camelitab16@yahoo.com or through Carmela by cell phone at 6-590-1474

 

Scenes from the National Artisans' Fair at ATLAPA

photos by Eric Jackson

 

 

A ceramic plate by Feliciano García, whose work can be

found at Cerámica García on the Pan-American Highway

in San Carlos, near the Punta Barco turnaround

 

           "Junta de Embarre," an oil painting by Luis Carlos Pérez, whose works

               you can buy through art dealer Ivan E. Pinilla, telephone 235-1340

 

Shopping at an Embera basket stand

 

A candy jar by Nereida Gutiérrez

of Chiriqui, cell phone 6-572-7042

 

Peace Corps volunteer shopping for a dress for a little girl back in the USA

 

Ceramic dove and pollera busts by Daria de Carvallo, 261-4162

 

Pedro Martínez G., who sells his hats at the public market in Penonome,

can be reached at 983-8460 or 6-604-3219

 

These woven heads are actually little boxes, made by Embera women in the

Darien village of Peña Bijagual. To contact the artisans' cooperative in that

place on the Chucunaque River, call 333-2527 and ask for Opricilio Chami,

Roman Izarrama,  Diómedes Guaynora or Santiago Guaynora

 

The identity of the artist here was not revealed, as

this painting was one of the works that the jury was

considering for one of the annual Fair's top honors

 

An Embera bird mask at one of the government booths

 

A vest designed by Yolanda Lam and sewn by one of her

Kuna collaborators. Contact Yolanda by email at

yolandasmolas@yahoo.com or by calling 224-7690

 

 

Also in this section:
National Artisans' Fair
"VIVA!" at the Ancon Theater

Oleles Spanish contemporary dancers

Andean buskers

Gallery & museum guide

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