Meeting Benches World art in all forms

MARIO GOMEZ 1/3 – His paintings beckon the viewers to their own childhood. He is married and the father of two daughters and living in Isla De Maipo, Chile. He was born in 1968 in Chile, and the source of his images is often autobiographical and reminiscent of the fantasies of his childhood. Images of paper ships, circus whirls, and …

Quena is the traditional flute of the Andes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz5_EJnB8yQ and the siku is a traditional Andean panpipe. Ocarina is a common instrument around the world, and in the Americas it dates from the time of the Incas (is used for festivals, rituals and ceremonies). Prior to the arrival of the European conquerors, the modern national borders that make up the …

The Atacama Desert, is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast (west of the Andes mountains). It is the driest non-polar desert in the world. Under optimal conditions, up to 3,000 stars can be distinguished in the night sky. This unique advantage has allowed Chile to position itself as astronomical power. http://www.adventure.travel/chile/ …

She is the niece of former Chilean president Salvador Allende. Isabel Allende is a Chilean author best known for penning novels in the style of magical realism. She born on August day, in 1942, in Peru. Allende’s novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements …

The love poems in memory of the dead, Sonetos de la muerte (1914), made her known throughout Latin America, but her first great collection of poems, Despair, was not published until 1922. Gabriela Mistral played an important role in the educational systems of Mexico and Chile, was active in cultural committees of the League of Nations, and was Chilean consul …

ALBERT LYNCH 1/3 – He was born in 1851 in Peru, and settled in Paris (where he studied at l’École des Beaux-Arts), working under the guidance of painters Noël, Ferrier and Lehmann. He showed his artwork in the Salon in 1890 and 1892. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_PxFjH96FI ALBERT LYNCH 2/3 – He specialised in painting female subjects, to which he brought a charming …

The Peru music is a fusion of sounds and styles drawing on Peru’s Andean, Spanish, and African roots. After hundreds years of cultural mixing, there have been created a broad musical landscape over Peru. The earliest printed polyphonic music in Peru, was “Hanacpachap cussicuinin,” composed by Juan Pérez Bocanegra and printed in 1631. Pre-Columbian Andean music was played on drums …

Maybe you need to remember that address: Jr. José Olaya 532, Huaraz (Ancash, Peru). http://www.peruvianandes.com/en/ Maybe they need to know which treks or climbs you are interested in and how many days you would like to be trekking or climbing. For those not so keen to do multi day trekking trips, there are options for easy hiking and camping, day …

When Redfield self-published his first novel, the immediate interest from booksellers and readers made The Celestine Prophecy one of the most successful self-published books of all time. As a young man, he studied Eastern philosophies, including Taoism and Zen, while majoring in sociology at Auburn University. James Redfield was 43 when he published The Celestine Prophecy. Born in 1950, he …

Her mother was a composer who authored many famous creole waltzes. She, Blanca Varela, was born in Lima in a 1926 Summer day. In 1949 they travelled to Paris where she met Octavio Paz, a key figure in her life, who introduced her to the artists and intellectuals there. Octavio Paz (the Mexican Nobel Laureate), praised her poetry and identified …