18 CATCH THE BELIZE BREEZE
BY CARMEN HILDEBRAND | EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTING WRITER
As many of you may know, we put out a ‘call to artists’ through our SculpturesPacific Newsletter at the beginning of April for a Sculpture Symposium in the beautiful Central American country of Belize to be held from November 12 until December 10, 2011.
This project came about through meetings with the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) over a period of two years. My husband Jock (senior editor and founder of SculpturesPacific Magazine) and I bought property in Belize a couple of years ago and fell in love with this beautiful country. From the most amazing archaeological sites to their beautiful Cayes, it’s not hard to get hooked on this little country with its ethnically diverse population of just over 300,000.
Belize used to be British Honduras, but gained independence and re-birth under its new name
on September 21, 1981. The Belize Sculpture Symposium 2011 we are organizing with NICH (hopefully the first of many) is tied in with the 30th anniversary of Belizean independence, focusing on a theme of exploring the role of young Belizeans responsible for the ‘new Belize’. Young Belizean artists will be working alongside professional international artists to facilitate exposure to cross-cultural sculptural themes and techniques, while encouraging the development of a Belizean ‘sculptural identity’. Local wood carvers will also be on site to produce works and sell them, while gaining exposure to international sculptors to learn and be inspired.
The National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) was created by the Government of Belize in 2001 to bring together diverse government departments, which had historically worked to preserve and promote Belizean culture.
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