Today is Monday, 24 November, ten days since Art Team Grenada, (Andrea McLeod and I), first said ‘Bonjour Haiti!’ Today is also Day 5 of the Promart Haiti international art camp, and it’s been a joyful pressure from the get go. While the programme is less exhaustive...
Thursday 20 November, poolside of the Hotel Ibo Lele, with a wide nighttime vista of Pétion Ville, the airport and beyond, was the site of the formal opening of Promart Haiti art camp. Earlier that day, many of us had begun work on our first canvasses, interrupted by...
My finally morning at Le Perroquet, I spent taking photos through several holes in the wall and contemplated a future ‘eye spy’ installation. A few last photos of vendors setting up for the day’s business, sneaked around the edge of slab of green metal that was the...
I am staying at Le Perroquet, a B&B on Rue Lamare, in Petion Ville’s art district, just down from the Church of St Peter, whose bells accompany me on my early morning walks around the block, watching the streets come to life. That should be adjusted to ‘watch the...
This morning we caught a minibus and went to Port au Prince to visit the Musée du Panthéon National Haitien and the National Museum of Art. We managed just the former, but saw great art anyway. Andrea and I sat in front with the driver, and enjoyed passing views of...
Bonjour Haiti! Andrea McLeod and I arrived safely into Port au Prince, capital of Haiti yesterday afternoon, a few days ahead of the 2-week Promart Haiti international art camp – and hit the ground running. We were met at the airport by our friends and...
