Perhaps you have already read Weaving in Guatemala, which chronicles one traveler’s experiences with the native artists of that country. Well, that is only a small example of what awaits when taking a course with Art Workshops in Guatemala.
The company, founded by Liza Fourre, is not your traditional tour company. Rather, it’s an art school. While it makes all arrangements for ...
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About the only thing accidental in Bermudan history is the island state’s beginning. A group of settlers sailing for the shores of Virginia in 1609 were shipwrecked there in a hurricane.Many of them decided after months of enjoying Bermuda’s equable climate and fertile soil that they would rather stay put than finish the final 600-mile leg to North America. It was not a bad decision. I...
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This 2,200-square mile tropical park may shelter more species than any other preserve on earth
In 1948, Costa Rica decided to give up having an army. Its citizens reasoned that the monies being spent on arms might be better applied to education and infrastructure. Besides, they knew the United States had always had a great affection for Costa Rica and would never allow the small country ever to...
World Heritage Site
Other museums occasionally rival it. Some, like the Getty in Los Angeles, have larger endowments. The Smithsonian surely has far more tchotchkes. But, square inch for square inch, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum is the Big One, the superlative municipal museum. So, it’s no wonder that its musical instrument collection, one of its 21 departments and subdivisions, would be impressive...
In 1970, when the Canadian economy wasn’t doing so hot, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told his countrymen to, “Hit the road. Drive or hitchhike and see what Canada’s all about.” Traveling, he reasoned, would keep citizens happily occupied and pump some money into the country’s airlines, motels and destinations.Were Trudeau alive today, he...
This 2,200-square mile tropical park may shelter more species than any other preserve on earth
In 1948, Costa Rica decided to give up having an army. Its citizens reasoned that the monies being spent on arms might be better applied to education and infrastructure. Besides, they knew the United States had always had a great affection for Costa Rica and would never allow...
Sometime around the birth of Jesus, the Romans built a 7,000-seat theater at Arausio in southern France, a former capital of the now vanquished Celts. It was a conventional design, with its steeply tiered rows of benches forming a semicircle around the proscenium. It was also big. The stage, varying in depth from 40 to 50 feet, ran 210 feet along the base of the...
From raku to “Aurora,” ceramics is one of the great markers of human culture. Here’s a list of ways to find the best ceramics museums in the world.
I once worked for a newspaper publisher whose wife was a nationally acclaimed raku artist. Raku is the Japanese craft of creating ceramic pieces – usually tea sets, but also pots and sculptures –...
From raku to “Aurora,” ceramics is one of the great markers of human culture. Here’s a list of ways to find the best ceramics museums in the world.
I once worked for a newspaper publisher whose wife was a nationally acclaimed raku artist. Raku is the Japanese craft of creating ceramic pieces – usually tea sets, but also pots and sculptures...
Perhaps you have already read Weaving in Guatemala, which chronicles one traveler’s experiences with the native artists of that country. Well, that is only a small example of what awaits when taking a course with Art Workshops in Guatemala.
The company, founded by Liza Fourre, is not your traditional tour company. Rather, it’s an art school. While it makes all...
This 2,200-square mile tropical park may shelter more species than any other preserve on earth