This Month's Highlights

EL BELÉN DEL CARMEN BAJO: OPEN AFER 306 YEARS

Open only until Friday 6^th, El Carmen Bajo Convent opens its doors to the public for the first time in 306 years, so that visitors can admire their Nativity Scene as well as religious art objects, and a sample of their daily lives and occupations.  The Nativity Scene is a true jewel that includes colonial time pieces of art as well as curious objects from all times, 500 in total, that altogether resemble a unique piece of art carefully done by the Madres Carmelitas throughout the years.  Don´t miss this opportunity to witness not only unique art pieces that have been kept a secret for ages.. but the opportunity to interact with charming nuns who live in this cloister and are now open to share a glimpse of their devoted lives.

Open Monday thru Sunday from 9h00 to 12h00 and from 14h00 to 17h00.

Address: corner of Venezuela & Olmedo Streets (Colonial Quito)

Suggested donation: $2

More information: 2 993-300 ext. 1018 o 1010

XI CUENCA BIENNALE

The 11th edition of the Cuenca Biennale was inaugurated on November 11th, and will be open to the public until January 31st, 2012. The exhibit includes 81 works of art by 54 artists from 19 countries.

It includes three curators: an Ecuadorian made by Katya Cazar, Hernán Pacurucu and Cristóbal Zapata (until May 2011), located at the Modern Art Museum.    It is called “Atrabiliario”.  A Latin America in charge of Agnaldo Farias (Brazil), located at the Medicine Museum, called “In Defense of Delicacy”; and a European in charge of Fernando Castro Flórez (Spain) at the Pumapungo Museum, called “towards an Unsettling Meridian”.

Place: La Casa de las Posadas, Modern Art Municipal  Museum, Medicine Museum, Pumapungo Museum, De las Conceptas Museum, and the Architecture Faculty in the University of Cuenca.

The exhibit sites are open to the public Monday thru Friday from 10h00 to 19h00, Saturdays from 10h00 to 17h00 and Sundays from 10h00 to 13h00.

For more info visit: www.bienaldecuenca.org