Cuenca Art Walk 2016

Art Walk 2016 - Carolina Smokehouse Evelyn

Last Friday was the art reception at the Mayor’s Gallery that launched the Cuenca Art Walk 2016.  This was followed by a self-guided art tour of 55 locations throughout the historic el centro district of Cuenca, all day Saturday and Sunday.  Evelyn Johnson and fellow artist Garry Kaulitz exhibited at the Casa Artesanal, AKA Carolina Smokehouse (the source of our bacon and a whole lot more!).  Tamara and Bob also joined us, supplying their Alaskan Style SHRUB.  There was a good turnout for the entire art walk circuit, but whenever I returned to Evelyn’s exhibit, it was always the most packed with people enjoying the wine (from Dos Amigos) and shrub tasting, pulled pork sandwiches, brownies, lots of goodies, as well as signing up for art courses with Garry.  Evelyn sold a third of the 13 paintings she exhibited during the weekend, in a show that was intended  to introduce the great variety of talented art we have in Cuenca, from jewelry, sculptures, paintings, handmade crafts, weaving, music, folk dancers,  theater, to puppets. It also showed us that wine and fine art can be a great mix.

Art Walk 2016 - pumopungo museo

Museo Pumapungo had a simultaneous event on Saturday, called “Noches de Shungo”,  which was packed with families enjoying plenty of activities and games for kids,  the craft vendors, and lots of food vendors (I had a delicious and unusual slice of pizza from In Situ).

Cuenca Art Walk 2016 - metal art

Though paintings accounted for the majority of art displayed, two galleries in town exhibited some of the best metal sculpture art I have seen anywhere.  We are still deciding which piece(s) we will be adding to our home…

Cuenca Art Walk 2016 - paintings #1

With literally thousands of pieces of art on display, it is hard to pick a subset for this blog.

Cuenca Art Walk 2016 - paintings #2

This was the “Second Annual” Cuenca Art Walk, aka Caminata de Arte 2 in Spanish.  The event is likely to continue to grow and become even more popular next year, so be sure to support the artists and the many small businesses.

Photo Galleries

At the top of this page is a menu that will take you to a variety of galleries showing our favorite images.