Music is largely free in Cuenca, Ecuador. We could go to multiple music venues every week without spending a cent. Tonight there was a free Blues concert at the Teatro Sucre — about 4 blocks from our condo. It was starring Adam Namm, the US ambassador to Ecuador, on keyboard and as lead singer. We […]
Jhoss Joins Me In The Studio
Jhoss is a local Cuenca high school student that joined me recently in my studio. We both worked for several hours, trying out various photograph techniques, mostly revolving around capturing motion in still images. You can see some of our results above. This has been added as a new page in our Studio photography web […]
Guayaquil Art Show
Today we traveled to Guayaquil to attend the opening reception of an art show by four Ecuadorian artists. We were traveling with one of the main artists — Alberto Soriano and his wife Maite. Other painters exhibiting included Boris Ordonez and Pepe Luque. We had always fled Guayaquil as soon as our international flights arrived, […]
Hugh Done It
We are finding an increasing number of talented artists, musicians, actors, and others moving to Cuenca and developing ways of expressing their creativity. Last Saturday, we were treated to a murder mystery dinner show created by a witty and talented group of actors called The Cuenca Characters. Set on a cruise ship, the audience was […]
Nomadic Art
The Musical Nomads opened their Cuenca home tonight for an evening of art, music and food. They are one of our favorite local bands, performing “Classic Hits For All Occasions” (the byline on their business card). They had a sold-out crowd for the event. Everyone first socialized while walking around the improvised art gallery, then […]
Art Exhibit Wrap-up Slideshow
Evelyn’s first art exhibit is now complete, and was a complete success. Here is a slideshow of the paintings, artists, and guests. Evelyn Art Slideshow 2014-07 from Burt Johnson on Vimeo.
Evelyn’s First Art Expo
After years of having friends try to convince her to have an art showing, Evelyn finally caved and had her first opening reception tonight. After weeks of being nervous and fearing nobody would come or like her work, she sold 6 out of the 14 she displayed within the first 3 hours — far more […]
World Museum Day
Throughout Ecuador, there was yet another celebration — World Museum Day, or Dia Mundial de los Museos. Cuenca was represented by Museo Pumapungo, where folk dancers and bands performed throughout the day. We enjoyed listening to a band from Quito, and seeing the paintings of Ariel Dawi. Music at Pumapunga Museum from Burt Johnson on […]
For A Plate of Lentils
Mágico Herrera performs at Apu Teatro I have said before that there is always something to do in Cuenca. We heard about a new theater opening around the corner that was going to open with a puppet show tonight. We figured it would be a piece of interesting local color. We were rather surprised from […]
Belly Dancing in Cuenca
Dance Performance at Colegio Santa Mariana de Jesus Every so often, we used to go to High School plays in California. They were a nice change from the polished Broadway shows we usually saw, and was a reminder of High School when I had several friends in the theater club, and used to help them […]