Contemporary Art/Other
Contemporary Art
The Museum of Contemporary
Art (sorry no web site). In the municipal
building/city hall, Plaza Regocijo, Cusco. They change
exhibits about every month with exhibition space in two
rooms in front and in the 1st and 2nd floor patios. The art
work is for sale, just ask the official tending the
exhibition entrance, or if your lucky the artist attending
his/her exposition. Note, tourists must purchase
Cusco's Boleto Turistico in order
to visit this gallery.
M
useo del Convento de Santo
Domingo - Qorikancha (sorry no web site, but see
Charlie Quispe below as a related offering). In the
Plazoleta de Santo Domingo.
Cultural Agendas/Calendars
Cusco con Charlie Quispe. Provides
links, addresses and contact information for just
about ALL of the cultural and art
organizations/businesses in Cusco!
CuscoCulto.com. Provides a calendar
of events for Cusco, a photo gallery of events and
reference to their Facebook page. This year (2010)
they have been very thorough in showing all events for
Cusco as well as photos/stories of past events.
There are other cultural calendars/agendas, but these are
the best available online.
Study Art/Music
Apulaya - Center for Andean Music &
Art. Workshops, courses y vacations of Andean
music and Pre-Colombian art in the sacred valley of
the Incas. Emerita and Valerio are friends of ours as
well as godparents of our daughter.
Art Shops
Del Hoyo Galleries. My friend
Mauricio and his family have three shops in which they
display Peruvian art based on aboriginal themes by his
wife Mariana as well as original ceramic and woven art
objects by various Peruvian artists.
If you are looking for an
art souvenir, there are
plenty of shops along the streets Triunfo, Hathunrumiyok
and Cuesta San Blas leading up to the San Blas barrio of
Cusco which sell more mass produced art and copies of art.
Some of these art souvenirs are actually pretty good as
they are also done by artists albeit 'scanners'.
Intermingled with these art shops you will also encounter
the occasional art shop where the owner of the shop is also
the artist and all of the art is
original art work!
Life's an adventure.
Study Spanish
Excel Language Center. Cusco has
many good immersion Spanish study schools as well as
English schools and Tefol programs. Excel is one of
the best and one of the longest term schools in Cusco,
and besides our director's sister is a co-owner and
director!
