Petra and Uwe in Ecuador: July 5- Salinas Cultural Society First Art Exhibition

Last summer a group of artistically minded Salinas/Santa Elena area residents formed the Salinas Cultural Society as a way to share artistic pursuits and interests. Some of us enjoy photography, some paint pictures, some do quilting or crochet, some create beautiful jewelry, -all types of artistic individuals are welcome. Although the majority do their endeavors for purely personal pleasure, we also have some members, who are professional artists, any and all are welcome.

We have also done some group outings. Several of our Photography members have been on sessions to the poorer barrios of Salinas and to the La Libertad Mercado to take interesting photos of local scenes and people. A group of our women also spent an afternoon at Farallon Dillon to paint and sketch. On a previous post, I also wrote about our interesting day trip to Guayaquil to visit many scenic places.

We also hold monthly meetings on the second Saturday of every month at 10:30AM usually at a local restaurant. Feel free to contact me if interested in joining at uwe_petra@msn.com

So now for the reason for this particular post.

For months we had planned an Art Exhibition to be held at a Salinas’ venue as a means to display our treasures as well as getting the local community involved. We finally decided on July 5^th as the date and one of our members, Larry, received permission from the owners of Sin bar to hold our event there.

Brochures went out to the local bars & restaurants, invitations & notices went up in Facebook and our event was scheduled from 2PM to 6PM on that date. All participants were to be there between 1 and 2PM to set up. We had +20 artists exhibiting paintings, photos, plants, jewelry and items made from recycled material, cakes, chocolates, wall hangings, tee shirts, and many others. A real smorgasbord of artistic talents.

Our friend Anna and friends supplied delicious food to be sold with profits going to the SCS for future events.

Mary donated an enlarged & mounted photo to be silent auctioned to benefit our SCS- she calls it 'Betty Davies' Eyes' very fitting!

Tee shirts and jewelry by our friend Paola – email her at
pangoraecuador@gmail.com, trademark is pangora ecuador, cellphone is 0999775144to order

Boxes and paintings for children- Woodcrafts and paintings: Cecilia Escobar Fono: 0998158370

Cakes made to order- Pastel Dulce- mlflorencia@hotmail.com Maria Laura de Andrade: 0994529492

All kinds of items made from recycled material by Beatriz Celi -call her at 277-9204

The wonderful exhibit and sales of jewelry by the local women http://www.mujerescambia.com/

The Chocolate lady
Nerina de La Vega fono: 0997198630 home 2777620 e mail: neriveve@yahoo.es

Selling of Bonsai Plants and miniature waterfalls
Rodrigo Chiriboga fono: 0998742110/ 2773493 e mail: rodrigochiriboga@yahoo.com
Patty de Sarmiento: the5elements.ec@gmail.com