The First International Meeting on Stone Sculpture at the Gomez Palace will stretch on thru Oct. 17. The exhibit kicked off last week in this city in the Mexican state of Durango. Artists will be working of their pieces under that Oct. 17 deadline in different key sectors of town, like colleges and public buildings, just to come up with a permanent exposition at the end.
The blocks to be carved –marble, onyx and limestone- were initially some 2 meters high each. The projects will broach three main thematic lines: the desert, the stone and water. The public has been asked to have a hands-on engagement in the event.
The meeting is part of the local government’s actions aimed at the promotion of Durango as a travel and cultural destination. The idea is to leave 30 large-scale, stone-carved sculptures for the city. In order to get this project through, funds for 200,000 pesos were earmarked by the Tourism Department, plus half a million pesos chipped in by the state’s Ministry of Culture.
Durango is one of Mexico’s 31 states and boasts great geographic diversity, including crags, 80-meter-high waterfalls –like the Salto de Agua Llovida- 800-meter-wide lakes –like Puentecillas- whimsical landscapes like Mexiquillo and great desert in the celebrated Silence zone, known for its magnetic properties quite similar to the Bermuda Triangle, let alone fantastic wildlife and flora endemic to this region.
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Source: informador.com.mx / Wikipedia
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