Ancestral Whispers – Emly Fransisca

Ancestral Whispers – Emly Fransisca

by | Mar 10, 2020 | Past

It is an honor for Gallery Alma Blou to exhibit the work of Emly Francisca after many years. Emly has had a formal fine art education at the Art Academy in Tilburg, but has not been part of the artistic scenery of Curaçao for quite a while. She is a mixed media artist...
Terug naar Bullenbaai – Jeannette Turpijn

Terug naar Bullenbaai – Jeannette Turpijn

by | Feb 4, 2020 | Past

Book Presentation The book “Terug naar Bullenbaai” (“Back to Bullenbaai”) is about the childhood memories of a daughter of Shell employees, born on Curaçao. The family lived on the island until early 1962 when they were transferred to Pakistan. In this book, Jeanette...
Interactive presentation Nelson Carrilho

Interactive presentation Nelson Carrilho

by | Jan 25, 2020 | Past

On Saturday January 25, Nelson Carrilho will give a presentation at Gallery Alma Blou about his 40 years as a sculpture artist. How he thinks about life, and what his inner motivation is. His is the story of an Antillean boy who never betrayed his blackness nor his...
Three Caribbean Artists

Three Caribbean Artists

by | Jan 8, 2020 | Past

José Maria Capricorne – Nelson Carrilho – Philippe Zanolino Gallery Alma Blou is excited to finally present you the book ‘Three Caribbean Artists’, written by Monique van Herksen, art historians Marianne de Tolentino and Susan Wilczack. This book tells the...
Feel at Home – Hortence Brown

Feel at Home – Hortence Brown

by | Dec 4, 2019 | Past

Hortence Brown is one of the first artists who started using the limestone from the Tafelberg for her sculptures. She was a math teacher at a secondary school in Curaçao. After developing her artistic skills in her free time, she soon discovered that being an artist...
Aruba Art Fair

Aruba Art Fair

by | Nov 3, 2019 | Past

Aruba Art Fair was born in 2016 by his dynamic director Tito Bolivar. His vision of transforming the village of San Nicolas in an artistic neighborhood was not only locally embraced but he also knew how to involve artists from all over the world to participate and...