A structure to support contemporary art creation has been launched recently on our St. Martin island. Called Headmade Factory, the collective structure intents to work on both sides of the island in partnership with Imbali Center for Dance and creative movement in Philipsburg. Imbali's director Clara Reyes, dancer, choreographer Peggy Oulerich and several more island artists now join forces in order to take a new step in the promotion of arts and culture in St. Martin.
Headmade Factory intents to join artistic forces on the island in order to create common, professional projects with artists from St.Martin and other islands. One of the great aims of the project is to educate young people about the importance of arts and support them if they plan an artistic professionnal activity in the future.
Headmade Factory plans to present the project at the Howell Center feast in Marigot on Saturday, November 12th, with a show of contemporary dance. Later, there will be an evening at the West Indies Mall in Marigot, with a painting and other arts exhibition and a program of three dances , composed by capoeira dance teacher Tyron Phelipa. Tickets will be on sale at the boutique "Atypique, 4, rue Général de Gaulle in Marigot.
This event is scheduled to be the first in a succession of artistic events, and the promoters plan to organize a great show of contemporary art every second year. Their hope: Get the population involved and, why not, get international attention: A beautiful project which could seduce as well residents and tourists alike. Indeed, there are many excellent artists on St. Martin, and sometimes it is just a question of organization to make them come together and attract a larger public.
For more information, Headmade Factory has launched a website - www.artsxm.org - in order to inform the public and offer people interested in arts a platform to express their opinions on the matter.
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