China to be honored guest at 35th Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato
Arts &
Crafts at the First International Santa Lucia Festival in Monterrey
The
city of Monterrey,
whose increasing cultural offerings make it an obligatory route for tourists,
will be celebrating the First International Santa Lucia Festival from September
20th through the middle of October. A direct result of the International Forum
of Cultures held in 2007, the festival aims to present Mexican culture: its
senses, its arts and crafts, its people and its exhibitions while attracting
more than one million tourists to the city.
Although
the complete list of festival participants will not be out until the middle of
September, it has been confirmed that the Cervantino
Festival, held in the state of Guanajuato, will be sending seven groups to Monterrey, including a Gospel Group and street performers
from Spain.
In
addition, the festival will present two popular exhibitions: a film by Mexican
cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa at the Nave Lewis. Figueroa is accredited for
the look of Luis Bunuel’s films. His most well known work with Buneul is Los Olvidados, known in
English as“The Young and the Dammed.”
Also on display will be a 300 piece exhibition of Teotihuacán art and culture.
Most
of the events for the Santa Lucia Festival will be held at the well known Macroplaza-Paseo Santa Lucía-ParqueFundidora Circuit, allowing guests to enjoy the
city’s 19 different museums focusing on contemporary art, glass, cars,
baseball and puppets, among others topics.
Some
of the most well-known museums are the Contemporary Art Museum of Monterrey,
MARCO, located in front of the Grand Plaza, which has a permanent collection of
important contemporary works of art by Latin-American artists, and The Museum
of Mexican History in the center of Monterrey, where you will find the
“Ojos de Agua de Santa Lucia,” the site where the city was founded.
The
Museum of Regional History of Nuevo Leon stands as one of the principal
architectural and historical buildings of the city; the Museum of Science Art
and Technology, distinguished for its Planetarium, which gives the theater,
located within the Cultural Center, its name; and the Municipal Palace, located
in front of the Zaragoza Plaza, in the heart of the historical center of the
city, which hosts the Metropolitan Museum of Monterrey.
