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Arte Para Todos (Art for
All)
2004 - Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Organized by United Nations
Honduras and
Dona Aguas Ocanã Maduro, the First Lady of Honduras
This event took place in
July 2004, with over 50 international and Honduran artists, both
painters and sculptors, creating artworks in public places all over the
city of Tegucigalpa in Honduras.
Arte Para Todos was the brainchild of UN DP coordinator for Honduras,
Mr. Peter Claesson. The theme for the event was to highlight, through
art, any of the 8 objectives set out in the United Nations delineated
Millennium Development Goals.
I was privileged to be able to place my sculpture in the Honduran
United Nations park itself: El Picacho, a beautiful mountain park
overlooking the city of Tegucigalpa.
It is a permanent installation - an interactive sculpture called
"Children = Future" (children equals future), some 15 x 27 metres in
dimensions, consisting of over 200 colorful blocks featuring children's
footprints and a variety of designs, ranging from comic to esoteric.
Below is a
composite showing several views of the finished sculpture.
Making the cement blocks for "Children = Future" during ARTE PARA TODOS
event in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 2004
Laury Dizengremel and a Honduran child creating two of the footprints
designs
Just a few of the 200 cement blocks for the sculpture curing in a water
through
The stained cement blocks had to dry - they made a colorful impression
all on their own.
The fabulous concrete stains were generously donated by The Stamp Store
for this project.
Further staining and letting the cement blocks cure and dry further
under the hot Honduran sun
The Honduran Travertine marble block with an inscription by L. Ron
Hubbard
Just a portion of the sculpture newly installed in the El Picacho
United Nations park of Tegucigalpa
Honduran children playing on the interactive sculpture
Central marble block and a portion of the sculpture seen in the distance
An overall view from a higher hilltop of the interactive sculpture -
now a permanent installation
Being photographed by the press with the First lady of Honduras
receiving books about philosopher L. Ron Hubbard, the philosopher whose
quote I used for the sculpture
The First Lady and sculptor Laury Dizengremel in the Presidential
palace of Honduras
One of several meetings and functions during the Arte Para Todos event.
Click on any thumbnail image for a larger view.
Also see http://www.honduras24horas.un.hn/copan.htm#LauryD
for the UN Honduras web page on this.
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