Aquarellists

[Lydia Banales]

Hi Rosina,
You may not know it, but you have set some of the itinerary for our
upcoming trip to Spain. I copied your article about the madonna exhibit
in Sevilla and now I see I have quite a treat in store for me in
Santiago. Thank you. We are not walking, but I want to go through the
Holy Door. Lydia

Rosina Lila wrote:

> Hello,
> 200 aquarella artists have arrived in Santiago to participate in the
> XII National aquarella symposium. Their paintings, all
> Santiago-themed, will be shown throughout the casco streets until Sunday.
> At the same time, the National Aquarella Exposition  has collected
> outstanding watercolor paintings by the best artists in Spai n and
> they will be on show,  throughout September, at the Obra Social  Caixa
> Galicia Hall.
> For purposes of the symposium, the aquarellists will paint aspects of
> Obradoiro, San Martin Pinario, Quintana Square and the Alameda.
>
> Presently, there are many outstanding art exhibitions in Santiago. One
> of the most impressive is at what used to be the chapel of the USC's
> (Universidade Santiago Compostela) faculty of Geography,  right by
> the only remaining door into Santiago from  city-wall days. They have
> Picassos,  Murillos, Zurburans, Dalis, Goyas, etc very beautifully
> presented. (It took my breath away). Another mind-blowing exhibition
> is in a museum on the building right after San Martin Pinerio's
> seminary in Azabacherias square.  It is called "The art of Persia".
> Apparently the government of present day Iran, of all people, lent the
> artifacts to Santiago as part of the commemoration of the Xacobean
> year. There are about 500 pieces, some four thousand years old, that
> woud do credit to the Louvre or New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art;
> the lighting, the arrangement, and the video room where they show an
> explanatory documentary, are really extraordinary.
> There are many others exhibitions, and the entrance to all is free.
>
> The book "La Flecha y la Vieira" that illustrates a pilgrimage through
> the Caiman Frances with water color paintings (hundreds of them, all
> evocative and very, very beautiful) cannot be found anywhere in
> Santiago.  The large bookstore on Rua Villar, "San Pablo", told me
> that they sell it out as soon as they get it.  Probably pilgrims who
> have seen the book in some other city have waited to buy it in
> Santiago so as not to carry it.
> It can be gotten, however, directly from the bookstore in Seville, in
> the manner that I wrote about before.  If you wish, I will post the
> information again.
>
> Lastly ... and back to the French, ... the newspapers report that the
> Jacobean Associations of France, in collaboration with the Spanish
> Federation of Caiman Friends Associations of Spain are in the course
> of a pilgrimage from France bringing walking sticks from France to
> various cities on the Camino Frances.  (I presume that they are quite
> special)
>
> The newspapers also say that more than one million tourists visited
> Santiago during August, and that 572,899 pilgrims have used the Xunta
> sponsored albergues (the figure does not include services in tents,
> "polideportivos"... sport arenas, etc., which are also sponsored by
> the Xunta).... the crowds are still here....
> I wonder how the aquarellists will manage to paint Quintana Square
> with that huge line of people, six abreast, waiting to go through the
> Holy Door.
> Regards,
> Rosina
>
>
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