Dominican Family Artists´ Meeting from Latin America and the Caribbean

Dear Sisters and Brothers of the Dominican Family;

We are writing to invite you to  3rd PREDICARTE  of Latin America and the Caribbean that  will take place in the city of Cusco from the 11th to the 18th of September in 2011.

The  2011 is an emblematic year for our memory in the Continent since we celebrate the 500 years of the communitarian  predication of our first Community in  America which could hear the  local people clamour and it turned into an effective compassion. That´s why we have  chosen as a  motto  to motivate our encounter:
Life cries out and demands our compassion.

According to our motto we wish to eco the experience of our charisma from the beauty appreciation.

We invite all members of the Dominican Family , sisters, brothers , nuns, friars, lay men, lay women who have developed their creativity and they hand it to the service of  predication through any of the  artistic disciplines: music, literature, poetry,  plastic Art, theatre, dancing audiovisual aids, photography, cinema, handicrafts, body expression, etc.

We are open to all the dimensions of the beauty in its many manifestations.
 The meeting  will take place in the Saint Domingo del Cusco convent, and the accommodation service  of the participants will be at the two hostels of our Dominican sisters which are  adjoining to the convent on the Awaqpinta  Street. We think it will be appropriate to realize this event in the context of a city with a strong history memory and of  great artistic interests .

     The cost of the event will be u$s 250 which includes accommodations, meals, materials, and a community visit to the Sacred Valley.

It is important to take into consideration that the city of Cusco it is at 3.400 msnm, we know that this will be a limitation for some persons who have problems with height; those who have doubts about this topic can make their medical consultations in your cities. The meeting will start on the 11th of September  in the afternoon so as  to give the participants the enough time  to adapt  to the height. We are going to send you the respective recommendations in the following communications.

The dynamics of the meeting will include  reflection and  celebration moments, instances of sharing  our art and the way of living it. We will also perform workshops to enjoy doing art together and  getting  in touch  with the opportunities this significant city offers us.
The exposition of our works of art will be open to public so the meeting will be a community Predication in itself. Each participant will be responsible not only  for the  removal of the works of art  but also  the  exhibition procedures.
We  advise you to pay attention to the information we ask for  in the registration file card. The registration  deadline will be on 22nd May 2011.

We are sending you the  planned activities schedule  and more useful information.

The Machu Picchu visit  has not been planned , if anyone wants to stay after the meeting we ask you to tell us  in advance in order to book  a  room in the same hostel.

We hope those who are attracted by art will be able to participate and go on building our space of artists of the Dominican Family in Latin America and the Caribbean,

We greet you calling on Saint Domingo and our  blessed brother Angelico´ s blessing who  showed us a path  for the encounter with God through the beauty.

In the communion of our charisma:
 The Organizational  Team: artistas@codalc.org.
 
Sister Valeria Nougués OP: Chief Coordinator. Artists Assosiatists
Fr Luis Enrique Ramirez Camacho OP. Local Coordinator.
Sister Nelly Bustincio OP : Logistics.
Sister Alice Bu rton Op: Communication  Assistant.
Ana Cecilia Aguirre : Argentina. Image Coordination.

Letter translation to English: Lic María del Carmen Cornaglia.

Dear Sisters and Brothers of the Dominican Family;

We are writing to invite you to  3rd PREDICARTE  of Latin America and the Caribbean that  will take place in the city of Cusco from the 11th to the 18th of September in 2011.

From the beginning of our  Order the art has been considered a way to predication since  our inner nature has developed the movement of the Spirit  as a smooth breeze that it allows us  to glimpse something  of God Mystery in history.

The  2011 is an emblematic year for our memory in the Continent since we celebrate the 500 years of the communitarian  predication of our first Community in America which could hear the  local people clamour and it turned into an effective compassion. That´s why we have  chosen as a  motto  to motivate our encounter:
Life cries out and demands our compassion.

According to our motto we wish to eco the experience of our charisma from the beauty appreciation.

We invite all members of the Dominican Family , sisters, brothers , nuns, friars, lay men, lay women who have developed their creativity and they hand it to the service of  predication through any of the  artistic disciplines: music, literature, poetry,  plastic Art, theatre, dancing audiovisual aids, photography, cinema, handicrafts, body expression, etc.
We are open to all the dimensions of the beauty in its many manifestations.

 The meeting  will take place in the Saint Domingo del Cusco convent, and the accommodation service  of the participants will be at the two hostels of our Dominican sisters which are  adjoining to the convent on the Awaqpinta  Street. We think it will be appropriate to realize this event in the context of a city with a strong history memory and of  great artistic interests .

     The cost of the event will be u$s 250 which includes accommodations, meals, materials, and a community visit to the Sacred Valley.

It is important to take into consideration that the city of Cusco it is at 3.400 msnm, we know that this will be a limitation for some persons who have problems with height; those who have doubts about this topic can make their medical consultations in your cities. The meeting will start on the 11th of September  in the afternoon so as  to give the participants the enough time  to adapt  to the height. We are going to send you the respective recommendations in the following communications.

The dynamics of the meeting will include  reflection and  celebration moments, instances of sharing  our art and the way of living it. We will also perform workshops to enjoy doing art together and  getting  in touch  with the opportunities this significant city offers us.

The exposition of our works of art will be open to public so the meeting will be a community Predication in itself. Each participant will be responsible not only  for the  removal of the works of art  but also  the  exhibition procedures.
We  advise you to pay attention to the information we ask for  in the registration file card. The registration  deadline will be on 22nd May 2011.

We are sending you the  planned activities schedule  and more useful information.

The Machu Picchu visit  has not been planned , if anyone wants to stay after the meeting we ask you to tell us  in advance in order to book  a  room in the same hostel.

We hope those who are attracted by art will be able to participate and go on building our space of artists of the Dominican Family in Latin America and the Caribbean,

We greet you calling on Saint Domingo and our  blessed brother Angelico´ s blessing who  showed us a path  for the encounter with God through the beauty.
In the communion of our charisma:
 The Organizational  Team: artistas@codalc.org.
 
Sister Valeria Nougués OP: Chief Coordinator. Artists Assosiatists
Fr Luis Enrique Ramirez Camacho OP. Local Coordinator.
Sister Nelly Bustincio OP : Logistics.
Sister Alice Bu rton Op: Communication  Assistant.
Ana Cecilia Aguirre : Argentina. Image Coordination.

Letter translation to English: Lic María del Carmen Cornaglia.