Lus riba Nanzi

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Lus riba Nanzi

 

 

Opening Saturday December 10
Group exhibition about the legendary spider Nanzi till January 8

 

'Lus riba Nanzi', a group exhibition dedicated to a legendary character from our oral literature, Kompa Nanzi is showing this Holiday season in Landhuis Bloemhof. For this theme exhibition we asked our artists to depict what Nanzi means to them in a work of art. Does Nanzi still have a right to exist? Who or what is it?

So far, 16 artists have responded:  Aemy Niafeliz, Alejandra Cijntje, Annemieke Dicke, Anna Lies Bruens, Team Nieuwkerk & Nieuwenhuizen, Giovanni Abath, Gwen Anderson, Hilma Koelman, Jaimary Boon, Kati Qui, Margarita Haakmat, Marianne Hagedoorn, Pito Polo, Ruthson Cecilia, Solaica Leito and Tayenne Winklaar. They surprised us with a great variety of paintings, sculptures, installations and mixed media artworks inspired by Nanzi.

To give merit to the unpredictable character of Kompa Nanzi, we are approaching this exhibit differently and called it a growing exhibition. Artists who after visiting us feel inspired, can still enter their contribution during the month of December. In any case, we start with 16 art works and are anxiously waiting to see who else will participate.

Book Launch Na nòmber di Amor

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Book Launch Na nòmber di amor / In naam der liefde / In the Name of Love
By Ini Statia

Friday November 25 | 7.00- 9.30 pm

With her first trilingual poetry collection, Na nòmber di amor / In naam der liefde / In the Name of Love, Ini Statia brings a valuable contribution to multilingual literature in the Caribbean and the Dutch Kingdom. She wrote her poems initially in either Papiamentu, Dutch or English and had them all translated into the other languages. Na nòmber di amor is a celebration of Ini’s and our society’s linguistic richness.
Statia studied Linguistics and Literature in the Netherlands and has lived and worked in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, at among other the language institute Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma (FPI).

Ini Statia will present her poetry collection together with Nephtalie Demei, Lucille Berry - Haseth, Richenel Ansano, Elodie Heloise, Sheila Payne, John Heymans, Jermain Long Loy and  Rudsel d’Antonia.

You are most welcome to attend. Please register at info@bloemhof.cw

Night for the Roses

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Bloemhof Experience: A Night for the Roses

Night for the Roses Postponed
New Date Friday January 13, 2023

The Night for the Roses cultural festival, originally November 11, which was partially merged with some musicians of the Cathedral of Thorns Concert for the Roses planned for November 4, which regretfully had to be cancelled, is again postponed. In Papiamentu we say 'El a kai na awa', literary translated: 'It fell in the water.'

In close consultation with the performers, and the Ride for the Roses Foundation, it was decided to organize a new Night for the Roses multitalented festival to launch the first post-covid Ride for the Roses fundraising season. In January 2023 the ride will be back and the artists will perform in the week leading up to the evens on Friday January 13. Please keep in touch via our social media to be informed.

Already bought tickets for the Roses Concert (4 November) or Night for the Roses (11 November)
If you already have a ticket for the concert on November 4, or for the Night for the Roses on November 11, we offer you three options:
A. You can keep your ticket and we will consider it your donation towards the good cause.
B. You can keep your ticket and use it on January 13, since the line up will be almost the same.
Please note that the concert tickets of November 4 (ANG 95 ) will now be valid for 2 persons on January 13 including one ANG 5 token to spend on a consumption or to be handed in as an extra donation.
C. You can approach Landhuis Bloemhof for a refund.

Christmas Crafts and Art Fair

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Christmas Crafts and Art Fair

NEW DATE
Saturday November 26 | 9.00 am - 2.00 pm

During Landhuis Bloemhof's eleventh Christmas market, a collection box for the Ride for the Roses will be circulating.
Ride for the Roses and the Prinses Wilhelmina Fonds will be present with an information booth.

Admission for this event is NAfl 1 per person.

Hòfi Cinema Oktober

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Hòfi Cinema, Ride for the Roses Edition

Thursday October 27 | 7.30 pm

The monthly film evening of Landhuis Bloemhof Hòfi Cinema is dedicated to the grande dame of the theater Rina Penso. The film Mi ta Hasi mi Kos by Wilma Lighart, starring Rina Penso, will be shown, as well as part of a personal interview about her experiences with cancer that Boi Antoine conducted with her.

In the film "Mi ta hasi mi kos", the then 86-year-old Curaçao actress Rina Penso looks back on her life. The story is told by the people who saw her up close: colleagues, friends, family and by Rina herself. Rina often says "I didn't have a theater education; I didn't need to. I got "something" from God, I just do my thing ("Mi ta hasi mi kos"). In conversations with various directors, Rina is praised for her great talent and drive. One of them is Felix de Rooy: "A real diva, expressive, present; she can express great feelings and she has an enormous charisma in front of the camera and on stage. To me she is the Anna Magnani of the Caribbean ".

Tickets cost NAfl 25 and are only available at Landhuis Bloemhof. A part of the entrance revenues goes to the Ride for the Roses.

 

Art for the Roses

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Art for the Roses

 

 

Art for the Roses Exhibition and Silent Auction
Digital Catalogue available
Dinner Auction Rescheduled to Saturday March 18, 2023

 

We are very thankful to the 36 mainly local visual artists who have contributed to make this fundraising exhibition possible. The assignment was to create, especially for this cause - cancer awareness - a work of art in which (an element of) a rose is incorporated. The exhibition Art for the Roses resulted in a colorful stroll through all kinds of emotions, very diverse, and consists of paintings, drawings, collages, photography, mixed media art and sculptures.

Silent Art Auction Prolonged
During the last four weeks many people participated in the Silent Auction which started on October 22 with a minimum bid of Nafl 500 on each artwork. Though the exhibition closes next week and the formal dinner auction is now planned for March 18, you can still contribute to this fundraiser.
The bidding book on our grand piano awaits your generous contributions to raise funds for the fight against cancer. The exhibition will be on till November 26. If for whatever reason you cannot make it, please check our digital catalogue, on our website which we will update every Tuesday or click on the link to view it.

We regret any inconvenience these date changes may have caused. More details to follow closer to the date.

Hòfi Cinema September 2022

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Hòfi Cinema

Hòfi Cinema

Wednesday September 28 | 7.30 PM

To Celebrate Curaçao pride 4 movies:

Watamula
Watamula is a place where Curaçao breathes. It is also the destination of René, who emerges from a river and staggeringly continues his journey across the island. He comes across sharp thorns and sweet rose petals, meets with rejection and comfort, clutching the amulet he was given at birth. Visual artist and filmmaker Kevin Osepa, for whom the identity of young Afro-Caribbeans is an important subject, moulds this trip into a magical-realistic panorama bringing together landscape and fate, spirituality, sensuality and machismo.

E Yobida di Ayera (2016)
Monica is in love with her friend. Today they are meeting at the beach, just the two of them. Monica has finally found enough courage; this seems the perfect time to tell her. Is this the day she comes out of the closet?

Premier
The 8-minute drama tells the story about the first black prime minister of the Netherlands (played by actor Raymi Sambo), who is not allowed by his party to be open about his homosexuality.

Atlantis: the Rebirth
Atlantis Rebirth is a dance film documentary exploring where we have been as Caribbean people and where we would like to go. It includes both factual historical accounts as well as imagined future possibilities. It was directed and choreographed by Jonathan van Arneman and it features dancers from the National Institute of Arts in St Martin. Van Arneman:'when I choreograph for LGBT dancers, I let themin their reality.'