Summer Camps are in full swing and today we visited a group of 17 students from all over Belize at the Museum of Belize, as they attended a summer arts program. The program, an initiative by the Institute of Creative Arts along with NICH, began on June 28th . Instructors are teaching students of varying ages the basic foundation of drawing and painting. Instructor Gayla Fuller told us more. :.....
Gayla Fuller, Art instructor
"The summer camp is learning drawing and painting technique. The aim of the course is to develop ideas in to concepts into composition, and then you have your final product like a painting. That's what the children will be doing, they're going to be taken through steps and learn exactly how to get there. The goals are to have the kids have an appreciation for art at the end of the 7 weeks, for them to become better individuals, for them to recognize and develop their own artistic talents and for them to become a part of the growing artist community in Belize."
Emaun Hyde
"Why did you decide to become a part of the summer camp?"
Gayla Fuller
"It's something that I have a passion for and working with kids is also my passion, so giving back is great for me. Oh, I would love to see all my students have this big display of colours, themes, and wonderful paintings at the end of it."
Emaun Hyde
"Is this a rewarding experience for you?"
Gayla Fuller
"It is because children are my love and this is my passion as well, and getting out there so people can see the talents in Belize."
Emaun Hyde
"Why did you decide to do the summer camp?"
Isake Perez, Art Camp Participant
"I decided to do the summer camp because I wanted to do something to occupy my time other than just getting into trouble."
Emaun Hyde
"Are you enjoying it?"
Isake Perez
"Yes I'm enjoying it very much."
Emaun Hyde
"What are you learning?"
Isake Perez
"We're learning to draw step by step using shapes numbers and alphabet and then putting it into one context."
Emaun Hyde
"Do you think that by the end of the summer camp you'll be able to draw much better?"
Isake Perez
"Yes, I will."
Emaun Hyde
"You have any hopes to be an artist or anything of the sort?"
Isake Perez
"Not really, but it could be a side time job or something."
Emaun Hyde
"What would you be doing if you weren't in the summer camp?"
Jessica Heusner, Art Camp Participant
"Probably playing games and watching TV at home."
Emaun Hyde
"You're enjoying it?"
Jessica Heusner
"Yes I am."
Emaun Hyde
"By the end, do you think you'll be a better artist?"
Jessica Heusner
"Yes, I do."
The camp will finish on August 13th. Spaces are still available for the advanced class, and registration forms are available at the Bliss.
Sugar City Flavour on Dancehall
Mo Music Mo Records, they are a group of producers fresh out of Sugar City with a compilation of Dancehall hits that they have engineered a fresh local twist on this Jamaican musical form.
Producer Hubert Pascual told us how the project got started.
Hubert Pascual, Producer, Mo Music Mo Records
"We have our own in-studio artist, Atomic, and to me he is what started this whole thing, because I used to make beats for him right, and once I started he used to say, boy Hube these beats mad and so, I used to say well lets share it, and then we met up with Instruments of Love and they would do their thing, we hook up with GMoney, and since then we've been compiling music."
Hubert Pascual
"The rhythm is built around a specific sentiment. The rhythm is warm its receptive, if you listen to it you'd hear tracks that speaks about poverty, tracks that speaks about hope. In a whole the rhythm speaks about people who want to uplift themselves. You'd hear tracks like chemical who speaks about from a place where sufferation never die, you'd hear tracks like Fats who speaks about wanting to get rich, so it's a wide genre of music, we have artists from Costa Rica, artists from Jamaica, and my Manager from over this side -Erwin Leiva, Manager, Mo Music Mo Records, can speak more about the artists."
Erwin Leiva, Manager - Mo Music Mo Records
"Ok, when it comes to the artists in this rhythm right here, we got several links across the world, especially we base ourselves in Jamaica because the Jamaican music is mostly impacting Belizeans, so that we got some Jamaicans on it. And
apart from Jamaica we base ourselves in Costa Rica, Surinam, New Zealand and other parts of the World. We want to show the World that even Belizeans can do it as well, not only Jamaicans and other big artists can do it, even the local artists can do it."
The 19Track CD titled Gully Mansion Riddim is a limited edition release, and if you are interested in a copy, you can call 630-2139.
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