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Winsom and The Dark Side
posted (May 3, 2012)
A new art show at the Image Factor promises to take art lovers to the Dark Side. The artist is Winsom Winsom - the Canadian who has relocated to the Cayo District.

And she's come from up in the hills with a visual deliberation on mortality and the afterlife.

Her show at the image factory is opening up tomorrow, but she gave is a preview today:..

Winsom Winsom, Artist
"Jumping the Big Boa is a dreamt show - I had dreams on different parts of it. The symbol that's used throughout the artwork was dreamt and slowly it got developed into a deeper meaning."

Jules Vasquez reporting
In her latest show Jumping the Big Boa Winsom Winsom is going to the other side.

Winsom Winsom, Artist
"To the other world; to death and to life because they are inter-connected. Most people are afraid of talking about death or even planning their funeral or even speaking about death if you ask them. I've been fascinated with it from when I was around 4 years old and wonder what it would be like. As a got older I found out that nobody wanted to talk about it. Adults and parents would say 'oh be quite, you don't talk about that' but I feel that death is part of life and we need to talk about."

And in this show she is communing with the dead:

Winsom Winsom, Artist
"The dead is always with us, they don't die. Their body goes but their spirit is still here and basically what I do I feed the ancestors - our ancestors because if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be here today."

And in this show she envisions a day when she will join those ancestors in the circle of life in a coffin like this:

Winsom Winsom, Artist
"In Ghana, where I am from, the Ashanti tribe - when you die and we do a coffin for you, it's usually of what you were. I am an artist, so they do an artist's palette."

But for now she is using that palette to create background for aphorisms about the interconnectedness of death and life. The show opens at 6:30 tomorrow.




PROFILE
Tonight's I am Belize Profile is about Abdul Nunez Marin, a youth Director whose path in life took a turn when he was saved by the mentorship of a high school teacher.

He tells us how that led him to be a mentor:..

The profile series is the joint effort of Restore Belize, FULTEC systems and this station.




Miss Y Contestants Practice
The contestants for the annual Miss Y pageant are between the ages of 60 and 80 years old. They are called "seenagers" as in "senior teenagers" - and on Saturday night, 6 of them will take the stage at the Birds Isle where they will vie for the title of the next Miss Y.

It's the 18th annual pageant and the women are all excited to show off their casual wear, and evening gowns.

Today 7news we were at rehearsals - and got a small preview:..

Joyce Flowers, Trainer
"They are rehearsing. We are going through the entire program that they will be involved in, so that they get a feel of Bird's Isle, and learn that there are people out there who'll be watching them, so that they can get used to it. It has been good. They are good women. They learn quite well, and we are quite happy with them. It's a good thing for senior women; it helps you to bring out what you have inside, what you didn't even realize you could do, and it is fun. It's for a worthy cause."

Monica Bodden
"The tickets are sold where? Where can we purchase tickets for the show?"

Joyce Flowers, Trainer
"Tickets can be purchased at the YMCA Office, at the corner of St. Thomas Street and Freetown Road. The prices are $20 for reserve, $15 general admission, and $5 for children. We will be selling tickets on Saturday morning also. I want to urge the public to come out. Get your tickets early because they are going. Come out and have clean fun, supporting the 'Y'. Everybody can benefit from the 'Y', from the small babies, to the seniors who are 90+ years old."

The youngest contestant is 60 year old Rosalind Joseph and the oldest, 74 year old Roslyn Hall.




Teryl and The Moon
You may know Teryl Godoy as "The Man at Work", the tireless street painter known for his renderings of a crumbling but quaint city. But what you might not know is that Terryl Godoy is also an accomplished reggae singer.

On Friday, he's taking his talents to the stage at the House Of Culture in his first Reggae Concert. He told us about it today:..

Terryl Godoy - Performing Artist
"The time couldn't come better than now since we just came off a lot of serious crimes. Belize is sad; we want to put a little bit of happiness in Belize again. So I decided to bring the reggae bus out to the people. In fact, they were even on the news asking where the reggae bus is. Well, we'll bring it out in the concert, and the bus and Lemoth, the driver, will be there themselves to show the people that bus is still alive. You should go because the concert is free. There is no cost, and the only thing that we would request is that well, we have our CD and DVD, so if you really want to express sincerely, you can give your support in purchasing the DVD, T-shirts, CD, and other things that we have there like the drinks, food and so on. It's going to be a very beautiful event, and the venue is the House of Culture. And like I said, you don't have to pay anything."

The concert starts at 7:00 on Friday night from the House of Culture.


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