A Resounding Success! Carlos Goico Exhibition in the Colonial Zone
A small, relatively spontaneous and unpublicized art exhibition opened on Friday January 25 in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo and drew hundreds of enthusiastic visitors, almost overflowing the gallery. Who or what could possibly be the attraction? A single artist. An eccentric, homeless denizen of the Colonial Zone who roamed the streets for decades, [...]
Said Musa and his Colonial Zone Palace
In my wanderings around the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, I have often gazed longingly at a particular building in one of the nicer areas near El Conde. This building has a newly painted exterior and, though it features a deceptively simple single-story Casa Colonial facade, I had a feeling that the interior would be [...]
Nelson Calderon – An Artist, Once Again
There is a beautiful chapel on Calle Padre Bellini in the Colonial Zone that is sometimes used for group religious meetings, but which is usually closed. This past Thursday night, though, the interior was illuminated by bright lights and what appeared from a distance to be colorful paintings. We returned to the chapel the following [...]
Carolina Cepeda – Light & Color
Carolina Cepeda paints from her home in the Colonial Zone in Santo Domingo. As I speak with her, the light is pouring in her living room windows and I notice that she has added even more windows in her ceiling to increase the light. This is just her living room remember. Her studio is even [...]
The Colonial Zone. La Zona Colonial.
My thoughts on the art, culture, real estate and people of this very unique area.
The Colonial Zone must be experienced to be understood. While there exist truly incredible commercial and cultural opportunities, there are also innumerable barriers and obstacles for the uninitiated. So, keep coming back. You are sure to find something of interest! If you have ideas, questions or comments regarding this site, please let me know. The Colonial Zone Chronicles is meant to be interactive. Read more…
Knowing of my fascination with the works of Carlos Goico, the Dominican Colonial Zone artist who died in 2009, Bettye Marshall suggested that I speak with a gallery owner who had some of his paintings on display. This was news to me, as Goico had never been taken seriously by the galleries, who viewed him [...]
A small, relatively spontaneous and unpublicized art exhibition opened on Friday January 25 in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo and drew hundreds of enthusiastic visitors, almost overflowing the gallery. Who or what could possibly be the attraction? A single artist. An eccentric, homeless denizen of the Colonial Zone who roamed the streets for decades, [...]
2013 is shaping up to be the year of Carlos Goico, the controversial outsider artist that haunted the streets of the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo until his death in 2009. Both the artist himself and his vast body of works have long been misunderstood, maligned and underestimated/overlooked by most of the artistic community and [...]
Knowing of my fascination with the works of Carlos Goico, the Dominican Colonial Zone artist who died in 2009, Bettye Marshall suggested that I speak [...]
Knowing of my fascination with the works of Carlos Goico, the Dominican Colonial Zone artist who died in 2009, Bettye Marshall suggested that I speak [...]
A small, relatively spontaneous and unpublicized art exhibition opened on Friday January 25 in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo and drew hundreds of enthusiastic [...]
Colonial Fest 2012 The most important event of the year in the Colonial Zone, Colonial Fest 2012, will take place from October 12-14. The Festival [...]
Certain sections of Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone are ripe for redevelopment. Factors such as location, underutilization and attractiveness of the existing architecture determine which areas are most [...]
Many of the important buildings in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo are being renovated by their private sector owners. It is an awesome collective [...]