The Exhibition at Collin College Art Gallery will be wrapping up on April 7th, 2022. We will be giving away 10 paintings on April 7 at 5 p.m. So please go by the Gallery and register to win. The Art Gallery at Collin College located at 2800 E. Spring Creek Pkwy....
KIRK DICKEY·MARCH 10, 2022 The colors are the first things to hit you – vibrant reds, blues, and yellows, bright oranges and pinks that leap off the canvas. “I can usually tell a Haitian painting from 200-300 feet away,” Glenn Stokes says. “Nobody uses those colors in...
Some say the Citadel is the 8th Wonder of the World. It is the largest mountainous fort in the western hemisphere. Like a grim cyclops, the Citadel dominates land, sea and sky – situated at an altitude of more than 3,000 feet atop the peak called Bonnet-a-l’Eveque...
The Conquistadors Diego Columbus’ palace was, at the time, one of the marvels of the New World, and it became the headquarters of the Spanish Court in America. All future Spanish conquests and conquistadors in the Western Hemisphere came through its gates. HERNAN...
Columbus’ Third Voyage Columbus’ brother, Bartolome, had been left as governor of La Isabela. A Spanish fugitive who had fled to the South Coast discovered gold. Bartolome, realizing that its production would bolster the costly expedition’s waning popularity at the...
Early History—Discovery Columbus discovered Haiti on December 5, 1492, two months after his first landfall at San Salvador and later Cuba. Reminded of Spain he called the island “La Isla Espanola” (the Spanish Island)—later known by its Latinized name Hispanola....
Thank you very much for visiting my website on Haitian Art. The art of Haiti is integrally related to the history of Haiti. The art of Haiti reveals the heart and soul of the country. I am an avid supporter of the Haitian people. I visited and worked in Haiti for over...
Situated on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, Haiti occupies the western one third of the island, with the Dominican Republic occupying the eastern end. While African-Caribbean peoples, with a history of French colonialism, primarily populate Haiti: the...
