In February, the Caribbean Crossroads group made its fourth research trip to the Caribbean coast of Colombia. We stopped in Barranquilla to observe Carnival celebrations. This photograph features one of the floats in the fabmous Batalla de Flores parade. We also stayed some time in Barranquilla and Bogota. Among the institutions visited were the Observatorio del Caribe, Museo San Pedro Claver, Parque Cultural del Caribe, Museo del Oro, Museo del Caribe, Museo de Arte Moderno de Barranquilla, Museo de Arte Moderno de Cartagena, MAMBogota, Musseo Nacional de Colombia, and Bilbioteca Luis Angel Arango/Museo del Banco de la Republica, among many others. We visited with numerous artists including Johanna Calle, Oscar Leone, Alvaro Barrios, Delcy Morelos, Clemenia Echeverri, Rafael Ortiz and the collective Mal de Ojo, Alberto Baraya, Beatriz Gonzalez, Lilana Angulo, Jose Alejandro Restrepo, Juan Manuel Echeverria, and Domingo Izuierdo, among others. If you are interested in knowing more about our trip and research there, please email us.
