IBB recently was invited to make a mural in the new building of the Dutch embassy to the Dominican Republic. For this project IBB founders Tirzo Martha and David Bade took IBB alumna Johanna Franco-Zapata and student Duvon Naranjo along. During a week they worked on the mural but also visited two local art academies […]

IBB receives the 2016 Culture Prince

IBB was recently the recepient of the 2016 Culture Prize awarded by the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund Caribbean Region. IBB received this price for it’s works and achievements in the fields of art education and social engagement the last 10 years. During the presentation IBB students did an art performance called ‘Playa Buena Bista’ outside […]

Tirzo Martha at the 2017 edition of the IFFR

IBB co-founder Tirzo Martha is participating this year in one of the side programs of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He will be exhibiting his work titled ‘Testament of Hope And Failure’ in the ‘Black Rebels’ program of the IFFR. ‘Black Rebels’ seeks to shine a spotlight on films, documentaries, tv-series, and art from and […]

Toespraak Birgit Donker bij opening All you can Art in de Kunsthal Rotterdam

Dutch Article LEESTAFEL Lezingen Birgit Donker opent All you can Art. Foto: Jan Hoekema Toespraak Birgit Donker bij opening All you can Art in de Kunsthal Rotterdam Uitgesproken op 4 juni 2016 bij de opening van All you can Art, een tentoonstelling en summerschool ter viering van het tienjarig bestaan van het Instituto Buena Bista […]

End of year 2016 events at IBB

We’re nearing the end of 2016 and Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) is closing this year with two great presentations. 2016 was the year IBB celebrated it’s tenth anniversary. Founded in 2006 out of a need for more structural artistic and creative education on Curacao, the IBB has spent ten years pushing for cultural, art and […]

Alex Santiago Pérez

Born in Puerto Rico in 1970, Alex Santiago Pérez studied History in the University of Puerto Rico. Since 1995 he has been making educational and industrial documentaries, as well as educational fiction dramas. He is the writer director of Cows wearing glasses, his debut feature film. He is currently writing his next film, Andrea esperando […]

PJ Bruyniks

As a child I often played with all kinds of materials to build temporary constructions. But when I “discovered” painting I thought I found my real interest. I wanted to learn how to paint as well as I could, so I studied techniques to master it myself. When I was nineteen I had my first […]