Nia Hosts Meet-And-Greet Event For Visiting Artists At EmilioS
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Rodolphe Samuel (right) and NIA director Arlene Halley-Newhouse shaking a leg during the meet-and-greet event at Emilios restaurant on Sunday, April 30.
CUL DE SAC--National Institute of Arts (NIA), with collaboration of Emilios restaurant owners Norman and Sue Wathey, hosted a meet-and-greet event on Sunday afternoon, April 30, for visiting artists of the Cultural Exchange Programme initiated with Kunst Circuit Holland and NIA.
The event was attended by distinguished guests such as Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Rodolphe Samuel, Prince Bernhard Culture Fund Caribbean Territory representative Candia Joseph, Resources for Community Resilience R4CR representative Jose Verschueren, NPOwer representative Rajesh Chintaman, Nascha Kagie of Kids Club, Island Gems Charity Foundation president Alita Singh, parents, and Base4Dance visiting artists director Manon van t Spijker with her assistants Samantha and Eva, glass artist Annemarie van Uden and visual artist and model maker Rob van Putten.
Entertainment was provided by the Youth Orchestra fused with Family String Band in a programme called Culturismo, a programme of 10 folkloric songs that had the audiences feet tapping, heads bobbing and bodies moving.
As a surprise to the young musicians, NIA was able to gift egg shakers received from Cultuur Participatie as a thank you for a previous presentation and a monetary token as first earned tips from the three Culturismo shows done so far.
The visiting artists conducted several workshops in St Read more
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