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November 2019.Cdr “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” George Bernard Shaw emember when you were a kid and you could just sit down and color a scene from your summer vacation without constantly worrying if it was any good? I’m not sure why we are encouraged to stop doing things Runless we are great at them. I think when it comes to creativity we need to have a high threshold for mediocrity. As a secret writer I often try to do the math- how many horrible short stories equals one I am not too embarrassed to let someone read? A lot! I am always awed when I see the early sketches of some great masterpiece. It is so much more interesting than letting the final product stand alone. Any great accomplishment has trial runs and failures as its foundation. I am so grateful to the people in my life who pursue artistic dreams; the writers, the painters, the actors and musicians who keep creating. As we kick off this high season, I look forward to seeing the events that will unfold. This past year we lost two people who did a great deal to propel the arts in Huatulco. One was artist Jim Spicka who, along with his wife Mary, organized an annual art Editor: Jane Bauer show of local talent. We also lost my dear friend Copy Editor: Deborah Van Hoewyk Carminia Magaña, founder of Amigos de la Musica and Web Goddess: Erin Vig an early contributor at The Eye. Be sure to get to the Amigos de la Musica concert on November 15th. Writers: Jane Bauer, Julie Etra, Jan Chaiken, Marcia Chaiken, Brooke Gazer, MJ Kelly, Oscar Without a doubt Huatulco is a wonderful place to Olivos, Jed Pitman, Carole Reedy, Alvin vacation and live but the thing that gives it chispa are the Starkman, Deborah Van Hoewyk, Kary Vannice people in our community who embrace the importance of artistic endeavors. A huge thank you to the writers and contributors of The Eye and to those who organize Cover Vector: Victor Tongdee concerts, art shows and film screenings. Thank you to the artists and writers behind closed doors creating the Photography/Art: masterpieces of tomorrow. Various Artists This month our writers explore the arts, profiling well- Distribution: Renee Biernacki, Maggie Winter known artists like Francisco Toledo and local talents like Layout: Jane Bauer Carolina Schwartz. Mexico is a wealth of talent and holds creativity in high regard as evidenced by its museums, Opinions and words are those of the authors and festivals and public art. do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Eye. If you are resident or visitor seek out and support our community events. I also encourage you to create; paint, We welcome submissions and input. sing, write- don’t be discouraged by the failures- they To get involved send us an email. mean you are on your way! [email protected] See you next month, Visit Us Online www.TheEyeHuatulco.com Jane The Eye 3 In This Issue Gilberto Bosques Saldívar and Refugee Immigration to Mexico By Julie Etra Page 6 Mexico's National Museum of Art By Brooke Gazer Page 8 The Art of Reading By Carole Reedy Page 12 Celebrity Entrepreneurship Impacts Oaxaca: Mezcal is Breaking Bad By Alvin Starkman, M.A., J.D. Page 16 Nature in Art By Jed Pitman Page 18 Francisco Toledo 1940 – 2019 By Julie Etra Page 22 Teatro Visión By Marcia Chaiken and Jan Chaiken Page 28 Camino Copalita By Jane Bauer Page 30 Carminia Magaña By MJ Kelly and Oscar Olivos Page 30 From Ancient Culture to Antique Kitsch: Mexican Feather Art By Deborah Van Hoewyk Page 34 Memoria de Luz By Kary Vannice Page 38 EDITORIAL PAGE 3 UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE 26 www.TheEyeHuatulco.com The Eye 4 HUATULCO’S NEWEST CONDOMINIUM PROJECT HUATULCO PALACE A MASTERPIECE OF COLONIAL ARQUITECTURE 44 RESIDENTIAL CONDOS STARTING AT $229,000 CDN LOCATED IN TANGOLUNDA, HUATULCO 100% CANADIAN OWNED AND OPERATED WITH MORE THAN 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE DELIVERING AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOMES Modern interior finishing . Condos from 1200-1800 sq ft Gardens and pool with ample common areas Private parking, Restaurants and boutique shops Lanny Berner At Segovia International Real Estate Local 5 , Marina Park Plaza, Huatulco Phone 958-688-3029 Whatsapp 52 1 958 141 4704 Or Email [email protected] Act Now To Get The Hottest Pre-construction Prices Gilberto Bosques Saldívar and Refugee Immigration to Mexico By Julie Etra irst and foremost, I want On June 22, 1940, France fell to to thank my friend and G e r m a n y , a n d t h e V i c h y fellow The Eye writer government was installed. The L i n d a K e l l e y f o r Vichy government, in collaboration with the Germans, began rounding introducing me to Clara up Jews and deporting them to VFaldes Hernandez, an excellent concentration camps. Although educator who focuses on Mexican Bosques initially fled, he returned culture and history, rather than to establish the Mexican consulate grammar and phraseology, in her in Marseille. He rented a castle and Spanish classes for her English- summer camp to house the speaking students. Without Linda refugees and claimed under and Clara, I would never have known international law that the property about this remarkable, unrenowned, constituted Mexican territory and and underappreciated Mexican. As a was therefore immune from Vichy governance and its policies. The homework assignment from Clara, Mexican government provided w e w e r e t o w a t c h t h e 2 0 1 0 shelter, food, medical treatment, documentary Visa al Paraíso. and even entertainment. Directed by Lillian Lieberman, a Mexican of Jewish descent, this Bosques began issuing expedited documentary tells the story of visas to Jews, leaders of the Bosques, a Mexican diplomat, who Austrian and French Resistance, saved approximately 40,000 Jews and Spaniards fleeing the fascist and Spaniards from execution by the Franco regime. He exceeded Third Reich and Francoist Spain by instructions given to him by Cárdenas, as any refugee who issuing them visas to Mexico. approached him would get a letter from the Mexican consulate saying Bosques was born on July 20, 1892, that he or she had a Mexican visa. in Chiautla de Tapia, Mexico, a mountain village in the state of Records are conflicting; some sources report that Bosques Puebla. He died on July 4, 1995, in Mexico City at 102 years of persuaded the Mexican government to send ships to the age. Bosques was very active politically; at 17, he fought in the French coast to transport refugees to Mexico, but at the time Mexican Revolution under the command of Aquiles Serdán (the Mexico had no ships and little revenue. Some refugees were first martyr/casualty of the Revolution), which began in sent to the French colonies in North Africa, mostly Casablanca, Puebla. He was a staunch promoter of public education, a and from there took French ships to the island of Martinique in major tenet of the Mexican Revolution. Prior to becoming a the Caribbean and then on to Mexico. career diplomat, he was a journalist and state legislator. In In 1943, German forces invaded and occupied the compound, 1938 he oversaw the Mexican government's newspaper, El arresting refuges awaiting departure to Mexico. Bosques and Nacional. his family, as well as 40 consular staff, were later arrested by the Gestapo and detained as prisoners in Germany for a year. Following the outbreak of WWII and the fall of the Spanish They were released after the new Mexican President Manuel republic in 1939, Bosques was appointed Mexico's Consul Ávila Camacho imprisoned German citizens in Mexico and General to Paris, France, by then President Lázaro Cárdenas. then arranged a prisoner swap, and Bosques returned to Bosques was originally mandated to protect Mexicans trapped Mexico. in Spain; as the Nazi onslaught became more apparent, his mission was expanded to save as many people as possible After the war, he served as the Mexican Ambassador to several countries, including Portugal, Finland, Sweden, and Cuba. fleeing the Nazi horror and the fall of Spain to the fascist His heroism was never recognized during his lifetime. dictator Francisco Franco Bahamondein (aka Franco) and Recognition began in 2003, when the City Hall of Vienna, grant them Mexican citizenship. Cárdenas supported the together with the Mexican Embassy and the Raoul Wallenberg Spanish republic against the supporters of Franco, who Foundation, dedicated a boulevard to Bosques. The included Hitler and Mussolini. On March 18, 1938, Cárdenas "Promenade Gilberto Bosques" was inaugurated on June 4, signed an order expropriating the assets of nearly all of the 2003, with Bosques' daughters, Laura and Maria Teresa, in foreign oil companies operating in Mexico, which were mostly attendance. In 2007 a photographic exhibition in his honor American. Being preoccupied with implementation of this was presented at the Jewish and Holocaust History Museum in order, among other complicated aspects of governance, the Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City; the exhibit traveled Cárdenas mostly left Bosques to his own devices to carry out to Xalapa, Veracruz, in 2008; in that same year, the Anti- Defamation League honored Bosques with its Courage to Care his government's wishes. Award. In Visa al Paraíso, Ms. Liberman interviews 16 people, among them his daughter, people whom Bosques saved, and The Eye 6 historians. 12 Exclusive Designer Homes Starting at 240 USD -24 hour security -HOA only 125 USD -Large swimming pool -BBQ area -Palapa Area -Shade and very pristine gardens -Gated and private entry -close to all stores and downtown Starting Pre-sale Pricing [email protected] Cel: 958 174 2212 Mexico's National Museum of Art By Brooke Gazer exico City has numerous museums and The most important element of this exhibit is that on galleries, so if you are passing through on your Christmas Day of 1783, King Charles III of Spain issued a way to the coast, why not stop to explore this “Royal Card” establishing the first school dedicated to training treasure-trove of art and culture? The centrally artists in the Americas.
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