Since 1989, FIA has been a major event, but this year it’s bigger than ever. Hundreds of artists are participating. Venues are scattered across the Central Valley. And the 11-day schedule is so dense with activity that looking at the program too long will make you cross-eyed.
“Painting helps me with the existential feeling of being trapped between the ugliness and beauty of the world,” says Griffin-Zúñiga. “It’s the first time I’ve been able to put energy behind an artistic pursuit in a consistent way.”
When I first rented an apartment in Costa Rica, it was on a street in Alajuela about two blocks from Juan Santamaría Park. Since then, I have wanted to return for Juan Santamaría Day, a major patriotic event for Alajuelenses.
While Man Yu’s career has been brief, she has garnered an impressive reputation in her first decade as an artist, winning prizes and displaying her work in such distant places as Italy and Spain.
Epicentro offers conferences, music performances by both local and international musicians, and a music market. The conferences are mostly about the music industry and its potential in the country, but also provide artists with information about how to market their work.
