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The Paardenbaai Project extends our
people’s knowledge in an artistic way

According to Shailiny Tromp-Lee

THE revealing of the first horse out of the 8 horses achieve that. more attention to our people’s soul by displaying art
and culture in public spaces, investing in our environ-
that are part of the Paardenbaai public art piece created “This is why it is so important for us to fulfill our obli- ment, monuments and most importantly our com-
by local artist Osaira Muyale. gation of conserving and stimulating our culture and munities quality of life along with our norms, values
These horses will be placed in different strategic spots arts for the future generation.” and customs we can turn Aruba into a pleasant island
in our downtown area and will recount Paardenbaai’s She also mentioned that culture and arts are benefi- t olive on and visit.” Shailiny Tromp-Lee announced.
history to everyone. This history will show how im- cial since they contribute to the improvement of our
portant horse breeding was to Aruba in the 16th and island, making it more attractive by exposing authentic
17th century. parts of our history by using the creativity of our art-
ists. “Such projects give our artists an opportunity to
During the ceremony the first horse which is named express themselves because beautiful
Rosalinda was introduced to the public, Shailiny souls produce beautiful pieces”
Tromp-Lee, chief of the Investigation and Documenta- According to Tromp-
tion sector of the Department of Culture gave a short Lee.
speech emphasizing the importance of art pieces such
as the Paardenbaai art pieces. Only by dedi-
cating
According to Tromp-Lee the benefit of Art and Culture
is not always tangible and can’t always yield financial
benefits but it is still extremely important to invest in
art. To support her statement she presented three ben-
efits that directly relate to these types of investments
which is the case in the Paardenbaai Project.

“One of the most important benefits is the impact
that this has on the Aruban community’s develop-
ment process especially school kids’ development
process. Numerous studies show that kids can
learn a lot through art, for example it Works as a
cognitive stimulus, stimulates dimensional per-
spective, they learn about general history all while
learning more about the arts.” Shailiny Tromp-Lee
mentioned. She also added that this contributes to
parents raising more intelligent children.

Regarding the Paardenbaai Project Tromp-Lee
mentioned that it brings art closer to the public
while expanding their knowledge because it edu-
cates them on the beautiful history that Paarden-
baai has to offer.
This Public art piece should also make our com-
munity so both Young ones and adults to do more
research about this history so as to gain a better
understanding of what it means to us.

Another interesting point made by Shailiny Tromp-
Lee is the huge value of our cultural heritage and
our history to our community, because it tells them
more about what they were, where they were, who
they are and most importantly how we’ve devel-
oped to what we are today.
Consequently history shows people more about
where they need to be and what they can do to

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