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Friday 18 January 2019
Caribbean top-artists exhibit in Holland at ‘ARToMoNDo’.

NETHERLANDS — A special Ministers, press and rep-
exhibition, in the context of resentatives from all parts
‘Art & Culture Relay for Sint of the government will be
Maarten’, now goes to AR- invited for the private pre-
ToMoNDo in Deventer, The view on Thursday 21 Feb-
Netherlands. This exhibition ruary. Prime Minister of St.
is part of the ‘Art & Culture Maarten, Mrs. Leona Mar-
relay for the St. Maarten lin-Romeo, is officially visit-
section’, organized by ing the Netherlands during
Dutch Orange Company this period, and is prepared
BV. to give an opening speech
in Deventer, together with
After the presentation of her Minister Plenipotentiary.
some top artists from the This is to draw maximum at-
Caribbean parts of the tention to the ‘Art & Culture
Netherlands Estafette for St. Maarten’
in The Hague and the first and to this special exhibi-
exhibition in Delft in gallery tion. A positive contribution
‘Art at the Quay’, opened from the Overseas Territo-
by the Plenipotentiary min- ries, at the highest level...
ister of Sint Maarten, Mrs.
Dr. Jorien Wuite, it is now The exhibitors Sir Roland
Deventer’s turn. On King’s Company BV and Sticht- St. Maarten’ in Apeldoorn, the devastating hurricane Richardson, Tess Verheij,
Day 2018, Mr. Simon Boon, ing Oranjefeesten, started as an aid for the cultural Irma, the most disastrous Melvin Anderson, Bikkel and
chairman of Dutch Orange this ‘Art & Culture Relay for sector of St. Maarten, after hurricane in its history. Gustave Nouel are among
the most renowned and
Cultural Exchange be- / or internationally recog-
tween Islands nized artists of the Overseas
This beautiful Orange Territories. From Friday 22
campaign for the cultural February to 16 March 2019,
sector of St. Maarten can this exhibition in Deventer
count on support from vari- will be on show in gallery
ous authorities, from the / studio / shop ARToMoN-
Royal Association of Or- Do, Nieuwstraat 20, in the
ange Associations (KBOV) heart of Deventer. Open-
and from various other ing hours from Tuesday to
sponsors, including Royal Friday from 9 am to 4.30
Talens from Apeldoorn, pm. After this presentation,
who not only donated a lot this traveling exhibition will
of paint and painting ma- be on display in the ‘Grote
terials to St. Maarten, but Kerk’ of Apeldoorn.q
also spontaneously offered
to be ‘partner’ to organize
workshops in the Nether-
lands and St. Maarten. This
Orange project, together
with the Government of St.
Maarten, also wants to pro-
mote the relevance and
added value of cultural ex-
changes between parts of
the Kingdom, at all levels,
whereby Royal Talens can
be an ideal partner.