Aruba's artist community pledged support to the upcoming Aruba Wine, Food & Art Festival held at the Wyndham Aruba Resort, Spa & Casino, May 19th to the 21st. The first annual festival organized by Director of Food & Beverage Franz Sydow will be hosted by the resort and the Aruba Trading Company. It also features a dinner party prepared by famous local chefs; an evening with the Aruba National Culinary Team, a trade show with over 30 European and American wineries in attendance, seminars, a jazz session, a rock concert dedicated to Freddy Mercury, a Champagne dinner party showcasing the culinary wizardry of celebrity chef Laurent Cantineaux, and a major art exhibit.
The local artist community recently visited the Wyndham Aruba Resort Spa & Casino to inspect the foyer and the new Palm Beach ballroom, where the exhibition will be held. The art pieces especially commissioned for the festival will go on display on the 19th, as the exhibition is inaugurated. The works will then remain in view and for sale, until they are auctioned. The public is invited to visit the Wyndham Aruba Resort Spa & Casino on Saturday May 21st, from 12 noon to 6 p.m., for a wine tasting and art exhibition combined with an Aruba Gastronomic Association happening, which promises to be a lot of fun.
Wine, Food & Art will be brought together to highlight the sophisticated and creative qualities of Aruba as a rich and diverse vacation destination. The festival, unfolding one weekemd before the Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival is already being advertised on line and is booking fast. In our pictures, some of the artists during a wine & cheese gathering at the Wyndham's Sirocco Lounge, with Franz Sydow: Lutti de L'isle, Mo Mohamed, Ciro Abath, Irene Peterson, Heleen Bongers, Maria Teresa Martinez Fernandez, Mariza Erasmus, Mr. Erasmus, Giolina Henriquez, Alfonso de Windt, Takai Mohamed, Roy Richardson, Eef van Staten, Osaira Muyale, Johan Stoppels, Gilbert Senchi, Patricia Michaud Senchi, and Maria Teresa Madariaga also representing Luis Benjumea. Belinda de Veer unable to attend the gathering - she just opened an art exhibit in Holland - also confirmed her participation.
