“The world will be saved by beauty.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The sanctuary was revealed to have several rows of stone, about 8 to 10 feet high. The pastor had the walls washed down and the sanctuary apse painted white, while leaving revealed rows of stone.
In a series of conversations, he and I spoke about having murals painted in the apse.
I had seen the work of a muralist on the natural health store of Padre Fausto in Santa Rosa which featured Padre Fausto and Berta Cáceres.
I finally was able to contact the artist, Alejandro Carbajal, and we brought him to Dulce Nombre to discuss the painting of the sanctuary. In the meantime, three persons I knew from St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Ames offered funding for the project – without me even asking them.
Alejandro began working on the murals in September 2020. Most of the work in the main sanctuary and in the two side chapels was completed in September 2021, though there was more work done in subsequent months.
Alejandro Carbajal has been involved with muralists in Latin America for several festivals, including several in Honduras municipalities. The new mayor of Dulce Nombre de Copán was interested in a festival to paint many walls in the town, mostly for the purpose of encouraging tourism. Subsequently, a festival was arranged for the last week of April and the first week of May this year.
More than fifty muralists descended on Dulce Nombre to bring bright colors and beauty to the streets. Some of the artists came for a week, many for two weeks, and a few stayed for three weeks.
The results are astounding, as the city now shines with brilliant colors.
I will write more about these murals in several more posts, together with my photos of some that have moved me.
I have an album of all the photos I am taking of the murals on flickr. You can access it here.
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| Alejandro Carbajal at the inauguration of the festival of murals |
I have an album of all the photos I am taking of the murals on flickr. You can access it here.
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