San Jose to Assert Itself as Cultural Center With Weekend Art Festival.

As is typical of the summer months in Costa Rica, the streets of San Jose will come alive this weekend with the IV Summer Festival Transitarte, which takes place from Friday the 13th through Sunday March 15. The festival is organized by the Municipality of San Jose with the goal of re-infusing the country’s capital with art and culture. The festival will take place over a series of venues and include literary readings, crafts, live concerts, visual and urban art, workshops and even a boxing championship.

Each year the festival presents a new theme. This year the event organizers went for an eco-friendly theme with the title “Por un San Jose Verde” (for a green San Jose). It is hoped that many artists will use this as an inspiration for their art by using eco-friendly materials or expressing environmentally friendly messages.

All the activities will be focused in the center of San Jose with urban themed art in the Parque Morazan in front of the Holiday Inn. The Jardin de Paz (next to Morazan in front of the Metallic School) will be dedicated to recreation and extreme sports, Parque España will present a literary theme with local libraries and story tellers. Finally, the Parque Nacional will present the Artisan Fair with art expositions, crafts for sale, as well as live music and presentations.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday the 13th, while the official inauguration will take place at 6 p.m. the same day with a concert by groups Metamorfosis and Son de Tiquizia in the Parque Morazan. Other artists that will perform in clued Mechas and Peregrino Gris.

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Filed under: Cultural Events on March 11th, 2009