The Story of the Art Show That Could!

By Mark Bradbury

Three years ago, in September of 2019, I was contacted by Tina Rettka, a Canadian expat living here who wanted to do an art show in Manta. Tina had a contact with a large orchid grower here in Ecuador, and she proposed that we have a joint show for art and orchids. I thought it was a great idea, so we decided to go ahead and plan an event.

I was living in a condominium building near Mall del Pacifico, the Pireos Building, and the owner, Jose Atiaga, was kind enough to tell us we could use the lobby and the pool area there to set up a show. We picked a date and started contacting artists that might want to take part. We had settled on a Friday and Saturday in the middle of October and started promoting the event. The response seemed good, and we were encouraged by the number of people saying that they would come!

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