Tribute to the "Father of the Nation"
Antonio Martorell was one of the sketches of the design of the First Medal Betances, accompanying the president of the Ateneo, Joseph Milton Single Ramirez. (Supplied)Thursday, April 12, 2012
Olga Roman / First Time
It tells the biblical story that Moses recited to his people the Ten Commandments that Christians had to follow, Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, wrote to be followed by Puerto Ricans free.
It is for this reason that the Puerto Rican Athenaeum announces the future opening of the monument to Betances, a sculpture of about six feet, designed and developed by Joseph Caraveda and whose circular base is a glass mosaic designed by the renowned painter and sculptor Antonio Martorell . The piece will be placed in the gardens of the institution.
Martorell said the work is not culminated even "for reasons beyond our control" and "heavy rains". The artist shared with the analysis of "the ten commandments of the hero and their status today."
Other projects
Martorell was to present one of the sketches he made for the design of the First Medal Betances, Puerto Rican group delivered to Calle 13 , on Dec. 22.
The president of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, Dr. Jose Milton Single Ramirez, said that awarding the prize to the group, "we recognize that they are the most illustrious exponents of the cultural revolution and nominate them to be the spokesmen of the goods to our natural geographical space, Latin America and to the rest of the world. "
"The Ateneo partially intensify efforts to achieve the dream of Betances, who will be the Cultural Confederation of Spanish-speaking Caribbean, with Cuba, Dominican Republic and Venezuela," stated the president.
On the other hand, the secretary of the Athenaeum, Roberto Ramos Perea said that next year will be held at the First Conference of the National Identity Father, dedicated to the figure of Betances and "begin with the traditional festival of Puerto Rican Athenaeum Theatre" . As part-time, will be presented about eight theatrical productions on the figure of Betances, recitals of his poetry and dramatic readings of his stories. Also produce three audio books with the work of the hero.
In the press conference also discussed Dr. Felix Ojeda Reyes, professor and author of The banished from Paris: biography of Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, 1827-1898, and among the audience were the author Magali Garcia Ramis, the singer Danny Rivera and President of the College of Surgeons of Puerto Rico, Dr. Eduardo Ibarra.
