ART GALLERIES
A path just west of La Lecheria
(the cheese factory) leads 400 meters uphill to the Sarah Dodwell
Watercolor Gallery, tel. 645-5047, where the local artist displays
her distinctive watercolors, which decorate the walls of many
local hotels. Admission is free. Much of Dodwell’s work
in now on display and for sale the Bromelia’s Gallery, 200
meters downhill. Near by, is Galerla Extasis displaying marvelously
creative works (see the Shopping section, below).
The Hummingbird Gallery (Galeria
Colibri), tel. 645-5030, is 100 meters below the entrance to the
Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. It features the photography
of Monteverde residents Michael and Patricia Fogden. Prints, slides,
T-shirts, and handicrafts from throughout Central America are
for sale. Feeders outside the gallery attract a wide variety of
hummingbirds.
And the Monteverde Studios of
the Arts displays works spanning the spectrum of the arts.
Much
of the information on our site as it relates to Costa Rica is:
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of Christopher P. Baker and Avalon Travel Publishing.
© 2004 Christopher P. Baker. All Rights Reserved.
Spanish Abroad, Inc. highly
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Handbooks Costa Rica. Click on the image to visit
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about the author.
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