socialmixxer ... presents
HAITI.revisited
+art +music +culture
+Wednesday October 19th, 2011
7:00PM - 11:00PM
+MARKET
120 Water Street - Boston
+music by
DJ BRUNO(utopiaboston)
kompa - zouk - boukan
+hosted by
herby f.(socialmixxer)
+featured artist
JEAN-CLAUDE SAINTE - JCS STUDIO
Haiti + Boston
Born in Haiti; Jean-Claude Sainte earned a degree in architecture before he immigrated to the United States in 1993, with the objective to further his education and to promote Haitian culture. Sainte began to paint since he was a child, demonstrated such profound passion for fine art at the age of seven, with the help from his father he attended the "Foyer D'es Arts Plastiques" one of the most prestigious art academies in Haiti. Later, Sainte became a member of Haiti's Academy of Fine Arts,( Academie D'es Beaus Art), where he specialized in portraits. Sainte has exhibited his work at the Mansfield Art Festival, Harvard Multi Cultural Art Festival, Boston Center for the Arts, Museum of Afro-American Arts in Roxbury and The Philadelphia Art Expo.
