Peruvian-style folk art used to celebrate life living in Fenland
A new project inspired by Peruvian-style folk art aims to celebrate life living in the Fens.Karen Avilez, who was born in Lima, Peru, moved to March in Cambridgeshire about two and a half years ago.She was inspired by the use of Peruvian Retablos to celebrate nature, culture and heritage and wanted to do the same in her town through a temporary community project, Fen Boxes.More than 60 people have taken part in the project which will be showcased at an exhibition on 29 and 30 March.
Retablos were initially used in Spain during the early Middle Ages, Ms Avilez told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.They were used by priests and colonists to help convert indigenous populations to Catholicism. The tradition reached Peru but continued even the country gained its independence from Spain as artists used the visual objects to preserve history and culture.
The project received funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and has been set up on Broad Street in March. "I thought it was a powerful visual element to celebrate nature, culture and heritage," Ms Avilez said. "I'm bringing these boxes to Fenland so people can make their own depicting the things important to them."She added: "They are all different to each other because they are unique. Artists make each of these boxes so they mean something different to each [person]."
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