Pictorial exhibition on the Caral civilization in San Francisco Bay

In the city of Redwood City, California, the pictorial exhibition on the Caral civilization was held between February 16 and March 8, by the Peruvian artist Miroslava Lipovec, who lives in the San Bay Area. Francisco.

The exhibition was closed on March 7 by our consul general in San Francisco, who was awarded recognition by the State of California for the exhibition about Caral, the dissemination of the arts, the contribution to mutual respect and diversity in the State where the iconic Golden Gate is located.

The consul highlighted the artistic value of Lipovec's work which, based on the important discoveries about the Caral civilization, evokes the five thousand year old cultural wealth of the central Peruvian coast, developed in a geographical area between the sea and the mountains. desert dunes.

Furthermore, he highlighted Caral as the oldest city in America, contemporary with the other great civilizations of the ancient world such as Egypt, Mesopotamia or China, with the big difference of having developed in complete isolation.

The director of the Latino Art Association “Casa Circulo Latino”, Verónica Escámez, as well as authorities, artists, cultural managers and residents of the San Francisco Bay Area were present at the closing ceremony.

It should be noted that the city of Redwood City, located in Silicon Valley, is an area that brings together the public's interest in various cultural expressions of Latin American and pre-Hispanic origin, which is why it represents an important space for the cultural promotion of Peru.