Artists from Saba are currently in Curaçao for the Plein Air Festival 2019, a large art event with local and international participants that involves a lot of outdoor painting.
Heleen Cornet (seen in photo), Angelita Peterson and Mary Thielman are attending the art festival with the financial support of the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund Dutch Caribbean. Cornet has been showing and sharing her work on the spot at one of the several the Paint Outs. Thielman and Peterson are participating in several workshops with a sponsorship of the Saba Lions Club. The Saba delegation, which also includes Sally Wright, left for Curaçao last week and will return in a few days.