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Key West Art and Historical Society and Suzanne Pereira, Curator of Education welcomed ninety-five sixth grade advanced reading students from Horace O’Bryant Middle School to the Custom House Museum on February 9th.
The students, accompanied by Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Samantha Peterson, Elizabeth Young, Executive Director of Florida Keys Council of the Arts, Denise Santiago, Vice Principal of HOB joined Nance Frank, guest curator of the Mario Sanchez exhibit titled “100 Years and Better Than Ever” for an informative tour of folk artist Mario Sanchez and his work.
“Mario Sanchez has been looked upon by curators and historians as the most important Cuban-American folk artist of the 20th Century,” said Nance Frank. His scenes record his impressions of daily life in Key West during the early 20th Century. His subjects are street vendors and 
shopkeepers peddling their wares, dancers and musicians, gossiping women and chicken thieves, mischievous children and cigar makers — all portrayed in bas-relief carvings, known as intaglios, painted with brilliant primary colors.
The group had an opportunity to view an exhibition of more than 70 original painted wood carvings by the late Key West folk artist Mario Sanchez. Some of the carvings come from private collections.
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