Encouraging creativity and excellence, the Ivar Mendez International Foundation has supported art students through an art competition and exhibition for more than a decade. This year’s collection, Madre Tierra y Tecnología, was exhibited at the Casa de la Cultura in La Paz, Bolivia, from September 22 to October 10, 2016. The 2016 Awards Ceremony, held … Continue reading 2016 Art Contest & Exhibition
Portable dental unit
With the generous support from the Harrison Cooper Foundation, IMIF acquired a portable dental unit to support our dental program team and extend our reach to the most remote areas of the Andes. This portable dental unit features a compact and easy-to-clean console, an intuitive user interface, and a brushless autoclavable micromotor, designed with an … Continue reading Portable dental unit
Art project
For six weeks, in the spring of 2013, Joy Laking and her husband, Jim Wyatt returned to Bolivia to volunteer with the IMIF. Following a successful experience teaching art in the Aucapata area in 2012, this year’s goals were to spend a full month in Aucapata and a week and a half in La Paz … Continue reading Art project
Interning in Bolivia
We arrived in July, to La Paz, Bolivia to begin a 6 month internship with the Ivar Mendez International Foundation an internship program organized by the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. Three months in we are nicely settled, have traveled to the field a number of times … Continue reading Interning in Bolivia
Two Cultures
Dos Culturas – Un Mismo Espiritu, a photography exhibit by Dr. Ivar Mendez, opened on May 16th, 2014 at the Museo Costumbrista in La Paz, Bolivia. The photographs convey the intangible connection of two cultures and one same spirit, intertwining the dance of the Wakatokoris of Ilabaya in Bolivia and the Pow Wow of the … Continue reading Two Cultures
2014 Art Contest & Exhibition
The IMIF annual art contest and exhibition for students in all of the art schools in Bolivia was inaugurated at the Museo Tambo Quirquincho in La Paz, Bolivia. The quality of the submissions was excellent and the judging panel of six nationally and internationally renowned artists awarded eight prizes and three honorary mentions. The venue … Continue reading 2014 Art Contest & Exhibition
Art Contest & Exhibition 2013
The Ivar Mendez International Foundation Art Competition catalogue, themed Migration & Identity, is here! Young artists had an opportunity to submit their work for critique and have their work exposed at Museo Costumbrista in La Paz this past November. This catalogue offers a retrospective on the best artworks in this years competition. View/save the Migration … Continue reading Art Contest & Exhibition 2013