BE OPEN Art is happy to announce that Isabella González, Honduran artist, has been selected the Regional Artist of the month (August 2024) by the highest number of votes of BE OPEN Art online gallery visitors.
Isabella González, graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, has become the second of the three candidates to the Artist of the Region (Central America) alongside Raúl Cárcamo from El Salvador who was granted the majority of votes in July. Isabella’s artistic production is deeply grounded in the handmade. Her art pieces involve different layers of fabric embroidered as an intention to mend herself.
In 2024, BE OPEN Art continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists, whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities. The second stage of the second year of the programme run covers the countries of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The stage will traditionally last three months, and the regional winner for Central America will be selected out of the three monthly winners and awarded 500 euro at the end of September 2024.