Hugo Alfonso Lopez Chanchavac, the winner of Dieter Erhard’s (Art Center Seadrift) 12th Art In Concrete project in Guatemala, has finished his visit in Germany. He left quite an impressive work of art … Mascara Maya! It is made of concrete poured into a styrofoam form he carved for it. It weighs about 6,000 pounds.

While in Germany, he enjoyed visiting museums and several castles, including the Emperor Castle of Nürnberg.

Prior to Lopez Chanchavac’s visit, Gilbert Barrera from the Sculptors Dominion (large outdoor sculpture) from San Antonio came to Erlangen, Germany for my Dieter’s Dragonblood show opening. Barrera is studying in Carara, Italy’s premier site for fine marble.

Dieter’s next big personal project is designing a memorial artwalk for a 15th century monastery including three plazas with the themes … Easter, Passover and Christmas. Also being planned is a partner city exchange art project with Riverside, CA and Dieter’s home city of Erlangen in the spring of 2014.