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What was first…. The egg or
Stirling Dickinson?
The pages of our magazine are full of art in any of its visual
forms. Of that art that has emerged continuously as spring
flowering for many years ... by incidence, appearance or by
the simple need to find artistic expression. And ... why in San
Miguel? It is a question that local and strangers ask ourselves.
How is it that we have reached this point when San Miguel is
well known internationally as a destination both touristic and
artistic?
We owe it mainly to Stirling Dickinson who arrived here in
1934 driving a 1929 Ford with his friend Heath Bowman on a
trip they called Mexican Odyssey and published in a book with
illustrations of Dickinson who already wanted to be a painter.
In 1938, Dickinson was appointed director of the University
School of Fine Arts (Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes) of
San Miguel de Allende and he made a wide promotion in U.S.A.
universities. This opened the door for many veterans of the war
to come with scholarships to study at the School of Fine Arts. A
generation was created that was called Beat with Neal Cassady,
Jack Kerouac, and many other notables, who extended the name
of San Miguel as an artistic cradle. San Miguel have emerged as a
melting pot from which generations of artists have grown, who
are enriched with new talents and with many ambitious minds
to express themselves In the various artistic disciplines. In this
pages, we will show those impulses in our monthly beats.
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