Letras Latinas

Earlier this month, we dropped by the Cambridge Galleries to view "Elementary! Art from the Schools". How refreshing to view an entire room filled with pictures from a child's perspective. Braids that sit in mid air, stocky tree trunks with twigs, but no branches...The best part of all was finding our neice's piece on display. (YAY for her! Only age 6 and she's already had her first group show!)

Just across the street was another pleasant surprise. Letras Latinas: The Art of Typography, features new fonts from a variety of Latin American designers. I found my favourite, by Fátima Finizola, almost immediately. "Zabumba City " is made up of 26 landmarks (mainly architectural monuments) with each 'letter' perched ever so sweetly on top of a hill. When used to create words and sentences, the icons become an entire landscape of buildings. Very exciting indeed!