Cuban artists find financial support online

Crowd funding arrives in Cuba STORY HIGHLIGHTS Havana (CNN) — Rafael Villares is a talented Cuban artist who appears to work effortlessly in mediums such as painting and sculpture. But for years, he has had an even more ambitious project in mind, one that seems like a fantasy from a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. “The idea would be to follow in the footsteps of the first explorers to Cuba and photograph the northern and southern coasts to create one panoramic image,” he said. Continue reading

Money for Cuba's young artists

Crowd funding arrives in Cuba STORY HIGHLIGHTS Havana (CNN) — Rafael Villares is a talented Cuban artist who appears to work effortlessly in mediums such as painting and sculpture. But for years, he has had an even more ambitious project in mind, one that seems like a fantasy from a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. Continue reading