Every Friday there the social creative morning takes place at Hòfi Kultural. This is organized by the Plataforma Kultural foundation. Everyone is welcome to come and crochet, knit, draw and paint from 10 am to 12 noon. The mornings are often crowded and there is a lot of exchange about what has been made, or what has happened on the island in the meantime. In this way, the morning has not only a creative but also a social function. 

When we were doing some maintenance on the palapa of Hòfi Kultural this week, we unexpectedly received a visit from one of the participants of the music activities. He told us that he finds the place of Hòfi Kultural so special, but actually knew little about the history and origin of the place. We told him about our work through the years and it inspired us to tell more about it in this blog. 

For several years now, a group of students from Scholengemeenschap Bonaire come to Hòfi Kultural every Monday morning to draw and paint. They work on canvases or in their own dummy book. Over the years, the students have gone through a nice development and last Monday June 8th they showed the results to their parents and acquaintances during an exhibition.

At the moment there is a message on Facebook about the photo book of artist Sherwin Pinto. The artist has recently lost the booklet. It contains photos of works of art that he made over the years. Next week, Sherwin Pinto's work can be seen in gallery Sobre Mesa.

Filmmaker Casimir Roosje made a portrait of people with disabilities who live on the BES islands. The film is about human rights and the importance of the UN Convention on Disability in which those rights are guaranteed and protected.

The elderly of Hòfi Kultural are going to perform music that has its origins in the time of slavery on Bonaire. They play a composition of rhythms and melodies that arose from working in the field, among other things. Protest songs and lamentations are also part of the repertoire. The musical instruments are made of mostly recycled materials: a mix of then and now. A number of young people have also been enthused by the music and will play along.

On Sunday 28 May a concert of Classical Music Board took place at Hòfi Kultural. The program consisted of all Bonairean artists in the pleasant atmosphere of Hòfi Kultural. The concert was sold out in a few days.

Fundashon Plataforma Kultural has received a letter from Public Entity Bonaire with a provisional grant subject to the approval of the island budget 2023 by the Island Council and the Minister of Interior and Kingdom Relations. Thank you for this.

On Wednesday 2 November, officials from the ministry of education, culture and science and the Public Entity Bonaire visited Hòfi Kultural. Together we discussed the project Cultuureducatie met Kwaliteit for which Fundashon Plataforma Kultural is the coordinator.