<P> Minshall claims that mas--"living art that we make fresh every year"--is the truest artistic expression of Trinidad . "Our aesthetic is performance, the living now ." A major aim of his life's work has been to prove that mas can be "high" art, as capable of the sublime or the universal as any other artform . </P> <P> In addition to designing mas, Minshall has worked on a variety of performance projects . In 1985, he led Adoration of Hiroshima, a nuclear protest mas', in Washington, D.C. He helped design the opening awards ceremonies for the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1994 Football World Cup and the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics . He also collaborated with Jean Michel Jarre, once in 1990 on Paris la Defense, and again in 1995 on the Concert For Tolerance . Minshall's creations have also been on display and took place at the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 . He is also credited as the inventor of the Air dancer . </P> <Ul> <Li> Guggenheim Fellowship (1982) </Li> <Li> Chaconia Silver Medal (1987) </Li> <Li> Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa--from the University of the West Indies (1991) </Li> <Li> Prince Claus Award (2001) </Li> <Li> Republic Day Award (2005) </Li> <Li> Trinity Cross (1996) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Guggenheim Fellowship (1982) </Li>

Peter minshall from the land of the hummingbird