In most of Guatemala City, frantic car horns and “banda” music blast from street corners and buses. In Paseo Cayala, visitors sip on hot chocolate and lattes while perusing storefronts.

From his studio in Paseo Cayalá, Guatemala City, González delivers individually tailored courses on academic realism where students first learn how to draw, which is considered the foundation of ...

The City of Cayalá, in the background, is a gleaming, planned city on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital. Guatemala Dispatch The development of Cayalá is utopian, serene and prizewinning.