Author: Alicia Marván

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

As we step into our 10th anniversary season, we are launching the 3rd and final phase of our capital campaign! Our goal to raise $10,000 dollars between 2014-16, is now in its final year. These funds are being allocated to infrastructure improvements of the hacienda, as we work to retrofit Guapamacátaro Center for Art and…… Continue reading CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

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Fluid Bodies

Laguna del Fresno

During three weeks, artists explore their own relationships to vital resources such as land, fire, water, plants, food and communication, forging them into both established and imagined cultural representations. What began as a personal journey of curiosity gets translated into artwork that speaks of encounter, extraction, colonisation and settlement, resonating with local people’s relationship to the Guapamacátaro valley. The works embody an idyllic, almost over-simplified…… Continue reading Fluid Bodies

2016 GUEST CURATORS

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In 2016, we are deepening our investigation of space, place and community, dedicating the winter session to spatial design and the summer session to performance art, directed by guest curators in art and architecture. WINTER SESSION: January 8-31, 2016 FOCUS: Spatial Inquiry CURATED BY: Sameena Sitabkhan, Architect, LEED AP Using Guapamacátaro and its expanse as your lab, explore…… Continue reading 2016 GUEST CURATORS

Unplanned Interdependencies

The residencies we sponsor act as a catalyst for creativity, as well as new relationships between participants, the surrounding environment, and our community. The culminating exhibition from our winter residency session placed special emphasis in this process. By closely examining interactions between components of the Guapamacátaro ecosystem, the artists and researchers presented an array of works that transcended historical social…… Continue reading Unplanned Interdependencies

A SENSE OF SPACE: architecture for artmaking

Over the course of the next 3 years, we are commissioning three past architecture alumni to design and build two new art studios in our center.  Filling the need to create two additional studios at Guapamacátaro — one for two-dimensional works (architectural design, visual art and digital media), and another one for performing arts (dance,…… Continue reading A SENSE OF SPACE: architecture for artmaking

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