The project Creators IN RESIDENCE in high-schools proposes that resident creators conceive unpublished works of art specifically meant to be developed together with a group of secondary-education students. Creators intervene in high-schools as authors, developing their own work of art, and the transmission of art is achieved by means of participation, dialogue and direct contact with the artist and his work. Reflection and analysis are also key steps in the learning process, and they can be set and shared by means of blogs.
Thanks to this direct encounter between art and education, the aim of this project is tripled:
- Encouraging that students discover creation process of contemporary art from direct contact and on-going dialogue with a creator, so that they can think about art from their own experience.
- Promoting and generating situations and contexts stimulating innovation and artistic creativity.
- Favouring that high-schools actively become centres of culture, art and thought, a welcoming reception of creation and a venue for experimentation and artistic innovation.
The project “Creators IN RESIDENCE in high-schools” started in 2009-2010 with three artists in residence. In 2010-2011 there were five artists in residence, and in 2011-2012, three. The creation processes of all the editions can be explored in the web and in the blogs.
In November 2010, the foundation Suñol held a collective exhibition of the three residences of the first edition.
During May and April 2012 the Fabra & Coats Creation Factory will host the IN RESIDENCE exhibition, featuring work of artists produced at public high-schools in Barcelona. It will display eight pieces of work created during the first two years of the project and will also give a preview of the three creative processes taking place this year. You can find further information in the exhibit’s summary.
Creators IN RESIDENCE in high-schools 2009-2012
2009-2010
Daniel Chust Peters iN RESiDENCE at Institut Bernat Metge
Salvador Juanpere iN RESiDENCE at Institut Infanta Isabel d’Aragó
Lluís Sabadell Artiga (in collaboration with Ecosistema Urbano) iN RESiDENCE at Institut Collserola
2010-2011
Margarita Andreu iN RESiDENCE at Institut Vall d’Hebron
Mar Arza iN RESiDENCE at Institut Narcís Monturiol
Josep-Maria Balanyà iN RESiDENCE at Institut Joan Brossa
Robert Ferrer i Martorell iN RESiDENCE at Institut Francisco de Goya
Francesca Llopis iN RESiDENCE at Institut Fort Pius
2011-2012
Isabel Banal iN RESiDENCE at Institut Barcelona-Congrés
