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/// Art & Wellbeing /// February 2022 Visual artist, communicator and Master in cultural management. Catalina draws inspiration from her own emotions, nature and artistic expressions such as dance and literature to create organic paintings that express rhythms, cadences, movements and cycles. She explores concepts such as life, death and inner time in relation to universal organic time, and in contrast to the time of the contemporary world, dictated by mechanics and productivity. Each of her works is an invitation to create a connection with our organic essence, with the natural and universal rhythm of our body and mind. Her works have been exhibited in La Casa Centro Cultural de Medellín and in the exhibition hall of the Itagüí station of the Medellín Metro. She has also participated with some of her works in galleries such as Artrade.co and Espacio Cinco 33. Residency at El Boga The project "Mompox: the intimacy of forms", seeks to identify the rhythms, colours, movements and cycles of Mompox, through its nature, its human relations and its artistic and cultural manifestations. Contact www.cataarango.com Tel. 304 331 0653 cata@cataarango.com IG: cataarangop

/// Arte & Bienestar /// Febrero 2022 Artista visual, comunicadora y Magister en gestión cultural. Catalina se inspira en sus propias emociones, en la naturaleza y en expresiones artísticas como la danza y la literatura para crear pinturas orgánicas que expresan ritmos, cadencias, movimientos y ciclos. Indaga conceptos como la vida, la muerte y el tiempo interior en relación con el tiempo orgánico universal, y en contraposición al tiempo del mundo contemporáneo, dictado por lo mecánico y la productividad. Cada una de sus obras es una invitación a crear una conexión con nuestra esencia orgánica, con el ritmo natural y universal de nuestro cuerpo y nuestra mente.Sus obras han sido expuestas en La Casa Centro Cultural de Medellín y en la sala de exposiciones de la estación Itagüí del Metro de Medellín. Además de participar con algunas de sus obras en galerías como Artrade.co y Espacio Cinco 33. Residencia en El Boga El proyecto “Mompox: la intimidad de las formas”, busca identificar los ritmos, colores, movimientos y ciclos propios de Mompox, a través de su naturaleza, sus relaciones humanas y sus manifestaciones artísticas y culturales. Contacto www.cataarango.com Tel. 304 331 0653 cata@cataarango.com IG: cataarangop

We successfully completed our co-designer workshop. Read our coverage (in Spanish) here Lo Nuestro November 22-26 2022 , in person, Mompox, Bolívar, Colombia Click here to see the collection's catalog Interdiseño Mompox22
Limited spaces (8) Casa Taller El Boga and Ximena Rozo Design, with the support of the Colombian Ministry of Culture, held an on site co-creation workshop in Mompox from 22-26 November 2022 (with several online sessions in October-November). Colombian artisans in carpentry, forging, weaving and pottery worked with three designers with extensive international experience. This meeting of creatives and artisans resulted in a collection of utilitarian objects representative of the cultural richness of our territory with a contemporary projection and reach to national and international markets with the intention to expand economic opportunities to artisan communities. Program: Visits to the artisans' workshops and exchange of knowledge Design conceptualization* Prototype Generation* Ideation workshop* Prototype Development* Collection launch & Design exhibition in Mompox *The items marked with an asterisk took place before the in site encounter. About the designers Ximena Rozo / Colombia / USA https://www.ximenarozo.com/ Ximena is a textile designer from Universidad de Los Andes with a Masters in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, NY, certified in Design Thinking from Georgia Tech and MIT. Her design experience expands from aeronautical, digital and handmade design. Ximena holds 15 patents in aerospace design in the USA for her work on the Boeing 787. Ximena also has 25 years of experience working with the craft sector. Her international design studio, Ximena Rozo Design, highlights the value of tradition, wisdom and technical skill of the ancestral craft, which, in combination with contemporary design, allows handmade objects to enter national and international markets and, in this way, opens up an opportunity for economic development for Colombian artisans. Natalia Porter / Mexico / USA https://nataliaporter.com/ Natalia Porter is an industrial designer from UAM-X in Mexico, with a master's degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, and a master's degree in Visual Arts from CUNY, NY. She has 12 years of experience designing products for the home, which are industrially produced for a mass market in the United States. She also creates handmade objects, specializing in art, jewellery and ceramics. She teaches industrial design at San Francisco State University. Natalia's work has been featured in major international media (television and print) and has been reviewed by The New York Times on multiple occasions. Her work has been exhibited and sold internationally, including the design shops of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Japan, the Glasgow School of Art, the Queens Museum of Art, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca and the Museo Dolores Olmedo in Mexico. Petra Lilja / Sweden (Virtual) www.petralilja.com Petra Lilja is a Swedish Industrial Designer, Curator and Design Educator, with an MFA in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute, NY. Through her work, Lilja explores creative ways to address her deep concern for the environment. She has worked as a design teacher as well as director of the Design + Change programme at Linnaeus University in Sweden. Cost of participation Colombians: COP 1,800,000 in private room Foreigners: USA 600 in private room Included all co-creation sessions, breakfasts and lunch (2 meals per day), accommodation in private room (arriving on the 21st, departing on the 27th of November 2022). Two previous virtual sessions of maximum two hours each. Transportation to Mompox is not included. Organised by:

//Anthropologist //Intercultural Mediator May-December 2022 María Fernanda Márquez Miranda (Mafe), is an anthropologist from the Universidad Nacional, with roots in Mompox. Mafe has a passion for the gastronomy and traditional music of Mompox, to which she dedicated her thesis El Conjuro de lo Sabroso . In addition to her people skills, her social commitment and her executive capacity, Mafe has a great talent for photography and creative writing. In 2021, she received two grants from the Ministry of Culture (Programa Nacional de Estímulos y Jóvenes en Movimiento), to carry out two projects in Mompox entitled Laboratorio Creativo de Músicas y Danzas de Chandé de Tierra Firme and Cápsulas Viajeras de los Nadie. Mafe was already associated to El Boga from February to August 2021 and co-created with resident Silvana Kovalski the collective el.mafufo, a collective that seeks to "make more people fall in love with the gastronomy of Mompox and the cultural and environmental context that makes it possible". María Fernanda acted as liaison between the artistic residents of Boga and the community of Mompox. She helped residents to develop a rich cultural agenda for the community. Instagram: mar.fernanda_ Email: mfmarquez@unal.edu.co Blog: bit.ly/letraslentesycucharas

Conoce a los residentes del Boga Mompox y sus trabajos alrededor del arte, el alimento y la cocina. Contestaran preguntas como: ¿Qué los trajo a Mompox? ¿Qué han hecho durante su estadía en El Boga? ¿Cómo preservamos y transmitimos los saberes tradicionales? ¿Cuál es la relación de la política con la cocina? ¿Y la relación de música y cocina? Nuestro primer conversatorio “Conversaciones sobre la mesa” presentar tres investigadores y artistas, cuya práctica teje relaciones alrededor del arte, el alimento y la cocina.
Duración:
1 hora y 1:30 pm
Modera: Lina Ruiz, gestora cultural y promotora de la red Micelio Cultural Participan: · Silvana Kovalski, Residente · Cristian Torres, Residente · María Fernanda Márquez se asocia como residente extra-muros Silvana Kovalski Barrios, Bogotana, estudiante de antropología y arte de la Universidad de los Andes, cocinera empírica estudia la antropología de la alimentación y las cocinas.
María Fernanda Márquez Miranda, Bogotana de ascendencia momposina legado de su abuela, es antropóloga de la Universidad Nacional. Actualmente se encuentra residiendo en el callejón de Jolo Jolo (La Hoyo) en Mompox y desarrollando su tesis de grado sobre la Cocina tradicional momposina y la música de tamboras. Cristian Torres Holguín, nacido en Medellín, estudió comunicación audiovisual en el Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Se desempeñó inicialmente como fotógrafo y reportero de proyectos y procesos culturales en su ciudad. Su proyecto Cocinando memorias (aún) vivas busca el origen de ciertas recetas y su realización.

Aprende con Kelly Bermúdez a preparar este tradicional desayuno momposino El domingo 30 de mayo a las 9 am (hora Colombiana) vamos a cocinar en vivo y en directo con nuestra residente Silvana Kovalski y la maestra Kelly Bermúdez, el famoso desayuno momposino Cabezaegato. A pesar de su nombre es un plato vegetariano, e inclusive vegano, si excluyes el queso. Aquí están los ingredientes que debes tener a mano: plátano mafufo o cuatro filos ajo cebolla tomate vinagre (opcional) queso (opcional) Enlace https://zoom.us/j/91894922676

Courtesy: Culture Ministry Photo credits: Fausto Diaz Pasmiño The 46th National Artists' Salon was inaugurated in a circuit created along the Magdalena River basin, from its source in San Agustín to its mouth in the Colombian Caribbean. Download the biennale's Roadmap here (in Spanish)

//Artista visual //Octubre Foto: Clara Lacasse @carbsnproteins Alejandra Zamudio es una artista colombiana que vive entre Bogotá y Montreal. Obtuvo su diploma en artes visuales de la universidad de Concordia (2019) y desde entonces se ha dedicado al dibujo, a crear publicaciones independientes y a enseñar arte a niños. Su práctica artística parte de la necesidad y del placer de aprender a observar y a representar los movimientos del espíritu. Durante los últimos años, Zamudio ha jugado a representar el espíritu femenino en forma de casa. Explorar esta arquitectura, la ha llevado a  descubrir puertas desconocidas y a encontrarse con visitantes inesperados. Ha desarrollado así un mundo pictórico que le da lugar a los símbolos de los sueños ; a los cuentos y ángeles de su infancia; y a las distintas relaciones que componen su vida. Residencia El Boga Durante sus dos meses de residencia en El Boga, Zamudio seguirá trabajando alrededor de la figura de los  murciélagos/ ángeles,  el de las puertas/portales, y con el río. Su proyecto se centrará en crear una instalación textil y escultural que  pone en relación los tres símbolos mencionados anteriormente. Éste también será el momento propicio para intercambiar historias de visitaciones: tanto de ángeles como de murciélagos, con la comunidad local. Contacto @peluzator

//Visual artist //October Photo: Clara Lacasse @carbsnproteins Alejandra Zamudio is a Colombian artist who lives between Bogotá and Montreal. She earned her degree in visual arts from Concordia University (2019) and has since dedicated herself to drawing, creating independent publications, and teaching art to children. Her artistic practice is based on the need and pleasure of learning to observe and represent the movements of the spirit. For the past few years, Zamudio has sought to represent the feminine spirit in the form of a house. Exploring this architecture has led her to discover unknown doors and meet unexpected visitors. She has thus developed a pictorial world that gives rise to the symbols of dreams; to the stories and angels of her childhood; and to the different relationships that make up life. El Boga Residence During her two months of residency at El Boga, Zamudio will continue working around the figure of bats/angels, doors/portals, and the river. Her project will focus on creating a textile and sculptural installation that relates the three symbols mentioned above. This will also be a good time to exchange stories of visitations: both angels and bats, with the local community. Contact @peluzator

//Antropóloga/fotógrafa/feminista/bordadora //Mayo-Junio 2023
Amalia es antropóloga, fotógrafa, feminista y bordadora colombiana. Se considera radicalmente transdisciplinar y le interesan los cruces entre textiles, materialidades, historia oral y envejecimiento. Estudió Antropología en la Universidad de los Andes con opciones académicas en Creación Literaria; Género y Sexualidad; y Fotografía. Activista en contra de las violencias de género en universidades, tiene experiencia en redacción y edición de textos, construcción de imágenes y etnografía. Residencia El Boga: Mecer, mecer, mecer Durante su residencia, va a investigar y registrar la historia, hechura y vida de las mecedoras en Mompox. Quiere trabajar con artesanos detrás del oficio, así como encontrar y recrear historias que se esconden detrás de estas sillas… sus tiempos, usos y afectividades. Contacto Instagram: @amarilla.9

//Anthropologist/photographer/feminist/embroider //May-June 2023
Amalia is a Colombian anthropologist, photographer, feminist and embroiderer. She considers herself radically transdisciplinary and is interested in the intersections between textiles, materialities, oral history and ageing. She studied Anthropology at the Universidad de los Andes with academic options in Literary Creation; Gender and Sexuality; and Photography. Activist against gender violence in universities, she has experience in writing and editing texts, image construction and ethnography. El Boga Residency: Mecer, mecer, mecer (Rock, Rock, Rock) During her residency, she will research and record the history, making and life of rocking chairs in Mompox. He wants to work with the artisans behind the craft, as well as to find and recreate the stories behind these chairs... their times, uses and affections. Contact Instagram: @amarilla.9

// Psychologist, anthropologist and embroider //October-november 2024 //Scholarship for Art and Mental Health sponsored by Asteri Law Firm Ana María Roa Bocarejo is a psychologist, anthropologist and embroiderer. Throughout her career she has accompanied psychosocial processes of people who are victims of the Colombian armed conflict, using tools of artistic expression as a means to process pain symbolically. Embroidery has been a loving life learning process, which has become her practical refuge for several years. Currently, she is dedicated to exploring the textile world, creating learning spaces in which vulnerability can be accommodated from compassionate and mobilizing places. She has a particular interest in taking embroidery beyond the aesthetic, and mixing it with different formats.  El Boga Residence Remnants of momposino care During her residency, she will carry out textile mapping that will seek to capture the multiplicity of experiences of people who are dedicated to care work in Mompox. To do this, she will carry out workshops with a therapeutic approach with caregivers, encouraging dialogue and reflection on her profession through textiles. The spaces are designed to encourage artistic curiosity from enjoyment and collective containment. Contact @ _ana_rro