TUENTI URBAN ART ACADEMY 2017

Urvanity Projects has launched the TUENTI URBAN ART PROJECT initiative with the purpose of linking the professional circuit of contemporary art to the Fine Arts students of five universities and of exposing the creative universe of artists with a consolidated trajectory in the urban sphere. The project curated by Urvanity Projects was developed between October and December 2017.

The University of Barcelona (October 2-6), the University of Murcia (October 16-20), the University of Seville (November 6-10), the University of Zaragoza (November 20-24) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (December 11-15) have participated in the project.

A program of talks, debates and presentations with the participation of academics, researchers, artists, gallerists and other contemporary art professionals took place at each venue. Workshops were given by prestigious artists such as Dos Jotas, Belin, Lula Goce, Uriginal and Antonyo Marest. And artistic interventions were created in the different campus with murals by Enric Sant, Lula Goce, Antonyo Marest, Anna Taratiel and Pichi&Avo.

BARCELONA

Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona.

2-6 October 2017

Enric Sant.

Workshop “Urban Environment and Public Space” conducted by the artist Dos Jotas, with the students of the Master’s Degree in Urban Design: Art, City, Society.

Program of talks, debate and presentations on artistic practices developed in the urban context by Belén Palanco, journalist specialized in art; Seleka, artist and co-director of Delimbo Gallery; Carmen Andreu-Lara, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Seville; Arcadi Poch, researcher in urban creativity; and Juan Bautista Peiró, professor at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

MURCIA

Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Murcia.

16-20 October 2017

Lula Goce.

Workshop “Realism in Spray” conducted by artist Belin with students of Fine Arts.

Program of talks, debates and presentations by Goyo Villasevil, director of Swinton Gallery; Dos Jotas, artist and researcher; Óscar García, director of PAC – Contemporary Art Platform and independent curator; and Antonio Feliz, artist and illustrator.

SEVILLA

Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Seville.

6-10 November 2017

Antonyo Marest.

Workshop “Deepening in Intimacy from the Artistic Collaboration” conducted by the artist Lula Goce with the students of Fine Arts.

Program of talks, debates and presentations by Germán Pintos, artistic director of Mambo Gallery; Oscar García, director of PAC – Contemporary Art Platform and independent curator; Juan Bautista Peiró, professor at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of Valencia; Georg Zolchow, curator and researcher specializing in art and public space; and Roc Blackblock, artist.

TERUEL

Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Teruel Campus of the University of Zaragoza.

20-24 November 2017

Anna Taratiel.

Workshop “Glitch & urban art” conducted by the artist Uriginal with the students of the Degree of Fine Arts.

Program of talks, debates and presentations by Goyo Villasevil, director of Swinton Gallery; Sergio Beltrán, urban creative and coordinator of Festival Asalto; Marta Zulema, artist and researcher at the University of Barcelona; Roc Blackblock, artist; and Arcadi Poch, researcher in urban creativity.

VALENCIA

Faculty of Fine Arts San Carlos of the University of Valencia.

11-15 December 2017

PichiAvo.

Workshop “The Last Layer” conducted by artist Antonyo Marest with the students of Fine Arts.

Program of talks, debates and presentations by Belén Palanco, journalist specialized in art; Sergio García Bayón, gallerist and independent curator of contemporary art; Anna Dimitrova, cultural entrepreneur and curator; Georg Zolchow, curator and researcher specializing in art and public space; and Carlos Callizo, artist and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Murcia.