Experiencias que aportan

This past June, two exciting events helped to get the recent graduates of ProyectArte’s 2010-11 Scholarship Program thinking about the next stage of their artistic careers.

The first of these two events, the opening of “Discontinuous” at ProyectArte’s Galería PRIMA, represents one of the future exhibition opportunities available to these promising young artists. An intervention in the gallery space proposed by acclaimed artist and ProyectArte faculty member Ernesto Ballesteros, the show took the concept of a clothing bazaar as its starting point, and the emerging artists who participated built their contributions around forms and images imspired by play and the senses.

Soon after this opening in Galería PRIMA, ProyectArte visited artist Marcos López’s exhibition “Tierra en Trance” at the YPF Foundation. During the visit, we spoke with the curator of the space, Fernando Fariña, and the students were able to gain not just a deeper perspective on the symbolic and visual aspects of the show itself but also a window into the curatorial process, including Fariña’s approach to choosing artwork in light of installation constraints and the nature of the exhibition space.

Having completed their year and a half of classes, the 18 young artists of the 2010-11 class are heading out into the world as emerging artists. As they enter this new phase of their artistic lives, ProyectArte will continue to provide them with the tools, work and exhibition spaces, and learning opportunities to succeed.