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CAES' Pantone of Buenos Aires Featured in Zona Imaginaria's Anthology

10/9/2017

 
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In August of 2015 CAES carried out its first international workshop promoting self-sustainable art processes. The program was implemented in partnership with Zona Imaginaria, a residency program that promotes social integration and community engagement in the barrio Villa Jardín (San Isidro area in northern Buenos Aires) that is led by its founder Lucrecia Urbano. 
After years of hosting artists and educators, Zona Imaginaria has now released a book. In it, CAES' first workshop 

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Our time in Zona allowed for remarkable situations. For example, sharing a mate with the students during the prelude to our first workshop and then extracting pigments from the same mate to make paint, served as a perfect example of the kind of work CAES aims to accomplish. 
Also valuable was the participation of Jorge, a local produce vendor on Blanco Encalada Ave. (three blocks from Zona Imaginaria) - Jorge saved us scraps such as onion skins and corn leaves, which made his store our most valuable source for fibers to make paper with. Making these sorts of relationships is an essential aspect of creating long-lasting and self-sustainable practices in art education, and it ignites the kind of community engagement we promote.

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