Absences in Spanish Colonial Discourse: Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara with:

Donato Ndongo is one of the reference African writers in the Spanish language, author of countless articles, lectures and stories as well as four novels. As a journalist, he was a delegate of the Efe Agency in Central Africa for a decade and has been a contributor to numerous media outlets. Likewise, he has carried out intense academic activity in various universities and research centers.
Juan Carlos Gimeno is a professor of anthropology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Linked to Saharan issues for more than 20 years, he has conducted fieldwork in Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba and Western Sahara.

Coordinated by: Mercedes Jabardo.

When identities are more than one but less than two. Dialogue on Afro-Europeanness:

Josefina Bueno Alonso is a philologist and politician. Professor at the University of Alicante, expert in African and Afro-European literatures.

Remei Sipi. Popularly known as Aunt Remei, is an early childhood educator, writer, editor, lecturer, theater director, researcher and Equatoguinean activist expert in gender and development, noted for her activism in the associative movement of Afro-descendant women and former president of the Federation of Guinean Associations of Catalonia.

Coordinated by: Mercedes Jabardo.

José Antonio Piqueras is a Professor of Contemporary History at Universitat Jaume I and director of the UNESCO Chair on Slavery and Afro-Descendance.

Lydia Delicado Moratalla is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Human Sciences and Education and Secretary of the Institute for Advanced Social Research I-COMMUNITAS at the Public University of Navarra.

Rita Bosaho was General Director for Equal Treatment and Ethnic-Racial Diversity of the Ministry of Equality of the Government of Spain between 2020-2023.

Cycle coordinated by Mercedes Jabardo.

Licensed in Philosophy and PhD in Social Anthropology, Mercedes is a professor at UMH where she coordinates the doctoral program in "Applied Anthropology in Crisis Contexts" and is also the director of the Official Master's program "New Trends in Social Anthropology. Risk Scenarios and Post-Development Strategies". She researches African immigration to Spain, especially from Senegal, migrations and multiculturalism, the analysis of the sub-Saharan diaspora from a gender perspective, the analysis of economic transformations through migration, development and development cooperation, and Black feminisms.

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Exploring the continuity of racial conflict in the Mediterranean. Race, gender, sexuality and violence(s) from the Spanish State with:

Lucia Mbomio is a journalist, writer and anti-racist activist. She is currently a reporter for TVE's program Aquí la tierra and collaborates with the online community for Afro-descendant women "Afroféminas".

Pastora Filigrana is a labor lawyer, trade unionist and feminist activist and advocate for the rights of the Romani people. She was the defender of the struggles of Moroccan women workers in the strawberry fields of Huelva in 2019.

Nogoye Mbati is a sociologist, French teacher, braider, hotel maid, housekeeper, founding member of the association of Senegalese women in Alicante… Nogoye Mbati's life has been made up of different intersections in countries such as Senegal, Spain, Germany and Switzerland.

Cycle coordinated by Mercedes Jabardo.

A graduate in Philosophy and a doctor in Social Anthropology, Mercedes is a professor at the UMH where she coordinates the doctoral program in "Applied Anthropology in Crisis Contexts" and is also the director of the Official Master's program "New Trends in Social Anthropology. Risk Scenarios and Post-development Strategies". She researches African immigration to Spain, especially from Senegal, migrations and multiculturalism, the analysis of the sub-Saharan diaspora from a gender perspective, the analysis of economic transformations through migration, development and development cooperation, and Black feminisms.

First MAV Debate of this third edition.

Following the model of the latest editions and betting on territorial balance, the first day will be held at the MACA. On this occasion, Juncal Caballero Guiral will present us with "Surrealist Women and Photography". At the event, we will have the presence of the president of MAV, Rosalía Torrent.

The Alicantino Institute of Culture Juan Gil-Albert held on September 27 at the MACA, the second panel within the "Legacies and Creation" conference, under the title "Contemporary Art. Visual Artists". Free admission until capacity is reached.

The precariousness and lack of resources of artists, especially older ones, and the safeguarding of their legacies is the main topic on this occasion. We will try to understand this problem firsthand through the contributions of artist, museum and gallery, and to learn about possible solutions given the widespread abandonment at the state level.

The panel will be composed of Eva Lootz, a visual artist who recently donated part of her work to the National Museum Reina Sofía Art Center; José de la Mano is a gallery owner who has been working for some years with the estates of national and international artists; and Raquel Gómez del Val, who is responsible for the Department of Artwork Registration at the National Reina Sofía Art Center Museum. They are exceptional guests who, through their testimonies, will give us the opportunity to learn about examples that will serve as reference and will surely prove to be inspiring.

Elena Asins and the artists of Centro de Cálculo. Conversations about a time and a context.

Tuesday, May 9 at 6:30 PM. MACA Auditorium

The mathematical method and geometric artists around Centro de Cálculo

Speakers: Capi Corrales and Aramis López

Wednesday, May 10 at 6:30 PM. MACA Auditorium

The Computing Center of the University of Madrid (1968-1973): Science, Art and Computational Creation. Book presentation by its authors Aramis López and Jaime Munárriz with José de la Mano

Thursday, May 11 at 6:30 PM. MACA Library

The artistic personality of Elena Asins

Speakers: Ignacio Gómez de Liaño and Aramis López

Produced by: Consorci de Museus de la Generalitat Valenciana

Organized by: MACA, Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante

Activity commemorating the Sempere Year and the Sorolla Year.

With the participation of artists Francisco Contreras Molina "El Niño de Elche" and Daniel Garcia Andújar.

Mestizajes Cycle. Dialogue between creators. Activity commemorating the Sempere Year and the Sorolla Year.

With the participation of artists Francisco Contreras Molina "El Niño de Elche" and Daniel Garcia Andújar.

Moderated by: Antonio Zardoya and coordinated by: Miquel González.

Free admission until capacity is reached.

Organized by: Instituto Juan Gil Albert in collaboration with MACA

Women artists' exhibitions under debate in three sessions organized by the Women in Visual Arts (MAV) association in Valencia, Castellón and Alicante

The Women in Visual Arts (MAV) association convenes 3 debate sessions, the first in Valencia, then in Castellón and the last in Alicante under the title "Rethinking exhibitions by women artists". Its objective is to share opinions and experiences of artists and professionals in the sector on the best way to make women artists' work public and achieve greater balance in the exhibition programming of museums and art centers.

The cycle will consist of three sessions and will feature prominent women artists, researchers and curators from the art world to open the debates: Amparo Carbonell, artist and curator, Alba Braza, cultural manager, Isabel Oliver, artist and Gema Del Rey Jordà, moderator, on October 25 at the Centre Cultural La Nau in Valencia; Assumpta Bassas, curator of artistic and educational projects, artist Julia Galán, MACVAC director Rosalía Torrent and Nerea Bella, moderator, on November 11 at the Llotja de Cànem in Castelló, and finally, Rosa Castells, conservator of MACA, Rocío de la Villa, curator, Paloma Navares, artist and Sofía Albero Verdú moderates the debate, on November 23 at MACA.

"Rethinking exhibitions by women artists" is the first edition of DebatsMAV, an initiative with a vocation for continuity that seeks to generate in our Community an open space for reflection accessible to citizens to promote equality and recognition of women's contributions to art history. The association has the support of the Vice-presidency and Ministry of Equality and Inclusive Policies (Generalitat Valenciana) for this first edition. Created in 2009, Women in Visual Arts has 95 members in the Valencian Community and 856 at the national level from various fields of the art world: artists, curators, researchers, cultural managers, educators, gallery owners, specialized journalists, publishers, designers, critics, collectors, architects, etc.

The association works as a non-profit entity and in a horizontal manner to achieve its main objective: to promote real and effective equality between women and men within the cultural sector and compliance with the Equality Law. To this end, it promotes collaborative work among its members, while defending from feminist activism our rights and common projects, supporting and making visible those initiatives that contribute to women being an active and empowered part in a democratic, equitable and diverse society.

Informational roundtable for caregivers, held on the occasion of International Alzheimer's Day which took place on September 21st.

Participants: Mª Luz Rodríguez, president of AFA Alicante, Araceli Sánchez, occupational therapist at AFA Alicante, José Diego Espadas, physiotherapist at AFA Alicante and Ester García Guixot, educator and mediator at MACA.