This summer, MACA hosts for the fourth consecutive year the Summer Scenic Campus – No More Boring Artists, an intensive laboratory of collective creation that combines contemporary art, critical thinking, and scenic practice.

For two weeks, young people between 15 and 30 years old will work alongside Cía Ambulantes Lab in a creative process inspired by Afro-descendant artist Kara Walker, especially her work "Burning Village".

Kara Walker is one of the most impactful voices in contemporary art today. Her work uses drawing, film, sculpture, and shadow theater to confront the history of slavery, structural racism, gender, symbolic violence, and power tensions. With an aesthetic that combines the beautiful and the grotesque, the poetic and the brutal, Walker dismantles official narratives and invites us to look at what many prefer to hide.

Inspired by these themes, the group will develop a collective scenic creation where the body will be the main vehicle to explore concepts such as memory, cultural heritage, injustice, and the need for reparation.

The campus will culminate with a final presentation open to the public on Saturday, July 19, as a result of the collaborative work among participants.

An immersive, political, and challenging artistic experience… to stop being spectators and start to burn.

This is a project by the scenic company Ambulantes Lab for MACA and with the support of the Culture Department of Alicante and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment (GVA).

Si fa sol la mi la re do la is the presentation of the results of a cycle carried out specifically for/with the students of the Rafael Rodríguez Albert Municipal Professional Music Conservatory of Mutxamel, in dialogue with the MACA, during the month of April 2023.

The theoretical-practical sessions pointed to a possible correlation between the concepts of emptiness and silence, specifically based on a reading of references that related different practices in the field of visual and live arts around these concepts.

From the reading and as a response to a series of group dynamics based on principles of condition, Si fa sol la mi la re do la emerges: a cassette with side A and side B that serves as a witness to the students' creations.

The cycle, taught by Leti Cano —independent curator and mediator— and Mar Reykjavik —visual artist and mediator—, was made possible thanks to Eva Coves Orts —professor of Creativity and Music at the Conservatory— and Aitor, Brais, Esther, Raquel, Llorenç, Celia, María, Joel, Darío, Paula, Martín, Maia and Sergio; the voices, bodies and silences that make up the Cassette and that appear in the fanzine that will both be presented on the 18th.

Registration is now open to participate in the 3rd edition of the NO MORE BORING ARTISTS scenic campus by Ambulantes Lab at MACA!!. If you are between 13 and 25 years old and have some artistic interest, for two weeks the museum will be our performing arts laboratory, where research, creation and rehearsal will allow us to participate in an interdisciplinary process with a work presentation on July 19th.

This year's theme revolves around the work and figure of Alicante artist COLEC-002.

From July 8th to 19th, Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 13:30. Attendance of at least 90% of the sessions will be mandatory.

ACTION/FICTION is an annual performing arts initiative aimed at young people between 15 and 30 years old. This initiative seeks to continue the success of "No more Boring Artists: Campus Escénico", an intensive summer program that has captured the attention of numerous young people, extending its creative spirit throughout the year.

The laboratory will offer a unique space for creation and experimentation, where participants will work on three quarterly performing arts creation projects. Each project will be inspired by the three wounds of Miguel Hernández and by the works of outstanding artists from the MACA collections and will culminate in a public presentation at the end of each quarter, allowing young people to share their creations in a professional and enriching environment.

EASDA (School of Art and Higher Design of Alicante) in collaboration with MACA presents, from March 1st to 8th, the exhibition: "I Don't Want to Be Cinderella".

The exhibition displays more than 50 pieces of "illustrated" footwear, created by second-year students of the Higher Degree Training Cycle in Illustration in the subject of graphic expression techniques.

Each student proposal: shoe, sneaker, boot, flip-flop… is a personal vision that expresses the different situations experienced in the family sphere or in the closest environment in relation to gender issues.

The objectives of the teaching project, curated by Alicia Rodríguez Boado and Mª Lucrecia Bernal Valencia are:

To demonstrate through the art of social action the rejection of stereotypes from fairy tales, which influence and condition us from childhood.

To promote the search for creative solutions that lead us towards gender equality.

Young artists are sought who want to create collectively.

If you are between 13 and 25 years old, join a creative experience that can transform you. In July, come to MACA and be part of OP Theater: Campus Escénico "Eusebio Sempere". For two weeks you will be part of a group of curious people like you, where you will experiment with various artistic disciplines and participate in a collective creation showcase in the museum itself. Our main methodology will be theater. Play, body, imagination and movement as fundamental pillars.

This project is part of the centennial celebration program of Eusebio Sempere's birth, so our inspiration will be the life and work of the artist.

The Campus will take place at MACA from July 10 to 21, 2023, Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 13:30. The educators and professionals from the theater company Ambulantes Lab Iván Jiménez and Juan Diego Cerdá will guide you each morning, although the voice will be yours.

Free activity with limited spots. SPOTS FILLED. WAITING LIST OPEN

Register by writing to ambulanteslab@gmail.com and don't forget to attach:

Full name

Address

Age

Previous experience in artistic projects, if you have any.

Why do I want to participate in OP Theater: Campus Escénico "Eusebio Sempere"?

10:30 Conference A Happy World

11:30 Presentation of the project "Do You Think What You Say?" by students from the 2nd Cycle of Advertising Graphics at EASDA

12:15 Round table "Possibilities of education and design for social change in matters of equality"

13:00 Jury decision of the Poster Design Contest organized by EASDA and awards ceremony

Break, scratch, laugh and fold to create… In this workshop participants will be able to create their own fanzine – poster through simple techniques and lots of creativity. To make this fanzine, drawing, writing, collage and, finally, packaging will be used to bring it to life.

Idea and execution: DaGuten. Escuela Gráfica de Barrio.

Break, scratch, laugh and fold to create... In this workshop participants will be able to create their own fanzine - poster through simple techniques and lots of creativity. To make this fanzine, drawing, writing, collage and, finally, packaging will be used to bring it to life.

Idea and execution: DaGuten. Escuela Gráfica de Barrio.

For an entire year and once a week, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec sent each other postcards reflecting data from their personal lives. Things like: "what music you like, how much time you spend alone and accompanied or what sounds surround you", became beautiful drawings made from their personal data.

All these postcards are collected in the book "Dear data" where we also find the guidelines and ideas that the two artists discovered during the experiment. In this "I, Artist" workshop we will learn about this project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, through the "visual diary" format, experiencing artistic expression through personal data.

Coordinated by Va de cuentos and María Maraña

In the workshop we will explore Asawa's sculptures, the wire weaving technique, drawing in the air, expanded drawing and the observation of nature as a source of inspiration.

Ruth Asawa (1926 -2013) was an American sculptor of Japanese origin and a devoted activist who tirelessly advocated for art education. Recognized worldwide for her biomorphic hanging sculptures, woven with steel cable, Asawa found in this artisanal technique what she was looking for: expanded drawing produced with three-dimensional materials. Another part of her sculptural work is inspired by the tradition of Japanese origami and paper work, and she also has works of a more linear character, more inspired by her drawings and with tree-like forms.

Coordinated by: Va de cuentos and María Maraña