Artists IN RESiDENCE

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Since 2009, Artists IN RESiDENCE has offered a shared workspace for artists, students, and teachers in public secondary schools.

Throughout the school year and within school hours, artists from diverse disciplines and generations develop an artistic project of their own—one that is simultaneously fully shared with a group of secondary education (ESO) students, from initial ideation and research to final realization and presentation. The process is supported by a team of teachers alongside a curatorial, coordination, and mediation team.

The project pursues a three-fold objective through this direct contact between art and education:

  • To enable young people to discover the processes of contemporary creation through constant contact and dialogue with an artist, encouraging them to reflect on art based on their own personal experience. 
  • To promote and generate situations and contexts that stimulate artistic and educational research and experimentation.
  • To actively foster schools as vibrant spaces for culture, art, and critical thinking.

 

Artists IN RESiDENCE is a program run by Institut de Cultura de Barcelona and the Consorci d'Educació de Barcelona, conceived in cooperation with Associació A Bao A Qu.

Since 2009, the A Bao A Qu team has curated 103 residencies, in which we have invited the following creators to take part in the programme:

Antoni Abad, Tau Luna Acosta, Matilde Amigo, Nora Ancarola i Marga Ximénez, Margarita Andreu, Martí Anson, Eduard Arbós, Mar Arza, L'Automàtica, Josep-Maria Balanyà, Isabel Banal, Consuelo Bautista, Erick Beltrán, Marta Bisbal, Luis Bisbe, Xavier Bobés, Constanza Brnčič, Luz Broto, Paula Bruna, Svantje Busshoff, Mariona Cañadas i Pedro Murúa, Alícia Casadesús i Antoni Clapés, Vicens Casassas, Tom Carr, Daniel Chust Peters, Helena Civit, Curro Claret, La Col, Edu Comelles, Raquel Cors i Carlota Grau, Patricia Dauder, Antònia Del Río, Sara de Ubieta, Anna Dot, Domènec, Pep Duran, Laia Estruch, Robert Ferrer i Martorell, Paulina Flores, Alba G.Corral, Marta Galán, Ana Garcia-Pineda, Eulàlia Garcia Valls, Toni Giró, Albert Gironès, Salvador Juanpere, Jordi Lafon, Marc Larré, Laura Llaneli, Biel Llinàs, Maria Llop i Vanesa Varela, Francesca Llopis, Lolo i Sosaku, Martí Madaula, Makea tu vida, Martina Manyà, Pato Mena, Toni Mira, Mariona Moncunill, Jordi Mitjà, Laia Moretó, Laia Noal, Pere Noguera, Marco Noris, Clara Nubiola, Nutcreatives, Bruno Ollé, Daniela Ortiz, Claudia Pagès, Alejandro Palacín, Perico Pastor, Josep Pedrals, Alberto Peral, Jaume Pitarch, Tanit Plana, Mònica Planes, Fernando Prats, Antonio R. Montesinos, Mònica Roselló, Milena Rossignoli, Cèlia Rovira i Pau Matas, Eulàlia Rovira, Marina Rubio, Lluís Sabadell Artiga, Mireia c. Saladrigues, Martí Sales, Xesca Salvà, Adrian Schindler, Sitesize, Mercè Soler, Pía Sommer, Montserrat Soto, Julia Spínola, Taller Estampa, Francesc Torres, Pep Vidal, Ivonne Villamil, Irena Visa and Martín Vitaliti.

This academic year 2025-2026, we are curating and coordinating the residences of seven creators: Arquea at Institut La Ribera (Montcada i Reixac), Joana Capella at Institut La Ferreira (Montcada i Reixac), Ludovica Carbotta at Institut Escola Trinitat Nova (Barcelona), Martí de la Malla at Institut XXVa Olimpiada (Barcelona), Àngels Margarit at Institut Narcís Monturiol (Barcelona), Gessamí Olesa at Institut Pere Lliscart (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat) and Núria Rion at Institut La Candelera (L’Ametlla de Mar).