2015
The city of children
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín, 2015.
The city of children
February – November 2015
Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM)
Preschools across the city
Medellín, Colombia
The Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, in alliance with Bancolombia, and in coordination with social, educational and cultural institutions of Medellín, develops since 2008, the program La ciudad de los niños (The city of children), inspired by the ideas of the Italian psychopedagogue, Francesco Tonucci, to promote the autonomy and participation of children in the city. The program The city of children is a bet for the reconstruction of the social fabric in Medellín and for citizenship training through the arts. Its purposes are to make children owners of their own city; give them the floor to express and visibilize their stories, opinions and ideas; in addition to recognizing and experimenting with them the narrative forms of contemporary art. In this way, The City of Children is configured in five thematic cycles, with four phases each:
Observe: Identify elements of the environment or of their daily experiences.
Explore: Carry out appropriation experiences of different spaces in the city.
Experimentar: Manipulate different materials and techniques of art to promote their own languages, sometimes with invited artists.
Tell: Create narrative products and spread the voice of children.
In the framework of the project La ciudad de los niños, Color Amazonía gave 8 workshops throughout 2015 in 4 Kindergartens selected by the MAMM and located in the following areas of the city:
• Vereda La Verde, Corregimiento de San Antonio de Prado, Medellín.
• Vereda El Limonar 1, Corregimiento de San Antonio de Prado, Medellín.
• Barrio Caicedo, Medellín.
• Barrio Santo Domingo, Medellín.
Santo Domingo
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Courtesy of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, 2015.
Caicedo
La Verde
Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín, 2015.