shared studio exercises

on André Gravatá, Bel Falleiros e Renata Cruz

Dates: August 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2026
Mondays
Time: from 19h to 21h30
Duration: 4 meetings
Audience: general interested parties
Investment: R$ 400,00 + fees

Online course
Live, via video conferencing platform
Recorded classes available for a limited time only
Includes certificate at the end
For Libras interpreter, request by email cursos@mam.org.br with 7 business days' notice.

This course is based on the idea that art is transformed through the exchange of knowledge and active listening.

During the classes, in which the studio is adapted to the virtual environment, participants will learn about writers, artists, and thinkers whose perspectives on culture have been influenced by their life experiences. They will be invited to reflect together, critically, on the creative process as a dialogical practice. More than just aesthetic inspiration, these references will also support the implementation of practical studio exercises focused on experimentation and investigation with materials.

The concept of care will be transversal to all stages of the course, with the studio serving as a space for encounter and recognition of otherness.

Agenda

Class 1 - Who are we going to unlearn from? What needs to be undone?

• Unlearning in practice over time with Cecília Vicuña, Audre Lorde, Nêgo Bispo, Carolina Caycedo, and Paulus Berensohn.
• Exercises to loosen up and let go of our old ways of doing things: experiments in written and visual language.

Lesson 2 – Who pushes our limits?

• Poetic and temporal disobediences with Rita Segato, Hilda Hilst, Hilma af Klint, Agnes Martin, Jay de Feo and Mierle Laderman Ukeles.
• Exercises to loosen the hand through drawing, meditation, and writing.

Class 3 – Between tragedy and beauty, what will happen?

• Ways of existing and creating amidst enchantment and despair, with Wislawa Szymborska, Bill Traylor, Bispo do Rosário, and Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui. Crossing the desert with the words of Ailton Krenak and Davi Kopenawa.
• "Who has helped you move on when everything falls apart?": a writing exercise based on the prompts from the first part of the meeting.

Lesson 4 – Listening to the chatter of nature: everything speaksa

• Practices of embodied listening: listening to the world by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, listening to the cloak by Glicéria Tupinambá, listening to the landscape by Marisol de la Cadena.
• Deepening the relationship with the various forms of communication and of listening and speaking beyond words: exercises in questioning and perception in space.

André Gravatá

André Gravatá works in poetry and education. He is the author of works such as Conversation with nature, The game of reading the world, The carp's leap e Earth's birthdayThrough the Educ-ação collective, she investigated territories of knowledge in multiple countries, an experience that led to the publication. Around the world in 13 schoolsHe was awarded the Inventor Educator Prize by the Cidade Escola Aprendiz Association.

Bel Falleiros

Bel Falleiros develops practices in art and education. Her research encompasses painting, drawing, video, and site-specific interventions in institutions such as Pecos National Park, Burnside Farm Detroit, and the Santa Fe Art Institute. She participated in the Panorama of Brazilian Art at MAM-SP and held a retrospective at KinoSaito in New York. In addition to her own work, she collaborates on collective projects and teaches at the Dia:Beacon museum.

Renata Cruz

Renata Cruz dedicates herself to visual arts and teaching. She has exhibited in spaces such as Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo (Uruguay), Aomori Contemporary Art Center (Japan), and Casa Wabi (Mexico). Awarded the Cultura Inglesa Festival Prize, her work spans drawing, photography, video, installation, and editorial content.

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Photo: Clarabóia Imagem and Mano Penalva