Eny Hernandez
MUSEO DE ARTE PUBLICO IN ANTIGUA
Promoting Equity in the Arts
In Antigua we worked intensively with local authorities, municipal governance, conservation commissions, cultural institutions, galleries, museums, organizations, associations, and artists in Antigua Guatemala. With a major deficit of representation of Contemporary and accessible Arts in the city, our focus was on creating a unified Public arts and culture sector, developing, promoting, and designing accessible to all offerings.
We engaged in cultural and social urban development projects within the upper municipal circles serving as an independent advisor orienting numerous budding initiatives to establish greater working alignment within the framework of a city that it is both the countries number one destination and a highly regulated Unesco World Heritage Site.
Collaborating Photographers Daniel Chauce and Manuel Morillo with Ema Hassell at the Fabrica Nueva photo by Nelo
We gained the prestigious endorsement of UNESCO Guatemala in 2018 and provided connection to other organizations to also establish and obtain UNESCO's backing support. We focused on fortifying alliance partners ships, increasing coordination between stakeholders, strengthening internal cultural infrastructure and systems in conjunction with the city's primary arts organizations, municipal authorities, the church, City Conservation boards and Commissions, activating large scale social and cultural change, and the strategic positioning of the City as a global destination.
In 2018 we formed the first group of national new media artists, aiding Antigua Viva the cities budding cultural events producers 2018- 20, introducing Paiz Foundation to the original idea in 2019, setting the stage for their work together with Unesco to host the cities first new media arts Light Festival 2024. Collaborating extensively with local and national artists, we organized and Produced two major Digitally reproduced fine arts exhibitions projected onto city walls ‘Arte Social” 2018, and “Aperture” a diverse portfolio of back and white portraits from the nations top photographers and national archives; was one of the only public exhibitions to take place in the world during the pandemic in 2020 which as such was effectively seen live in person by thousands.
We assisted in municipal urban planning, presenting and designing a housing plan for the homeless, and became the acting as the primary outdoor sculpture park advisor for the development of Parque Lineal Pensativo with founder Jean-Marc Vayssier Nim Palow.
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ADDITIONAL COLLABORATORS
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