María Mercedes Barrera, executive director of the Sura Foundation in Colombia, highlighted the importance of connecting organizations, promoting artistic creation and strengthening cultural work in Latin America. The aim is to exchange knowledge and strengthen the workforce to energize the sector.
Selected initiatives will receive up to $100,000 each, for a total of $1.5 million. The visibility of organizations will be promoted and spaces will be created for the exchange of knowledge and individual and group empowerment.
Featured projects
- Root sound: Afrodiasporic musical residencies in Colombia and Panama.
- Network of Amazonian artistic residencies: Collaboration between Colombia and Peru.
- Poetic and political transmigrations: Museums in Colombia and Peru.
- Brief truths: Film festivals in Mexico and Colombia.
- Between rhythms: Cultural institutes in Brazil and Colombia.
- Vision and tradition: Foundations in Colombia and Mexico.
- Focus: the black image: Audiovisual projects in Colombia and Brazil.
- The Collection takes its name from a woman: Museums in Panama and Colombia.
- The work of monsters: Performing arts in Mexico and Peru.
- Female amplification: Musical projects in Colombia and Mexico.
- Horizons in your hands: Investments in comics in Colombia and Chile.
- Universes of voices: Community projects in Colombia and Brazil.
- Collaborative cinematographic meeting: Initiatives in Chile and Mexico.
- Earthquake trip: Artistic projects in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
- Keep an eye on Sancocho: Community cinema in Colombia and Peru.
The proposals were evaluated by 26 independent juries, considering impact, identity, innovation and trajectory. The process included requirements verification, technical evaluations and final presentations.
