- The cultural proposals were selected from more than 700 initiatives from 9 Latin American countries to be implemented between 2024 and 2025.
- Each project will receive up to USD $100,000, along with visibility and capacity building actions for the participating organizations.
Medellín, June 27, 2024. Considering the sustainability of cultural organizations, their artistic projects and the exchange of knowledge in the region, Fundación SURA in alliance with Latimpacto held the call for proposals Cultura Latinoamérica. After receiving more than 700 applications from cultural organizations in Mexico, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Chile and Uruguay, 15 projects proposed by 30 entities were selected.
Each of the selected initiatives will receive up to USD $100,000 for its execution, totaling nearly USD 1.5 million in investment. In addition, actions will be implemented to raise the visibility of the participating organizations, as well as spaces for knowledge exchange and group and individual strengthening.
The call, which sought proposals from two organizations from different countries to promote the exchange of knowledge, selected projects that not only stand out for their impact on specific communities, but also for fostering collaboration between territories to consolidate a dynamic network of cultural initiatives in the region.
"Enabling connections between organizations, promoting artistic creation and fostering cultural work in decent conditions are priority issues for this sector, which is a source of harmonious development in Latin America. Beyond the specific support to each of the projects, this call seeks the exchange of knowledge and the strengthening of networks to enhance the dynamics of the sector".
María Mercedes Barrera, Executive Director of Fundación SURA in Colombia.
The selected proposals were evaluated by 26 independent jurors, including artists, cultural managers, art entrepreneurs and academics such as Mónica Carrillo, Juan Pablo Socarrás, Carlos Honorato and Florencia Giulio. Among the evaluation criteria taken into account were: impact and coverage, identity, exchange of experiences, relevance, innovation and trajectory. The selection process included verification of compliance with the requirements, technical evaluation, assessment by the juries and the final presentation of the shortlisted projects.
"It has been a pleasure to participate as a jury in this edition of Cultura Latinoamérica, a much-needed initiative to boost the impact of cultural and creative industries in the region. It is worth highlighting the artistic quality of the projects presented, the professionalism of the proposals and the social impact on specific communities," said Florencia Giulio, founder of Pulso -a creative finance firm dedicated to mobilizing investment in the creative economy- and jury member of the call for proposals.
Selected projects:
- Sound Roots. Afrodiasporic residencies for musical creation: Fundación para el Desarrollo, Gestión y Difusión Cultural Llorona Records and Discos Pacífico (Colombia) and Fundación Bahía de Portobelo (Panama).
- Network of Amazonian Artistic Residencies: Fundación Viajelogía (Colombia) and Correlación Contemporánea (Peru).
- TRANS-MIGRACIONES poetics and politics of migrant bodies: Museo de Antioquia (Colombia) and Asociación Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI (Peru).
- Breves verdades: realidades poderosas, ciudades sostenibles: Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México A.C. and BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival (Colombia).
- Between rhythms: culture, communities, arts and knowledge: Instituto Pombas Urbanas (Brazil) and Corporación Cultural Nuestra Gente (Colombia).
- Vision and tradition: Fundación Gómez y Tamayo (Colombia) and Design Week Mexico.
- FOCO: the black image in the Afro-Latin audiovisual: Corporación Manos Visibles (Colombia) and Associação de Profissionais do Audiovisual Negro - APAN (Brazil).
- The collection has women's names: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá and Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (Colombia).
- La ópera de los monstruos: Stage of the Arts (Mexico) and Asociación Cultural Compañía Flotante (Peru).
- Feminine amplification. Memories sonideras, champetúas and sound system: Fundación La Comadre (Colombia) and Cooperativa Musas Sonideras (Mexico).
- Horizons between hands. Investing in comics in Colombia and Chile: Corporación Entreviñetas (Colombia) and Cooperativa Gráfica Chilena (Chile).
- Universos das vozes: Corporación Universo Centro (Colombia) and Voz das Comunidades (Brazil).
- Collaborative cinema meeting: Fundación Centro de Cine y Creación (Chile) and Estudio Mapache, Territorio y Derechos Humanos S.C. (Mexico).
- Travesías terremoto. Volume 2: oracles of the tropic: Panamerican Association for the Support of the Arts (Mexico) and Mella-Russo Foundation (Dominican Republic).
- Ojo al sancocho, chacchando sueños, community cinema in Latin America: Sueños Films (Colombia) and Chaski Comunicacion Audiovisual (Peru).
"With our project we want to achieve a recognition of the potential of comics in Latin America, start building a network of experiences and mechanisms that strengthen the circulation between artists, publishers, critics, disseminators and different comics professionals in the region," said Daniel Jimenez Quiroz of the selected project Horizontes Entre Manos. Investing in Comics in Colombia and Chile.
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About Fundación SURA:
Grupo SURA and its subsidiaries channel an important part of their social investment contributions through Fundación SURA, an entity created in 1971 in Colombia, and in 2017 in Mexico and Chile, with the purpose of contributing to the development of capacities and the welfare of communities in various Latin American countries. In addition to leading the Corporate Volunteering program, the Foundation focuses its management on three lines: Quality Education, Cultural Promotion and Citizenship and Democracy, according to the contexts and needs of the territories. Learn more on its website.
About Latimpacto:
Latimpacto is a network that brings together more than 200 impact funders that provide human, intellectual and financial capital in Latin America and the Caribbean. The organization's goal is to help maximize their impact through innovative knowledge, partnerships and collaborations aimed at effective capital mobilization.
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