Projects
“Utopia is on the horizon. I walk two steps, she walks away two steps and the horizon moves ten steps further. So, forwhat does the utophy works? For that, it is useful for walking.”
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The projects, workshops, training and different activities that we carry out are committed to
creating a safe and enriching environment for all participants.
We adapt the content and duration of the projects according to the specific needs of each group through activities, workshops, trainings or long-term projects.
Our aim is to promote care for nature and use art as a powerful tool to inspire, educate and
mobilise people towards a more sustainable world, aware of the importance of caring for our natural environment.
At Merakinau we conceive, create and coordinate the following types of projects:
Art mediation projects:
Creating a safe space for exploring emotions and expressing ideas is a healing and transformative
experience that art gives us.
Community Art Projects:
The aim of these projects is to promote the active participation of a locality or community, to
visualise problems, to contribute the diversity of views and to strengthen identities through artistic
tools and the dialogue that nature gives us.
Projects to care for nature:
From sustainable techniques and materials and harmony and respect for the environment, we
generate awareness, reflection and action to learn from nature and take care of ourselves.
MIRADAS
"Miradas" was born out of the need to improve the quality of life of migrants who move from their places of origin.
The project generates a space for communication and expression with which to form a first root with the environment and the people, to establish expectations, to reorganise links, feelings and desires.
In the meetings there are no aesthetic pretensions or special emphasis on achieving any result, rather, it is a place of encounter, self-exploration and free artistic and emotional expression with expressive elements such as painting, collage, photography, audiovisuals and others.
5 ARTES 5 SENTIDOS: un encuentro para el cuidado y la integración del arte y la naturaleza
Training funded by the European Union within the Erasmus + programme, aimed at training young workers from European associations and organisations in the field of artistic mediation, with the aim of providing intervention tools based on art therapy, mediation and care for nature, to complement the action of the participating organisations in favour of the support and social inclusion of the most vulnerable groups and those at risk of exclusion, such as young migrants, refugees, women victims of violence, children and people deprived of their liberty.
"EVNOIA: Co-creating artistic spaces"
The Evnoia project (beautiful idea in Greek) is a collaborative project of Merakinau with other local entities such as Cruz Roja Torrent, Adsis Taleia, Adsis Hedra and Cepaim.
The action is aimed at training and educating workers of these entities in the field of artistic mediation with the objective of providing intervention tools based on art therapy that complement the action of the participating organisations in favour of the accompaniment and social inclusion of
the most vulnerable groups and those at risk of exclusion.
The aim of this action is to sow a small seed that contributes to building a better world, offering a dignified present in which care, accompaniment, inclusion, well-being and autonomy, equal opportunities, education on care and psychosocial health are the basis of a present for the most disadvantaged groups.
Workshops, training and other activities
At Merakinau, we believe that art and nature are a powerful combination that can have a positive impact on different communities.
Some of the activities carried out are:
Our workshops are designed with the needs and interests of each group in mind, with the aim of encouraging creative expression and connection with the natural environment.
WORKSHOPS
TRAINING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
ART SHOWS
