Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Art

Trinidad Olarte (Colombia) draws stories that have never been told before and that, by turning into books, become told. Her most recent work has been to illustrate La jugada del día by Ariadna Sánchez Hernández, a tale about how a love of baseball and dedication can change lives and leave an indelible legacy.

There is a superhero whose powers reside in the mind, the body and in an unbreakable spirit. With his white tunic, turban and an emerald with a K on his forhead, Kalimán was, and continues to be, an icon of Mexican and Latin American pop culture. Together with his associate Solín, he has been fighting evil since the 1960s, on radio and in bestselling comics. He also conquered cinemas in the 70s. Considered to be the first Mexican superhero, he showed us that there is no weapon more powerful than the mind, and that «whoever controls the mind, controls everything». Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera y Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix, co-screenwriters of Kalimán: El despertar.

Kevin Johansen and Liniers present Es nuestra forma de comunicarnos, which is based on the album Desde que te Madrid, recorded in the Spanish capital. This is an event that brings together two different languages ‒music and illustration‒ to make something new, with elements of humour, affinity and friendship. In conversation with Mariana H.

Ideas en Movimiento is a series of itinerant and community artistic workshops for children and teenagers from the peripheral areas of Queretaro. Games, cooperative dynamics and the Little Mobile School are the tools used to demonstrate how creativity can transform communities. The route will end at the Foro Cultural de Ideas, where participants will share their proposals, reminding us that ideas, once sown in community, flourish.

Ideas en Movimiento is a series of itinerant and community artistic workshops for children and teenagers from the peripheral areas of Queretaro. Games, cooperative dynamics and the Little Mobile School are the tools used to demonstrate how creativity can transform communities. The route will end at the Foro Cultural de Ideas, where participants will share their proposals, reminding us that ideas, once sown in community, flourish.

The Internet is full of viral videos of cats that jump when they see a cucumber. This strange fact is the starting point for The Cat and the Cucumber, the children’s book by Marisa Ebsworth, illustrated by the Queretaro artist, Sens. A story about the friendship between Pepe, a black cat, and Carlos, a cucumber, who become inseparable and have adventures together. At this workshop we will meet Pepe and Carlos, create our own imaginary characters, and put them onto paper with the help of Sens.

There is a superhero whose powers reside in the mind, the body and in an unbreakable spirit. With his white tunic, turban and an emerald with a K on his forhead, Kalimán was, and continues to be, an icon of Mexican and Latin American pop culture. Together with his associate Solín, he has been fighting evil since the 1960s, on radio and in bestselling comics. He also conquered cinemas in the 70s. Considered to be the first Mexican superhero, he showed us that there is no weapon more powerful than the mind, and that «whoever controls the mind, controls everything». Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera y Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix, co-screenwriters of Kalimán: El despertar.

Ideas en Movimiento is a series of itinerant and community artistic workshops for children and teenagers from the peripheral areas of Queretaro. Games, cooperative dynamics and the Little Mobile School are the tools used to demonstrate how creativity can transform communities. The route will end at the Foro Cultural de Ideas, where participants will share their proposals, reminding us that ideas, once sown in community, flourish.

What if music and illustration came together? Kevin Johansen sings and Liniers draws, until they mingle to create a concert in which the sings are illustrated and the drawings sing. A spontaneous, unpredictable show… or, in other words, chaotic good fun.

The Internet is full of viral videos of cats that jump when they see a cucumber. This strange fact is the starting point for The Cat and the Cucumber, the children’s book by Marisa Ebsworth, illustrated by the Queretaro artist, Sens. A story about the friendship between Pepe, a black cat, and Carlos, a cucumber, who become inseparable and have adventures together.

Hay Festival Constellations creates a space for intergenerational dialogue within the Mexican cultural scene, in fields such as literature, film, music, science and activism. At this event, Jis and Trino —major figures in the world of the Mexican comic— talk to Dos Diablos about how to maintain creative connections, drawing smiles while also sharpening their pencils for social and political criticism.