Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Arts & Culture

The cultural activities that arise from community ties feed back into a strengthening of these communities, creating a positive impact on their inhabitants and facilitating the work of creators and artists. At this event, we will find out about two artistic community projects from two countries, which can help to create a route map for initiatives that have such positive effects on our communities. With Reinaldo Mijares from 100% San Agustín (Venezuela) and Israel Nieves from La Otra Banda (Mexico).

Book fairs are important spaces for promoting books, but also for building relationships in the publishing industry, and meeting readers. Three Mexican publishers Daniel Flores, Mauricio Sánchez and Isabel Zapata, talk to Felipe Rosete about why they take part in the La Otra Feria initiative.

What happens when an intervention is made in a public space by an artist or an architect? How can interventions make use of and improve communal spaces for the enjoyment of citizens? We talk to three artists and architects whose work tends in this direction, and to whom we will talk about matters such as public space, accessibility, aesthetics and community. With the academic and thinker Ester Bautista Botello (Mexico) the Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas and Tamikuã Txihi (Brazilian artist of the Pataxó people), in conversation with Ángel Cárdenas, Manager of Urban Development, Water and Creative Economies of CAF.

Simultaneous interpretation from Portuguese to Spanish available

The cultural activities that arise from community ties feed back into a strengthening of these communities, creating a positive impact on their inhabitants and facilitating the work of creators and artists. At this event, we will find out about three artistic community projects from three countries, which can help to create a route map for initiatives that have such positive effects on our communities. Alejandra Claros, General Secretary of CAF, talks to Reinaldo Mijares from 100% San Agustín (Venezuela), Komunitas KAHE (Indonesia), and Israel Nieves from La Otra Banda (Mexico).

Simultaneous interpretation from Bahasa to Spanish available

Three contemporary artists from different latitudes talk about their work. With the photographer Inès Bouallou (Morocco), the artist Soukaina Joual, the theatre collective Story Zetu & Too Early for Birds (Kenya), and the artist, activist and presenter Guz Guevara (Mexico). In conversation with Ester Bautista Botello.

Simultaneous interpretation from English and French available

Ekaterina Álvarez was born in Moscow and lives in Prague. She is the publisher and author of her first children’s book, ¿Dónde está Arte?. In this entertaining work, the writer takes us on a trip through some of Mexico City’s main museums (from the Anthropological Museum, to the University Museum of Contemporary Art, via Chapultepec Castle and the Museum of Modern Art) in search of the Treasure of the Bones, together with little Otta and her dog Artemio. However, in the blink of an eye, Arte gets lost, and we go together with Otta to find him. In conversation with Kenya Acosta.