ESPRONCEDA Institute of Art & Culture
ESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture, powered by Lemongrass Communications S.L., was founded in 2013 to create an innovative platform for artistic and cultural research that could produce social impact and social change in society. Its mission is to provide a multidisciplinary environment for promoting international dialogue between artists, curators, critics, gallerists, collectors, culture managers, scientists, diplomats, academics across Europe and worldwide, allowing them to collaborate for the best cultural and social solutions.
The pillars of Espronceda philosophy are the interconnection between art, culture, science, and society aimed at the creation of new alliances, and to actively contribute to the implementation of the 2030 agenda. Our commitment and contribution to the art and cultural world are activated through the organization of art and cultural residencies, exhibitions, workshops, webinars, symposiums that embrace various contemporary themes in partnership with different local and European partners.
Our activities are divided as follows:
A department dedicated to the enhancement of new emerging talents thanks to the creation of Art Awards with various partners, such as Arte Laguna Prize (Venice, Italy), Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Brussels, Belgium), Swab Art Fair (Barcelona, Spain) and more. A Residence for emerging and recognized artists, allowing a period of research and production that ends with a final exhibition; in addition, we also offer a curatorial program for emerging curators, to allow young talents to deal with the best artistic practices.
A cultural program that provides the organization of round tables, symposium, and workshops on various social, political, economic issues in connection with the world of art and culture and open to a wider audience to give the opportunity also to the local communities to participate and get closer to the world of art and to contribute to the dissemination of important issues.
We also have a program on the collaboration with international projects in the field of education, social change, and sustainability in Europe and abroad, with the collaboration with the Terzo Paradiso projects by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Cittadellarte, and the International Peace project Kids-Guernica inspired by the work of Picasso.
Thanks to the IMMENSIVA project, another department is working on connecting art to new advanced technologies (VR, AR, AI…) to explore new future fields of innovation.
