Fundación G&T
Fundación Gómez y Tamayo
El Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia
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Fundación G&T is a foundation based in El Retiro, Colombia working on arts & culture, heritage, community development.
Fundación G&T, legally the Fundación Gómez y Tamayo, is a Colombian foundation based in El Retiro, Antioquia, that promotes arts and crafts (artes y oficios) as tools for social, economic and cultural development. It runs the Centro Cultural Casa Amelia in El Retiro, organises international design residencies between Colombia and Mexico, supports Casa ENSŌ's participation in international design fairs, and collaborates on arts and crafts schools projects. It works with designers, artisans, institutions and communities, and is building a global network focused on capacity building and sustainability through arts and crafts.
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Residencias de diseño
Arts & Culture · Mexico, Colombia
International design residencies in which Colombian designers work with artisans from Aguascalientes, Mexico, on textile, ceramic, feather-work, wood and mineral techniques, with results exhibited in Mexico and Colombia.
Centro Cultural Casa Amelia
Heritage · Colombia
Cultural centre in the historic centre of El Retiro, Antioquia, with rooms on republican architecture and decorative objects, spaces for arts and cultural activities, and workshops on regional arts and crafts.
Escuelas de Artes y Oficios
Education · Colombia
Support for characterising arts and crafts schools projects in Antioquia and Colombia.
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Crafts Council, Design Week Mexico, Center ROG, Studio Rain, México Territorio Creativo, Fundación SURA, Casa ENSŌ, The Pollinationa Project
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