Here, art emerges through experimentation — not instruction. Each session invites participants to test ideas, materials, and processes, transforming curiosity into form.
Whether it’s a single-day workshop or an ongoing lab, these experiences are about collaboration, learning through making, and embracing the unexpected.
There are no rigid outcomes — only moments where imagination and practice meet to open new paths in artistic creation
jaguar
The feline iconography of Chiribiquete is recurrent. It is evident that the figure of the jaguar evoked, for the earliest inhabitants of the continent, a force and a special meaning. Its ability to hunt on land, in the trees, and in the water established it as Lord...
Sacred Plants
The pictorial representations at Chiribiquete display a wide repertoire of sacred plants that were used as entheogens. This particular aspect constitutes a demonstration of the special and allegorical character of this place as a Center of Shamanic Thought, located in...
Counter
When I first encounter a problem, I tend to approach it very literally. As I go deeper, however, my certainties begin to fade. The word contra confused me. Of course I know it in everyday situations — “Es que usted lleva la contra en todo, ¿ah?” — but I could not...
El Arbol de Los Anhelos- Codex of Human Rigths
El Árbol de los Anhelos – Codex of Human Rights is a long-term visual project originally conceived as a series of thirty large-scale works, each dedicated to one article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It has evolved into an open system without a fixed...
Preamble
Humanity as MessageThe Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecraft share a single gesture: both ask what it means to be human when no one is watching. The Preamble begins with the recognition of human...
El Arbol de Los Anhelos- Códice de los Derechos Humanos
El Árbol de los Anhelos – Codex of Human Rights es un proyecto visual a largo plazo concebido originalmente como una serie de treinta obras de gran formato, cada una dedicada a un artículo de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos. El proyecto ha...
Loriana Espinel: Navigating Worlds Through Art
By Melissa Richardson Banks. September 2025 For Colombian-born, Houston-based artist Loriana Espinel, artistic expression is not confined to a single medium. Her work fluidly moves between photography, painting, film, and sculpture, each form becoming a vessel for...
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Entrevista de Radio. Paola Lopez
Interview: Chiribiquete (Dance of Gestures)Broadcast: Radio Nacional de Colombia – Colombia al Aire, VillavicencioJournalist: Paola LópezDate: July 13, 2023 Interview with Loriana Espinel on Radio Nacional de Colombia’s...
Cyanotypes Workshop
A 3-hour workshop exploring cyanotypes, one of the earliest photographic processes. Create unique blue “sun prints” using light-sensitive paper, natural objects, and sunlight. No experience needed , just curiosity and play.