We propose the 33rd Art Festival of the City of Porto Alegre

Nosotras Prononemos, the Permanent Assembly of Women Art Workers in Argentina, unites artists, curators, researchers, writers, gallery owners, and art workers who subscribe to and carry out a 37-point commitment to feminist practices. During the 33rd Art Festival, Nosotras Prononemos will carry out joint initiatives with artists from Porto Alegre. Three artists from Rio Grande do Sul were selected as the basis for this initiative: Claudia Paim, Heloisa Schneiders, and Maria Magliani. This selection initiated a process of identifying local artists and, thus, building bridges for future initiatives.

The commitment to feminist practices aims to raise awareness of the patriarchal and sexist behaviors that dominate the art world and regulate our positions. This commitment is primarily related to the historical exclusion and devaluation of women artists, but its proposals can be embraced by women, men, or any other non-normative identity. It is proposed as a guide for personal and institutional practices that we invite you to follow.

Since 2017, Nosotras Proponemos has been developing initiatives in museums, marches, institutions, and art competition regulations to address the radical lack of female representation in the Argentine art world, where female artists represent no more than 30%. This lack of representation is not limited to the Argentine art world: it extends internationally to the powerful centers of the United States and Europe, and is also found in Asia, Africa, and throughout Latin America, including Brazil.

Our activism is territorial when we develop actions in the art world and at the same time are linked to the transversal agenda of feminism, when we actively participate in the campaign for the legalization of abortion, in the fight against poverty, against femicide and violence against women, against the extractive policies of global capital, or when we actively call for an international women's strike on March 8, 2018 and 2019.

As members of the art world, we participate in a global movement of activism and develop initiatives that bring visibility to the extraordinary and silenced work of women artists. Nosotras Proponemos develops multiple initiatives (posters, museum interventions, banners, projections in urban spaces, and activism in the city) to make this erasure visible and launch policies that promote awareness of women's brilliant contributions to the art world.

During the 33rd Art Festival, Nosotras Prononemos will be carrying out joint initiatives with artists from Porto Alegre. Three artists from Rio Grande do Sul were selected as the basis for this initiative: Claudia Paim, Heloisa Schneiders, and Maria Magliani. This selection process began identifying local artists and, thus, building bridges for future initiatives.

All for all!

Schedule

July 1st, from 2pm to 10pm and from July 2nd to 5th, from 9am to 10pm.

Exhibition - Nosotras Proponemos: Argentine Artists In Action

Free Workshop, Lupicínio Rodrigues Municipal Cultural Center (Av. Erico Veríssimo, 307, Menino Deus)

Exhibition of flags and posters created by Nosotras Proponemos for the feminist marches and a selection of archival photos.

July 3, Wednesday, from 2 pm to 4 pm.

Flag creation workshop

Free Workshop, Lupicínio Rodrigues Municipal Cultural Center (Av. Erico Veríssimo, 307, Menino Deus)

Workshop for collective flag creation, which will be added to the exhibition. The group will work with painting on fabric to jointly and collaboratively develop slogans.

Produced by the Porto Alegre City Hall, Municipal Department of Culture, Visual Arts Coordination and Xico Stockinger Free Studio.

Cultural Support: PUCRS / Delfos – Documentation and Cultural Memory Space

Support: Algo Mais, Via Collor and Maison Forestier

Institutional Support: AAPIPA and MERCOSUR BIENNIAL