Art To Transform

Give Art & Give Back is an initiative in honor of childhood created in 2019 by the Educambio Foundation & the artist Armando Mesías.

Together they discovered that art is a gift that can give new meaning to the history of communities and generously change their reality.

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Give Art & Give Back is a collective that recognizes the changes that are achieved through art and culture, and was formed to materialize the La Casa Azul de Siloé project, with funds obtained through a charity auction of works of art donated by Colombian artists with international careers

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WE BELIEVE, CREATE AND TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF COLOMBIA

We are Educambio, a sustainable social company that provides educational opportunities and tools for boys, girls and young people in vulnerable contexts in Colombia.

We believe in sustainable social transformation through education.

La Casa Azul

The Blue House of Siloé (LCAS) is a project that aims to strengthen transferable skills through art and play, of boys, girls and young people between 6 and 15 years old in Commune 20.

The project seeks to offer a safe space for the training of participants. The interest in promoting this initiative arises from a diagnosis that revealed the need to implement innovative education strategies through art and play for the boys and girls of Comuna 20, who have reduced opportunities for the use of free time. .

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Trajectory

In 2022, the execution of the pilot of La Casa Azul de Siloé began, where more than 70 hours of class have been taught, with the presence of 10 trainers.

The program has been very well received in the community, and to date more than 60 students and their families have participated. In addition to the classes that are regularly taught, a school reinforcement program has also been implemented.

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Introducing the Give Art and Give Back 2023 artists

Miguel Zúñiga
Give Art & Give Back
Esteban Ocampo
Give Art & Give Back
Armando Mesías
Give Art & Give Back
María José Karaman
Give Art & Give Back
Monika Herrán
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Pedro Covo
Give Art & Give Back
Miguel Böhmer
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Camila Barreto
Give Art & Give Back
Pedro Alcántara
Give Art & Give Back

This III version of the 2023 Auction wants to exalt a fact already proven by the collective, that music, painting, theater, dance and, in general, artistic manifestations, heal.

The Auction

100% of the funds raised by Give Art & Give Back and the free donations derived from the Auction will be used to maintain and finance the activities at 'La Casa Azul', whose annual operating cost is 35 million pesos. They are managed through Educcambio.

Expansion of days, training of trainers and continuation of the adaptation of spaces to increase the capacity of La Casa, are priorities of the group for La Casa Azul de Siloé.

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Help us transform the lives of thousands of boys and girls from Comuna 20 in Cali with your donation to La Casa Azul in Siloé

Armando Mesías

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