PROGRAMME

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• Field trips will be led by specialists from The Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) whose mission is to develop solutions on how to reforest and restore areas degraded by gold mining.

• Workshops and lectures will be held at the Camino Verde reforestation centre by agroforestry experts, who are working on a creative regenerative design that supports communities to help build sustainable lives and catalyse sustainable development.

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• Time will be spent with the Ese’eja Native Community of Infierno, an Indigenous group in Peru whose ancestral homeland is located on the Tambopata River in the Madre de Dios region. Here artists will have the opportunity to exchange knowledge with community members and learn about their artisanal traditions, rituals and medicinal plants.​

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• At the end of the AIR, Artists offer the local community an opportunity to engage in their findings by planning and executing a public exhibition and/or Artist talk in the ACEER gallery in  Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Artists are also encouraged to participate in talks and workshops that are held during the residency.