{"id":13096,"date":"2025-03-03T13:29:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casawabi.org\/?page_id=13096"},"modified":"2025-03-22T15:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T21:23:59","slug":"artists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/casawabi.org\/en\/artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CASA_WABI_AGOSTO_2018_0773-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Residency Program<\/strong><br \/>Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program exists to promote social development through the arts by facilitating mutually beneficial cultural exchanges between artists\u00a0<\/span>in any discipline <span>from all over the world and the people, ecology, and ethos of coastal Oaxaca. We host three to six artists at a time in five or six week sessions on the beach north of Puerto Escondido. Every one of our residents is required to find a meaningful way to connect in one of the communities around Casa Wabi through a reciprocal community project. Social connections and cultural cross-pollination are the focus, rather than the production of a specific body of work. We expect our residents<\/span><span> to plant seeds of inspiration here in Oaxaca and to spread what they take away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that our concept of community should expand to cross boundaries of every description; that exposure to the strengths of multiple specific intrinsic cultures is a universal recipe for individual growth; and that sharing different ways of thinking is a socially redeeming and sustainable way to strengthen society.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Learn More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#community\">The Community Project<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#basics\">Residency Award Basics<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#policies\">Key Policies<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#becoming\">Becoming a Resident<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#fas\">Facilities<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#dailylife\">Daily Life<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"#formerresidents\">Former Residents<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anouk-Kruithof-taller-de-pinatas-3-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anouk-Kruithof-taller-de-pinatas-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"community\"><strong>THE COMMUNITY PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of our residents are required to make a connection in one of the communities around Casa Wabi. (We define community very broadly\u2014in a way that covers, for example, everyone and everything from a specific local musician to the Pacific Ocean.) Every community project starts with a proposal\u2014which can be directly related to the artist&#8217;s work, but doesn&#8217;t have to be. These proposals serve as a starting point for initiating a process of match-making and refinement through conversation that ultimately produces an approved project.<\/p>\n<p>Over time we have learned to (largely) abjure projects that involve permanent installations of public art or the kind of expert-to-layperson workshops that are typical of public museums. Both of these modalities tend to produce single-directional, and therefore one-dimensional, experiences for everyone involved. Even with projects designed with student collaborators in mind, and we do many, we tend to privilege collaborations that produce coequal experiences and \u00a0relationship building over any material result. (Joint failure is a better group experience than a unitarily directed &#8220;success.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Our staff work with incoming residents to identify potential community collaborators and to ensure that every project is rooted in mutual interests and shared benefits. Most proposals end up being fine tuned or completely reworked to dovetail successfully with a specific community&#8217;s interests. The most successful projects are often those that stray furthest from original conception in the process of adapting to local conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Creative collaboration of this sort is not for everyone. It requires a lot of comfort with the uncertainties of relationship building. But with open minds, a generosity of spirit, and flexibility on all sides, we have a strong record of making successful projects and powerfully unlikely friendships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A Selection of Past Community Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In ten years our residents have completed over 300 projects in the fifteen coastal communities that surround Casa Wabi. This selection of past projects show some of the range and scope of what is possible working with local schools, individuals, performing arts ensembles, professional associations, and other affinity groups.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><i>Bestiario en chatino: plantas y animales de la Costa Chica de Oaxaca, M\u00e9xico<\/i><\/strong><br \/>Benjam\u00edn Torres and Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez<br \/>Ni\u00f1o Artillero Primary School, San Isidro Llano Grande<br \/>October\u2013November 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Mexican artists Claudia Fern\u00e1ndez and Benjam\u00edn Torres worked with students from Ni\u00f1o Artillero Primary School in San Isidro Llano Grande to compile, illustrate, and publish a bestiary of plants and animals from the region in Chatino. Neither artist had previous experience with the language. Spoken by about 45,000 people in Oaxaca, Chatino was, until the creation of a documentation project in 2003, an oral language with no written form. The <em>Bestiario<\/em> project was developed with the assistance of a committee of five parents, two teachers, and the school principal Prof. Ramiro Jim\u00e9nez, a native Chatino speaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The objective was to contribute to the ongoing revival of Chatino by integrating it into the imaginary of young Oaxacans. Therefore, the students used both Spanish and Chatino in their drawings. They ultimately produced a total of more than 100 drawings for use in their bestiary. The published book was given an official launch party and reading, attended by everyone involved in the project. The students, some of whose older relatives speak Chatino, but who themselevs do not, were presented with their author&#8217;s copies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6904-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Proyecto-Benjamin-Torres23-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Proyecto-Benjamin-Torres33-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Proyecto-Benjamin-Torres7-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6843-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6866-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6895-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6914-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_6904-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/murcielago80532_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2667-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Bestiario en chatino: plantas y animales de la Costa Chica de Oaxaca, M\u00e9xico<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Moon Race<\/strong><br \/>Samuel Boutruche<br \/>Emiliano Zapata High School, R\u00edo Grande<br \/>May \u2013\u00a0June 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boutruche and his collaborators from Emiliano Zapata High School created a 50m-long lunar surface race track on the beach at Roca Blanca, north of Casa Wabi. Using extensive research drawn from NASA surveys, the group mapped lunar features onto the beach at 1:1 scale, shaping the natural topography of the beach to simulate running across the surface of the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The uncanny transformation was a great success. Among other things, it rendered the beach, which those who grow up on the coast tend to take for granted, entirely new. Sand proved to be a remarkable material for the projection of dreams: easy to shape on a fairly grand scale, but also entirely fluid and impermanent as a building material.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And for a day, heaven and earth connected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1280-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0554-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/site.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plan.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0766-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0816-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0790-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1031-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0857-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0833-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0796-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0825-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0734-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0866-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1044-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/moonrace002m.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/moonrace003m.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1325-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1314-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1289-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1280-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_1268-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MG_0943-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/la-particion-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><video src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Samuel-Boutruche-resultado-taller-de-documental.mp4\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Moon-Race-Still-scaled.jpg\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><i>Mix-Tepec Dance<\/i><\/strong><br \/>NOHBORDS (Diego Mur and Mauricio Rico) and Marcelo Ruano<br \/>House of Culture, Rio Grande and Piedra del Pac\u00edfico<br \/>June 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Diego Mur and Mauricio Rico of NOHBORDS contemporary dance project collaborated with twenty dancers (young and old) from the Folkloric dance group of the House of Culture in Rio Grande. The idea was to exchange their expertise in contemporary dance with the local dancers&#8217; knowledge of traditional forms such as zapateo. Special emphasis was placed on sharing the details of their respective dance cultures, including warm-up and breathing techniques. They also experimented with blending their different approaches to movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The project took on a wonderful second life when Mur, Rico and fellow resident, Ecuadorean composer Marcelo Ruano, realized that they could combine their projects into something excitingly multi-disciplinary. Ruano came to Casa Wabi under the auspices of the music education organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iberorquestasjuveniles.org\/\">Iberoquestas Juveniles.<\/a> to work with Piedra del Pac\u00edfico, a local band, to develop new rights-free songs for their repertoire. Over eleven rehearsal sessions, Ruano performed improvisation exercises, composition, sound explorations and creation of sound environments for films or stories with the members of the band. (He also worked with music teachers in San Pedro Mixtepec to expand their pedagogy.) Piedra del Pac\u00edfico performed a number of new songs, including &#8220;Mix-Tepec&#8221; and &#8220;Trencito&#8221; at Casa Wabi and combined in a joint performance with the Folkloric dance group of the House of Culture of Rio Grande performing new choreography set to a third new song \u201dViva San Pedro Mixtepec.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Everyone involved benefited greatly from having to adapt their processes and expectations to the back-to-basics conditions that are a given on Oaxaca&#8217;s Costa Chica, where nature, as surely as any choreographer, establishes the conditions of creative expression\u2014especially where the body is involved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9077-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0064-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0079-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9637-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0218-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0731-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9550-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9552-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0328-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1716-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1730-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1705-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Audio | Video | Score<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trencito-Score-Cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trencito.mp3\">Listen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mix-Tepec-Score-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mix-tepec-Score.pdf\">Full Score<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Theater of Shadows<\/strong><br \/>Fabiola Torres and Daniel Monroy<br \/>Filomeno Mata Primary School in San Jos\u00e9 Manialtepec<br \/>October\u2013November 2020<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The objective was to create a shadow theater (an important antecedent in the invention of cinema) for Filomeno Mata Primary School in San Jos\u00e9 Manialtepec. The idea was to use the sun to project a series of changing scenes on a flat surface every day. The sun is not just the source of all life, it is also the original film projector. Here we hoped to use it to tell stories based on basic principles of optics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9854-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9054-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9050-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9150-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7192-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9872-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9858-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9857-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9864-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9854-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><i>Suspiros<\/i><\/strong><br \/>Felix Blume<br \/>Melchor Ocampo Elementary School, Zapotalito <br \/>February\u2013April 2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span><i>Suspiros (Sighs)<\/i> is an action that allowed children from the school of Zapotalito to make a call to the lagoon of the village. To do so, they sounded their clay ocarinas from a boat. As an answer, an aquatic installation\u2014made of other ocarinas\u2014sounded as the waves came through it, giving a voice to the water. This ephemeral dialogue is an invitation to listen to the lagoon and the ecological problems it faces. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>The short video is the result of a workshop during various weeks, in which the pupils were introduced to listening, to drawing, to environmental issues and the work with clay, allowing them to build their own ocarina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>With Aldo, \u00c1ngel, \u00c1ngel Adolfo, Araceli, Axel, Cristal, Emanuel, Jhony, Julian, Marisol, Teresita, Yahel, Zuritzy, the teacher Viviana Gil Ju\u00e1rez y and Edmanuel Ambrosio principal from Melchor Ocampo de Zapotalito Elementary School. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8597-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8597-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8966-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9047.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9047.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9065-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9065-1-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9101-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9101-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9124-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9124-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/713732687\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b><i>Saint Transvestite of the Coast<\/i><\/b><br \/>Rafaella Kennedy<br \/>Shaky Paz, Astrid Barranco, and M\u00edstica Olandra<br \/>October\u2013November 2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>The project was an immersion in the coastal territory of Oaxaca, where, from her trans, indigenous, and Brazilian experience, Kennedy built an approach to transgender people in the region. Using a process of active listening and conversation, she worked with each of her subjects to produce a direction for the images she would produce, reflecting their identifications and desires.The purpose was to create a sense of belonging through photography, starting from their stories and communities, while also expanding their knowledge of the trans movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>The trans community needs a positive social imaginary, which must be built. In the Americas Mexico has the second highest number of crimes against trans people. Brazil has the most; the United States the third most.) Society is being reconfigured. This statistic is one that demonstrates how wrenching the process can be. In her work, Kennedy builds a base of images and memories to help sustain her emerging community. Photography is her tool of choice for claiming trans people&#8217;s existence and presence, and for creating a set of standards of representation, gradually emerging from hiding in Puerto and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>Kennedy describes this activiation and recognition of the local trans community as one step in history along the road to establishing a legacy that transcends violence and projects trans lives into Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-05-at-14.36.15.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5598-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5594-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0161-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-05-at-14.36.15-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-05-at-14.36.15-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2011-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2011-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2404-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2404-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2281-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2281-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2336-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2336-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2694-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2694-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2531-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2531-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2800-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Travestis-brasilenas-generan-vida-todos-los-dias-Rafaela-Kennedy-2022-01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Travestis-brasilenas-generan-vida-todos-los-dias-Rafaela-Kennedy-2022-01-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><i>Recuerdos<\/i><\/strong><br \/>Jorge Mi\u00f1o<br \/>Felipe Cruz, Rolando Garc\u00eda, Ildefonso Arag\u00f3n, Judith Canseco, and Jos\u00e9 Ramirez Reyes<br \/>October\u2013November 2023<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span>After interviewing workers in the region about their jobs in informal conversations, Mi\u00f1o decided to make a film about them. The people profiled in <i>Tierra Adentro<\/i> are potter Felipe Cruz, metalworker Rolando Garc\u00eda, teacher Ildefonso Arag\u00f3n, chef Judith Canseco, and construction worker Jos\u00e9 Ramirez Reyes. Mi\u00f1o immersed himself in their stories, tocuching on work, family, and regional events.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20231102_112758-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20231102_112758-scaled.jpg\">Larger Image<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20231102_132257-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20231102_132257-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJaMtJzpPg8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20230714_101101-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p id=\"policies\"><strong>KEY POLICIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013Every resident is required to conceive and realize a project of engagement in one of the communities surrounding Puerto Escondido in the cause of cultural cross-pollination and global citizenship. (See The Community Project for more.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2013At the end of their stay, every resident is asked to leave a bit\u00e1cora (a record), a work of some kind, that reflects their experience at Casa Wabi.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Other than the community project and the bit\u00e1cora, we have no production requirements or any specific definition of what constitutes productivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Even as a creative retreat, Casa Wabi is a social program. Residents are expected to live in community.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Residents can access the garden and the architectural pavilions on the property, as well as the shops and gallery when open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Artistic collaborators and collectives are welcome, but we do not host any residents&#8217;s guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013All residency sessions are a fixed period, and residents must be able to attend the full session to which they have been invited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8062-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p id=\"basics\"><strong>RESIDENCY AWARD BASICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residency awards include the following support:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013Round trip air travel between Mexico City and Puerto Escondido<br \/>\u2013Private accommodation with en suite bathroom<br \/>\u2013Dedicated studio space with tables and running water<br \/>\u2013Three communal meals a day<br \/>\u2013Materials necessary for the realization of the community project, as agreed<br \/>\u2013Limited studio support<br \/>\u2013Laundry facilities<br \/>\u2013Limited WiFi<\/p>\n<p>Residents are responsible for:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013Transit to and from Mexico City<br \/>\u2013Materials for the production of their own work<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240826_124535-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20230714_101717-scaled.jpg\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p id=\"becoming\"><strong>BECOMING A RESIDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our residencies are mostly by invitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are always searching for artists whose excellence, interests, and values fit with those of Casa Wabi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small number of residencies each year are awarded through prizes, exchanges, and collaborations. Currently these include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three residencies awarded through an open call made in conjunction with <i>ArtReview<\/i> magazine (announced in the spring)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An annual residency awarded to a woman artist included in the ZONA MACO art fair in Mexico City <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">A residency awarded to the winner of the Venice Film Festival\u2019s <i><span>Luigi De Laurentiis\u201d Venice Award for a Debut Film<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li>A residency awarded to the director of the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum or Ikusmira Berriak winning film at the San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival<i>.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casa Wabi is a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p id=\"fas\"><strong>FACILITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Artists&#8217;s Bungalows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accommodations for residents consist of six individual, freestanding bungalows. Each bungalow has a king size bed, a couch, a desk, a fan, a private patio (with lounge chair and direct access to the beach), and a full bathroom with a closet, a safe, and a shower. (Soap, shampoo, and conditioner are provided.) There is power in the bungalows but no WiFi.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-294-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYODJI_0018-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-434-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-77-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-78-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-75-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYOIMG_0206-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-416-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists&#8217;s Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The studio spaces consist of six open air rooms with sinks that are designed for visual artists but can be used by anyone, and two more-enclosed studios with desks. Other spaces can be used by special arrangement as needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYODJI_0639-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Emanuel-Triste-2022_DSF8298-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYOIMG_7414-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2680-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5638-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-23-08-22-12-40-02-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2134-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9118-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4107-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2630-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9539-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4314-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8040-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_2257-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC02766-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0142-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0049-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1417-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0508-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-73-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYODJI_0574-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/TAD-CASA-0128.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WABI058.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5115-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9045-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0234-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20240314_092220-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4969-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1440-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4463-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p id=\"dailylife\"><strong>DAILY LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The experience here is strongly empirical. Nature predominates. The sublimity can seem unremitting and often becomes a spiritual trial of sorts. The local environment is a product of the interaction between the Pacific Ocean, coastal mountains, and the subtropical climate. It is lush and severe, beautiful and harsh. Casa Wabi itself is separated into two worlds by Tadao Ando\u2019s 312-meter-long wall\u2014beach and water on one side, cultivated coastal plain and desert garden on the other.<\/p>\n<p>Adapting to what the environment allows, most residents gradually find their balance between creative time and space, relationship building, and community engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/559A8172-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Setting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ando\u2019s wall parallels the Pacific one hundred meters inland: separating public space from private. The huge palapa at the center of this wall is the heart of Casa Wabi\u2019s sense of place. With its soaring interior proportions\u2014beach shack meets gothic church\u2014ever-spinning fans, and ample places to sit, talk, and eat, together or alone, it is a physical definition of community. The other living and working spaces radiate out on all sides. Everywhere, the sharp edges of thatch-topped concrete play geometry games with the sun\u2014casting morphing yellow triangles and shady purple polygons against slices of blue sky.<\/p>\n<p>The section of Pacific coastline where Casa Wabi sits is unprotected. There is no bay, just a beautiful strip of relatively private beach. Ours is not a surf beach. There is an undertow, the rip current can be strong, and the waves break hard on shore. Despite the proximity of an infinity of water, the feeling of the tenuousness of life in the desert is omnipresent. The prevailing shore breeze scours away at everything with fine sand, while offering a welcome respite from the heat. The continental shelf drops off abruptly just off shore here. The ocean goes quickly deep and cold. Whales make their annual commute close in to shore, watched by leatherback turtles that come to lay their eggs and an occasionally disoriented freshwater crocodile. Lines of brown pelicans hunt up and down the beach, skimming the break, falling elbows-first into the water.<\/p>\n<p>As long as the sun is above the horizon, the heat is unrelenting on the garden side. The 27-hectare (67 acre) garden was cultivated from scratch and features an incredible diversity of flora and fauna. Nearly all of which seem armored with some kind of spine or barb. Lizards race from sunbeam to sunbeam through the heat of the day. Trees like the pochote with its green trunk and dark coat of thorns and the low, radial-armed guayac\u00e1n with its tiny bright green leaves bristle with spiky intent. After dusk, ghost crabs dart between the surf and the safety of their burrows on the beach by the thousands. Choruses of frogs bark all night. And the ocean pounds away like a metronome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Main House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Life at Casa Wabi revolves around the common area in the large open air palapa at the center of the complex. It features a long refectory style table, a variety of lounge seating arrangements, a pingpong table, and access to the swimming pool and beach. Starlink WiFi is available in this area. Limited printing is also available on request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Edmund-Sumner-TAD-CASA-0043.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Edmund-Sumner-TAD-CASA-0043.jpeg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TAD-CASA-0053.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TAD-CASA-0053.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Yeni-Mao-IMG_2513-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Yeni-Mao-IMG_2513-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-402-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Casa-Wabi-%C2%A9-Sergio-Lopez-402-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pool-Ilan-Rabchinskey-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pool-Ilan-Rabchinskey-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0G6A3888-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0G6A3888-scaled.jpg\">Enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Meals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Head chef Emilia &#8220;Emi&#8221; Matus Ruiz and her team serve three communal meals a day on the big table in the main palapa. Breakfasts consist of fruit, home-made granola, yogurt, and a daily hot option made to order (e.g eggs, quesadillas). Lunches and dinners feature traditional Oaxacan cuisine, with occasional international flourishes. There are no facilities for separate meals. Limited accommodations for special dietary restrictions are possible by request.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, resident Patricio Tejedo worked with Emi and the entire kitchen staff (Rosibel Carmona Torres, Patricia Yareli Quintas, Perla Anah\u00ed Naranjo, and Zaira Jazm\u00edn Cort\u00e9sto) to publish a Casa Wabi cookbook, <i>Cocinando con Emi<\/i>. A complete PDF is linked below. The cookbook is available for sale at Casa Wabi in Mexico City and Oaxaca with procceds helping to fund Casa Wabi&#8217;s programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYODSC00930-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYODSC01187-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ARLETTEDELHOYODSC01062-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1323-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1409-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1073-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BE002510-364A-4F1C-B44F-7240CA141D0E_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0B9B630D-8677-4285-9ED2-972DFCFBE484_1_102_o.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Cover-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Cooking with Emi<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6.pdf\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Climate<\/strong><br \/>The period between November and April is hot, fairly dry, and clear. The rest of the year, May to October, is hot and wet.<\/p>\n<p>Temperature <br \/>The temperature varies little throughout the year, with highs in the 90s \u00b0F (30s \u00b0C), lows in the 70s \u00b0F (20s \u00b0C) and averages in the 80s \u00b0F (high 20s \u00b0C).<\/p>\n<p>Precipitation (days of rain\/month)<br \/>January: 1 \u00a0|\u00a0 February: 1 \u00a0|\u00a0 March: 1 \u00a0|\u00a0 April: 2 \u00a0|\u00a0 May: 7 \u00a0|\u00a0 June: 14 \u00a0|\u00a0 July: 14 \u00a0|\u00a0 August: 15 \u00a0|\u00a0 September: 15 \u00a0|\u00a0 October: 8 \u00a0|\u00a0 November: 1 \u00a0|\u00a0 December: 1<\/p>\n<p>Disease<br \/>Zika Virus and Dengue Fever are endemic to Oaxaca and prevalent in the rainy season. The use of insect repellent is highly recommended, and repellant is available in an on-site store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p id=\"formerresidents\"><strong>FORMER RESIDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"props\":{\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/CASA_WABI_AGOSTO_2018_0773-scaled.jpg\",\"image_height\":\"800\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"margin\":\"default\",\"text_align\":\"center\"}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><strong>Residency Program<\\\/strong><br \\\/>Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, M\\u00e9xico<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The program exists to promote social development through the arts by facilitating mutually beneficial cultural exchanges between artists\\u00a0<\\\/span>in any discipline <span>from all over the world and the people, ecology, and ethos of coastal Oaxaca. We host three to six artists at a time in five or six week sessions on the beach north of Puerto Escondido. Every one of our residents is required to find a meaningful way to connect in one of the communities around Casa Wabi through a reciprocal community project. Social connections and cultural cross-pollination are the focus, rather than the production of a specific body of work. We expect our residents<\\\/span><span> to plant seeds of inspiration here in Oaxaca and to spread what they take away.<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">We believe that our concept of community should expand to cross boundaries of every description; that exposure to the strengths of multiple specific intrinsic cultures is a universal recipe for individual growth; and that sharing different ways of thinking is a socially redeeming and sustainable way to strengthen society.<\\\/span><\\\/p>\",\"margin\":\"default\"}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>Learn More<\\\/p>\",\"margin\":\"default\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"The Community Project\",\"link\":\"#community\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Residency Award Basics\",\"link\":\"#basics\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Key Policies\",\"link\":\"#policies\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Becoming a Resident\",\"link\":\"#becoming\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Facilities\",\"link\":\"#fas\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Daily Life\",\"link\":\"#dailylife\"}},{\"type\":\"subnav_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Former Residents\",\"link\":\"#formerresidents\"}}],\"props\":{\"subnav_style\":\"tab\"}},{\"type\":\"image\",\"props\":{\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Anouk-Kruithof-taller-de-pinatas-3-scaled.jpg\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"link\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Anouk-Kruithof-taller-de-pinatas-3-scaled.jpg\",\"margin\":\"large\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":true}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p id=\\\"community\\\"><strong>THE COMMUNITY PROJECT<\\\/strong><\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>All of our residents are required to make a connection in one of the communities around Casa Wabi. (We define community very broadly\\u2014in a way that covers, for example, everyone and everything from a specific local musician to the Pacific Ocean.) Every community project starts with a proposal\\u2014which can be directly related to the artist's work, but doesn't have to be. These proposals serve as a starting point for initiating a process of match-making and refinement through conversation that ultimately produces an approved project.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>Over time we have learned to (largely) abjure projects that involve permanent installations of public art or the kind of expert-to-layperson workshops that are typical of public museums. Both of these modalities tend to produce single-directional, and therefore one-dimensional, experiences for everyone involved. Even with projects designed with student collaborators in mind, and we do many, we tend to privilege collaborations that produce coequal experiences and \\u00a0relationship building over any material result. (Joint failure is a better group experience than a unitarily directed \\\"success.\\\")<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>Our staff work with incoming residents to identify potential community collaborators and to ensure that every project is rooted in mutual interests and shared benefits. Most proposals end up being fine tuned or completely reworked to dovetail successfully with a specific community's interests. The most successful projects are often those that stray furthest from original conception in the process of adapting to local conditions.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>Creative collaboration of this sort is not for everyone. It requires a lot of comfort with the uncertainties of relationship building. 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The idea was to exchange their expertise in contemporary dance with the local dancers' knowledge of traditional forms such as zapateo. Special emphasis was placed on sharing the details of their respective dance cultures, including warm-up and breathing techniques. They also experimented with blending their different approaches to movement.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p style=\\\"padding-left: 40px;\\\">The project took on a wonderful second life when Mur, Rico and fellow resident, Ecuadorean composer Marcelo Ruano, realized that they could combine their projects into something excitingly multi-disciplinary. Ruano came to Casa Wabi under the auspices of the music education organization <a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/www.iberorquestasjuveniles.org\\\/\\\">Iberoquestas Juveniles.<\\\/a> to work with Piedra del Pac\\u00edfico, a local band, to develop new rights-free songs for their repertoire. 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The continental shelf drops off abruptly just off shore here. The ocean goes quickly deep and cold. Whales make their annual commute close in to shore, watched by leatherback turtles that come to lay their eggs and an occasionally disoriented freshwater crocodile. Lines of brown pelicans hunt up and down the beach, skimming the break, falling elbows-first into the water.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>As long as the sun is above the horizon, the heat is unrelenting on the garden side. The 27-hectare (67 acre) garden was cultivated from scratch and features an incredible diversity of flora and fauna. Nearly all of which seem armored with some kind of spine or barb. Lizards race from sunbeam to sunbeam through the heat of the day. Trees like the pochote with its green trunk and dark coat of thorns and the low, radial-armed guayac\\u00e1n with its tiny bright green leaves bristle with spiky intent. 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