Arquetopia

13/02/2026

Working with textiles and natural dyes is not just technique.
It is a way of engaging material histories shaped by extraction and ancestral knowledge.

At Arquetopia, material practice becomes critical research:
learning through making, situating color in its historical and political contexts.

10/02/2026

The Power of Protest is a two-week silkscreen printing program in Puebla, Mexico, focused on political posters and the visual language of resistance. Grounded in Mexico’s long histories of graphic activism, popular print traditions, and social movements, participants develop their own protest images through hands-on printing, critical discussions on art and power, and reflection on how images circulate in struggles for justice. The program connects material practice with anti-colonial perspectives, local histories, and contemporary forms of dissent, exploring how graphic art becomes a tool for visibility, solidarity, and collective resistance.

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09/02/2026

Arquetopia’s international programs in Puebla and Oaxaca (Mexico) and Cusco (Peru) combine critical research, mentoring, and material practice rooted in local knowledge and art histories. DM us for deadlines and programs info.

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07/02/2026

Here you go — clean, no explanation, just pressure:

Read.
Remember.
Reclaim.

09/01/2026

Anticolonial Futures.
A commitment in practice.

12/11/2025

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10/11/2025

“So what do we do with that knowledge? Where do we go from there? The point is not to dwell on horror, but to avoid repeating it. These are the kinds of questions I’m constantly asked in our residency programs at Arquetopia.”

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31/10/2025

🚀 My First Arquetopia Residency
Spring & Summer 2026 | Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽

Ready to start your artistic journey? 🎨
This 2-week international residency is for creators ages 20–25 who are beginning, rethinking, or defining their practice.

Think of it as a deep dive into art, context, and yourself — where museums meet the streets, and archives meet lived experience. You’ll explore how your work connects to power, history, and the world around you. 🌎

💭 Three creative paths: Gender · Landscape · Museums & Collections
🏛 Visits to museum collections
🧠 Mentorship, on-site classes, critical conversations, and studio time

Happening during spring + summer break, it’s your chance to experience an international residency in Mexico without putting school on pause.

Start where ideas, ethics, and creativity collide.
This is not just a program — it’s your first step into an artistic life.

📅 March – July 2026
📍 Puebla, Mexico
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03/10/2025

🚀✨ Something new is orbiting… ✨🚀

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Arquetopia Satellite Alumni Network 🌎🌌
A constellation of artists, ideas, and collaborations beyond borders. 💫

From Puebla 🇲🇽 Oaxaca 🇲🇽 and Cusco 🇵🇪 — and far beyond — our alumni community keeps expanding. 🌍 Now, it will become a network in orbit, connecting voices, practices, and visions across time zones and continents. 🛰️

🌟 Reconnect.
🌟 Collaborate.
🌟 Grow together.

The Satellite Alumni Network is where Arquetopia’s community of artists continues to shine. Are you ready to join the orbit? ✨

06/09/2025

✨ Visitas Guiadas en “De lo Bello a lo Invisible” ✨

En esta exposición de Francisco Guevara, curada por Emmanuel Ortega, el arte abre un espacio para repensar la responsabilidad histórica. Pero entre todas las piezas destaca el enigma de un espejo que conecta a Isabel I de Inglaterra con Moctezuma II de Tenochtitlán: un objeto que refleja cómo el poder, la visión y lo invisible se han entrelazado en nuestra historia global.

📍 Museo José Luis Bello y González, Puebla
📅 Del 15 de agosto 2025 al 18 de enero 2026

🔎 Fechas de visitas guiadas:
Septiembre – 12, 19 y 26
Octubre – 3, 10, 17, 24 y 31
Noviembre – 7, 14 y 21
Diciembre – 12, 19 y 26
Enero – 9 y 16

⏰ Horarios variables (12:00 pm o 4:00 pm, revisa la cartelera).
👥 Máximo 15 participantes por visita.
🎟 Entrada libre a la exposición.

✉️ Registro: [email protected]

27/08/2025

✨ Under the Opacity of the Reflection ✨

📅 Friday, September 12, 2025
🕛 12:00 pm CT
💻 Via Zoom

Suzanne Césaire imagines being free as a hidden, subterranean force—an abyss from which new ways of being can emerge. From this vision arises Sousrealism, rooted in the under-commons: a poetic and political sensibility born from marginalized depths. This resonates with Édouard Glissant’s “right to opacity”—the refusal to be simplified for dominant powers, and the affirmation of complexity, irreducibility, and autonomy. 🌊🌌

At a time of rising nationalism and division, this virtual master class invites the Arquetopia Alumni Community to nurture solidarity through art. Organized by Arquetopia’s new initiative VAACA, Francisco Guevara will explore reciprocal learning, situated practices, and engagement with non-dominant forms of knowledge. 🌱🤝

🆓 Exclusive for Arquetopia Alumni
📖 Includes 3 suggested readings
✉️ Free enrollment (mandatory) via email: [email protected]

⏳ Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025

Let’s come together to imagine how opacity, reflection, and poetic imagination can open spaces for belonging and reimagine the role of art in uncertain times. 🌍💫