{"id":3952,"date":"2011-10-14T11:04:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/sacatar-celebrates-its-tenth-year\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:42:18","slug":"sacatar-celebrates-its-tenth-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/en\/sacatar-celebrates-its-tenth-year\/","title":{"rendered":"SACATAR CELEBRATES ITS TENTH YEAR!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-801d52009b8a11296869defef3e2e9d7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">This is not the history, but the story of Sacatar, told in a patchwork of memories and dreams, by me, Augusto Albuquerque and by our founders, our partners and the many artists who have come to Sacatar. This is Bahia. What I say may or may not be true, but it is the story as I tell it  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Augusto-10anos-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3141\" style=\"width:389px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Augusto-10anos-1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Augusto-10anos-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0e56ea4aa0f5c2a5b1d56117138d9330 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The original Sacatar is a place high in the Sierra Nevadas of California, the place where Mitch Loch and Taylor Van Horne began to dream of creating a residency program for artists of all disciplines and nationalities.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar-USA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3135\" style=\"width:772px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar-USA.jpg 908w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar-USA-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar-USA-768x203.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ed6f92bca7f54e44d88f68423820f291 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">First, they considered creating a residency there, at Sacatar in California\u2026<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar_North_-_California_IV.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3136\" style=\"width:389px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar_North_-_California_IV.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sacatar_North_-_California_IV-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47d57e24c15483cfee23ea8842ede3cf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u2026but they quickly realized that there were already a hundred or so residency programs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bca615fcd8f9dcec5f83e6d291dcbdcc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Taylor had a history in Brazil, dating back to when he was sixteen years old, living with a Brazilian family as an exchange student.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Natal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Natal.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Natal-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7cb515a52bab203083fac1cb31245ed2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><em>\u2018I had lived many years in the extraordinary culture of Bahia and felt that the generosity and fearlessness of the Baianos in assimilating all outside influences and making them their own was a lesson artists everywhere might learn to enrich their own cultures. The Baianos have this capacity to transform and reinvent their cultural heritage.\u2019 <\/em><br\/><strong>Taylor Van Horne<\/strong>, Founding Director Instituto Sacatar<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10bab1cc77eb8d2506bf19b9261cef1e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Mitch and Taylor researched and discovered that ten years ago there were no residency programs in Brazil, so they decided to create one there\u2026and specifically, in Bahia. However, they liked the strange name of the property in California\u2014a name that could be Sanskrit or Japanese or from almost any language on earth, a name that comes embedded with many suggestive Portuguese verbs: saca (to comprehend), cata (to search for), ata (to tie together)\u2014and so they kept the name \u2018Sacatar.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Pelourinho.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3139\" style=\"width:775px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Pelourinho.jpg 914w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Pelourinho-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Taylor-Pelourinho-768x282.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-777115fe24254aff0d376960701e5e8d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">But first, they had to find an adequate place in Bahia. The Island of Itaparica was always their first choice. Itaparica is close to Salvador, the colonial capitol of Brazil, but at the same time, a million miles away (forty minutes by boat) from the urban crush of the city, which now has more than three million inhabitants.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-664f82b6f49069b1b3868f4da140d3a5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Mitch Loch, with his broad experience with residency programs around the world and in non-profit administration, began to consider how to construct a program that could survive operating between the United States and Brazil, using two different languages, two kinds of currencies, two legal systems, two foundations, two boards and certainly two wildly different cultures. Mitch began to lose the rest of his hair, but he learned to make caipirinhas and to dance like the locals. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ml.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3140\" style=\"width:380px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ml.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ml-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d88a0434c0b74e622b15808083750b5f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The challenge was to create a program that was both local\u2026<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casinhas-1024x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3142\" style=\"width:792px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casinhas-1024x251.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casinhas-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casinhas-768x188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casinhas.jpg 1372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-840d4ed2d3b2ad40f20f84924af9eac6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u2026and yet could survive long-term through international partnerships.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ba91e2aeabcbcbecb53f128ed0829e8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Ultimately it was Mitch who found the perfect property\u2026 while far from Bahia, at a Hollywood party, drinking champagne instead of caipirinhas. \u2018Thank you, Sam Fuller!\u2019 (This part of the story could be a Hollywood screenplay, if any producers are reading it.) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3ae18601c4878814e00099b5e5ce3b43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">It wasn\u2019t just any property. It was the Casa de F\u00e9rias Santa Therezinha, the vacation home of the Instituto Feminino, a pioneering girls\u2019 school founded by Henriqueta Martins Catharino, a true social visionary of the early twentieth century. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/henriq.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/henriq.jpg 421w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/henriq-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1d67bbb6a6d93cd47ef79980b00c69f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Dona Henriqueta Catharino in front of the house, 1955<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c294d11f600fb835a579e11cef2be8ae wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">They knew immediately that they had found the perfect property\u2026<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scan0200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3144\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scan0200.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scan0200-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a51e63fca4baca947be704bf88c3a8e4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u2026but there was some work to do to turn it into a residency for artists.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c3ef415b0c61bc24dbd6f57eec2a8db wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">So once the location of the Instituto Sacatar had been determined, what did they do? It\u2019s Bahia. They offered a caruru. (A caruru is sort of like the American Thanksgiving\u2026)   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b10b832af70151e78c677e7603c5631f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">What better way to please S\u00e3o Cosme, S\u00e3o Dami\u00e3o and all the saints of Bahia de Todos os Santos, but by bringing friends, neighbors, some unknown characters and also some future employees to celebrate together around the fascinating cuisine of Bahia? Food for the body and spirit! <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tina-oferenda1-1024x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3145\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tina-oferenda1-1024x268.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tina-oferenda1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tina-oferenda1-768x201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tina-oferenda1.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-878a20024167122e95a0bd1ed128b7b1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In September 2001, the first artists\/Fellows came. The Sacatar staff entered into the spirit of things. An artistic \u2018despacho\u2019 was made (an offering) and the muses and gods of the arts definitively joined the pantheon of the gods and orix\u00e1s of Bahia.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Staff-Tambor1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3147\" style=\"width:797px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Staff-Tambor1.jpg 821w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Staff-Tambor1-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Staff-Tambor1-768x264.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8bdf43e954076640aaec7d9250239a17 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>PATRICIA CHAO<\/strong> (USA, NOVEMBER 2001) I was in one of the original groups of Sacatar Fellows in the fall and winter of 2001, arriving a month after 9-11. To travel from a city saturated with the smoke of Ground Zero to a sunny beach lined with flowers and monkeys chattering in the trees was a surreal experience and a blessing\u2026The novel I am working on currently is set half in Brazil. I pay homage to the magic I was privy to that season\u2014the extreme beauty of the landscape, the joyous music, rituals of candombl\u00e9, all the darkness and light.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d761ef8964b3697aa7cbd22e0274332e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>JANE COFFEY<\/strong> (USA, NOVEMBER 2001 \/ JUNE 2004 \/ JULY 2010) It was October 2001 when I left New York City for a residency at Sacatar. I was in a state of creative limbo. It was the people around me who helped restore my faith in the value of art. That time at Sacatar changed my life, my work and without a doubt, my heart.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28cb51256d31a4e22cfc56b10c76311a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>JANE INGRAM ALLEN<\/strong> (USA, JANUARY 2002) The opportunities to work with local people and collaborate with other artists from different disciplines made my experience at the Sacatar Foundation extremely rewarding and also led to future projects in other countries expanding my career and intensifying my focus on community involvement and collaboration. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6a7e946f90d6a453e95dae46c099e223 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>SIGITAS STANIUNAS<\/strong> (LITHUANIA, SEPTEMBER 2002) The possibility I was granted to work and create in Itaparica made a huge impact on my artistic development. Till today I can remember, feel, smell and visualize the colors, sounds, nature, landscapes, which I experienced while being in Itaparica.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27e0d9ab115a90d7ff81f272793de870 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">And then to work! In 2002 we built what we still call the Casa Nova, which included a proper laundry and staff support facilities. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casa-apoio1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casa-apoio1.jpg 816w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casa-apoio1-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casa-apoio1-768x260.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-73289526aaf8390bf98350a5bf08bf7c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">With nine thousand square meters of seaside property, we began to dream and plan a series of studios to be built across the site.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3149\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adm1.jpg 916w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adm1-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adm1-768x282.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b62776c1ba1dba93b42408e1c41d4ff wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The artists kept coming and learning that, in order to thrive in Bahia, you must enter the \u2018clima\u2019 and find your rhythm. And as they caught the beat, extraordinary things began to happen: <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"892\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Patio-hammock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3150\" style=\"width:821px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Patio-hammock1.jpg 892w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Patio-hammock1-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Patio-hammock1-768x289.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Concerto-Rahul-Vescenlau1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3151\" style=\"width:823px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Concerto-Rahul-Vescenlau1.jpg 971w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Concerto-Rahul-Vescenlau1-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Concerto-Rahul-Vescenlau1-768x266.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3fc0020fecfee061d3c6ba5b50381e35 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">It \u2018snowed\u2019 in Bahia, \u2018miracles\u2019 occurred, the circus arrived and archeological \u2018treasures\u2019 were unearthed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69deb110f1a0f236d04e7d63e5b81ce8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>JACQUELINE BOUCHARD<\/strong> (CANADA, AUGUST 2007) I was really fascinated by the rituals of Candombl\u00e9 in Itaparica. I created an installation with pipoca (popcorn). Pipoca in Brazil has a spiritual meaning. In Candombl\u00e9, they use it as a means of purification. Merci et meilleurs souvenirs \u00e0 toute la famille de SACATAR!     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f4d01909a2375244c0478382246dc6e2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>IN\u00caS RAPHAELIAN<\/strong> (BRAZIL, JANUARY 2003) First of all\u2026 UNFORGETTABLE! This experience influenced my work and I can see the results of it until now. My work took a new direction. A vast number of possibilities emerged from what happened during the residency at various levels \u2013 personal and professional.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0dae2ae95e03b13c6a414da92b6f27c3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In Itaparica, In\u00eas initiated a fictitious archaeological dig, unearthing the remains of extinct computer languages, much to the consternation of the Itaparica City Hall, which continues to receive international queries regarding these excavations. In\u00eas has made additional discoveries elsewhere around the world since her pioneering work done in Itaparica in 2003. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bbf526f6b2d87f8ce66b696cfb90b191 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>PAT OLESZKO<\/strong> (USA, JUNE 2008) I was possessed, POSSESSED by the camaraderie of my inspiring fellow artists, the multiple muses of the sea, sand, island and evanescent weather, the compelling effervescence of the Bahians with their astounding celebrations, music, dance and love of life\u2026We all wept when we left. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b9c4c788730fc44615887739bca64e6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>BE WARD<\/strong> (AUSTRALIA, JUNE 2008) I believe it is experiences like my residency at Sacatar which give creative people such as myself the inspiration, connections and confidence to go further and deeper in our quest to share our work with the wider world in the most potent and effective way we can. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28b5ce6c1958893caa20ae554f5bf463 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">After their residencies together, Pat Oleszko created and brought to life a giant puppet that officiated at Be Ward\u2019s wedding in Argentina.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-746e0039d9c5ae742455a8532a81e83b wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>DAVID POZNANTER<\/strong> (USA, JUNE 2008) At Itaparica I learned to breathe, and to infuse my work with life and color. I played Capoeira on the beach every day with the local teenagers, made video art with them, taught them to juggle (and) collaborated on a circus project with a local grade school\u2026 From Itaparica, I moved to the Dominican Republic to run a circus company for a year, where I was eventually able to fly out two Itaparican acrobats to work with our company, and we integrated Capoeira and Brazilian percussion into our show there.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38881874761fc064fe70d68e9693ba98 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">David left the Dominican Republic and the two young men from Itaparica continued to run the program that he had established there.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Artwork-praia1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Artwork-praia1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Artwork-praia1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b79c54d06249f939d12d22f68399f57d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The beach at Sacatar became the gallery, the runway, the stage and the site where the most diverse artistic manifestations took place.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Postal_CURVAS_frente.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3153\" style=\"width:448px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Postal_CURVAS_frente.jpg 417w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Postal_CURVAS_frente-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dcfe709cf6329848664d42b2cc3a949d wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>DANIEL GWIRTZMAN<\/strong> (USA, NOVEMBER 2003) Everything about the residency at Sacatar was harmonious: the intimacy shared with the other Fellows; the generosity of the Sacatar staff; the exchanges with residents in Itaparica and Salvador; and the magnificence of Bahia. Having the freedom to explore nature for an uninterrupted period was an unprecedented gift. The spirit of Sacatar is a force as gripping as the tides of the Bay.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d597799194ab0e62c32a281ccb5811f2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>MELANIE BAKER<\/strong> (USA, NOVEMBER 2003) Itaparica has my heart, and I love to conjure up the pier, the peacocks, Xid as a puppy, birds in the kitchen, crabs walking sideways across the sand, but most of all, the generosity and warmth of the people who made it all possible. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oleszko-Circus-Writing-1024x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3154\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oleszko-Circus-Writing-1024x266.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oleszko-Circus-Writing-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oleszko-Circus-Writing-768x199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Oleszko-Circus-Writing.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brasilia-Solange.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3156\" style=\"width:802px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brasilia-Solange.jpg 918w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brasilia-Solange-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brasilia-Solange-768x278.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf459d27019bcdd55c875b97f66085fc wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Actions overflowed into the community.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d36435b336bc4fa8c70712e0400e3c2e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>SOLANGE LIMA<\/strong> (BRAZIL, DECEMBER 2005) Touched by the socio-economic poverty and at the same time the cultural richness of the island of Itaparica, I had the idea for a cultural street festival. The first edition of the Festival da Ilha de Itaparica (FESTIT) happened on December 10 and 11, 2010, with the support of many people and also the Instituto Sacatar.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d648d4015c5384eb81b10f7c9d664336 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Solange has bought a house on the island of Itaparica. She comes every year during the winter months in France, where she lives the rest of the time. In February 2012, she will realize the second edition of FESTIT.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-709b91927f61cb445facb65b18c1c6bf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><em>\u2018For the children and youngsters of the Oficina de Artes, the cultural activities in partnership with Sacatar are very valuable. They transport those people to a world of knowledge, beauty, arts, music, attitude, creativity, participation and above all the exchange of cultural information. A case in point was Renascimento, choreographed by Daniel Gwirtzman and involving many of the people in the community, both young and old.\u2019  <\/em><br\/><strong>Omara Silvia da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o Santos<\/strong> Founding Director Oficina das Artes Itaparica<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58ce1e06f92702259e77aa5f1f082604 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>LA SHAWNDA CROWE-STORM<\/strong> (USA, OCTOBER 2005) My time in Brazil was precious, a cherished life experience. The community project with students at Escola Preliminar de Jo\u00e3o Ubaldo Ribeiro continues to be a central component of my public discussions on how to develop community-based projects and the role of artist as catalyst. As with all experiences, the distance of time and space are needed for one to fully comprehend, process and absorb the impact something as powerful as a trans-cultural creative experience can have on one\u2019s life and world perspective.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e480ec1b6876b9efeec54662ac5e9e3c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Some of our staff found themselves immortalized by the artists:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Seu-Jose-Dete-Marcia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Seu-Jose-Dete-Marcia.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Seu-Jose-Dete-Marcia-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0fc65d3ec151b88cd0673115f2d0a924 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>VICKY SHUKUROGLOU<\/strong> (AUSTRALIA, DECEMBER 2005) Taylor and Mitch were pleased to inform us that we were the first group with an artist from each continent, and we sometimes wondered how this influenced our dynamic and passionate discussions around the table, on our walks, with the broader community or \u2018out at sea\u2026\u2019 The complexity and depth of the imprints left by my time at Sacatar remain; their color and shape has not diminished or become stagnant. These memories of sharing, exchange and abundance in the most vital \u2013 often intangible \u2013 ways continue to feed my current work and the workshops I conduct. Exhibitions, residencies and other projects I have been involved with since, have been strengthened by my experience at Sacatar.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26f37b33279df4c11566648ee22b11a9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>LUCIO GREGORETTI<\/strong> (ITALY, DECEMBER 2005) My way to look at my work slightly changed, and definitely improved, thanks to the magical atmosphere of the place and the people on the island too. To date, there is no grand piano in the composer\u2019s studio, but there is an incredibly magical world all around which widely compensates.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3911f1f7ca1b85e67f9a587da9a854f7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>ERMAN GONZALEZ<\/strong> (CUBA, AUGUST 2006) My experience at Sacatar marked a turning point in my life, one I had been seeking. Sacatar afforded me introspection, peace and selfish time outside of the real hustle and bustle and 5 years later I am still gifted.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d13843c19d559f809b6e55b39e35ddf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In 2005 we built an administration building upon the foundations of the doorless staff bathroom from the first year. We also built a writer\u2019s studio, poised over a wellhead that had been an ugly presence in the midst of the coconut grove. We built a woodshop for maintenance and more chaotic artist projects. We also built two open air visual arts studios, the ones that the artists share with birds and turtles. At last we had separate studios for each artist in residence. The photos tell the story:     <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-peq-sala-library.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" style=\"width:768px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-peq-sala-library.jpg 914w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-peq-sala-library-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-peq-sala-library-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-grande-coqueiral1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3159\" style=\"width:768px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-grande-coqueiral1.jpg 917w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-grande-coqueiral1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/casa-grande-coqueiral1-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/coqueiral2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3160\" style=\"width:767px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/coqueiral2.jpg 917w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/coqueiral2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/coqueiral2-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16086e08fa9a762a2544f78da4a0c4e6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>ERSI SOTIROPOLOUS<\/strong> (GREECE, AUGUST 2006) Sacatar is the best residency I have ever had: a Paradise for artists and writers in a magnificent landscape conducive to both concentration and interaction. The place is still alive inside me: the changing colors, the early mornings in my studio, the beauty of the people of Bahia.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a781e8817bbafa9d364f1b85ba1badb8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>BERND LICHTENBERG<\/strong> (GERMANY, OCTOBER 2006) For me Itaparica is a magical island and Sacatar a magical place, especially because of the neighborliness of the people. Sacatar is a place that got me reconnected with my serenity. Thanks a lot for that!   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9358ec3cb50f23cc0a90fc5eebb68288 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>MICHAEL LOWENTHAL<\/strong> (USA, FEBRUARY 2008) I have never been more inspired to write, and to write well, than when I was at Sacatar, because the place and its people were so beautiful that I felt filled constantly with the desire to create something that might honor that beauty. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b124dd8e65c6e9c44899f388eb2066de wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>YUMI KORI<\/strong> (JAPAN, FEBRUARY 2008) It was the most productive two months I have ever had. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20cfbbf6eb921c3914470879397738bf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>SCOTT \u201cXICOTE\u201d BARTON<\/strong> (USA, AUGUST 2008) Sacatar changed the trajectory of my life. Following my residency I have matriculated in a doctoral program to continue the project I began there on sacred and secular food as a cultural marker of identity in Northeastern Brazil.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-00a2db1d8a5c63fcab06b654cf69cdbf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>HANNAH MORRIS<\/strong> (USA \/ SOUTH AFRICA, AUGUST 2008) From working in my studio beneath swaying of palm trees hearing the tinny blare of political slogans shouted through bullhorns, to gathering collage materials at second hand bookstores in Salvador (nearly fainting at the gorgeously preserved Brazilian magazines from the 1950s) to sitting in the living rooms of 90-year-olds in Itaparica with Rog\u00e9rio Andrade de Barbosa capturing local stories, to flying kites with children at an arts center for at-risk youth in Salvador, to exploring Chapada Diamantina with a new Salvadorian friend \u2013 these are the big memories that leap out. Then there are about 5,000 other little memories that round out an experience that changed my life. I started a new direction in my career (collage work as well as stop-frame animation), produced a picture book for Brazilian children and adults (and made inroads into the Brazilian publishing world) and developed connections (friendship, romantic and artistic \u2013 all of whom are very much a part of my life now.) It\u2019s incredible to me that all of this happened in two months. That is the nature of Brazil, I dare say, and Sacatar was my conduit.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61a4296139da029c6b5d1a48c9f2cb57 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>DANY LERICHE<\/strong> &amp; <strong>JEAN MICHEL FICKINGER<\/strong> (FRANCE, AUGUST 2009) We remember men carrying birds in cages, the little houses with different colors, Exus in the market of S\u00e3o Joaquim, the night with the Eguns, our meeting with candombl\u00e9\u2014all of which have us on the road to Benin, Togo, Haiti, Cuba\u2026to many unknown worlds\u2026<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ar.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1751a7c48c916aa138acef36c134ed10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">In 2010 we built two additional studios: an all important dance studio (because everyone in Bahia dances) and a composer\u2019s studio. Now we had seven studios and five bedroom apartments, providing us great flexibility in assigning spaces. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-906610f81d4ff09516388c2d09c8f4fd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><em>\u2018The Alliance of Artists Communities is thrilled to recognize Sacatar\u2019s 10th anniversary. Sacatar has emerged in that time as a leader in the field for its commitment to providing artists with an inspiring and nurturing environment and for challenging the field to examine the need for meaningful, culturally-informed engagement between artists and communities. The Alliance looks forward to Sacatar\u2019s continued evolution and leadership in the decades to come.\u2019  <\/em><br\/><strong>Caitlin Strokosch<\/strong> Executive Director Alliance of Artists Communities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artistcommunities.org\/\">www.artistcommunities.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a90a7cf0091a392ca738b0ba6004bd89 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><em>\u2018Warmheartedly I would like to congratulate you both with the 10th anniversary of Sacatar! How quickly times goes, I do remember our first talks about the wonderful idea to start a residency in Brazil. I was moved by both your personal involvement and strong motivation to start a residency in Brazil, for Brazilian artists (and other international artists) and run by Brazilians\u2026 I felt so fortunate that I could visit Sacatar and to finally see Sacatar with my own eyes, felt touched the commitment of both of you but also by everyone who works at Sacatar. Not only is it situated on a stunning spot, overlooking the water, but all the facilities and the beautiful studios designed by Taylor are amazing! The artists feel at home, well taken care off and fortunate because everything is there in the best possible way, beautiful workspaces, lovely apartments, good library, delicious cooking. A very committed staff supports them, connects them to local artists, the community or any other contact they might need. And above all they are meeting with other artists and with you, the visionaries who created and realized their dream to share it with others. What better inspiration could an artist need! A big hug to you both and let\u2019s hope for many more years for Sacatar!\u2019        <\/em><br\/><strong>Maria Tuerlings<\/strong> Founder Transartists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transartists.org\/\">www.transartists.nl<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89abe271718074fafe752aa9a2b39bff wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>REVITAL FALKE<\/strong> (ISRAEL, OCTOBER 2010) Staying at that amazing property next to the beach for two magical months, I was the first Israeli ever hosted there. I became best friends with a guy from Iran, who I could never meet otherwise. (It\u2019s forbidden for Israelis to travel to any Arab countries, and vice versa.) I am thankful for that experience and won\u2019t forget it.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a7e3c8a4e7f3ed659ac5a78a2b68f1e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>ANA TEIXEIRA<\/strong> (BRAZIL, JANUARY 2011) Now, back to Sao Paulo, five months after of the end of residency, I still find myself immersed in ideas that emerged in Sacatar and these ideas are taking shape gradually, the results of the extended time I lived in Itaparica. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1e82fba8b0b01de3173cbdbbcb28dd92 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>FELIPE LARA<\/strong> (BRAZIL, JUNE 2011) Itaparica\u2019s cultural heritage, its characters and stories are an inspiration not only for projects conducted at the residence, but for life. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa5413a89ee00595214c83960307088a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Many friends contributed their happiness, beauty and warmth. Some have come and gone\u2026 <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amigos.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amigos.jpg 475w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amigos-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99514ac8d29d33a267cf3f8762df1d7f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Santa Tereza remains, as she has since the beginning, overlooking the activities from the central courtyard of the Casa Grande, except that now she is joined by Cosme and Dami\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sta-Tereza_Cosmes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sta-Tereza_Cosmes.jpg 694w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sta-Tereza_Cosmes-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5d201b76a6ed6538f1b8fecb8783eb24 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Today, after ten years of continuous activity, after hosting over two hundred artists from forty-three countries, we have good reason to celebrate. Thanks to all who have shared the adventure with us. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tv-ml.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tv-ml.jpg 448w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/tv-ml-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fe379c27b1f5016d2e907674785e5597 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Taylor Van Horne and Mitch Loch on the verandah of the Main House at Sacatar<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6c1c7c4658a79bffcbf59090982f431 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">We wish to thank all of the Sacatar Fellows who submitted statements and photos for this Special Edition of the Jornal Sacatar, celebrating our tenth anniversary: Ana Teixeira, Ariel de Bigault, Be Ward, Bernd Lichtenberg, Dagmar Binder, Daniel Gwirtzman, Dany Leriche, Erik Goengrich, Erman, Ersi Sotiropoulos, Etienne Yver, Felipe Barros, Felipe Lara, Giovana Dantas, Hannah Morris, In\u00eas Raphaelian, Jacki McInnes, Jacqueline Bouchard, Jane Coffey, Jane Ingram Allen, LaShawnda Crowe-Storm, Lucimar Bello, Lucio Gregoretti, Maggie Smith, Marcio Harum, Mari Ogihara, Maureen Fleming, Melanie Baker, Michael Lowenthal, Muthukrishnan Ramalingam, Pat Oleszko, Patricia Chao, Raminta Serksnyte, Rasoul Abbasi, Revital Falke, Roy Staab, Sandro Pimentel, Scott Barton, Sicelo Zibuqu, Sigitas Staniunas, Solange Lima, Sophie Preyveraud, Vicki Shukuroglou, Yoko Inoue, Yumi Kori and Zahra Beigi.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1edaec9bc2a147fef8d8e2495db7faea wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The aerial images of Sacatar, California, are by Google Earth. We thank Ana Ang\u00e9lica Alves for the photos of the young Taylor Van Horne. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a6909fd3e38ddfdd252c8dcd89186ccb wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">We also wish to thank current and former board members on both sides of the equator: C\u00edcero Ant\u00f4nio, Dilson Medlij, Eneida Sanches, Felicia Filer, Gila Kessin, Helen Miller, Justino Marinho, Marcelo Thomaz, Sabrina Gledhill, Sergio Guedes and Viga Gordilho.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Equipe-para-Jornal-Sacatar-Especial.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Equipe-para-Jornal-Sacatar-Especial.jpg 428w, https:\/\/sacatar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Equipe-para-Jornal-Sacatar-Especial-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a0b15d932f73c37807af41f2658af00 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Also our thanks to the extraordinary staff of Sacatar: Alex Esquivel, Anderson, Antonio, Dete, Edson, M\u00e1rcia, Patr\u00edcio, Raimundo, Reginaldo, seu Jos\u00e9 and all the former staff members.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c55247d7ff2214e02175e01802e2e02 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Mitch and Taylor extend a special thanks and a big hug to Augusto Albuquerque, whose warmth and compassion infuse everything we 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