Thank you!

Sacatar partners in 2020:

· Mirante do Solar – Casa de Cultura e Ética
· Church of São Lourenço / Itaparica
· OSBA – Orquestra Sinfonica da Bahia

The Instituto Sacatar thanks the following individuals and entities for their generous support in 2020:

+ Phyllis Green
+ Sally Kellman
+ Mitch Loch
+ Sacatar Foundation
+ Sheridan Tandy
+ Taylor Van Horne
+ Anonymous

and from Sacatar Fellows

+ Philip Boehm (Literature USA 2016)
+ Joseph Cavalieri (Visual Arts / USA 2011 & 2017)
+ Jane Coffey (Literature / USA 2001, 2004 & 2010)
+ Soumer Daghistani (Theater / Syria 2007)
+ Stephanie Griffin (Music / Canada 2019)
+ Germaine Ingram (Dance / USA 2014)
+ Michael Lowenthal (Literature / USA 2008)
+ Ed Madden (Literature / USA 2019)
+ Mandy Morrison (Film / USA 2019)
+ Florence Neal (Visual Arts / USA 2018)
+ Fran Siegel (Visual Arts / USA 2015)
+ Ersi Sotiropoulos (Literature / Greece 2006 & 2014)
+ Carolyne Wright
(Literature / USA 2018)

2019

The Instituto Sacatar thanks the following individuals for their generous support in 2019:

+ Jane Coffey
+ Stephanie Griffin
+ Sook Jin Jo
+ Liz Keim
+ Mitch Loch
+ Michael Lowenthal
+ Pat Oleszko
+ Karen Ostrom
+ Jonathan Pfeffer
+ Sara Roberts
+ Fran Siegel
+ Amara Tabor-Smith
+ Maria Tuerlings
+ Taylor Van Horne
+ Jan Williamson

We want to thank the following local organizations with whom Sacatar artists collaborated in 2019:

· Acervo da Laje / Salvador
· Ativa Atelier / Salvador
· Balé do Teatro Castro Alves / Salvador
· Biblioteca Juracy Magalhães / Itaparica
· Casa Rosada / Salvador
· Colégio Estadual Democrático Jutahy Magalhães / Itaparica
· Colégio Estadual João Ubaldo Ribeiro / Itaparica
· Escola Criança Feliz / Itaparica
· Institut Goethe / Salvador
· Mirante do Solar / Itaparica
· Municipality of Itaparica
· Municipality of Vera Cruz
· Museu Regional de Arte / Feira de Santana, Bahia
· Pró-Mar / Vera Cruz, Bahia
· Shopping Center Barra / Salvador
· Teatro Castro Alves / Salvador
· Universidade Federal da Bahia / Salvador
· Universidade Federal do Recôncavo Baiano / Cachoeira, Bahia

Local public events featuring Sacatar Fellows and Institution in 2019:

· Jan 7 – Concert by the band Baiana System (Sacatar Solo 2018) during Itaparica’s Independence Day festivities. The band performs new work composed during their residency at Sacatar in 2018
· Jan 8 – Launch of the book “Travessias no Atlântico Negro” by Sacatar board member Sabrina Gledhill at Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia
· May 16 – Maristela Ribeiro (Brazil 2007), participates in and curates the collective exhibition Prisma. Previous Sacatar resident Karen Ostrom (Canada > USA, 2013 & 2016) participates, along with other artists at the Museu Regional de Arte in Feira de Santana, Bahia
· May 23 – Conversas com Sacatar with Fellows Aline Xavier and Valentina Homem at the Universidade do Recôncavo Baiano in Cachoeira, Bahia
· May 23 – Lecture by Sacatar Fellow Aline Xavier at the University of Bahia Fine Arts School
· May 24 – Lecture: “El lugar de la literatura brasileña en México” by Sacatar Fellow Brenda Rios at the University of Bahia Literature School
· May 28 – Conversas com Sacatar with Fellows Dipika Mukherjee and Jamie McGhee at the University of Bahia Literature School in Salvador, Bahia
· Jun 12 – The staff of Sacatar meets with nine local environmental activists to hear their issues and concerns, in preparation for the ECOLOGY session
· Jun 27 – Conversas com Sacatar with all the recently arrived Fellows, at the Goethe Institut in Salvador, Bahia
· June 28 – Sacatar Fellow Stephanie Griffin participates in the Contemporary Music Festival in Salvador, Bahia
· Aug 1 – Opening of the show “A Natureza das Crianças” with works created during the children’s watercolor
workshops by Sacatar Fellow Deborah Ross at the Shopping Center Barra in Salvador, Bahia
· Aug 2 – Sarau do Sacatar with Fellows Begoña Fariña and Stephanie Griffins
· Aug 2 – Open Studios Day at Instituto Sacatar
· Aug 26 – Music and poetry project “Som das Sílabas” receives poet and performer Alex Simões (Sacatar board member) and former Sacatar Fellow Carolyne Lee Wright (USA 2018) at Velho Espanha Bar in Salvador, Bahia
· Aug 28 – TVE (the educational television station in Bahia) records an episode about the Instituto Sacatar and the island of Itaparica for the television program “Soterópolis”
· Aug 29 and 30 – Sacatar residents participate on the Eco Ilha Seminar at Pró-Mar headquarter in Vera Cruz, Itaparica
· Sept 5 – Conversas com Sacatar at Juracy Magalhães Library in Itaparica, Bahia.
· Sept 18 – Beach Cleanup Day with Sacatar Fellows and Itaparica high school students.
· Sept 23 – Drawing workshop by Sacatar Fellow Tre Laurence.
· Sept 26 – Creative Writing workshop by Maja Klaric (Croatia 2012 and 2019)
· Sept 27 – First meeting with Itaparica business owners regarding the plastic bag ban in the city
· Sept 28 – Photography Workshop by Matheus Buranelli
· Sept 28 – Clean up rally at Fonte do Brasileiro in Itaparica
· Oct 3 – Fellows Matheus Buranelli and Margriet Westerhof do a workshop with students at Criança Feliz
School in Itaparica
· Oct 4 – Project COMA with Cristiane Mohallem at Ativa Atelier in Salvador
· Oct 12 – The Instituto Sacatar, represented by Augusto Albuquerque and Taylor Van Horne, awards a Residency Prize at the Sesc/VideoBrasil Biennial in São Paulo, Brazil
· Oct 18 – The Four Elements Festival at Fonte do Brasileiro in Itaparica
· Oct 21 – Atelier Ativa invites Cristiane Mohallem to talk to local artists in Salvador
· Nov 11 – The film “Misericórdia” by Sacatar Fellow Xavier Marrades (Catalonia 2017) receives its Brazilian premiere at the Salvador Film Festival. The film’s international premiere was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
· Dec 13 – France-Luce Benson participates in a discussion about feminist art at Casa Rosada in Salvador
· Dec 28 – Ana Devora photographs local people for her project Raízes at Flor do Mangue restaurant in Itaparica
· Jan 5, 2020 – Resident Marina Fokidis interviews rapper Vandal for magazine South
· Jan 7, 2020 – Sacatar residents visit Acervo da Laje in Salvador
· Jan 10, 2020 – Open Studio Day at Sacatar
· Jan 10, 2020 – Event Aso Orixá at the Mirante do Solar in Itaparica
· Jan 11, 2020 – Marina Fokidis and Ana Devora visit and conduct interviews at the community association of Matarandiba, Bahia


2018

We want to thank the following local organizations with whom Sacatar artists collaborated in 2018:

· Colegio Estadual Democrático Jutahy Magalhães / Itaparica
· Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal da Bahia / Salvador
· Escola de Música, Universidade Federal da Bahia / Salvador
· Festa Literária do Pelourinho / Salvador
· Festival de Itaparica Música e Poesia / Itaparica
· Biblioteca Juracy Magaglhães, Itaparica, Bahia
· Institut Goethe / Salvador
· Municipality of Itaparica
· Municipality of Vera Cruz
· JAM no MAM / Salvador
· Zona Fluxus / Salvador

Local public events featuring Sacatar Fellows in 2018:

· Apr 21 – Sacatar at Jam no Mam at the Museum of Modern Art with Deanna Witkowski
· Apr 26-27 – Arts Rights Justice Laboratory at Goethe Institut Salvador
· May 18 – 1ª Semana da Diversidade da Ilha de Itaparica with Amara Tabor Smith in Mar Grande
· May 22-24 – Poetry Workshop by Carol Rodrigues at Itaparica Public Library
· May 25 – Piano Workshop by Deanna Witkowski at UFBA – Universidade Federal da Bahia
· May 28 – Sacatar Open Studio Day at Sacatar
· Jun 18 – Conversas com Sacatar Public Presentation at Goethe Institut Salvador
· Jul 3 – VIII Mostra de Performance with Fabio Duarte at EBA – Escola de Belas Artes da UFBA
· Aug 3 – Sacatar Open Studio Day at Sacatar
· Aug 9 – Sacatar at Festa Literária Internacional do Pelourinho FLIPELÔ
· Aug 30 – Conversas com Sacatar Public Presentation at EBA – Escola de Belas Artes UFBA
· Aug/Sep – Mokuhanga Workshop by Florence Neal at Itaparica Public Library
· Oct 10 – Sacatar Open Studio Day at Sacatar
· Nov 1 – Conversas com Sacatar Public Presentation with Fred Martin at EBA – Escola de Belas Artes UFBA
· Nov 3 – Collective Poetry Workshop by Tatah Café during FITA – Festival de Itaparica Música e Poesia
· Nov 4 – Installation Work by Fabio Duarte during FITA – Festival de Itaparica Música e Poesia
· Nov 24 – Jam no Mam at the Museum of Modern Art with Cara Stacey in Salvador
· Dec 13 – Sacatar at Ciclo de Música Contemporânea with Cara Stacey in Salvador
· Dec 13 – Sacatar at Zona Fluxus with Fred Martin in Salvador
· Dec 14 – Sacatar Open Studio Day at Sacatar
· Jan 7, 2019 – Sacatar Solo Band Baiana System concert at the Festa do Caboclo in Itaparica


2017

We thank the generous support of these individuals in 2017:

+ Fred + Susan Sanders *
+ Fred Schomer *
+ Jennifer Brown *
+ Jim Dyke *
+ Maria Tuerlings
+ Mitch Loch
+ Philip Boehm
+ Roland Cros
+ Sarah + Seth Wharton *
+ Sharon Karmazin *
+ Taylor Van Horne
+ Thomas Volpe *
+ Tom Shannon

* indicates support for Joseph Cavalieri’s permanent installation in the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade in Itaparica, Brazil

We thank the following institutional partners through who provided significant support in 2017:

Centro Universitário Belas Artes, São Paulo SP, Brazil
+ Renan Marcondes, Brazil (Performance artist)

Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia, Salvador BA, Brazil
+ Márcio Junqueira, Brazil (author – Portuguese language)

Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
+ Gleb Skubachevskiy, Russia (Visual Artist)

EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIA, INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, ETC. – 2017
Colégio Estadual Democrático Jutahy Magalhães / Itaparica
Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal da Bahia / Salvador
Escola de Dança, Universidade Federal da Bahia / Salvador
Festa Literária Intenacional de Cachoeira / Cachoeira, Bahia
Festival de Música e Poesia / Itaparica
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade / Itaparica
Institut Goethe / Salvador
Livraria Boto Cor-de-Rosa (Pink Dolphin Bookstore) / Salvador
Municipality of Itaparica
Museu de Arte Moderna / Salvador

SELECTED OVERSEAS EVENTS IN 2017: Fellows’ work produced at Sacatar and/or developed as a result of their experiences in Bahia

+ Ersi Sotiropoulos (Greece, 2006 + 2014) – ‘Ce Qui Reste de la Nuit’ – winner of the Prix Méditerranée – Etranger for her novel, written at Sacatar and translated into French

+ Fran Siegel (USA, 2015) – ‘Lineage through Landscape: Tracing Egun in Brazil’ – exhibition at the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA

+ Frances de Pontes Peebles (USA/Brazil, 2003) – ‘Entre Irmãs,’ a motion picture produced by Conspirações Filmes and Globo Filmes 2017 – based on her novel ‘The Seamstress,’ researched and initiated at Sacatar

+ J Michael Walker (USA, 2011) – ‘Pages from a Bahia Diary’ – exhibition at Gallery 38, Los Angeles, CA, USA

+ Karen Ostrom (Canada/USA, 2013 + 2016) – ‘The Lacemaker’s Y(e)arn’ – exhibition at BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn, NY, USA, part of an ongoing collaboration with the lacemaking community on the Ilha da Maré in the Bay of All Saints, Bahia

+ Mark Steven Greenfield (USA, 2013) – ‘Mantras and Musings’ – exhibition at the Lora Schelsinger Gallery, Santa Monica CA , USA

+ Sabrina Gledhill, boardmember – ‘Axé Bahia: The Power of Art in an Afro-Brazilian Metropolis’ – exhibition as part of Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA


2016

We thank the generous support of these individuals in 2016:

Gifts – up to US$1000

+ Cooper Law Group
+ Jaako Heikkila*
+ Lucio Gregoretti*
+ Melanie Baker*
+ Padma Viswanathan*
+ Philip Boehm*
+ Ramon Villa
+ Stacey Steers*

Gifts – US$1000 > $5000

+ Alyson Bell
+ Andreas and Abigail Beroutsos
+ Georgia King
+ Harnisch Family Foundation
+ Jane Coffey*
+ Lapinegrip Co.
+ Lott Holding LLC
+ Mitch Loch
+ Ronald Shaw
+ Tam Le and Joseph Canale
+ Todd Kramer
+ Vision Asset Management

*indicates a former Sacatar Fellow.

We thank the following institutional partners who provided significant support in 2016:

PARTNERED FELLOWSHIPS – 2016
Africa Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

+ Nana Ayim, Ghana (writer in English)

Dance-UP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
+ Ana Paulo Hofling, USA (Choreographer)

FUNARTE (Fundação Nacional de Artes), Brasília, Brasil, which co-funded the Brazilian Eyes Project, in partnership with the Instituto Sacatar, NACO and AAPA:
+ Uelington Santana, Acre, Brasil – Instituto Sacatar

+ Virgílio Abreu Neto, Goiás, Brasil – Instituto Sacatar
+ Eneida Sanches, Bahia, Brasil – Núcleo de Arte do Centro-Oeste (NACO), Olhos d’Agua, Goias, Brasil
+ Fábio Duarte, Bahia, Brasil – Associação dos Artistas Plásticos do Acre (AAPA), Rio Branco, Acre, Brasil

FUNCEB (Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia), Salvador, Brasil
+ Deisiane Barbosa (writer in Portuguese)

Prêmio PIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
+ Luciana Magno, Brasil (Visual Artist)

EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIA, INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, ETC. – 2016
Acervo da Laje, Salvador, Bahia

Associação das Rendeiras de Ilha de Maré, Salvador, Bahia
Associação das Rendeiras de Saubara, Saubara, Bahia
Biblioteca da Floresta, Rio Branco, Acre
Biblioteca Juracy Magalhães Jr., Itaparica, Bahia
Centro de Formação Artesanal do SESC, Salvador, Bahia
Colégio Estadual Democrático Jutahy Magalhães Jr., Itaparica, Bahia
Escola de Música, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Igreja do Baiacu, Baiacu, Bahia
Hospital Pediátrico Martagão Gesteira, Salvador, Bahia
Instituto Feminino, Salvador, Bahia
Grupo de Capoeira União, Itaparica, Bahia
Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia
Nucleo de Arte do Centro-Oeste (NACO), Olhos d’Agua, Goiás
Revista MUITO, Jornal A Tarde, Salvador, Bahia
SESC Centro, Rio Branco, Acre


2015

We thank the generous support of these individuals in 2015:

Gifts – US$200 > $2000
+ Anonymous (6)
+ Anneke Pijnappel
+ Arleta Little
+Camila Sposati*
+ Carmen Luz Soto
+ Cecile Martin*
+ Chris Dzialo
+ Daniel Gwirtzman*
+ Fred Martin*
+ Helen Miller
+ J. Michael Walker*
+ Karen Ostrom*
+ Kitso Lelliot*
+ Lina Mounzer*
+ Liutauras Jansaitis*
+ Marielson Carvalho*
+ Mark Sloan
+ Néle Azevedo*
+ Niki Passath*
+ Rich Erickson
+ Sara Roberts
+ Sarah Nelson
+ Vision Asset Management
*indicates a former Sacatar Fellow.

PARTNERED FELLOWSHIPS – 2015
Africa Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

+ Ayesha Attah, Ghana (writer in English)

FUNCEB (Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia), Salvador, Brasil
+ Tom Correia, Brasil (writer in Portuguese)

Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, California, USA
+ Karen Hampton, USA (Visual Artist)

Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
+ Odaraya Mello, Brasil (Visual Artist)

Prêmio PIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
+ Paulo Pjota, Brasil (Visual Artist)

EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIA, INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, ETC. – 2015
Associação das Rendeiras de Saubara, Saubara, Bahia
Casa de Castro Alves, Salvador, Bahia
Instituto Goethe, Salvador, Bahia
VivaDança Dance Festival, Teatro Vila Velha, Salvador


2014

PARTNERED FELLOWSHIPS – 2014
Bienal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia
+ Camila Sposati, Brazil (Visual Artist)
+ Charbel-Joseph H. Boutros, Lebanon (Visual Artist)
+ Eustáquio Neves, Brazil (Photographer)
+ Giselle Beiguelman, Brazil (Visual Artist)
+ Gustavo Carvalho, Brazil (Photographer)
+ Ícaro Lira, Brazil (Visual Artist)
+ Lisette Lagnado, Brazil (Curator)
+ Luis Berríos, Puerto Rico > Germany (Visual Artist)
+ Luisa Mota, Portugal > Brazil (Visual Artist)
+ Milena Travassos, Brazil (Photographer)
+ Omar Salomão, Brazil (Visual Artist)
+ Rodrigo Matheus, Brazil (Visual Artist)
+ Vieira Andrade, Brazil (Visual Artist)

Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
+ Anthony Arrobo, Ecuador (Visual Artist)
+ Romy Pocztaruk, Brazil (Visual Artist)

Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
+ Bel Falleiros (Visual Arts)

Dance/USA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
+ Da-Da-Dance Project, USA
Eun Jung Choi, Korea > USA (Dancer/Choreographer)
Guillermo Ortega, Mexico > USA (Dancer/Choreographer)
+ Germaine Ingram, USA (Dancer/Choreographer)

Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia
+ Marileson Carvalho (Brazilian Literature)

Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, USA
+ Karolina Karlic (Visual Artist)

UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
+ Lina El-Mounzer, Lebanon (Creative Writing)
+ Liutauras Janusaitis, Lithuania (Musician/Composer)
+ Mario Macilau, Mozambique (Visual Artist)

VideoBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
+ Basir Mahmood, Pakistan (Visual Artist)

EXHIBITIONS, SYMPOSIA, INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, ETC. – 2014
Instituto Goethe, Salvador
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador

2013 - 2002

PARTNERED FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2013
Africa Centre, South Africa
– Anani Sanouvi, Togo
– Tendai Huchu, Zimbabwe>Scotland
 
Centro Cultural Dannemann, Bienal do Recôncavo, São Félix, Bahia
– Nerize Portela, Brazil
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Magnolia Wilson, New Zealand
– Veronny Odili, Nigeria
– Vilma Samulionyte, Lithuania
 
  • 2012
 
KTPAF – Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Grupo Gwangdae
   Kim Seo Jin
Ahn Dae Cheon
Heo Chang Yeol
Seon Young Uk
Grupo R.ecnad
   Minho Choi
Lee Sang Yun
Jun Inchul
Kang Si Nae
 
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, USA
– Linda Yudin
– Matt Sheridan
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Maja Klaric, Croatia
– Mustafa Kia, Iran>Afghanistan
– Kitso Lelliott, Botswana
 
VideoBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
– Claudia Joskowicz, Bolivia>USA
 
  • 2011
 
Africa Centre, South Africa
– Damien Schumann
 
Centro Cultural Dannemann, Salão do Recôncavo, São Félix, Bahia
– Lucimar Bello, Brazil
 
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, USA
– Candice Lin
– Sean Cawelti
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Karlien de Villiers, South Africa
– Vered Sivan, Israel
 
  • 2010
     
Itaú Cultural, Brazil
– Gabriel Netto
– Marcio Harum
 
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, United States
– Jamie Diamond
 
Spier Contemporary, South Africa
– Jacki McInnes
– Sicelo Ziqubu
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Raminta Serksnyte, Lithuania
– Rasoul Abbasi, Iran
– Revital Falke, Israel
 
  • 2009
 
Centro Cultural Dannemann, Salão do Recôncavo, São Félix, Bahia
– Sandro Pimentel, Brazil
Fundo de Cultura do Estado da Bahia + CulturesFrance
Special Project: O Ano da França no Brasil / L’Année de la France au Brésil
– Dany Leriche, France
– Étienne Yver, France
– Jean-Marc Godés, France
– Louis Pavageau, France
– Sophie Préveyraud, France
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Aneli Munteanu, Romania
– Rae Howell, Australia
– Zahra Beigi, Iran
 
  • 2008
 
British Council
– Rebecca French and Andrew Mottershead, United Kingdom
– Michael Atavar, United Kingdom
 
Secretaria de Cultura do Estado da Bahia
– Hannah Morris, South Africa
– Adriana Rojas Pretel, Colombia
 
Videobrasil, São Paulo
– Nicolás Testoni, Argentina
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Soumer Daghistani, Syria
 
  • 2006
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Anindita Dutta, India
– Mithu Sen, India
– Pinar Yolocan, Turkey
 
  • 2005
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Abhijit Gupta, India
 
  • 2004
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Piplu (Imran Hussein), Bangladesh
– Muthukrishnan Ramalingam, India
 
  • 2003
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Adeyemi Olumegbon, Nigeria
 
  • 2002
 
UNESCO/Aschberg Bursary Programme
– Effat Yehia, Egypt
– Janine Allen, South Africa