el consultori

2026 edition

El Consultori returns with five sessions open to artists who have a research, creation, and/or production project that they need to conceptualize in a proposal in order to apply for calls for proposals.

This year, el Consultori welcomes you to bring your doubts and mistakes, viewing them as fertile ground. We want to share how the art scene we’re part of works so that everyone can find their place, reinforcing the idea of a safe space to ask all the questions you might be too shy to ask elsewhere.

Each session is open to all without previous registration, you can attend all of them or just the ones that interest you most.

Session 1 — September 15 from 18.30 to 20h

We’ll talk about portfolios, creating your bio, and your artist statement.

Session 2 — September 17 from 18.30 to 20h

In this session, we’ll focus on conceptual development and how to articulate a project in words.

Session 3 — September 22 from 18.30 to 20h

In the third session, we’ll discuss methodologies and explore how to organize a work plan.

Session 4 — September 29 from 18.30 to 20h

Session focused on how to create a timeline and budget for our portfolios.

Session 5 — October 1 from 18.30 to 20h

Session with Helen Torres and David Armengol, special guests who have experience on evaluation committees.

bio

Helen Torres is a social scientist working in the field of contemporary art. Her work focuses on the intersections between language, the arts, and politics from feminist and anti-racist perspectives. She leads workshops on speculative storytelling and seminars based on the work of Donna Haraway, whose writings she has translated in their entirety. She is a professor of critical theory, contemporary art, and queer theory. She is currently working on a doctoral dissertation on artistic practices that use fungi and mycelium as both material and metaphor in the Department of Art History at the UB. She has just translated Cuando se encuentran las especies (When Species Meet) by Donna Haraway. 

David Armengol (Barcelona, 1974) es comisario de exposiciones. Actualmente. es director artístico del Centro de Arte La Capella. Sus proyectos se han visto en espacios de arte contemporáneo como Caixaforum Barcelona, Matadero Madrid, la Fundació Joan Miró de Barcelona, Fabra i Coats Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, el Bòlit Centre d’Art Contemporani de Girona o el Centre d’Art La Panera de Lleida. In 2019, he curated the Uruguayan pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. In 2021, he published the book Art emergent: la collita i el viatge, a personal overview of emerging art in Catalonia. 

El Consultori opens to the artistic community of Barcelona oriented to creators of the visual arts who want to inquire into their practice, their work methodologies, share ongoing projects or strengthen them in dialogue with the perspectives and experiences of other artists. Nowadays it is coordinated by Laura Arensburg y Natalia Carminati. If you want more information you can see it by clicking on this link.

If you have any needs or questions regarding the accessibility of this activity, please visit our page on "access to La Escocesa" by clicking here.