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Contemporary Art School in Barcelona, Spain
 Metáfora is an international art school
situated in an old factory building in the
centre of Barcelona, capital of the Catalan
region in Spain, on the northeast Mediterranean
coast.
Metáfora is an international centre of Contemporary Art and Art-therapy,
offering courses and activities of both
disciplines. Students come from many different
countries, with an average of 28-29 students
each year.
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 Our School: In practice we operate as if
we were two different schools, Metáfora, Tallers
d'Art and Metáfora, Tallers d'Artteràpia. Metáfora's school space is
around 850 square metres, split in two
studio-buildings joined by a small courtyard.
For a long time the location was used by the
Catalan National Theatre for rehearsals, and
this gives Metáfora a wonderful and inspiring
mix of industrial aesthetic and theatrical
atmosphere.
The heart of the school is the big hall, where
some of the students on the International
Workshop have a small personal studio space.
Other students have studio spaces in the “new
studio”, next to the main building of Metáfora.
All the studios have division walls and are
equipped with basic furniture and studio easels.
We encourage students to make their studio space
their own, as it will be "home" for an entire
year. There are several spaces for additional
use; the Big Hall, “Aula 4”,and the “Yellow
Room”. In these spaces students can work on a
big scale, in darkness or on temporary
installation projects.
Because of its plants and lovely warm
atmosphere, the courtyard is one of the spaces
preferred by many students of Metáfora. Here it
is possible to work in open air and with
materials that require a high degree of
ventilation. Metáfora does not have the
technical facilities of a big university or
public institution, but every year we extend our
work-facilities and our recourses grow.
The International Workshop is a full-time course, designed for young artists and students of Fine Art or Design. Tuition is in English.
The in-house tutors at Metáfora are available to
students for advice on materials and techniques,
and for in-depth supervision of personal work.
Visiting tutors at Metáfora are artists and
professionals who make a living from their
artistic production.
- Concept: The idea behind the
International Workshop is to offer quality
tutoring, creating an ongoing dialogue between
young artists of any nationalities, and the
particularity of the course is exactly its
international atmosphere.
 - Methodology: The methodology of the course
does not simply consist in teaching techniques
or providing students with knowledge about
materials and ways of working. At Metáfora, we
believe that the practice of contemporary art
requires time for reflection and debate, and
most of our programme revolves around the term
"artistic intention". Our students are expected
to posses a large amount of self-discipline and
maturity, as well as some basic knowledge
regarding different techniques.
During free studio time each student works on
individual projects, choosing materials and
working techniques according to his/her own
interest. Thus, while some students can be found
working with photography or painting, their
fellow students may be working on sculpture,
fashion design, performance or
installation-making.
- Student Profile:
Because of the way we teach at Metáfora, this
course should not be considered ‘beginners'
level. Our students come from a variety of
backgrounds, but we expect them all to have some
previous experience from other art courses.
The profile of a typical student on the
International Workshop is that of a young person
aged between 19 and 35 years of age, holder of a
degree in Fine Art, Design, Architecture or
similar. It could also be a person with some
experience in art (min. A-levels) who is
preparing entry to higher art or design
education (graduate or post-graduate). Generally Metáfora attracts people from all over the world, who wish
to explore the culture of another country as well as their own
creative potential.
 - Projects: Approximately every 5 weeks we
present a new project or working theme for the
students to work on. The idea is for students to
spend most of their free studio time to work on
projects with relevance to this theme. The
project titles are broad enough to allow the
student to work freely within their own field of
interest.
- Exhibitions: There are two scheduled
end-of-term exhibitions at the Metáfora each
year; An open studio exhibition in the middle of
December and an end-of-year exhibition in June.
The exhibitions are open to the public and
invites, catalogues and a special web page are
produced by the students on both occasions.
- Portfolios: All students are encouraged
to pursue further studies in Fine Arts or
Design, if that is their intention after joining
Metáfora, and we are happy to help throughout
the application procedure. The fabrication of a
portfolio or a set of works for this occasion is
very important, and we normally start discussing
its contents in the beginning of the course.
However, it is our point of view that a
portfolio is directly dependant on the course
for which the student applies.
- The “Book”: Side-running with the
portfolio, which some students produce for
applying to further art education, students on
the International workshop produce a “book” of
works produced at Metáfora. This “book” should
contain photographical documentation of all
his/her work, and is produced digitally
throughout the year.
Summer Art Workshop
- The Summer Intensive 2008 is a 2-week
studio-based contemporary art program in
English, created for students and professionals
from the fields of art and design.
Interested in Art-Therapy as well?
As a student on the International Workshop you
are welcome to attend the introductory courses
in Art-therapy (evening classes) during the year
with no additional charge (subject to
availability of places). The introductory
courses are a requirement for entry to the MA in
Art Therapy (Universidad de Barcelona), a Master
Degree course which we also run. Teaching on the
Art-Therapy and MA courses is exclusively in
Spanish.
Barcelona:
Barcelona is a small but famous city
on the Mediterranean coast, with a metropolitan presence. Students and
professionals from all over the word are
attracted to its mix of tradition and
contemporary culture, and the city is growing
fast to accommodate the changes which modern
life requires. The sea and mountains makes it a
breathing space for people with different
concerns and agendas, an oasis of sun and
tourism, and at the same time a place for
alternative happenings, underground movements
and intellectual events.
Barcelona is the home of a number of important
art institutions, and Metáfora ads its grain of
salt to a general impression of a European
meeting-point for international art-students and
artists. It is our intention to give our
students an experience, where the city itself
and the contacts made between students and
collaborators of Metáfora will become a lifelong
reference.
Contact Us: If you have questions about courses that we
offer, please contact us. We will be delighted
to attend you personally in English, Spanish or
Catalan.
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