Conference – Artistic Creation and Public Policies

Conference on Artistic Creation and Public Policies in the Canary Islands, at the Casa Palacio of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

A crucial event for the sector.

Promoted by the Ministry of Culture and directed by the PSJM team (Cynthia Viera and Pablo San José), these conferences will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the Casa Palacio of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria.

This meeting continues the successful workshop and exhibition “Participatory Art and Cultural Public Policies” from early 2025. It is part of a new strategic line of the General Sub-directorate of Visual Arts and Contemporary Creation of the Ministry of Culture to analyze and improve the conditions of visual arts professionals, paying special attention to the unique insular nature of the Canary Islands.

We will address three key areas:

1. Taxation and artistic mobility in the Canary Islands: REF, customs, and Treasury.
2. Subsidies and contracts: Analyzing fair funding and support models.
3. Visual artist's statute: Improving working conditions and recognition.
We will feature expert voices from state, local, and inter-island spheres, artists and association members. Active participation and debate will be fundamental!

Program:

Thursday, November 27

morning: 9:30 — 13:15 h

• 9:30 – 10:00 – Welcome and institutional presentation: Jesús Carrillo (General Sub-director of Visual Arts and Contemporary Creation of the Ministry of Culture), Horacio Umpiérrez (Deputy Minister of Culture and Cultural Heritage of the Government of the Canary Islands), Anselmo Pestana Padrón (Government Delegate in the Canary Islands)

TAXATION AND ARTISTIC MOBILITY IN THE CANARY ISLANDS: REF, CUSTOMS, AND TREASURY

• 10:00 – 10:05 – Introduction, by Cynthia Viera (PSJM)

• 10:05 – 10:20 – Alberto González Pulido (Lawyer and member of AICAV)

• 10:20 – 11:35 – Eliseo Izquierdo (Director of the LMArte Collection Museum)

• BREAK

• 11:45 – 12:00 – Javier Sánchez-Simón (Tax Inspector. Former President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas)

• 12:00 – 12:15 – Sonia Mauricio Subirana (PhD in Law and Aesthetics. Full Professor of Financial Law. Member of the RACBA)

• 12:15 – 12:45 – Debate, moderated by Cynthia Viera (PSJM)

• 12:45 – 13:15 – Working group. Conclusions

afternoon: 16:00 — 18:00 h

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

• 16:00 – 16:05 – Introduction, by José Luis Pérez Pont (Artistic director of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bid for European Capital of Culture)

• 16:05 – 16:20 – Eduardo Caballero (Director of the Francis Naranjo Foundation)

• 16:20 – 16:35 – Nira Santana (Expert in art, gender, and video games)

• BREAK

• 16:45 – 17:00 – Rubén Pérez Castellano (Cultural manager. Former General Director of Culture of the Government of the Canary Islands)

• 17:00 – 17:15 – Ania González (Lawyer and cultural critic)

• 17:15 – 17:30 – Debate, moderated by José Luis Pérez Pont

• 17:30 – 18:00 – Working group. Conclusions

Friday, November 28

morning: 10:00 — 14:00 h

STATUTE OF THE VISUAL ARTIST

• 10:00 – 10:05 – Introduction, by Pablo San José (PSJM)

• 10:05 – 10:20 – Txema Urkijo (Advisor to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Culture, Coordinator of the development work for the Artist's Statute)

• 10:20 – 11:35 – Elena Marrero (President of AICAV)

• BREAK

• 11:45 – 12:00 – Acaymo S. Cuesta (Artist)

• 12:00 – 12:15 – Juana María Santana Hernández (Representative of the Canary Islands Contemporary Art Sectorial Board: MAV, AICAV, IAC, Marca Púrpura, Artemisia Mujeres + Arte)

• 12:15 – 12:45 – Debate, moderated by Pablo San José (PSJM)

• 12:45 – 13:15 – Working group. Conclusions

afternoon: 16:00 — 19:00 h

• 17:00 – 18:00 – Joint working session. Final conclusions

• 18:30 – Presentation of final conclusions and farewell

• 19:00 – Performance ATA-ME by Pedro Déniz