Conferences – Education, Art and Play: The Pedagogy of the Local»

Talk — I Conference on Education, Art and Play: The Pedagogy of the Local in Gáldar, Gran Canaria.

Save the date! We mark on the calendar the I Conference on Education, Art and Play: The Pedagogy of the Local.

May 7, 8 and 9, 2026.

A space to meet, learn and play. This year addressing The Pedagogy of the Local and how the territory is part of the perspective and is a canvas to work on.

THURSDAY, MAY 7

4:30 p.m. • Welcome and accreditations

4:45 p.m. • Institutional inauguration by: Rita Cabrera (Councillor for Education of the Gáldar City Council) Sara Mateos (Director of DISA Foundation) Mar Padilla (Psychopedagogue and Founder of Ocho Pies)

5:00 p.m. • Catherine L’Ecuyer: “How to educate for attention in a world with more screens than windows”.

6:15 p.m. • Coffee – break.

6:30 p.m. • Pedro Jiménez (Planea Network): “What art for what school? The PLANEA network as an example of contemporary art education”.

7:30 p.m. • Pedagogical capsules from Gran Canaria.

CEIP Arucas: “The pedagogical cafeteria: a stage to expressART” (Andy Marrero and students)

“Archigraphies. Sketch on the street”. By Arianna Valzania.

FRIDAY, MAY 8
Presented by Adri Torrijos

4:30 p.m. • Francesco Tonucci: “I go out to Play”. (Live online conference)

17:45 h • “The Gáldar Workshop: Art on the road”. Laura Iballa Urdiales.

18:30 h • Coffee – Break

19:00 – 20:00 h • “Participatory construction in educational centers”. Santi Cirugeda (Recetas Urbanas)

SATURDAY, MAY 9
Presented by Adri Torrijos

9:30 – 10:15 h • 10 years of Ocho Pies. Mar Padilla and Txema Santana.

10:20h – 11:15h • Priscilla Vela: “Play Ecosystems with Loose Parts”.

11:15h – 11:45h • Pedagogical Pills from Gran Canaria:

Cueva Pintada: “Heritage for all audiences”. María Cantó and Esther Navarro.

Rural Schools of Gáldar: “The territory as an educational canvas”. Itahisa Ramírez

11:45 – 12:15 h • Coffee – Break

12:15 – 13:00 • S Bimbo: “Tik Tak Tuk. Nobody stops drawing by chance. Drawing again in the classroom”.

13:00 – 13:30 h • Round Table: conclusions and closing.

Organize/collaborate: Ocho Pies, Gáldar City Council (Education) and DISA Foundation.