Projects
ART AND PENITENTIARY CENTERS
The elPetit Festival and the laSala Creation Center believe in the Arts as a tool for social transformation and in the right of children to experience art with their families, especially those deprived of freedom. Through the "Art and Penitentiary Centers" project, they aim to strengthen family bonds between children and their imprisoned mothers and fathers, through art both inside and outside prisons. The project, which began in 2021 with two penitentiary centers, expanded in 2024 to include more prisons. Its goals include universalizing access to art, raising awareness and destigmatizing the reality of families with imprisoned members, reducing criminal recidivism, and promoting inclusive and quality artistic experiences.
Partners:
laSala
Penitentiary Centers: Brians 2, Quatre Camins and De Dones de Barcelona (Wad-Ras)
Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya
THE RIGHT TIME
The Right Time | Exploring Time in Performing Arts for Early Childhood is a project aimed especially at children aged 0 to 6 and their caregivers. The project focuses on the concept of time as a key dimension in the relationship between early childhood and the performing arts. In this context, time is understood not only as a chronological dimension, but also as a developmental, relational, emotional and artistic dimension, particularly during the first years of life.
More information and activities developed
Partners:
La Baracca ONLUS (cordinator), Art Fraction Foundation, Artika theatre company, ASSITEJ Cyprus, de Stilte, Helios Theater, Teatrul Ion Creang, Kopla Bunz, Théâtre de la Guimbarde,laSala/elPetit, Theatre Madam Bach, neimënster, Teater Tre, Toihaus Theater.
OTHER SPACES
Other Spaces | Encounters between Artists, Children and Educators is a European project that integrates artists into university education to transform educational practices, connecting art, science and community to build more creative, inclusive and sustainable futures. Funded by the Erasmus+ programme, this cooperation project places art at the heart of teacher training and the transformation of contemporary educational models.
Partners:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Catalonia), Museu Tàpies (Catalonia), laSala | elPetit (Catalonia), University of Iceland (Iceland) y West University of Timisoara (Romania).
CARAVAN
CARAVAN is a small-scale cooperation project funded by the Creative Europe programme that radically places the professional practice of artists within early childhood settings (0–5 years). The project proposes an 'artistic caravan' made up of artists and arts mediators travelling across Europe, transforming early childhood spaces into genuine creative oases where art and babies coexist in complete horizontality and freedom.
Partners:
laSala
2turvenhoog/Stichting 2+ (Netherlands), Cie ACTA (France), Festival elPetit (Spain)
