Welcome at the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) website; the Curaçao Center for Contemporary Art that started in september 2006.
The IBB offers an orientation course for young talents whom we – as a team – select through scouting and then guide and support towards a future in the creative field. To give a broad as possible view on the contemporary art field to our students, visitors and participants of our workshops (ArteSwa projects) within the community, we invite visual artists from all over the globe to Curaçao to give us new views – ‘buena bista’s’ – on the possibilities of art. This website tries to give you a complete view of our program but please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions: info@institutobuenabista.com
You can visit us on weekdays between 1.00 and 6.00 pm at De Ruijterkade 58 (the Punda-side of the ‘Waaigat’)
De Firma Kooijman bestond het afgelopen jaar 70 jaar en heeft samen met het IBB de handen in elkaar geslagen om een scholenproject samen te stellen voor jongeren in het middelbaar onderwijs. Het IBB is een platvorm voor hedendaagse kunst op Curacao waar tevens talentvolle jongeren op creatief gebied een vooropleiding krijgen om verder te [...]
Read More...Over the last three months the IBB (Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao) in cooperation with the Dutch BKVB Fund welcomed visual artist Lydia Schouten as her guest resident. This ‘Grande dame’ of Dutch contemporary art worked with our students next to her autonomous project. This Tuesday January 12th from 7.30 pm we hereby invite everyone for [...]
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