Instituto Buena Bista

Welcome

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’)

David Bade’s retrospective exhibition

David Bade’s retrospective exhibition in museum GEM (www.gem-online.nl) , The Hague and GEMAK (www.gemak.org). Pictures, videos and other impressions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/de_buurman/sets/72157623754456480/ 12 small videos David Bade walking you through his exhibition): www.bdyoutube.com (search for videos David Bade) or www.smartphonevideos.net (search David Bade) national television: www.nps.nl search for KUNSTSTOF TV aflevering 4 april search for KUNSTSTOF RADIO [...]

Press release: IBB at the ArtPie / KunstVlaai

The Instituto Buena Bista(IBB) is honored to announce it’s contribution to the Amsterdam ArtPie/KunstVlaai (www.kunstvlaai.nl): an alternative exhibition that started 10 years ago as a reaction towards the commercial ArtFair of Amsterdam. Over the years the ArtPie/KunstVlaai developed into a yearly ‘state of the arts’ that stands on its own that doesn’t even takes place [...]

IBB Kids working with Maartje Folkeringa

Alongside her own project Folkeringa conducted a seminar with the IBB students. The students imagined and described an imaginary persona. After this Maartje questioned them extensively to get to the core of their character and characteristics. Upon choosing a medium, they set of to work. Wonderful and widely varied works of art were made that [...]

Press release: Maartje Folkeringa

The Instituto Buena Bista – in collaboration with the fonds voor beeldende kunst (fund for the visual arts) in amsterdam- has for the past 3 months had the dutch visual artist Maartje Folkeringa as a guest in her residency program. Alongside her own work she also developed a workshop with the IBB students. We invite [...]