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’)

Maartje Folkeringa writes about her residency on Curacao [2]

Maartje Folkeringa | With Faultless i close my bedroom door, with bern the porch door, with Guard the front door and with Abus the gate at the frontside of the house. Three minutes later i open a gate with Nemef, another one with Ivana, the third with Fearless and finally my studio door with Ivana [...]

Maartje Folkeringa writes about her residency on Curacao

Maartje Folkeringa | I sit on a porch. Tequila is laying there sleeping with her legs in the air. Sipping on my yellow Tip-Top lemonade drink i write on my laptop. I’m sweaty. Outside i can regularly hear the exploding fireworks and inside a clarinet, played by Arjan Kappers. He’s the partner of visual artist [...]

Students working with Erik Habets

IBB students working on their sculptures under supervision of substitute teacher Erik Habets.

NEWSLETTER March 2010

Dear friends of IBB, After our last newsletter in November we are working hard to send you information on IBB activities on a more regular bases. Every 2 months we want to give you all an update of IBB latest news and interesting projects that are coming up. Artist in Residence: Lydia Schouten From the [...]