Formentera kicks off autumn art fair, Tardor d'Art

Formentera's Autumn of Art (Tardor d'Art) opened yesterday, Thursday 6 October, and will run through Sunday 9 October. From 10.00am to 10.00pm, the Jardí de ses Eres in Sant Francesc will be a showcase for locally crafted artwork and a place of exchange among members of the public. The fair opened yesterday.

The event features 15 home-town creators: artists Sol Courreges Boné de Torre, Fran Lucas Simón, María Teresa Matilla López, Jorge Traverso and Woff Kahlen; painters Maribel Escandell Guasch, Diana Masiliauskas, María Lagrange, Enric Riera and Antoni Taulé; photographer Fabiana Schulz; sculptors Pablo Arias and Lorenzo Pepe, and video-artists Albert Merino and Juan González Fornés.
 
The fair also has daily programming. Today, Friday 7 October, 6.00pm to 8.00pm, visual artist and cultural manager Laura Marte leads a workshop on good professional practices in the arts and the professionalisation of cultural workers. Tomorrow, Saturday 8 October, 7.00pm to 8.00pm, artists and members of the local cultural community will participate in a round table titled "The current situation of the arts in the Balearic Islands: Similarities and differences". Finally, Sunday 9 October, 7.00pm to 8.00pm, Elena Ruiz, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Eivissa (MACE), will close the fair with a reading of "Isabel Echarri/La Reina Blanca".

7 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera