culture / socialCommunity work in New York at Williamsburg Art & Historical Center; Madrid at Fundación Beas; Dominican Republic at Oné Respe; and Jordan at Alliance for Solidarity, and National Gallery of Fine Arts.
“Plenty of people do volunteering work in the arts. Quite often even more than in other walks of life. Passion for what we do is a strong asset to follow our dreams, and it may take us to make a difference in culture and education. Contact with community work goes beyond this gallery. Behind these exotic places, there are beautiful life stories. Spanish painter Goya said that ’the sleep of reason produces monsters’. And, yes, in social work, we fight monsters.”
“I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.”
Albert Einstein
Collaborating with a Spanish NGO at Action for Africa. Promoting Cuban culture at an art center in New York. Training children for an NGO in Dominican Republic. Launching a national museum’s art hub, and volunteering for an NGO’s family program in Jordan.
— Factory art hub
CULTURE i SOCIAL
New York
WAH CENTER
Volunteering for three months at Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, US art center founded by Japanese artist Yuko Nii in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
PROJECT: Cuba in New York, arts event including exhibition, writers encounter, live band concert, and traditional cuisine. Coordinator: PV
FROM WAH: “In 1996, Yuko Nii founded the non-profit The WAH Center based upon her Bridge Concept which envisions a multifaceted, multicultural art center. WAH in Japanese means peace, harmony, unity. Yuko also wanted to preserve the building: a French Second Empire masterpiece.” I © 2025 WAH
Madrid
FUNDACIÓN BEAS
Volunteering for six months at Fundación Beas, Spanish NGO founded by entrepreneur Antonio Beas in Madrid.
PROJECT: Action for Africa, humanitarian program to build water dwells in Northern Africa. Media: PV
Antonio Beas set Fundación Beas in the late 90s, and Krassia Photography in 2010. Fundación Beas worked for sometime in the social sector. Then Krassia was set as a photo/design studio. Later, Antonio entered other fields such as film and theater. I © 2025 FB
Dominican Republic
ONÉ RESPE
Volunteering for a month at Oné Respe, Dominican NGO based in Gurabo, a small village near Santiago City in Dominican Republic, founded by Puerto Rican Catuxo Badillo, and Dominican Natacha Calderón.
PROJECT: The Story of Colors by Teatro de La Luna Luna, arts company from New York, founded by David Matiano and Lisa Rubin. Filmmaker: PV
FROM ONÉ RESPE: ”Oné Respe is an expression from Creole farmers that means honor and respect. We believe that everyone, every culture, every pueblo deserves honor and respect.” I © 2025 OR
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“Through literary editor Casandra Badillo in New York, Oné Respe invited Teatro de La Luna Luna for a one-month arts program for children. Mexican dancer David Matiano directed the project The Story of Colors based on the book by Subcomandante Marcos. It included a dance show and workshops by American visual artist Lisa Rubin and Spanish filmmaker Pedro Valiente.”
Amman
FACTORY
Volunteering for six months at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, national museum founded by H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, and directed by Dr. Khalid Khreis.
PROJECTS: Factory, arts hub and groundbreaking project, created after a one-year artist-in-residence program, by Spanish artist/professor Rocío Villalonga. Founding member: PV [Recognition letter from JNGFA]
Penelope is Waiting (2015, Spain) installation screened at In the Margin Festival. Factory (2018, Jordan, 5:46) digital media for In the Margin Festival, launching Factory. Director: PV
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts: Founder/president: H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi I Director: Khalid Khreis I Coordinators: Bana Fanous, Khuzama Abu Jabeh FACTORY: Director: Rocío Villalonga I Art coordinator: Khaldoun Hijazin I Performing arts coordinator: Pedro Valiente.
FROM FACTORY: “Factory is an open platform on contemporary art, innovation, and research. A ground-breaking program at the service of cultural and social advocates, artists, and citizens.” I © 2018 JNGFA
Amman
AxS
Volunteering for three months at Alianza por la Solidaridad, Spanish NGO, coordinated by Laura Ciudad, along with country manager Ainhoa Ojeda.
PROJECTS: International Women Day 2018, media content for AxS for a clinic in Ajloun supporting Syrian and Jordanian families.
Modern Women (2018, Spain/Jordan) digital media series portraying Jordanian women, with focus on health and family planning,
FROM AxS: “Allliance for Solidarity is a social civil organization that channels the effort and support by more than 40.000 people to fight inequalities and contribute to protect human rights.” I © 2018 AxS
Factory (5:46)
