Mata Viva · Art & Regeneration
Art can restore more than landscapes.
ALUME's Artistic Residency is building a permanent place where national and international artists can work in immersion while exchanging knowledge with local artists, young people, and communities.
About the Residency
A living laboratory for creative solutions.
The project will establish studios, accommodation, a multipurpose pavilion, and shared spaces for workshops, community events, learning, volunteering, and interdisciplinary research.
Located within Fazenda ALUME, this infrastructure connects creative practice with ecology, agroforestry, healing practices, education, and community care.
It is designed as a permanent cultural platform—not a temporary event—where ideas can be tested, skills shared, and creative solutions developed in direct relationship with the Atlantic Forest.
Knowledge in Practice
A residency that teaches, listens, and creates.
The residency brings artists into immersion while making their knowledge accessible beyond the studio.
Artists work alongside local creatives, educators, therapists, healers, agroforestry practitioners, young people, and families through:
- Immersive artistic research and collaborative creation.
- Workshops, masterclasses, teaching, and mentorship.
- Programmes for teenagers and families.
- Community events and cultural exchange.
- Dialogue across art, ecology, agroforestry, and care.
- Public presentations, installations, and shared outcomes.
Open Call
Bring your practice into a living territory.
Future open calls will welcome Brazilian and international artists across disciplines. Selection will consider artistic practice, capacity for exchange, and relevance to ALUME's territory and communities.
Each edition will reflect the infrastructure, partners, and funding available at that stage. Accommodation, meals, workspaces, programme dates, and technical support will be defined clearly in each call.
Contact ALUME for current opportunities and application details.
Cultural Partnerships
Help build permanent creative infrastructure.
Support can help establish studios, accommodation, the multipurpose pavilion, equipment, and accessible spaces for artistic production and public learning.
It can also fund residency editions, artist access, materials, mentorship, workshops, youth and family programmes, community events, exhibitions, and publications—creating meaningful visibility for your organisation while helping its commitment to culture and regeneration reach wider audiences.
ALUME welcomes cultural institutions, philanthropic organisations, sponsors, and public funding partners interested in building a long-term cultural platform in southern Bahia, including through Lei Rouanet.
Why Art?
Regeneration is cultural before it is ecological.
Art helps communities imagine different futures, reveal overlooked stories, strengthen identity, and translate ecological change into experiences that people can feel and remember.
The ALUME Artistic Residency creates a living space for cultural exchange. International residents bring new knowledge, techniques, practices, and perspectives that can expand local access to learning, mentorship, and creative opportunities. In return, they encounter the traditions, stories, practices, and ancestral knowledge held within the territory.
This exchange enriches both sides. It strengthens local talent and the regional cultural ecosystem while giving visiting artists the opportunity to learn directly from the people, culture, and living landscapes of the Atlantic Forest.
