#KOALA TEAM
We are Montse, Eva and Irene. A group of entrepreneurial friends with a great desire to offer new things through art. We met a few years ago in Barcelona, working in a plastic arts school that brought us together.
Although our paths separated, one in Lleida, another in Australia and the other in Barcelona, this did not prevent us from meeting again after 15 years to create this enriching project.
IRENE GILABERT COROMINAS
Born in Barcelona, graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona (also doing ERASMUS at l’école Beaux-Arts in Paris, workshop of Giuseppe Penone and Christian Boltanski). Later, he also graduated in photography at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia IEFC (project directed by Manel Esclusa).
She has been working as a visual arts teacher for adults and young people at the Traç Visual Expression Center (Barcelona) for 19 years. At the same time, she works in the organization of workshops and artistic events.
“I am a nature lover. I like to explore it both inside and outside in various areas to satisfy my interests.”
EVA SALA GUÀRDIA
Born in Barcelona, she has a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and a Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. Her professional career has always been related to the artistic education of children. For 14 years she has been a teacher at the Traç Plastic Expression Center (Barcelona). At the same time, she also works in advising schools and organizing workshops and artistic events.
“I am a fan of traveling and discovering restaurants, places and shops with special charm.”
MONTSE TARRAGONA PONS
Born in Lleida, she has a degree in Philosophy and a specialization in Aesthetics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She studied Restoration of Works of Art at the Escola Superior de Conservació i Restauració de Béns Culturals de Catalunya (ESCRBCC), combined with art classes for children at the Traç Centre d’Expressionió Plàstica (Barcelona). She currently works and directs Solaç, her art center in Mollerusa, together with her sister and her partner.
“I fill my free time with painting and creative sewing.”
WHAT DO WE DO?
We are Koala Art for Kids! A new and enriching project that aims to spread art as a means to communicate and relate to everything around us. We believe that art has the power to create emotions and open new horizons, which is why we wanted to combine it with another of our passions: children.
We trust in the artistic potential of the little ones and their innate ability to create. And that is why we offer them visual and plastic artistic experiences of all kinds so that they themselves can experiment, learn and discover new sensations. All always through play and fun.
Not only do we enjoy working with families, but we also consider it necessary and deeply enriching to create joint artistic experiences. Children, with their spontaneous creativity, invite adults to reconnect with their own sensitivity and artistic vision. That is why, in addition to family workshops, we also offer specific proposals for adults, designed so that they can rediscover and freely express that creative part that often remains silent in the midst of everyday life.
HOW?
We offer a wide variety of small and large format artistic proposals adapted to all types of spaces and needs. They can be installations, play spaces or workshops on a specific theme.
FOR WHOM?
Although our main audience is children, our proposals are open to everyone. We work with families to experience art together and also with adults, offering workshops that allow us to reconnect with creativity and rediscover the pleasure of creating, experimenting and feeling.
WHY?
Art is inclusive and everyone is free to experience it in their own way. It opens minds, borders and charts new paths for everyone. “Koala is an invitation for every child to let out the little artist inside them”
