Irene Vasco

Workshop on the book Conjuros y Sortilegios

Taking the book Conjuros y Sortilegios as a starting point, the author will carry out a Story Hour, with magic lessons. The texts will be recreated by the children, who will receive material so they can elaborate magic wands. The participants will come up with new spells so that they can contribute to the reading of the book. Ages 8 to 12

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 09:00 - 10:00.

Celso Román

Literature, reality and fantasy

The Colombian Celso Román is one the best writers of children’s literature in his country. This gathering will immerse us in a literary universe of myths, legends and traditional tales. Children will get creative and put their artistic skills into practice with some literary creation exercises. Ages 8 to 12

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 09:00 - 10:00.

Animalario illustration workshop, with Valentina Toro

Creation of characters based on The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. The workshop will be directed by Valentina Toro Gutiérrez, writer an illustrator from Medellín. Toro is a graphic designer and magister in Creative Writings.

From 7 to 10 years

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Finales inesperados workshop with Amalia Restrepo

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Amalia Restrepo. She is an architect from Universidad de los Andes and candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been published in the books Caramelos de Luz and País de los Sueños by Cantoalegre Editorial; and in the videoclips Las únicas respuestas and Gira Luna, nominated to Best Animation in Mi Primer Festival in Peru. In 2016 she published her first book, La bicicleta, in which the story, illustrations and editing are all hers.

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Irene Vasco

Workshop on the book Conjuros y Sortilegios

Taking the book Conjuros y Sortilegios as a starting point, the author will carry out a Story Hour, with magic lessons. The texts will be recreated by the children, who will receive material so they can elaborate magic wands. The participants will come up with new spells so that they can contribute to the reading of the book. Ages 8 to 12

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Celso Román

Literature, reality and fantasy

The Colombian Celso Román is one the best writers of children’s literature in his country. This gathering will immerse us in a literary universe of myths, legends and traditional tales. Children will get creative and put their artistic skills into practice with some literary creation exercises. Ages 8 to 12

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Dylan Moore

Reflections on Exile: Finding Home Elsewhere

The author Dylan Moore has been awarded the 2018 Creative Wales Hay Festival International Fellowship/Cymrawd Rhungwladol Cymru Greadigol Hay Festival, and will be visiting all our festivals worldwide over the next 12 months. Against a backdrop of record numbers of displaced people across the world, Dylan Moore reflects on the tension between ideas of 'the outsider' and 'belonging' in the way we construct our identities. The workshop will be in English

Colegio Columbus School.

Hour: 12:00 - 13:00.

Animalario illustration workshop, with Valentina Toro

Creation of characters based on The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. The workshop will be directed by Valentina Toro Gutiérrez, writer an illustrator from Medellín. Toro is a graphic designer and magister in Creative Writings.

From 7 to 10 years

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Finales inesperados workshop with Amalia Restrepo

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Amalia Restrepo. She is an architect from Universidad de los Andes and candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been published in the books Caramelos de Luz and País de los Sueños by Cantoalegre Editorial; and in the videoclips Las únicas respuestas and Gira Luna, nominated to Best Animation in Mi Primer Festival in Peru. In 2016 she published her first book, La bicicleta, in which the story, illustrations and editing are all hers.

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Pilar Lozano

La historia, los viajes y la abuela

Colombian Pilar Lozano is a journalist, children’s and young adult literature writer and promoter of reading and writing. She will talk about her latest book: La historia, los viajes y la abuela. This story begins with a long vacation. Grandma had everything ready (tickets, books, suitcases and maps) to undertake a long voyage throughout Colombia. The objective: to weave, with everyone, the history of the country, from the first dwellers, passing through the conquest, the pirate attacks, the African slave-trade and the Botanical Expedition, until they arrive to the day in which the Spaniards pack their things and leave this land for good. With the vivacity that defines her, Pilar Lozano tells the history of Colombia in a very entertaining way, in a book full of travelling, colour and adventures. The book also includes full-colour illustrations by Paula Bossio. From 7 years on

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Juan Gedovius imagines Peter Pan

Juan Gedovius (Mexico), one of the most outstanding Mexican authors and illustrators, the creator of, among others, the emblematic El más gigante, presents a fun activity in which, through illustration and imagination, he approaches Peter Pan. From 7 years on

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Pilar Lozano

La historia, los viajes y la abuela

Colombian Pilar Lozano is a journalist, children’s and young adult literature writer and promoter of reading and writing. She will talk about her latest book: La historia, los viajes y la abuela. This story begins with a long vacation. Grandma had everything ready (tickets, books, suitcases and maps) to undertake a long voyage throughout Colombia. The objective: to weave, with everyone, the history of the country, from the first dwellers, passing through the conquest, the pirate attacks, the African slave-trade and the Botanical Expedition, until they arrive to the day in which the Spaniards pack their things and leave this land for good. With the vivacity that defines her, Pilar Lozano tells the history of Colombia in a very entertaining way, in a book full of travelling, colour and adventures. The book also includes full-colour illustrations by Paula Bossio. From 7 years on

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 15:30 - 16:30.

Juan Gedovius imagines Peter Pan

Juan Gedovius (Mexico), one of the most outstanding Mexican authors and illustrators, the creator of, among others, the emblematic El más gigante, presents a fun activity in which, through illustration and imagination, he approaches Peter Pan. From 7 years on

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 15:30 - 16:30.

Approximation to the trade of an illustr-author with Alekos

Alekos defines himself as an illustr-author, because he writes as well as illustrates his own texts. In this workshop, taking as a starting point some books illustrated by him, Alekos proposes to carry out image-reading and try to guess what the illustrations tell us about the tale, a story recital and a couple of songs. Through observing images, listening to the story and songs, the children will pick a character they will then have to illustrate. Ages 8 to 11

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 09:00 - 10:00.

Illustration workshop with Sara Sánchez

Artist Sara Sánchez dedicates herself to the illustration of stories. She will offer a workshop on the process she follows to create her characters and the importance illustrations have in books. With the help of the children she will create a character as an example so that the little artists can give full rein to their imagination and draw their own characters and creatures.

Supported by Acción Cultural Española

Ages 5 to 6

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 09:00 - 10:00.

Animalario illustration workshop, with Valentina Toro

Creation of characters based on The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. The workshop will be directed by Valentina Toro Gutiérrez, writer an illustrator from Medellín. Toro is a graphic designer and magister in Creative Writings.

From 7 to 10 years

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Finales inesperados workshop with Amalia Restrepo

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Amalia Restrepo. She is an architect from Universidad de los Andes and candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been published in the books Caramelos de Luz and País de los Sueños by Cantoalegre Editorial; and in the videoclips Las únicas respuestas and Gira Luna, nominated to Best Animation in Mi Primer Festival in Peru. In 2016 she published her first book, La bicicleta, in which the story, illustrations and editing are all hers.

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Approximation to the trade of an illustr-author, with Alekos

Alekos defines himself as an illustr-author, because he writes as well as illustrates his own texts. In this workshop, taking as a starting point some books illustrated by him, Alekos proposes to carry out image-reading and try to guess what the illustrations tell us about the tale, a story recital and a couple of songs. Through observing images, listening to the story and songs, the children will pick a character they will then have to illustrate. Ages 8 to 11

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Illustration workshop, with Sara Sánchez

Artist Sara Sánchez dedicates herself to the illustration of stories. She will offer a workshop on the process she follows to create her characters and the importance illustrations have in books. With the help of the children she will create a character as an example so that the little artists can give full rein to their imagination and draw their own characters and creatures. Ages 5 to 6 Support from Acción Cultural Española

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Animalario illustration workshop, with Valentina Toro

Creation of characters based on The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. The workshop will be directed by Valentina Toro Gutiérrez, writer an illustrator from Medellín. Toro is a graphic designer and magister in Creative Writings.

From 7 to 10 years

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Finales inesperados workshop with Amalia Restrepo

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Amalia Restrepo. She is an architect from Universidad de los Andes and candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been published in the books Caramelos de Luz and País de los Sueños by Cantoalegre Editorial; and in the videoclips Las únicas respuestas and Gira Luna, nominated to Best Animation in Mi Primer Festival in Peru. In 2016 she published her first book, La bicicleta, in which the story, illustrations and editing are all hers.

COMFAMA Ciudad del Río.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Illustration workshop, with Sara Sánchez

Artist Sara Sánchez dedicates herself to the illustration of stories. She will offer a workshop on the process she follows to create her characters and the importance illustrations have in books. With the help of the children she will create a character as an example so that the little artists can give full rein to their imagination and draw their own characters and creatures. Ages 5 to 6

Support from Acción Cultural Española

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 14:00 - 15:00.

Words Recital, with Alekos

In this recital, Alekos takes us to the last little town where he lived. Intertwined stories about his characters, animals and places with word-play, tales, songs, images and a lot of wit will keep the young audience having fun and entertained. Ages 7 to 11

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno.

Hour: 15:30 - 16:30.

Illustration workshop, with Sara Sánchez

Artist Sara Sánchez dedicates herself to the illustration of stories. She will offer a workshop on the process she follows to create her characters and the importance illustrations have in books. With the help of the children she will create a character as an example so that the little artists can give full rein to their imagination and draw their own characters and creatures. Ages 5 to 6

Support from Acción Cultural Española

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 15:30 - 16:30.

Valentina Toro

Workshop I

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Valentina Toro Gutiérrez. She is a writer and illustrator from Medellín, a graphic designer and she has an M.A. in Creative Writing.

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 09:00 - 10:00.

Amalia Restrepo

Workshop II

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Amalia Restrepo. She is an architect from Universidad de los Andes and candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been published in the books Caramelos de Luz and País de los Sueños by Cantoalegre Editorial; and in the videoclips Las únicas respuestas and Gira Luna, nominated to Best Animation in Mi Primer Festival in Peru. In 2016 she published her first book, La bicicleta, in which the story, illustrations and editing are all hers.

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 09:00 - 10:00.

Valentina Toro

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Valentina Toro Gutiérrez. She is a writer and illustrator from Medellín, a graphic designer and she has an M.A. in Creative Writing.

Laboratorio I, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.

Amalia Restrepo

Reading aloud and didactic-creative activity held by Amalia Restrepo. She is an architect from Universidad de los Andes and candidate for a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been published in the books Caramelos de Luz and País de los Sueños by Cantoalegre Editorial; and in the videoclips Las únicas respuestas and Gira Luna, nominated to Best Animation in Mi Primer Festival in Peru. In 2016 she published her first book, La bicicleta, in which the story, illustrations and editing are all hers.

Laboratorio II, Museo de Arte Moderno MAMM.

Hour: 10:30 - 11:30.