Meeting with the TEJA Network 

Casa Árabe’s General Director, Miguel Moro Aguilar, received Manuela Otero, coordinator of this network, and Flavia Introzzi, from hablarenarte. 

At the meeting, which took place at Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid on Thursday, June 26, the institution’s director gained first-hand knowledge about the work performed by the network, with which Casa Árabe is collaborating, as well as the new projects which it will be carrying out in the near future. 

The TEJA Network is a Network of Cultural Spaces that Provide Support in Emergency Situations. It promotes transnational cooperation, offering temporary shelter to artists and cultural workers who find themselves in complex socio-political situations in their countries of origin. It came about in 2022 as an immediate response by the artistic community and independent cultural spaces to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Over a short time, the initiative has expanded its scope of action to other places in crisis, growing stronger as a project intending to remain in place, offering material and symbolic support to artists threatened by violent, authoritarian and unstable environments.

Started up by three independent spaces in Madrid: Nave Oporto, Paisanaje and Planta Alta (hablarenarte), it is now made up of 15 public and private institutions, as well as independent organizations from the cultural sector in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. These include: Casa Árabe (Madrid), Casa Velázquez (Madrid), Círculo de Bellas Artes - Casa Europa (Madrid), hablarenarte / Planta Alta (Madrid), Hangar (Barcelona), Institute for Postnatural Studies (Madrid), La Casa Encendida - Fundación Montemadrid (Madrid), La EScocesa (Barcelona), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Moving Artists (Bilbao), MACBA (Barcelona), Nave Oporto (Madrid),Paisanaje (Madrid) and Proyecto Celesata (Madrid).