September 2022

Together with Organizmo and La Urbana community based in the jungles of Matavén, the Amazonian foothills, and independent curator Marcela Caldas, Room to Bloom opens Organizmo Bloom residency on the 4th of October 2022. Organizmo Bloom branches artists with La Urbana rural community based in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, on the idea of weaving together: weaving an intercultural dialogue and co-creation process. The residency aims to foster and guarantee a horizontal learning space of exchange and co-creation, community based through the

Lena Chen is a member of the Room to Bloom community and resident with Studio Rizoma. She is a Chinese American writer and artist creating performances and socially engaged art. A recipient of Mozilla Foundation’s 2022 Creative Media Award and “Best Emerging Talent” at the 2019 B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, her work has appeared at Transmediale, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Färgfabriken, Baltimore Museum of Art, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Sheffield DocFest, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, among others. She has been awarded grants and

We are so excited to share with you the new programme of activities of Room to Bloom. With the new mentorship programme, developed in a pilot phase, Room to Bloom aims to provide a boost to emerging feminist artists international visibility and careers and an opportunity for them to work out in a growing network in Palermo and in Europe.  Throughout the programme the Room to Bloom Community and mentors accompany emerging artists in their professional development. 5-11 December 2022 in Palermo, January 2023 online The