Informe final de pasantía: escuela de mediación galería Santa Fe

Abstract

The Mediation School of Galería Santa Fe is an institution dedicated to the circulation of contemporary art practices and to the development of educational processes, collective knowledge construction, and engagement with diverse audiences. From the field of art education, this experience was grounded in a pedagogical, critical, and contextual perspective that understands mediation as a formative device capable of activating processes of reflective dialogue between artworks, artists, and visiting communities. In this sense, the practice was not limited to the transmission of information about the exhibited works, but was configured as a situated space of interaction in which diverse forms of knowledge, experiences, and interpretations of the social and cultural environment converge.

Additionally, a community engagement project was designed and implemented in collaboration with the locality of La Candelaria, aimed at strengthening the relationship between the institution and its territorial context. This initiative made visible the role of artistic mediation as a strategy for community articulation and as an expanded pedagogical practice capable of influencing modes of cultural participation. In this way, the internship was constituted not only as a professional exercise, but also as a process of critical reflection on mediation in contemporary art and its potential as a tool for citizenship-building and social transformation.