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JAI (Jardun Artistikoen Institutua) is a study programme aimed at artists which, since 2020, has been co-produced by ICCC Tabakalera (San Sebastian) and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country, Artium Museoa (Vitoria-Gasteiz). From 2022, the Jorge Oteiza Museum Foundation will collaborate with the study programme.
JAI is based on educational proposals designed by artists for artists and lasts for eight weeks. The four tutors leading JAI during its 2025 edition are: Ibon Aranberri (Itziar, Deba, Ordizia, 1969), Alejandro Cesarco (Itziar, Deba, Ordizia, 1969), Alejandro Cesarco (Montevideo, 1975), Itziar Okariz (Donostia, 1969) and Olatz Otalora (Algorta, 1990). The JAI faculty is established each year on the basis of the exhibition programmes of ICCC Tabakalera and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country. This decision stems from the desire to expand and deepen the connection between production, exhibition and the transmission of knowledge to the given context, building a space for exchange within the artistic community. In addition to the tutors, the JAI study committee includes Oier Etxeberria (Head of Public Programmes at Tabakalera) and Catalina Lozano (Chief Curator, Artium Museoa).
The programme recognises the extraordinary tradition of transferring knowledge from the field of contemporary art that is deeply rooted in the Basque Country through different educational projects that have taken place within the local context through experimental assumptions. Among other matters, this experience combines, on the one hand, a predisposition to discuss the social function of art, and on the other, an ongoing dialogue on its material practice.
JAI is structured around a single question posed to each of the guest lecturers: What practical knowledge that defines your working process are you capable of passing on to others? The answer to this question allows for a distinct and varied methodology. The sum of these responses, in the form of exercises, seminars, workshops or other proposed events, makes up the educational programme. This allows JAI to collectively and experimentally investigate the capacity and specific nature of art in order to produce knowledge and the different strategies for sharing it.
Call for entries for 2025 edition was open from 23 December 2024 to 14 February 2025.
