Drap Art Festival

Drap-Art has been present in more than 16 countries and in its 24 years of activity the project has been extended to the Americas, with regular activities in Barcelona, Montevideo and Pittsburgh, and since 2017 also in Buenos Aires, disseminating the work of more than 780 artists and carrying out awareness-raising activities for all audiences. Drap-Art has become a network for the emerging sector of Catalan artists, designers, artisans and other creative professionals who work with junk and encourages exchange with artists from other parts of Spain, Europe and the rest of the world. From these premises, it works on the one hand as a springboard for young artists in the professional art world, creates job opportunities and encourages exchange with experienced artists, on the other hand it acts as an awareness campaign that echoes and disseminates the reflections of its artists on environmental and social issues, inviting the public to consume responsibly, change habits, and respect the motto of the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle). The philosophy of Drap-Art is being extended to other fields of social and cultural action as a premise to survive in the current time of economic, social and environmental crisis, promoting art as a tool for experimentation and transformation. The habits of use and throw away have to be redirected towards the awareness that nothing disappears, everything is transformed.

The festival offers visitors the opportunity to learn about different issues such as waste management, consumerism, climate change, microplastic pollution, the drama of clandestine migration, social inequality and gender issues, as well as possible solutions: sustainable development, responsible consumption and proposals to change habits. Drap-Art offers a platform and gives visibility to artists working in the field of sustainability and social development, to showcase their work, to educate and raise awareness about the urgent need to find innovative alternatives and to develop new ways of working. Urgent need to find innovative alternatives and develop new solutions, which are inclusive of all communities within society.