Claudia Salguero
Visual
Specialities: Mosaics, Murals, Outdoor Art-making, Painting, Public Installations, Recycling/upcylcing art projects
Contact Info
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Resides in
Western Quebec
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Experience working with
Student In
- Early childhood
- Cycle 1 Elementary
- Cycle 2 Elementary
- Cycle 3 Elementary
- Secondary 1 & 2
- Secondary 3 & 4
- Secondary 5
- CEGEP
- Senior Citizens
I regularly explore the following Broad Areas of Learning/Themes in my work
- Health and Wellbeing
- Personal and Career Planning
- Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
Listed in the Quebec Culture in the Schools Repertoire
- No
I have experience working with
- MASC
I can facilitate virtual creative experiences
- Yes
Travel
- I am available for travel within the same day
- I am available for travel overnight
- An extended residency is an option
As multidisciplinary artist and fully believer in Art as a healing and empowering tool, I am blessed with the opportunity to design and facilitate the creation of big scale community murals and workshops like Golden and dynamic mandalas, recycling jewelry, colouring experiences with schools and communities. My commitment and the scope of my projects as a professional community engaged artist and muralist since 2013 made me wordy of the 2021 Peter Honeywell Ottawa Arts Council Award.
Creative Approach and Experiences Offered
My main goal through the creation of my murals or the facilitation of my workshops is to offer each student the opportunity to realize how creative and unique each of them is. There is no good or bad, no right or wrong in art, every creation or way of expression is perfect as it is because it is "our own way to see the world or express our feelings".I encourage students to be bold, take risks, solve problems In a creative way and empower themselves through the artistic creation processes.
Video
Claudia Salguero is a full-time Community Art educator working with communities at risk in Ottawa since 2013. She is the creator of more than 75 community murals in Ottawa including the two tallest murals in the city: “Transformation, the WOW Mural” and "The Wisdom Mural" working in collaboration with diverse members of the community from conceptualization to end. Through her work, Claudia has evidenced the power of community art and her capacity to work with communities in big projects that foster sense of belonging, empowerment and community building. In this video she explains her philosophy as community arts educator and describe the creative process of her projects. She has also offered hundreds of community self-expression workshops engaging in her practice as community engaged artist close to 7000 participants from all genders, ages and backgrounds. Claudia is the recipient of the Ottawa Arts Council 2021 Peter Honeywell Mid-Career Artist Award and recognized as 2023 MASC Honorary Patron for her work as Community Art Educator in Ottawa. She is a MASC artist and member of the Arts Network Ottawa’s Board of Directors.
As a Community Arts Educator I truly believe that the connection that I help establish between the workshops’ participants and the arts is one of the most important tools for individual and community wellness and healing. I have developed and delivered more than 300 arts education workshops and projects in schools and communities in Ottawa engaging close to 7000 participants including students from KG to G12, adults and seniors from all backgrounds and genders. Helping members of the community to explore the arts and showcase their talents has been the most rewarding job I have ever have as artist.