NEST — Maternar en Residencia / Resistencia

A long-term residency and artistic development programme created by Marcela Villanueva to rethink the conditions of cultural production for artists who mother. Since 2022, NEST has developed residential, exhibition and research formats in Coswig, Berlin and Colombia, integrating children, care, collective living and artistic practice rather than treating caregiving as an obstacle to professional development. Across its editions, the programme has brought together more than thirty artists and cultural practitioners and generated exhibitions including Parallel Maternal and Care and Revelations, as well as longer-term projects such as Gabriela Rivera Lucero’s Maternajes Transfronterizos. Developed through Karne Kunst with Sorora e.V. and a growing network of artists, curators and cultural partners, NEST positions care as both cultural infrastructure and a field of artistic research