Marcela Villanueva Curator & Cultural Manager

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Projektraum Coswig

Independent project space / residency infrastructure

Period2022–ongoing
RoleCo-initiator with Lucas Dima; programme development and organizational support
LocationCoswig (Anhalt), Germany
ContextRural cultural infrastructure · artist residencies · urban-rural exchange · Sachsen-Anhalt
CommunityResident artists, curators and cultural workers; local and regional communities
CategoriesCultural Leadership Programme Design Cultural Management & Funding Community Engagement
Themesrural cultural infrastructure · residencies · ecology · care · international exchange
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A rural centre for artistic creation and residencies in Coswig (Anhalt), Sachsen-Anhalt, created by Marcela Villanueva in collaboration with Lucas Dima as part of Karne Kunst’s cultural infrastructure. Located between Dessau and Wittenberg, the 330 m² live-work space provides accommodation, studios, shared working areas and outdoor space for national and international artists, curators and researchers. Conceived as a bridge between metropolitan and rural cultural contexts, Projektraum Coswig supports long-term artistic processes, experimentation and community exchange, with a particular focus on migrant, FLINTA, feminist and socially engaged practices. It has hosted and developed residency programmes including Art is Urgent, NEST, FlussLab and Resonance, combining artistic production with care, ecology, professional development and international exchange

Two visitors look at a weathered hanging textile in a shopfront gallery, with small charred sculptural forms arranged across the tiled floor.
fig. 01Exhibition view at Projektraum Coswig, 2025
A gold foil-wrapped form rests on the cobbled forecourt of the white gabled Schloss Coswig under a blue sky.
fig. 02FlussLab at Schloss Coswig, 2022
A visitor looks at framed works hung on a bare plastered cellar wall, lit by a large pink disc of light.
fig. 03FlussLab, cellar exhibition, Coswig, 2022