Education and mediation programmes

At Faro Santander, we believe that direct experience with art transforms the way we think, feel and relate to one another. Our Education and Mediation programmes take place both inside and outside Faro, connecting artists, schools, families and community groups through experiences of play, creation and shared research. 

Faro is a place to learn, experiment and exchange ideas; an open space for the exchange of ideas and the collective building of knowledge.

Llamita, a space to play, create and share

Llamita is a unique space within Faro Santander. Conceived as a gallery dedicated to playful and artistic experimentation, it invites visitors to imagine through play and to create through shared practices that require time and presence.

It is also the heart of our educational offering. Its way of understanding art runs through the entire Education and Mediation programme, inspiring its methodologies and showcasing the processes and visual creations of the children and young people who participate.

Llamita has been curated by Sara San Gregorio; her intervention proposes reigniting the flame of play, giving it the importance it deserves by making it astonishing, extraordinary and beautiful. The colourful furniture, experimental materials and many of the games found here were also created by her in collaboration with designer Alicia Gutiérrez.

Access to Llamita is open throughout Faro’s opening hours to anyone wishing to enjoy shared playtime accompanied by our mediators.

Learning through art

Education is at the heart of Faro’s programming. We see learning as an active and participatory experience based on observation, curiosity and aesthetic discovery. 

We believe that play is the inherent culture of childhood and the origin of art—a fundamental impulse of the human experience through which we explore, discover, imagine and make sense of the world. Although we usually associate it with our early years, we continue to play at all ages, and it remains present in our adult learning and creative processes, even when we no longer recognise it as such. Perhaps that is why art is one of the few areas where we naturally accept that this playful dimension stays with us: testing possibilities, asking questions and opening up new paths for thought. To make space for play is to acknowledge its value, turning it into a meaningful and transformative opportunity.