Rosamaría Bolom
Immigrant, feminist, transdisciplinary artist, and cultural worker. Throughout her artistic and personal journey, she has discovered that art and community are the pillars of her path. Pillars that have led her to delve deeper into the concept of human dignity and what it means to be a woman in times of globalization.
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My work as an artistic initiator among children and young people began in Mexico City in 2000, but here Here in Finland, I have focused more on planning and implementing artistic and educational workshops that offer meaningful experiences with the art and culture of recycling. In 2011 a was part of the project “Koivu ja Tähti”, promoted by Interkult Kassandra aimed at migrant women, and from there I began my relationship with Kassandra ry.
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In the year 2014, I had the opportunity to know and start to collaborate with the Association Yhteiset Lapsemme, a child welfare organization in Helsinki. There I planned and developped a serie of art-workshops focusing on children's rights and Mexican culture aimed to small and young people.
In 2016 I met the fabulous puppet theater artist Anne Lihavainen with whom I was able to work in two projects with "Theater and Masks" aimed at young people, one subsidized by Taike for the integration of young people who arrived as refugees and in the school context and with the help of art, they had the opportunity to converge with young Finns and weave bonds of trust and friendship, and the other one, focused to child and youth from Koti Ilola to promote social skills, build trust, independence and courage through theater and masks promoted supported by Lasten ja Nuorten Foundation and Alli Paasikivi Foundation, both projects promoted by Yhteiset Lapsemme. The masks created during the first workshop where exhibited in the project "Pihalla!?" at Annantalo the Cultural Art Centre for children in Helsinki.
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In 2017 I had the opportunity to take part in the Art Caravan "YleX Get Together" organized by Interkult Kassanra RY in collaboration with Warner Music and YLE Radio to travel for two weeks on an artistic tour doing masks in big format and promoting our work as migrant artists with high school students from central area of Finland in the context of the centenary of the independence of Finland.
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Since 2020 I have take part in "Kulttuurikurkkaus", an wonferful initiative of the City of Espoo which brings children (between 3 to 5 years of age) a live experience as part of ther right to enjoy art and culture.
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The last workshop for this initiative in Espoo is "Ystävyys vedessä ja maalla -kierrätystyöpaja/recycling workshop.
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My catalog of workshops includes initiations in the art of "La Cartonería Mexicana", masks, recycling and above all, the dissemination of respect for human rights and nature.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED to know more about my workshops (English, Finnish or in Spanish) please CONTACT ME.
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2025
Ystävyys vedessä ja maalla -kierrätystyöpaja. This year, in addition to encouraging children and educators to recycle using the Mexican cardboard technique, I also want to talk about an amphibian living in Mexico that resonates with another amphibian living in Finland. Both are small, beautiful, and on the endangered species list: El Ajolote mexicano and the Finnish Rupilisco.
2024
Jätti-naamiot. Large cardboard masks as a way to encourage young people in the culture of recycling and the world of masks, as part of the program Kulps in Espoo City in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
Hauska naamiot. Mexican cartoneria and recycling aims at small children to create an aesthetic and artistic experience, as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Espoo City Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
2023
Corpas que Voam. Installation conversational. Centro Cultural María antonia. Sao Paulo, Brasil
Kevät Olentoja. Art Installation workshop aimed at small children to create an aesthetic and artistic experience, as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
Hauska Kaveri. Workshop aimed at small children to initiate them in the culture of recycling as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
2022
Masks in big format. Stoa Cultural Centre
Kevät Olentoja. Art Installation workshop aimed at small children to create an aesthetic and artistic experience, as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
2021
Hauska Kaveri. Workshop aimed at small children to initiate them in the culture of recycling as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
Kuule Joulu Tulee! Art Installation workshop aimed at small children to create an aesthetic experience, as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
2021 Kevät Olentoja. Art Installation workshop aimed at small children to create an aesthetic and artistic experience, as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
2020
Kuule Joulu Tulee! Art Installation workshop aimed at small children to create an aesthetic and artistic experience, as part of the program Kulttuurikurkkaus in Collaboration with Interkult Kassandra Association
All together. Anti-racism banners and signs. Yhteiset Lapsemme Ry. Helsinki, Finland
Women's rights and artivistm. Banners and signs against global machismo. Lymy Collective. Helsinki, Finland
2019
Christmas wishes and dreams masks. Diakonissalaitos. Helsinki. Finland
Animal's Masks. Malmitalo, Helsinki
Big masks. Interkult Kassandra. Kannelmäen peruskoulu. Vantaa, Finland
Masks and Theater. Workshop for Yhteiset Lapsemme with the support of Alli Paasikivinen Foundation. Sipoo
Ilo on lapsen oikeus. Guide tour workshop. Caisa Cultural Centre. Helsinki
2018
Ilo on lapsen oikeus. Guide tour workshop. Annantalo. Helsinki
Masks: 2 days workshop. Mexican cardboard masks introduction. Kraam Gallery. Tallinn
Masks and Theater. Workshop for Yhteiset Lapsemme with the support of Nuori.fi
Lintutalo. Mexican cardboard masks of birds fro children during the opening of Lauttasaari Manor by Kone Säätiö. Finland.
We Buzzz! variety of methods to make insect masks out of card. IHME Contemporary Art Festival. Helsinki, Finland
Faces painted with Aztec symbols. Interkult Kassandra. Kallio Kukkii, Helsinki
Mask workshop. Cardboard masks of animals. Espoo' Cultural Container. Interkult Kassandra. Espoo
2017
Big masks. "YleX get together" Art Caravan organized by Interkult Kassandra, Warner Music and YLE Radio. Forssa, Äänekoski, Pedersöre, Kempele, Tammisaari, Espoo, Porvoo & Kotka. Finland
Amulets. Interkult Kassandra. Masala Library, Espoo, Finland
Big masks. Interkult Kassandra. Masala Library, Espoo, Finland
Big masks. Interkult Kassandra. Veikkola Library, Kirkkonumi, Finland
Amulets for the Summer Solstice. Interkult Kassandra. Maailman Kylässä Festivalkki, Helsinki
Faces painted with Aztec symbols. Interkult Kassandra. Kallio Kukkii, Helsinki
Animal's Masks and Children Rights. Malmitalo, Helsinki
Recycling Workshop. Kanneltalo, Helsinki
Multicultural Valentine's Day Celebration, Annantalo, Helsinki
Satakielikuukausi. Annantalo Cultural Centre, Helsinki
2016
Calavera calaverita. Kauhua Kakaroille Festival. Stoa Cultural Centre Stoa, Helsinki, Finland
Painting Calaveras School of Käpylä, Helsinki, Finland
Atsteekkien kulttuuri ja Vuoden pisin päivä at Kesälairillä in Helinä Rautavaara Museum. Espoo, Finland
Zumbador kartonkityöpaja at Kolibrí -Ibero-American children’s cultural festival. Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland
Paper sculpture at "Lentäviä Naisia Installation". Third Space. Helsinki
2015
Calaveras. Mexican Day of the Death. Helinä Rautavaara Museum in Espoo, Finland
Carton Jewelry. Taidetehdas, Porvoo, Finland
Guerrero's mask: Tlacololeros workshop, Caisa Fest, Caisa International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
2014
Quetzalcoatl: Feathered serpent, Mi Casita Spanish language kindergarten, Helsinki, Finland
Calaveras workshop, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Calaveras workshop, Helinä Rautavaara Museum, Espoo, Finland
Calaveras workshop, Omena Library, Espoo, Finland
Alebrijes workshop, Helsingin Gymnasium Senior High School, Vantaa, Finland
Alebrijes: workshop introduction, Mexican Cultural Month, Caisa International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Cardboard mask workshop, Herttoniemi Elementary School, Helsinki, Finland
Alebrijes workshop, Töölön ala-asten koulu, Helsinki, Finland
Day of Death in Mexico workshop, Taivallahti Leikkipuisto, Helsinki, Finland
Mexican Toys and children's rights, Mi Casita Spanish language kindergarten, Helsinki, Finland
Mexican toys and children's rights, Helinä Rautavaara Museum, Espoo, Finland
Alebrijes workshop, Monikulttuurinen Koti Ilola, Sipoo, Finland
Masks workshop, Mustakivi Lekkipuisto, Helsinki, Finland
Masks workshop, Töölö Specialiseringsgymnasium Senior High School, Helsinki, Finland
Masks workshop, Käpylän ala-asteen koulu, Helsinki, Finland
Mexican Cartoneria workshop, Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2013
Mexican skulls workshop, Helinä Rautavaara Museum. Espoo, Finland
Piñata työpaja, Suomen Espanjanopettajat Ry, Aulanko Hotel, Hämeenlinna, Finland
2012
Masks Workshop, Women’s Day, Caisa International Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland
2011
Theater & mask in Finnish Koivu ja Tähti
projekti, Kassandra International Art Center
Masks workshop, Multicultural day in Kirjola school, Parikkala, Finland
2010
Fantasy faces, Cinemaissíto Lasten Elokuvafestivaali. Luckan, Helsinki, Finland