CENTRO BOTÍN IS…
FUNDACIÓN BOTÍN’S MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT
Fundación Marcelino Botín was founded in 1964 by Marcelino Botín Sanz de Sautuola and his wife Carmen Yllera. It develops programmes within the fields of art and culture, education, institution building, science and rural development, and it also encompasses a Water Observatory.
AN INTERNATIONAL ART CENTRE
Centro Botín presents and strengthens the Art Programme that Fundación Botín has been developing since the 1980s, with the support of its Art Advisory Board. Focused on education, support for contemporary art, and research, it is a dynamic and innovative program that involves artists, curators, institutions, and professionals to inspire and encourage all visitors to engage with art and creativity through its exhibitions, activities, and publications. The exhibition programme comprises solo exhibitions by artists connected to the Foundation’s art workshops, created specifically for the architecture and context of Centro Botín; group exhibitions featuring artists who have received Fundación Botín Art Grants, showcasing some of the most current artistic debates; ambitious presentations of research on historical and contemporary drawing; and exhibitions on masters of art history from new perspectives. Fundación Botín Collection reflects the Art Programme and is regularly on display.
A SPACE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY THROUGH THE ARTS
The mission of Centro Botín is to spark people’s creative capacity and attitude by providing access to and engagement with the arts, and using their tremendous potential to develop the emotional intelligence and creativity of everyone who visits us. The research carried out by the Fundación Botín and the Emotional Intelligence Center at Yale University forms the main focus of the educational programme at Centro Botín. This programme consists of putting on artistic and cultural activities suitable for children, young people, families and adults, to awaken their curiosity, imagination and creativity, encouraging them to play and learn through the arts.
AN ARTS AND CULTURE HUB IN SANTANDER
Centro Botín engages with and helps to strengthen the social and cultural fabric of local everyday life. A cultural and artistic hub that, through art, music, film, theatre, literature and dance, brings life to the city. It channels this aspiration through over 300 activities that take place in Centro Botín itself, as well as in its outdoor amphitheatre and in the Pereda Gardens.
