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Walks & Talks to help us fall in love with Valencia, each other & ourselves.
Events that "connect the dots" in unusual ways.
Introverts-friendly edutainment.
Curated by @alexeytimbul
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Hola Goddess: Morning Picnic & Museum Visit: The Feminine Divine in ValenciaCaixaForum, Valencia
On the cusp of a New Moon we partner with Shamagika for a very special morning gathering and museum visit ... Join us at Pan's Picnic for coffee & croissants (bring your own breakfast delights) with a conversation about all things magical in Valencia followed by a visit to the GODDESS exhibition at CaixaForum.
Come to explore sacred art and/or to meet other expats and English speakers who are interested in all things esoteric and mythic. The whole experience should take about two hours, before the heat sets in.
The exhibition highlights the many faces of feminine power, including goddesses, spirits, demons, and saints, figures who have been venerated, feared and beloved throughout history and who have deeply influenced entire cultures and people's daily lives.
We will gather in the Turia park at the level of the City of Arts & Sciences (exact location pin provided prior to the meeting) for coffee and convo and then go visit the exhibition together.
The gathering cost is free/donation. The exhibition itself is 6 euros (free for clients of Caixa Bank).
Check out:
Veneradas Y Temidas exhibition
Shamagika onlineThis gathering is hosted by Alexey & Yanu
- GAZA BIENNALE: A Guided Visit // Valencia Pavilion @ GRAPA GalleryThe GRAPA Gallery, Valencia
Join us for a guided visit to the Gaza Biennale: Valencia Pavillion. Host Alexey Timbul and curator Salma Alhakim will discuss the artists and artworks participating in the exhibition.
This show is not "about" Gaza ... it's Gaza artists in their own voices!
The powerful exhibition will run through September 30 at the GRAPA.
Please, visit this new gallery and witness the wow of Palestinian art.Follow THE GRAPA: The Gallery for Rebel Artists & Political Art
Before you go, Meet the Artists and Meet the Curators online.Official Press Release
The Gaza Biennale is a decentralised exhibition, founded in Palestine and realized in multiple places worldwide, the Gaza Biennale transpires as a global exhibition that takes works from Gaza around the world, while the artworks take people around the world on a journey to Gaza.
The Valencia Pavilion of the Gaza Biennale exhibition brings together the voices of artists from Gaza—voices that speak not through press releases or news footage, but through brushstrokes, camera lenses, and creative gestures formed in the midst of rupture. In a time when Gaza is most often represented by numbers, statistics, and overhead footage, this exhibition insists on seeing differently: through the eyes of those living, creating, and enduring its realities.
This exhibition invites viewers to look closely—not just at the art, but at what lies beneath it: lives disrupted and remade, voices that persist. It asks us to see Gaza not as an abstraction of war, but as a place of people, culture, and imagination. In doing so, it affirms the enduring power of art to cross borders, carry memory, and connect us in our shared humanity.
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La Bienal de Gaza es una exposición descentralizada, fundada en Palestina y realizada en múltiples lugares del mundo. Se presenta como una exposición global que lleva por todo el mundo obras creadas en Gaza mientras transporta a personas de todo el mundo a Gaza. El Pabellón de Valencia reúne las voces de esos artistas de Gaza que hablan no a través de comunicados de prensa ni imágenes de noticias, sino a través de pinceladas, lentes de cámara y gestos creativos forjados en medio de la ruptura. En una época en la que Gaza se representa a menudo con cifras, estadísticas e imágenes aéreas, esta exposición insiste en ver de otra manera: a través de los ojos de quienes viven, crean y padecen sus realidades. Esta exposición invita al espectador a observar con atención, no solo el arte sino también lo que subyace: vidas interrumpidas y rehechas, voces que persisten. Nos invita a ver Gaza no como una abstracción de la guerra, sino como un lugar de gente, cultura e imaginación. Al hacerlo, afirma el poder perdurable del arte para cruzar fronteras, transmitir memoria y conectarnos en nuestra humanidad compartida.
- BATTLE OF BOULEVARDS: Marqués del Turia vs Regne de Valencia: urban history walkBastard Coffee & Kitchen - Russafa, Valencia
NYC has Fifth Avenue. Paris has Champs Élysées.
We got Gran Via de Marqués del Turia & Avenida de Regne de Valencia.
This is where Valencian money & secrets live!Come discover the grand boulevards that run thru the city's historically luxurious neighborhoods (even though one of 'em was renamed after an anarchist for a bit). A perfect summer Friday night activity!
We'll start & end at the intersection of the two outside Bastard Coffee
It's a leisurely circular walk with a few stops to check out some sites
The host will highlight curiousities and insights along the way
You're also welcome to just wander along in peace
An afternoon for introverts, expats & fab "misfits"This walkshop is free. The host will pass the hat at the end for welcome donations, but the point is to enjoy each other's company and the city.
Alexey is a storyteller who teaches criticism at Academy of Art University (San Francisco) and International Fashion Academy (Paris). In 2023 he was on the jury of CLEC Fashion Festival and had an art installation in the City of Arts and Sciences. He is also a host of Book Lovers Unplugged, a monthly literary open mic at the only English bookstore in Valencia, and a producer of @standupcomedyvalencia. Most importantly, Alexey is a fulltime Gemini with ADHD.
P.S. The cover image for this walkshop comes from a research paper "Local Development and Gentrification Resulting from the Rehabilitation of Singular Buildings: Analysis of Neural Networks" available HERE.
