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Biocultura supports Bio Art and Design education and creation. Biocultura's project space is located in a restored adobe home on the historic Camino Real near the Santa Fe River, and our aim is to support and connect Bio Art and Design projects and practitioners to our daily lives, histories, communities and environments through workshops, presentations and events.

What is Bio Art and Design?

Bio Art and Design is the practice of creating works of art or design with living organisms and life processes. As a fusion of art, science, design and architecture, Bio Art and Design often includes collaboration to share ideas, methods and perspectives between scientists, artists, designers, technologists, scholars and others. Awareness of the social, economic, and environmental consequences of working with life is of particular importance, as are the ethical issues involved in these practices.

Why Santa Fe?

We chose to locate the Biocultura Project Space in Santa Fe because it is a city with a high level of contemporary art and science practice, a center for international art galleries and museums with proximity to two major national laboratories. Santa Fe and the region is also on the front lines of global changing ecosystems due to anthropogenic climate change. Our city faces critical challenges with water, soil and land use, and many people in Santa Fe are highly engaged with local and global environmental and social justice advocacy.