The Casa Anchieta in La Laguna, a Site of Cultural Interest and the childhood home of San José de Anchieta, was the setting this week for the Humanae workshops, given by Spanish-Brazilian artist Angélica Dass as part of the Conference on Diversity, Immigration, Sustainability and the Rights of Future Generations. The initiative brought together educators, families and people of different ages around an intergenerational artistic and educational proposal that champions diversity as a common heritage.

The workshops, with limited places to ensure closeness and direct interaction, offered a space for creativity and reflection, in which participants recreated their own skin colour and created a self-portrait, symbolically returning to childhood to look at others without prejudice.

Two different sessions were held: one aimed at educators, with the aim of enabling them to replicate the experience in the classroom, and another intergenerational session, in which children and adults shared dynamics and reflections on identity and equality.

The Councillor for Cultural Heritage of La Laguna, Adolfo Cordobés, highlighted the symbolic value of the initiative and its link to the historical legacy of the city, as “it has turned Casa Anchieta into a living space, where heritage dialogues with the universal values of respect and diversity. The presence of Angélica Dass and her Humanae project reinforces the commitment.

For her part, Angélica Dass emphasised the importance of linking art with education and questioning traditional racial labels. “Humanae is a mirror in which we can all recognise ourselves without labels. We are not white, black, yellow or red: we are an infinite palette of shades, each person is unique. With these workshops, we want each person to reflect on how we have been taught to look at others and how we can unlearn prejudices in order to build a more inclusive society.”

These workshops not only complemented and reinforced the conference, but also the Humanae exhibition by this international artist, which is coming to the Canary Islands for the first time and will be open to the public until 25 January 2026, with free admission. This proposal is part of the commemorative programme organised by La Laguna for the 25th anniversary of La Laguna as a World Heritage City, which is supported by the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo of Tenerife.

The exhibition opening hours and all the information about this internationally recognised project are available on the programme’s institutional website at https://25aniversario.aytolalaguna.es/exposicion-humanae/.