Carmen Salvador

Through an unconventional professional path and a hands-on approach, I have developed and implemented dozens of artistic projects that include music, literature, playwriting, applied theatre and communitary participative innitiatives. Guided by my boundless curiosity, my main goal is to create art and accompany other others in reflecting, engaging in dialogue, and exploring creativity that questions  our place in the world, the biases that shape us as social beings, the changes we wish to see, and how our narratives impact the world we live in.

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As a musician, I have extensive experience in composition, production, and sound design, both for my own creations, performing arts and sound experimental pieces.

As a writer I have received numerous recognitions for my work in short story fiction, micro story fiction and playwriting. 

 

I co-created QCET Foundation, serving as Program Director for eight years, developing cultural programs using methods that combined applied theater, literature, and mindfulness, and benefited 12,000+ people, focusing on less privileged sectors such as children, migrants, and women.

 

Currently I Iead Zapp School of Creativity, an initiative created by me and dedicated to fostering creativity for social impact through transformative artistic experiences. Our main project at the moment is Woman of Fist and Letter, an autobiographical experience for individuals identifying as women. This experience has had impact way beyond our projections, creating a true community of women eager to create, learn, reflect and create their own narratives, empowering them to speak up, dare to be creative and own the right to be heard. We recently launched a book compiling stories written by 44 women from rural areas of Chile, after a 3-month process of weekly workshops where we reflected and created around womanhood and territoriality. We received support from renowned writer Elizabeth Gilbert, with whom we conducted an online activity.

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A lot of my work has been financed through government grants, particularly from the Ministry of Culture in Chile. 

 

Recently, I was shortlisted for the role of Training and Project Coordinator at IETM International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts, based in Belgium.