Creatif is a Cultural collective of artists, crafters and designers, who believe in the creation of spaces where artists can display and sell their work, as well as educate and connect with other artists.
My first encuentro with Creatif was on a cold winter day, in June 2012, when my family and I visited a small craft fair. I didn’t know who they were and my main memory was how pretty and original the products were. Fast forward six months to the summer of 2013 and we visited the 1st Observatorio. It looked beautiful and I loved that everything was handmade, and we could watch the crafters and artists share their techniques with the public.
I started to follow them on facebook and when they asked for new applications for their 3rd Observatorio, I applied, and was accepted! I was nervous participating in my first fair, but it was full of great people, and I believed in Creatif’s goal; to show the public how local art and crafts are made, and why people should be supporting them.
After the 5th Observatorio the group Creatif invited me to join and work with them. Yeah!
We are a diverse group of women who work with different materials to create beautiful objects. We come from different backgrounds, with different ideas and strengths, which we use to compliment each other.
“CREATIF es una agrupación Cultural sin fines de lucro, es un espacio de cooperación entre creadoras y emprendedoras de la región de Coquimbo creada en el año 2012 con la idea de compartir, organizar, participar, integrar y convocar.
Desarrollando desde su creación un conjunto de soluciones relacionadas al emprendimiento, la educación, la difusión y la generación de nuevas redes, por este motivo uno de sus principales objetivos es generar espacios de interacción que faciliten el quehacer creador y que permita generar alianzas, convenios e intercambios, potenciar oportunidades y abrir espacios de difusión de iniciativas y trabajos tanto en Chile como en el extranjero.” – From Creatif’s blog.
Creatif is made up of nine women. Here are links to some of their blogs and examples of their work.
Calzados Mamba
Ceramicas Veronica Ruiz
Spiders Workshop
the Spider's Workshop 