CASA OCUMARE AIR is an interdisciplinary residence for artists, located on the outskirts of CHESTE, an agricultural town in the Province of Valencia, and with a project to stimulate ecology and sustainability by creating crops and orchards that produce part of our food. Founded in 2022 by Elaiza Irizarry and Fernando Calzadilla with the support of the Arts Connection Foundation.
James Allister Sprang
Artist and Listener.
“I am at the beginning of my most ambitious projects to date. The slow pace, wonderful views, and engulfing quiet were a beautiful aid in allowing me to focus on what is important. Grateful to Fernando and Elaiza for their conversation and hospitality.
Saida Santana & Vicente Sanz de León
Actress, Playwright | Musician, Photographer
An incredible experience of connecting with nature, silence, and oneself. The hosts were outstanding.
Rolando Peña
More than 60 years of artistic expression in any media.
Isabel Herrera
Jewelry designer, artist. I have my workshop in Barcelona, with my hammers and my fires.
My relationship with Casa Ocumare AIR is direct and boundless. Every conversation, meal, awakening, and thought is a source of primal inspiration.
Each time I go, it's like crossing the border between the urban landscape of "El Raval" and "Nature."
Jordá Ferré
Performing Artist / Machine Builder
Casa Ocumare is a threshold for introspection, a territory where creation breathes unhurriedly. Its surroundings—the nature that embraces it, the calm that sustains it, and views that seem to suspend time—transform each day into an act of inspiration.
Casa Ocumare is home, it is a haven, it is a refuge for the creative soul.
