8th Caudete International Watercolour Biennial: 2026 programme

8th Caudete International Watercolour Biennial 2026 programme, with dates, times, events and venues.

8th Caudete International Watercolour Biennial. Programme for Friday 2 October 2026

19:30: Opening of the Australian exhibition in the Carmen convent cloister.
20:30: Opening ceremony, medal presentation, Nuestro flamenco show and selected-works exhibition at Casa de Cultura.
22:00: Gala dinner at 24 Calle José Ruiz Ruiz.

09:00: Registration at Casa de Cultura.
09:30: Juan Saturio masterclass in the municipal auditorium.
11:30: Opening of the Children's and Young People's Biennial at Centro Joven.
12:30: Silvia Serur Blanc masterclass in the municipal auditorium.
14:00: Joan Coch performance and artists' gazpacho meal at Arenas de Caudete bullring.
18:30: Ida Tentolini masterclass in the municipal auditorium.
20:30: Traditional Caudete dances outside Casa de Cultura.
21:30: Artists' dinner at the tourist office.

09:00: Registration at Casa de Cultura.
10:00: Australian artists' demonstration with live music in the Carmen cloister.
14:00: Artists' paella outside Santa Ana chapel.
17:00: Collaborative Pintamos todos performance at Santa Ana chapel.
19:00: Opening of the Biennial Collection exhibition at Santa Ana chapel.
21:30: Artists' dinner at the tourist office.

13:00: Collaborative watercolour workshop with Mental Health Castilla-La Mancha and ACAFEM Caudete at La Sala.

11:00: Live painting workshop with health and community organisations on Paseo de Luis Golf.

08:30: Receipt of entries for the open-air painting competition in Plaza del Carmen.
11:00: Chi kung session in the Carmen cloister.
12:00: Collaborative painting by young people and guest artists in Plaza del Carmen.
13:00: Community fundraising food service in Plaza del Carmen.
17:00: Submission of finished works for the open-air painting competition in Plaza del Carmen.
19:00: Open-air painting competition awards in Plaza del Carmen.

09:00: Registration at Casa de Cultura.
10:00: Antonio Damián's The Artist's Book talk in the municipal auditorium.
11:30: Presentation of the 5th Acuarelibros Biennial Medal of Honour in the municipal auditorium.
12:00: Presentation of the Acuarelibros Biennial at the Rafael Requena Watercolour Museum.
17:00: Performance by Dragana Pajkovic and Antonio Requena Solera in the municipal auditorium.
19:00: Biennial closing ceremony in the municipal auditorium.

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