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Balmaceda arte joven (baj) is a non-profit cultural corporation that promotes creative freedom, critical thinking, self-reflection ,and a sense of community through an innovative and quality artistic education for the youth of the country. with 26 years of uninterrupted work, baj has established itself as one of the main national spaces of social integration for young people, from where new creators emerge and new audiences are formed. it is distinguished by its students and training artists as an entity that encourages reflection and learning through an emancipatory pedagogical model. it encourages personal and social transformation through art and promotes creativity and collaborative work. at the national level, it provides quality artistic training and promotion spaces for young people and the general public, promoting access and democratic participation, freedom of creation and critical thinking. quality artistic education is the main axis of action of balmaceda arte joven, delivering each year a complete training program that encourages young people to develop in an inclusive social environment that respects differences and in which freedom of movement is valued. expression, creative freedom and reflective and critical analysis of our realities, contexts and environments. in this context, baj has a training program that encourages transformation through art at different levels: - exploratory workshops: training cycle that works as a first level of experimentation, for young people seeking new forms of expression and approach to the artistic field. they have inclusive criteria, without hearing and with special attention to the school public. - artistic training and creation workshops: artistic training cycle that combines experimentation, creative freedom, responsibility and rigor, in the search for a creative result that at the end of the process is shared with the baj community. during 2018, it was also sought that the participants reflect on their own creative processes, identifying possible horizons, either as a critical public, an informed viewer, or as an emerging artist. to participate, young people are part of an open call, with an audition process, which considers their level of commitment to the discipline to which they apply. - screening workshops: advanced training cycle for technical and/or conceptual improvement, which can be accessed by young people between 18 and 29 years old, who have undergone artistic training workshops, and emerging artists who apply for specific calls. at this level, favorable environments are generated for continuous training, promoting feedback on personal and collective artistic projects, providing professionalization tools, a dissemination, and circulation platform for new creators. the main work of baj is teaching activity, which is carried out through the development of free regular workshops in the areas of music, dance, visual arts, audiovisual, theater, and literature, by leading national artists. the workshops are distinguished by their level of discipline, rigor and quality. the creation processes are respected and the methodology is based on learning by doing of the students. balmaceda arte joven holds three annual seasons of regular workshops, which last three months each. intensive one-week workshops are also held that are carried out in a decentralized manner in the communes of the region or at our headquarters, coinciding with student holidays. at the end of each workshop there is an artistic exhibition that reflects the learning process. the school companies are part of the baj training program, where the learning acquired during the workshops is deepened. it is a space for disciplinary and interdisciplinary creation, where students work under the direction of an artist in a collective proposal that is presented in different settings, prioritizing the school community of different public establishments. finally, baj carries out important work contributing to the strengthening of artistic education in the public system, working systematically in schools and their communities. designs and implements artistic projects of an educational nature in municipalized, subsidized and private establishments, municipalities, and social institutions. it also articulates programs and activities aimed especially at the school public, such as mediation initiatives where established and emerging artists, linked to the corporation, present their creative development process to students from the different regions where baj has headquarters. its objective is to make approaches to new artistic and cultural references that allow the development of new skills, both technical and social, in its beneficiaries from the disciplines of art and its various languages. it develops flexible initiatives that adapt to the needs of its users. to carry out its initiatives, it relies on a multidisciplinary team of professionals in the fields of education, arts, sociology, and communications.