The University Galleries at the University of Florida present the Institute for Collecting Pedagogies by

the Eternal Learners and Ignorant Teachers Cooperative, a collaborative project formed through a

seminar led by Nicolás Paris, who is the 2025 Kislak Family Foundation Artist in Residence at the

Center for Latin American Studies (LAS).

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The exhibition brings together students and Paris in an ongoing exploration of how artistic

practice can act as a space for learning. Rather than presenting finished works, the gallery becomes a

flexible environment for exchange, dialogue, and experimentation. Visitors are invited to consider how

knowledge is created, shared, and transformed through collective processes.

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Paris, an internationally renowned Colombian artist, has long been interested in rethinking

education through art. His projects often blur the boundaries between the classroom and the studio,

creating open-ended encounters between artists, audiences, and ideas. For his exhibition at the

University Gallery the space transforms into a functioning classroom and hosts a symposium featuring

guest speakers. This gathering will expand the exhibition into a living forum where learning and artmaking

unfold together.

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The cooperative’s approach draws inspiration from experimental pedagogies in Latin America

and embraces uncertainty as a productive condition. Through a series of participatory installations,

discussions, and workshops the seminar examined how education itself can become an artistic medium

and how collective learning can shape new forms of artistic and cultural practice.

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This exhibition is possible thanks to the generous support from The Center for Latin American

Studies and the School of Art +Art History (SA+AH), University of Florida, Gainesville. The University

Galleries is especially thankful to Leonardo A. Villalón and Luis Felipe Lomelí, Director Interim and

Associate Director of Academic Programs of The Center, for their support. Professor Paris thanks the

following persons for their collaboration and contributions the exhibition: Maria del Pilar Arrieta,

Ferney Yesid Asprilla Mena, Marina Burgner, Yury Yiseth Casas Córdoba, Salenka Elizabeth Chinchin

Pinos, Charis Cochran, Gabriel De la Torre, Jarred Elrod, Ramiro Xavier Figueroa García, Jesús

Fuenmayor, Alanis Marie González Maldonado, Elise Goosen, Luis Felipe Gómez Lomelí, Komal

Goswami, Camila Gutiérrez, Siraye Herron, Cordelia Kapfer, Nicole Luzardo, Mario A. Mutis R., Nicolás

Paris, Isabel Cristina Paz Romero, Diana Pérez, Carolina Simon-Pardo, Ronan Shaw, Shelby Torrence,

Brigitte Trabbic, Artis Trice, Turner Toliuszis, Leonardo Villalon , Marlyn Zuluaga Egas, among others.