European Award for Innovation in Culture and Fashion, 2022

07/30/202207/27/2022

I have recently had the great honor and satisfaction of receiving a new award. Thank you for this new recognition “EUROPEAN AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN CULTURE AND FASHION, 2022”.

-Innovation in techniques:
Fusion of European and Oriental techniques. Creator of the KOURINHAKUOIL technique.
-Innovation in materials, fusion of European materials, oils and Japanese lacquers with precious metals and diamonds.
– Innovation in fashion, ART & FASHION project merging painting techniques of KIMONO JAPANESE with European and own techniques, applying precious metals gold, platinum … Creating a new collection.
Painted bags …
– Innovation in HIGH JEWELRY pieces with the ART & JEWELRY project. Jewelry with a deep meaning of Japanese culture, fruits of a work “THE WISH TREE”.

AETI Association and its president Jordi Bentanachs Palomar and its vice-president Rosa Maria Puentedura Huertas.
Among some of the winners:
Rosa Mari & Alberto – Alafoto, photographers.
Gutisa Cinema events, David.
Antonia Navarrete Solidarity, Writer
Francisca Blázquez, Painter
Etc…
Event presented by the journalist Pilar Carrizosa
© Images Rafael Plaza Aragonés, thanks.

Leonardo exhibition and the copy of the Mona Lisa ｜ January 2022.

02/27/202301/14/2022

Visit to the Prado Museum, Leonardo Exhibition and the copy of the Mona Lisa with the Sonia G Caballero Montessori Art School. Two days in the Prado Museum.

What better way to bring children to art, which was my origins in my profession today. Visiting the Prado Museum and great original works to awaken in the hearts of the little ones their artistic soul, accompanying children on this visit has been a trip to my childhood with my grandfather.
Today we visited the temporary exhibition of the copy of the Mona Lisa at the Prado. One of the girls, told me ” It’s the most beautiful painting I’ve ever seen!”

1 Leonardo da Vinci (ca.1432-1519), Portrait of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, called La Gioconda or Mona Lisa, 1503-19, oil on panel 77 x 53cm.
Paris Musée du Louvre, inv. 779.

2 . 1507/8-13/16, oil on panel, 76.3 x 57 cm.
Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, P000504.

3 Infrared reflectography of the Portrait of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, called La Gioconda or Mona Lisa, from the Musée du Louvre ( fig. left).
4 Infrared reflectography of the copy of the Mona Lisa from the Prado Museum ( fig. right).

We also visited the exhibitions of Murillo’s Prodigal Son and the Art of Narrating the Andalusian Baroque, the exhibition of Ibero-American Art in Spain. And of course a walk through Goya, we had planned to see La maja vestida and La maja desnuda, but La maja vestida is currently in an exhibition in Basel in Switzerland until January 23. We have also seen Las Meninas by Velazquez; The Immaculate Conception by Murillo and The Good Shepherd; The Triptych of the Jarin of Delights, The Three Graces by Rubens, The Adoration of the Shepherds by Mengs.
I think it has been an unforgettable visit.

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1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS “CONSCIOUSNESS AND DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY”.

10/05/202110/03/2021

From dystopia to freedom. Building bridges. With the special collaboration of Sonia G Caballero, in the provision of images for Manuel López’s talk.

In which other prestigious speakers will also participate such as Emilio Carrilo, Robert Kennedy Jr, Cristina Martín Jimenez, Vicente Marcos, Robinson Devia, Carmen Jimenez Huertas, Alfonso Longo, Mansour Mohammadian, Ana Isabel Martínez, José Alfonso Delgado…

From the 2nd to the 26th of November, a global event will take place that will create a bridge between the current human dystopia and freedom.

A congress with some of the most influential people who work every day to try to get as many human beings as possible to abandon dystopia and join in the construction of this bridge to freedom.

You can download a FREE sample of KOTODAMA言霊 here .

HELD: 2nd to 26th November 2021

FORMAT: On-Line Congress

REGISTRATION: Free of charge on the website https://sociedaddistopica.com/

PROGRAMME:

+ Tuesday 2: Dissemination among participants of the videos of the thematic area Culture and Education.

SPEAKERS: Noemi Paymal, Lic. Sebastián Schneider, Ricardo A. Grinszpun

+Thursday 4: Idem. videos Politics.

SPEAKERS: Robinson Devia, Carmen Jimenez Huertas, Alfonso Longo

+ Saturday 6: Idem. videos Health.

SPEAKERS: Robert Kennedy Jr, Karmelo Bizkarra, Sergio Quiroga

+ Monday 8: Idem. videos Ecology.

SPEAKERS: Fernando Valladares, Alfonso Soria, Beatriz Calvo

+ Wednesday 10: Idem. videos Economics, Emilio Carrillo, Cristina Martín Jimenez, Vicente Marcos

+ Friday 12: Idem. videos Spirituality.

SPEAKERS: Mansour Mohammadian, Ana Isabel Martínez, José Alfonso Delgado

+ Monday 15: Idem. Technology videos.

SPEAKERS: Carlos Blanco, Ramón López de Mántaras, Manuel López

+ Wednesday 17: Idem. videos Society.

SPEAKERS: Miklos Lucaks, Joan Melé, Martín Gonzalez, Manuel López

+ Monday 22: Broadcasting video Round table of thematic coordinators

+ Friday 26th: Dissemination of video Conclusions of the Congress by Emilio Carrillo.

THEMATIC COORDINATORS: Culture and Education (Ricardo Grinszpun), Politics (Martín González), Health (Sergio Quiroga Morla), Ecology (Manuel López), Economy (Vicente Marcos), Spirituality (José Alfonso Delgado). Technologies (Ricardo M. Grinszpun and M. López), Society (Martín González and M. López).

FINAL CONCLUSIONS: Emilio Carrillo

For a better and more conscious world

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ART & EDUCATION, ART & CONSCIOUSNESS.

05/17/202209/20/2021

“Conscientiousness always keeps our eyes fixed on daily life, so that whatever new things we incorporate have an immediate manifestation in our daily lives. In this way, we learn to honour our gifts and talents, to help our children bring out the best in themselves”.
(Emilio Carrillo, “Conscientiousness”)

Education” is a continuous learning process throughout our lives. To educate means to draw out, to lead out. According to the Socratic Mayeutics “Helping to bring forth what is conceived by the subject himself”, by educating we help the learner to discover what is inside him. By helping the child or young person to discover themselves, they will discover their gifts and talents and put them to use by giving the best of themselves, this is what in Japanese is called KOKORO WO KOMETE, a term that you will find in the KOTODAMA book.

Education has two main foundations: to collaborate so that the child, adolescent or young person knows himself; and that in doing so, he values his innate capacities, qualities, gifts and faculties, that is to say, his gifts and talents.

It is essential to apply consciousness to education in its various forms and levels in order to recover the authentic meaning and reason for being.

Developing as a person cannot be separated from emotional growth. Young people are very damaged affectively and emotionally by the fact that the labour market swallows up parents and they are no longer available for their children. There is a lot of lack of love and a lot of imbalance in children. A person who is emotionally damaged cannot learn. Therapeutics has a lot to do with giving back to the person the freedom, the expontaneity and the freedom to know one’s own desires. The civilised world is a domesticated world and education and upbringing are instruments of this domestication. We have a sick civilisation, artists realised this a long time ago and now more and more thinkers.

(Consciousness and Dystopian Society).

ART has an enormous importance within education, it is not only a therapeutic tool but also a tool of introspection, so it helps the individual to bring out what is inside him, it helps him to know his gifts and talents and to make them grow. Failure to nurture a child’s gifts and talents leads to an unhappy and frustrated life.

Today’s education focuses on developing the rational part of the child, but in reality man must also attend to the emotional and visceral part in order to come closer to educating a complete being.

We could go deeper into the current education, which leads to what I call a “modern slavery” and Emilio Carrillo, in his book “Consciencia” names as “integral slaves”. But it is about creating a new reality, not criticising the one that “falls apart”, a reality in which each individual learns to live with his or her gifts and talents, which leads to each being becoming a person who lives in fullness.

From the School of Art of Sonia G Caballero, we begin a new unique project, ART & EDUCATION, ART & CONSCIOUSNESS, educating in the emotions and the deep mind which is what gives meaning to life. Art within education as a fundamental and absolutely necessary tool, giving rise to an integral education in which the individual unfolds his GIFTS and TALENTS, his IKIGAI, stimulating its flowering and facilitating its implementation and work is not work but a direct consequence of LIVING and ENJOY being able to realize your PURPOSE of life.

“Make your work fit your purpose”.

Leonardo Da’Vinchi

“Every individual lives in a continually changing world of experiences of which he is the centre.”

Carl Rogers

In this line we have created new projects of ART and EDUCATION, ART and CONSCIOUSNESS of the Sonia G Caballero School of Art. Projects that will be carried out inside and outside the school, from its online platform, where if you have not yet booked your place you can do so by filling in the form that you will find in the school itself and you can access from anywhere in the world to the live VIRTUAL CLASSROOM, or by registering for the new LIVE PROJECTS, which consist of ART classes in nature, outings to different locations in very small groups in some provinces of Spain. The children and young people will be accompanied by their families (1 adult minimum) and Sonia G Caballero, together with her team. We will be able to LIVE, SHARE and put into practice with ENTHUSIASM many of the projects of Sonia G Caballero Art School.

The first outing will take place in the province of CADIZ, ANDALUSIA, a route in EL BOSQUE, which is part of the famous Route of the White Villages of Cadiz. EL BOSQUE is nestled among lush forests and dotted with medicinal springs. Here we will carry out an art project to welcome AUTUMN and put SHINRINYOKU or Forest Baths into practice.

Another outing will be to TENTUDÍA, at the highest point of Badajoz, in the province of EXTREMADURA, where after a creative ART and LIFE project we will be able to see the MILK WAY and propose a second ART project.

I invite you to join the Telegram Group and the Fecebook Group, where we share all the updated information and we will be proposing new outings and continuous projects of ART and LIFE, ART and CONSCIOUSNESS of the Sonia G Caballero Art School.

*Students of the Sonia G Caballero Art School can enjoy a 20% discount on the price of the ART and EDUCATION, ART and CONSCIOUSNESS Project.

For more information enter the Sonia G Caballero Art School and write to us by filling in the form you will find.

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III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MONTESSORI 2021

05/17/202207/07/2021

Sonia G Caballero participates along with almost thirty experts in the:

A meeting place where almost thirty experts from around the world will talk about different topics related to education and especially Montessori pedagogy.

The speakers will share their know-how, as well as their best tools for practical application, because the congress will not be just an accumulation of theoretical concepts, but a real lever for change.

It will take place the week of July 5-9, 2021 and the conferences can be viewed free of charge from anywhere in the world.

Who is this Congress for?

Professionals

Teachers, educators, teachers who work with vocation and wish to expand their training, as well as educational centers that wish to make a transformation in their classrooms at all educational levels. This congress is also extremely useful for other professionals who work with children, such as psychologists, speech therapists, socio-cultural animators, etc.

Families

Parents who understand the value of the educational legacy they will pass on to their children, who are committed to other ways of educating and who long for an evolution of the traditional system towards a more respectful approach in which children can build their own learning based on their interests. We know that grandparents also attend and enjoy it very much!

The conferences will be around 5 thematic axes

Montessori in public schools

Because it is possible to have a Montessori philosophy in any educational setting, and this is where the biggest change should occur.

Development of competencies

The power of vision
Emotional Intelligence
Nonviolent Communication
Creative thinking
Working with NNEE

Montessori specialties:

Beginning Nest
Mathematics
Language
Art
Cosmic Education

Projects that become reality in the world

Spain
Mexico
Colombia
Peru

Reflections that will not leave you indifferent

The change we all yearn for
Transformation of schools
Different educational contexts
Screens and technology
Register here to get your FREE access to the third edition of the International Montessori Congress.

And receive discounts on all Sonia G Caballero and Montessori Art School educational products.

Colabora

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Presentation of the new Montessori Art School Sonia G Caballero in Malaga

05/17/202206/16/2021

Last 11th Sonia G Caballero presented the New Montessori Art School and her book APANESE ART and CULTURE to CHILDREN.Vol.I at the Maria Montessori International Center in Malaga, organized by the Montessori Association and Montessori Art School.

The event was organized by the new Montessori Art School and the Montessori Association in which all Montessori schools in Andalusia participate and took place at the International Maria Montessori Center in Malaga. A center that currently has primary and secondary.

Sonia G Caballero presented the new Montessori Art School teaching one of the Summer Workshops and presenting her book JAPANESE ART and CULTURE to CHILDREN.Vol.I with its new Virtual Classroom.

We were able to enjoy the older and younger ones. There were a total of four workshops, two for students of the Maria Montessori International Center in which primary and later secondary school students participated.

In the afternoon workshops there was a special one for parents and teaching professionals, Montessori guides and pedagogues where the book JAPANESE ART and CULTURE to CHILDREN.Vol.I with its new Virtual Classroom was presented to them.

The new book by Sonia G Caballero, KOTODAMA, a book that deals with the theme of values from an oriental perspective and necessary to complement our education in the West, was also presented to the older ones, and also the new book by Sonia G Caballero recently published KOTODAMA, a book that deals with the theme of values from an oriental perspective and necessary to complement our education in the West. This book, KOTODAMA is being recommended in private secondary schools as reading for young people.

The last workshop of the afternoon was reserved to give the opportunity to more children to participate, in this case the youngest could come accompanied by their parents.

At the end there was a book signing by Sonia G Caballero. Children and adults could receive their signed books and take pictures with the author.

Some comments from the attendees;

“…that you continue to be so genuine and continue to share so many pleasant sensations.
I felt very comfortable in your workshop, thank you for sharing your experiences and calmness.”
Ainoa

The workshop given by Sonia G Caballero is one of the Summer Workshops of the Montessori Art School in which you can participate this summer ;

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How Japanese art and culture influence Montessori education?

05/17/202206/11/2021

How to improve education. Sonia G Caballero participates along with almost thirty experts in the third edition. “Montessori in the World. Another education is possible.”

A meeting place where almost thirty experts from around the world will talk about different topics related to education and especially Montessori pedagogy.

It will take place the week of July 5-9, 2021 and the conferences can be viewed free of charge from anywhere in the world.

Who is this Congress for?

Professionals

Families

The conferences will be around 5 thematic axes

Montessori in public schools.

Because it is possible to have a Montessori philosophy in any educational setting, and this is where the biggest change should occur.

Development of competencies:

The power of vision
Emotional Intelligence
Nonviolent Communication
Creative thinking
Working with NNEE

Montessori specialties:

Beginning Nest
Mathematics
Language
Art
Cosmic Education

Projects that become reality in the world

Spain
Mexico
Colombia
Peru

Reflections that will not leave you indifferent

The change we all yearn for
Transformation of schools
Different educational contexts
Screens and technology

And receive discounts on all Sonia G Caballero and Montessori Art School educational products.

Collaborate

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New MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF ART Sonia G Caballero

05/17/202206/11/2021

SONIA G CABALLERO’S MONTESSORI ART SCHOOL. The first Art School in the World founded by Sonia G Caballero.

After the publication of the book Japanese Art & Culture for Children. Vol. I, which in just eight months, since its first edition, has already sold more than 1,500 copies. And the recent opening of the VIRTUAL CLASSROOM with the most difficult Art Projects presented in the book included in its original price. Sonia G Caballero has decided to continue sharing her knowledge in Art with the little ones.

While the public school increasingly reduces its hours of Art classes, artists are aware, on the contrary, of the importance of Art. Given this fundamental need in education, Sonia G Caballero opens the First Montessori Art School.

«As an educator, mother of three children and Art teacher for children ages 3-12 at Japan’s Montessori College, I became aware of where the authentic artist can be found and discovered that art is loved by all children. However, this interest begins to fade as the child matures. They just need to have the materials and tools. This ‘great-little artist’ emerges from carrying out a project with enthusiasm and freedom. As adults we strive, unnecessarily on many occasions, to try to mold the child by encouraging him/her to do things that we consider to be correct. However, by trusting their autonomy and letting them investigate and perform a task on their own, they can surprise us with fabulous results. On the other hand, it reinforces their self-worth and acceptance when feeling loved and useful.».

«Joy, feeling your own worth, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and able to produce, are factors of great value to the human soul.»

María Montessori

In Sonia G Caballero’s Montessori Art School, you will find a very useful tool to develop a strong personality in the child and contribute to form a solid self-esteem, with values that will help him to be a successful adult in life and that does not translate into any other word than happiness. Because when the basis of a person, in their social integration, are respect for oneself and everything around them, coupled with a Japanese philosophy of life IKIGAI, the result is none other than to give meaning to our life. All this through the development of projects, which bring it closer to Universal Art. The use of unique techniques and styles will contribute to nurture their creativity.

The children will witness that with small decisions and constant effort, great achievements are made. On this occasion, their small-big work of art.

I believe that the artists of the XXI century have an important task and is to return to the human being the true value of art, after the desecration it has suffered in recent years, coupled with a devaluation of what Art really means to man.

A Montessori school specialized exclusively in Art. A space where children:

They will create their own Art projects taught at the Montessori school in Japan by Sonia G Caballero.

They will learn specific Art techniques and Japanese Art techniques.

History and fun facts.

Specific activities developed to encourage creativity and concentration.

Online COURSES, live CLASSES and WORKSHOPS.

Ages from 4 to 17 years old.

And all this we will start with:

SUMMER COURSES and WORKSHOPS taught by teachers in English, Japanese and Spanish, with diploma signed by Sonia G Caballero.

Live Art Classes will start in September.

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more Summer WorkShop in

«The child who has freedom and opportunity to manipulate and use his or her hand in a logical way, with consequences and using real elements, develops a strong personality.»

María Montessori

Are you up for it?

We are waiting for you

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Learn Art, Architecture, Culture and Values in COURSE 101 Creative Projects, Vol.

05/17/202204/16/2021

How to introduce art, architecture, culture and values in a fun way with creative projects. From now on you will be able to do the Art Projects proposed in the book 101 Creativity Projects. Vol. I, with virtual support.

The VIRTUAL CLASSROOM is a COURSE , is intended to be one more tool. You will be able to watch the videos of the specific projects in which the materials are shown and step by step you can see in a dynamic and fun way the development of the project with indications.

The new COURSE from the book 101 CREATIVITY PROJECTS. Vol. I consisting of the 11 most difficult projects, presented in 11 videos.

Together with your book you will receive an access key to enter and thus be able to follow more closely the projects that you find more complicated, included in the price of the book.

Or if you prefer you can access only the VIRTUAL CLASSROOM. You must take into account that the content of the book is 19 projects in total plus 26 topics to be covered, plus guidance for parents on topics such as SKILLS THAT CHILDREN DEVELOP WITH THE ARTS, CREATIVITY and EFFORT…

A book that has had a great acceptance among followers of alternative education such as Montessori and Waldorf pedagogies, restless pedagogues, homeschoolers… etc. Helping children to find their own IKIGAI, projects of Sustainable Japanese Architecture with the collaboration of prominent architects such as Ivan Acevedo. Unique Japanese art projects taught by Sonia G Caballero at the Montessori school in Japan among many other projects, make it an exclusive and special book, in which the child participates actively, as there is a space reserved to include an image of the project created by himself and a facebook group where he can share images of his projects with a community that participates in this teaching and in this small collective.

In just eight months, since the publication of its first edition, more than 1,500 copies have already been sold. What has led us to want to give more support to educators and children and accompany them in a closer way and we have created a VIRTUAL CLASSROOM with the most difficult Art Projects that are presented in the book included in its original price.

As a mother and Art educator at the Montessori school in Japan, it is easy for me to understand the learning process at different ages of children. The importance of accompanying, supporting and showing possible paths by allowing them to choose between different options. Helping them to develop their talents and fulfill their purpose in life is a direct consequence of happiness.

Sonia G Caballero

Our job as parents and educators is to support children and give them the necessary tools to achieve their dreams.

You can consult your doubts and share images of your work in the group created expressly for this purpose on facebook MONTESSORI ART SCHOOL. Sonia G Caballero

If you don’t have the book yet, get your dedicated copy here.

IMPORTANT: If you have already purchased the book you will receive an email with a direct access link to your Virtual Classroom with a password. If you have not received the e-mail, please write to contact@soniagcaballero.com. We will ask you for the name of the customer who purchased the book and their registered email address and we will send them the access information again.

In the Virtual Classroom you will also find more courses that will be added in the future.

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KOTODAMA 言霊, MY NEW BOOK

05/17/202203/10/2021

KOTODAMA 言霊. The Heart of Japan, Art and Culture.

KOTODAMA 言霊. The Word has Life. The Word has Soul… Thus begins the chapter in which this expression of power is explained. Concentrate ki 気 and make a sentence of the word to be fulfilled. That is the power of KOTODAMA.

There are many books written about Japanese concepts that have become very fashionable in recent years such as IKIGAI, SHINRINYOKU, WABI-SABI & ART…etc. KOTODAMA 言霊, is a book that collects twenty-eight concepts, some of them unpublished outside Japan and that appear for the first time in this book such as KOKORO WO KOMETE 心を込めて, KOTODAMA 言霊, KACHOUFUGETSU 花鳥風月…etc some of them we have already discussed in this blog and in the facebook group JAPAN ART & CULTURE ｜Nihon no kokoro 日本の心.

In this book you will find a compilation of all those concepts that throughout my more than twenty years living in Japan, have left a mark in my heart and have changed my way of perceiving the world.That is why after many years collecting all this information with my own experience and in my own life I wanted to share them with the world in a fun and entertaining way, telling my own experiences, as you can read in the presentation and back cover of the book:

“…Brushstrokes of Japan …
I intend to show a series of concepts of Japanese Art and Culture, without going deep into any of them. So that they bring you closer to Japan.

Some are a series of concepts of Japanese philosophy of life that, if you apply them, will change your course and your way of perceiving the world as they have done with me.

I hope they will help you find peace and happiness as much as they have helped me.”

Sonia G Caballero

Book selected to recommend as reading in high schools by teachers to educate in values.

KOTODAMA, collects a series of fundamental values and philosophy of life essential to help achieve happiness. Basic criteria in the human being that every day have been lost more and more. KOTODAMA reminds us of many of these criteria in a short and summarized form in a book of 152 pages, easy and pleasant to read.

Incorporate a series of fundamental and necessary concepts in Western culture and educate in these values for a return to a more humanized society and in congruence with a philosophy of life that advocates the happiness of human beings as the basis of society. In addition to other concepts of Art and Culture that enrich the person.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Currently KOTODAMA 言霊, is only available in Spanish, and you can get it in your Amazon Marketplace.
If you want it dedicated you must buy it on the same website of Sonia G Caballero and fill out the form created specifically to be able to offer the books with a dedication. An exclusive service that you can enjoy and have your book or make a unique gift with a dedication of the author for the person to whom you give the book.

Order your book KOTODAMA言霊 dedicated here.

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