Complementary School Program (JEC)
The Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM) is part of the Complementary School Day (JEC) project, an initiative that seeks to contribute to the holistic development of children and young people by promoting alternative learning environments that strengthen their abilities and allow them to make creative, reflective, and meaningful use of their free time.
Developed in partnership with Comfama and in collaboration with educational institutions in Medellín, JEC aims to reduce risk factors affecting children and youth by offering spaces that stimulate cultural exploration, the appropriation of new technologies, and the development of skills for community life.
At MAMM, JEC activities revolve around the World of Art, a universe of visual and narrative languages that inspire sensitivity, imagination, critical thinking, and dialogue. Through this approach, traditional and expanded artistic learning processes are generated, inviting participants to connect with their emotions, reflect on their contexts, and express themselves freely through visual creations.
In 2025, the project involves 150 students from the educational institutions of Robledo Aures, Belén Las Mercedes, and the La Aldea village in the San Sebastián de Palmitas district. Each group is accompanied by a team of mentors: visual and plastic artists trained in art, pedagogy, and didactics, who guide the students through art as a tool for formulating questions, understanding their surroundings, and representing their own stories.
Methodology
The JEC methodology is based on three key moments: connection, experience, and reflection.
- In the connection phase, the conditions for learning are prepared through physical, narrative, and creative stimulation exercises.
- The experience phase is the central moment, where students experiment, create, and produce art.
- Finally, reflection allows for the integration of the experience, generating new questions, learning, and transformations. T
hroughout the year, students develop micro-projects based on the Project-Based Learning (PBL) model, where they connect their concerns with social, cultural, and aesthetic phenomena. In this way, art becomes a sensitive and powerful response to the questions that arise from their inner world and their everyday realities.
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