Extension Centers

These are spaces intended for the development of cultural, artistic, and heritage content of our University, generated by the Directorate of Cultural and Artistic Extension.

Talca Extension Center

Valuable exhibitions by prominent artists, along with samples of works from the University of Talca's Art Collection, are hosted at this venue—located just steps from the Plaza de Armas—which features four main areas: the Pedro Olmos Room, the Abate Molina Room, the Giulio Di Girólamo Room, and the Emma Jauch Room, in addition to the Abate Molina Theater. 

This space also offers the Maule community a wide variety of artistic and cultural activities, such as art workshops, plays, films, book presentations, and discussions, among others. 

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Location: 2 North 685, Talca.
Monday to Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
Contact: extension@utalca.cl

NUGA Art Gallery

Located in the heritage building of the University of Talca's Main Building, the NUGA Art Gallery is a space that promotes learning, exchange, research, and cultural intervention for the development of the region. The gallery's infrastructure is notable for the oval connection between the lobby and the basement, an architectural design that further emphasizes its purpose as an artistic and cultural landmark.

First floor

Pérez-Stephens Collection “Art, A Public Good”

On its first floor, the NUGA Gallery houses the exhibition "Art, a Public Good," from the Pérez-Stephens Collection, donated on loan to the University of Talca by the former rector of the University of Chile, Víctor Pérez, and his wife, Carmen Stephens. The collection includes works by the most prominent exponents of Chilean modern art, many of them national prizewinners. The gallery displays more than 270 works, representing the total number of paintings included in the Pérez-Stephens Collection.

Thanks to a strong educational program, NUGA not only houses the artworks, but has also become a space for meeting, learning, and sharing experiences for children, families, and urban and rural communities. Students and teachers find NUGA a place to learn and educate through various educational programs and activities.

Underground

Shaw-Zegers Textile Collection

The basement of the NUGA Gallery houses the collection donated to the House of Studies by art collector Edward Shaw and his wife, artist Bernardita Zegers. It consists of more than 600 ceremonial textiles and a set of ritual objects from the most diverse countries in the world, constituting a heritage of incalculable value, made available to the Maule and national communities.

Exhibition "The Color of Chileanness" by Pedro Olmos

"The Color of Chileanness" is the title of the exhibition by Maule landscape master Pedro Olmos, with which the University of Talca invites the community to its new visual arts space in the basement of the NUGA Gallery. This new space is part of a project to restore spaces in the heritage building that houses UTalca's Central Office (formerly the Plaza Hotel).

The exhibition consists of works developed by the painter in the Maule region, where he lived—with his wife Emma Jauch, a great artist and poet of the region—from 1958 until his death. These works are part of the collection that Pedro Olmos donated to the University of Talca.

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Location: University of Talca Headquarters – 1 Poniente 1141, Talca (in front of Plaza de Armas)
Monday to Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
Contact and guided tours: nuga@utalca.cl 

Curicó Cultural Extension Center

Located steps from the Plaza de Armas, it is one of the city's main cultural hubs. It offers an active program that includes theater, recitals, poetry performances, and other activities, as well as exhibitions by prominent visual artists and displays of works from the University of Talca's Art Collection. 

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Location: Merced 437, Curicó.
Monday to Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
Contact: extension@utalca.cl

Santiago Cultural Extension Center

Located in the Providencia district of the Metropolitan Region, this center is dedicated to promoting the work of prominent exponents of national art and exhibits of works that are part of the University of Talca Art Collection.

This space has become a valuable cultural landmark, offering the community works by internationally renowned artists and other proponents of avant-garde ideas.

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Location: Quebec 415, Providence.
Hours: Monday to Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
Contact: extension@utalca.cl

UTalca Art Collection Exhibition Hall, Linares Campus

This new hall dedicated to art and culture is the result of a partnership between the Faculty of Education Sciences and the Department of Cultural and Artistic Outreach at UTalca.

This exhibition hall seeks to showcase the works from the University's Art Collection to the Linares community.

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Address: María Auxiliadora 380, Linares
Hours: Monday to Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
Contact: extension@utalca.cl