Independent non-profit artists association founded in 1989 with a curriculum of 30 year’s cultural work. Nau Côclea is an artist residency and an art center active in the local community, developing networking with regional, national and international organizations and working to establish a European network of walking arts. In 2022 and in 2024 Nau Coclea was the main organizer of the Encounters Walking Art and RelationalGeographies in Girona, Olot and Vic (2022) and Girona and Banyoles (2024) (Catalonia Spain).

Nau Coclea organizes as well the Walking and Memorial program Walter Benjamin, a trans-border Project about the philosopher Walter Benjamin and the Spanish “retirada” at the end of the Civil Spanish War with the Walter Benjamin Chair of the Girona University and the Memorial Exile Museum of La Jonquera Catalonia. Highlight of their activities is Grand Tour, a walking arts program running since 2015, a three week walk of about 300 kilometers. The participants walk together with artists of all disciplines. The walk also explores the territory together with local people. Coclea’s main role will be the yearly organization of Grand Tour and the 4 residencies related to it.