Exhibition "Educating the Gaze: Leonardo and the Pedagogy of Art".

On Thursday, October 9, an exhibition opens at the School for Art and Culture of the Tarragona Provincial Council in Tortosa.

"Educating the Gaze: Leonardo and the Pedagogy of Art". 

The show takes as its starting point the figure of Leonardo Escoda, who taught painting at the Tortosa School of Art from the late 1980s until his retirement in 2021. Sadly, he passed away in 2022.

This exhibition also invites visitors to reflect on the meaning of art pedagogy.
As Francesc Perramon—professor at EADTarragona and curator of the show—explains, teaching in an art school goes far beyond transmitting techniques or skills specific to each discipline. It is, above all, about “learning to see”—cultivating our culture, sensitivity, and social commitment through art.

In the lobby and along the main staircase of the Tortosa campus, a timeline traces the school’s history and highlights Leonardo Escoda’s contribution over the past decades. He played a key role in introducing studies in cultural heritage restoration and in transforming the School into a vibrant cultural hub for the entire Terres de l’Ebre region.

The exhibition hall also features a selection of interviews conducted in 2021 with Escoda and his students, exploring what the Tortosa School of Art has meant to them. Alongside these are paintings and prints by Escoda, with a focus on his creative process—an eloquent example of the constant experimentation and perceptive sensitivity he encouraged in his teaching.

Ultimately, the exhibition is a tribute to the artistic and pedagogical legacy of a much-loved and deeply remembered teacher, Leonardo Escoda.
For him, the classroom and life were inseparable.