2022, the second edition of Cura na Raulzona. Once again, we transformed the landscape of the square and its surroundings. This year, we firmly planted our feet on the ground—literally and symbolically. With the theme EARTH, we turned to the ground, to the territory, to our roots, and to the urgency of the struggle for demarcation and reimagining the future from those roots. For ten days, between September 15th and 25th, Raul Soares Square became our meeting point, a space for celebration, struggle, and belonging. We created three new murals, a poster facade, an installation in the square, and performances that powerfully and beautifully traversed the city. Our program also included concerts, DJs, the launch of the CURA Store and the new catalog—all outdoors, free of charge, and collectively.

In this edition, Sueli Maxakali , an Indigenous teacher and filmmaker from the Tikmũ'ũn people, painted the gable of the Roma Building, bringing the strength of the Indigenous female gaze to the city center. Pedro Neves , an artist from Maranhão based in Betim, created a mural on the Copacabana Building, blending the imagery of the North with the harsh architecture of downtown Belo Horizonte. The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) uniquely signed a mural on the Rochedo Building—a visual manifesto about agroecology, land rights, and rural popular culture. And Willand Cabral , a non-binary artist from the Aglomerado da Serra favela, brought the world of ballroom culture to the facade of the Hotel Sorrento, with a work that challenges the limits of the body, art, and the city. In the square, the installation "Men of Clay," by the Bahian artist Selma Calheira , presented 26 human figures in raw ceramic, aligned side by side, as a call for social equity, dignity, and belonging. A silent reminder that, above all, we come from the earth—and it is to it that we always return. Our 7th edition was a deep dive into the issues that sustain us: belonging, memory, justice, and community. We continue with the ground beneath our feet and our eyes turned towards the horizon.