Global Latin music idol MALUMA, fulfilled yet another dream last night as he opened a new center for his foundation, EL ARTE DE LOS SUEÑOS (The Art of Dreams), based in the Distrito Creativo (Creative District) in his hometown of Medellin, Colombia; in order to continue to work to make a positive impact on the lives of the «dreamers», children and young people, who are part of his foundation.
 
Around 130 dreamers from six different towns in Antioquia are part of the foundation that since 2016 has been working to make dreams come true for young people and children who see Maluma as an inspiration and a role model. The new center consists of 300 square meters divided into the following areas: a Clinic for psychosocial care, a recording studio, administrative offices and three large soundproof classrooms for singing, dancing, and percussion.
«I couldn’t feel happier or more honored. I feel proud of my sister Manuela who is the president of the foundation, of the whole team that makes this possible. I feel proud of the dreamers. This is something that we have been working on for a long time. I hope this is the first of many centers…let’s keep dreaming and the sky is the limit,» Maluma expressed.
During this magical night, Maluma, as founder of El Arte de los Sueños, along with his sister Manuela Londoño, official foundation president, emphasized the arduous process that lead to accomplishing this project that provides opportunities for development for at-risk children and youth…«Our expectations with this new center is to make dreamers feel like they are at home, that they have a physical place to go, where they can create their own art and be inspired. That is why, a recording studio was built, for instance, as a tool for them to create their own music,» Manuela expressed.

Maluma and Manuela alongside their parents Marlli and Luis Alfonso cut the inauguration ribbon in a celebratory moment as the dreamers cheered on.

Among the surprises of the opening event, the Colombian superstar presented the Dreamer of the Year 2021 Award to Alexandra Ramirez in order to recognize the responsibility, commitment, discipline and values of the dreamer, highlighting the Foundation’s emphasis on training not only good artists, but also excellent human beings. 
At the ceremony, a brand new song and video entitled «Sigue el Sueño» was officially released. The song was written by the foundation’s dreamers with production and musical arrangements by Maluma. The video was directed and produced by Cesar Pimienta and audiovisual company 36 Grados. To watch the video  for «Sigue el Sueño» click HERE. 
The mission of «El Arte de los Sueños» for 2022 is to expand in order to expand the number of dreamers they serve. For more information visit: http://www.elartedelossuenos.com or via Instagram @elartedelossuenos.
About «El Arte de los Sueños» Foundation: 
«El Arte de los Sueños», was founded in 2016 by Juan Luis Londoño Arias, along with his family to give back all of the love and support he has been given throughout his career. The Foundations mission is to transform at-risk youth through art, bringing an inspiring message to young people.

Juan Luis is an inspiration for these teenagers, showing them that dreams do come true, as long as you work hard for them. The artist has been involved in supporting all of the Foundation’s projects and his work around the world is a source of motivation for the dreamers.

About MALUMA:
Maluma is one of the leading voices in Latin music and a bona fide global youth idol. Born Juan Luis Londoño in Medellin, Colombia, he formulated his artistic moniker Maluma from the first two letters of the names of his mother, father and sister.

The 2018 Latin GRAMMY award winner for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album (for F.A.M.E.) is one of social media’s most popular artists with over 23 million Facebook fans, 6 million Twitter followers, and a whopping 60 million Instagram followers, making him the leading Latin male artist on Instagram and the first and only one to surpass 50 million followers. His official YouTube/VEVO channel has more than 26.8 million subscribers, having earned him a YouTube Diamond Play Button Award.

With his Maluma World Tour he has achieved unparalleled success, having sold over one million tickets in 105 worldwide concerts in 2017 alone and becoming the top concert-selling Latin artist in the world. In 2018 and 2019, he broke records achieving full houses in all of his shows throughout the United States and Europe selling out Madison Square Garden (New York), the American Airlines Arena (Miami) and two The Forums (Los Angeles), among others. With his 11:11 World Tour he also sold out Israel’s largest venue, Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (60,000+ audience); made history at the 18th annual Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco, setting an all-time attendance record with his headlining concert in front of 200,000 people; and performed for the first time ever in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of 25,000.

In 2018, Maluma entered the fashion scene with his edgy, youthful and authentic look, and style. He has been named a “Menswear Icon in the Making” and “Men’s Fashion’s Newest Muse” by Vogue. In addition, he was one of GQ’s “Men of the Year” in 2019 and continues to gain the fashion support of designers such as Kim Jones (Dior), Jeremy Scott (Moschino), Olivier Rousteing  (Balmain), Donatella Versace, Calvin Klein, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton and more. In 2019, he attended the Met Gala for the first time, being one of the first Latin urban artists of this generation to be invited by Anna Wintour.  Maluma has also released top campaigns and commercials as the face of global brands such as Moet Hennessy, Michelob and Adidas.

Since joining Sony Music Latin in 2015, Maluma has released five albums Pretty Boy Dirty Boy (2015), F.A.M.E. (2018), 11:11 (2019), Papi Juancho (2020) and 7DJ (2021). Maluma is the youngest artist to simultaneously hold both the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart and only the sixth act to ever achieve the feat he has now repeated three times. To date Maluma has had twenty-one #1 singles on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart.