PROJECTS
Projects conceived by us or implemented in partnership and with support of funding entities.
WIRELESS
Four granted art residencies that wanted to encourage visual artists to master the textile disciplines: Embroidery, Tapestry, Stamping and Dyeing.
With the support of Direção Geral das Artes - Ministry of Culture, School of Arts of Évora University and Arraiolos Municipality.
The Wireless project was exhibited in Arraiolos, Évora and Poznan (Poland).
FOTOFOLIO PHOTOBOOK
FOTOFÓLIO is a cycle of artist residencies/workshops for photographers in search of a concentrated time to reflect about their portfolios, receive feedback from mentors and learn new skills.
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cine~cerca
Córtex Frontal hosts the annual French-Portuguese script writing residency Cine-Cerca. Four participants and two mentors in a concentrated period of two weeks. 2022 edition counted with the mentorship of João Nicolau e Cristèle Alves Meira.
Photo: Cine~Cerca 2021
PRIMEIRA OBRA
The project Primeira Obra conceived by Madalena Galamba consists in the creation of a platform that wants to reveal new authors, provide networking between writers, editors, book sellers and readers. Part of the program of creative entrepreneurship Magallanes_ICC developeed by ArteriaLab and incubated by Córtex Frontal.
During the incubation we hosted brain storming conferences and a writing residency with the mentorship of Gonçalo M.Tavares and Raquel Laranjeira Pais.
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NEW BORDERS embroidery residency (ES-PT)
A embroidery residency for Spanish and Portuguese artists that wants to encourage visual artists to master and incorporate embroidery in their work. With the support of Direção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo.
TWINS-RESIDÊNCIA
This grant was aimed to artists duos and it contemplates a 4 weeks artists residency and an exhibition at Appleton (Lisbon).
The artist duo selected received accommodation, working space, fee, production support and critical follow up.
The Concerned collector
The Concerned Collector is a project running since 2019 whose goal is to encourage art collections. We provide high quality art works for an affordable price.
POW! splat, yeah!
POW! SPLAT YEAH! was an artist residency on printmaking and silk screen. Granted artists were: Sofia Mascate, Pedro o Novo, Catarina Real and Carlos Gaspar.
Thanks to the support from Escola de Artes da Universidade de Évora the workshops had places in their offices with the mentorship of Hugo Amorim and Vanda Sim Sim and the critical follow up from António Guerreiro and Mariana Gomes.
The project closed with a group show at Box da Appleton (Lisboa).
With the support of Direção Geral das Artes, Município de Arraiolos and Escola de Artes da Universidade de Évora.