Foundation OBRAS
runs an art residencies program.

We aim to provide an atmosphere for inspiration and effective working. The focus is on residencies for (emerging) professional artists. Disciplines include visual art, music, dance, and writing. Occasionally exhibitions, concerts and site-specific performances are organized.

Most activities take place in a rural area of Portugal, in a carefully renovated quinta with eight apartments, two cottages and five artists’ studios. The region is full of culture and history, and the nature is inviting and mysterious. The weather is warm in summer (with cool, starry nights) and mild in winter.
In Holland OBRAS has an auxiliary establishment: a beautiful mansion with place for two artists, in a village surrounded by nature and with good connections to bigger cities.

Since 2004 OBRAS hosted 600 artists from 48 countries for residencies of 3 to 10 weeks and organized 86 cultural events.

latest news:

“Paraíso Escondido” means “hidden paradise”. It is title of an exhibition of paintings, silkscreen prints and ceramic works of Ingrid Simons in Galeria Municipal Dom Dinis, in Estremoz, Portugal, that opened on Saturday 17 June and will run until 27 August. More info is in the newsletter.

Jonathan Roson (sculptor, Australia), Dan Carlson (installation artist, USA), Scott Sherk (sound composer, USA) and Rob Monaghan (Ireland)  are currently presenting works that were largely created during their residencies in Portugal. See the newsletter for more info.
Aurélie Ferrière (France, living in Sweden) made a sound composition on an open space in the forest, in which she tried to communicate with the birds, using her violin and synthesizer. See also residents 2017.
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