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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 750 artists from 53 countries for residencies of 3 to 10 weeks and organized 108 cultural events such as exhibitions, concerts and performances.

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The residency program of 2020 was dominated by limitations due to COVID, but nevertheless it brought many beautiful moments. See the newsletter  and residents 2020 for impressions.
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Happy new year!

The hoopoe
is one of our frequent winter guests. We learned from Victoria Cattoni and Jacqueline Osherow that it features in ancient Persian and Jewish poems and myths:
The birds´ community could not decide who will become their next leader, because each bird had a fault inhibiting enlightenment. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests to find the home of the phoenix. After a long journey they arrived, but the only thing they found was a lake in which they saw their own reflection.
 
We wish you a year full of energy, good health and gentleness. Ludger & Carolien

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  • home
  • Obras Portugal
    • apartments and studios
    • info and rates 2020- OBRAS Portugal
    • Application OBRAS Portugal
    • Residents and projects (2004-2020) >
      • residents 2020
      • residents 2019
      • residents 2018
      • residents 2017
      • residents 2016
      • residents 2015
      • residents 2014
      • The Mirror Between Us (Wiggins&Branco)
      • Ingrid Simons 2010-2020
      • co-operations with Luis Branco
      • Antonio Tavares
      • residents 2012, 2013
      • residents 2004-2011
      • selected highlights >
        • Sandra Trujillo
        • Erika Dahlen
        • Barinamo
        • Jonathan Roson
        • Dasha Sitnikova
        • Scott Sherk and Pat Badt
    • Events; running, upcoming and past
    • marble related projects >
      • introduction
      • sculpting in marble
      • photo projects
      • performing in quarries
    • More information >
      • new normal in times of corona
      • Local climate
      • History of the house
      • Nature around the house
      • megalithic monuments
    • How do I get to OBRAS Portugal?
  • Obras Holland
    • Info and rates 2020 - OBRAS Holland
    • application OBRAS Holland
    • residents OBRAS Holland
    • nature around OBRAS Holland
    • How do I get to OBRAS Holland?
  • Newsletter
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