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 950 artists from 64 countries for residencies of 3 to 10 weeks and organized 108 cultural events such as exhibitions, concerts and performances.

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latest news:

As part of their residency at OBRAS in May, Sophie Tassignon and Ingrid Simons did a life performance on the edge of an oat field. Ingrid was painting a 5 meters long sheet, responding on Sophie singing a song written by Bulat Okudzhava. Click on “Tassignon & Simons”  to watch it. The newsletter has more info.

Evora will be Cultural Capital of Europe in 2027. We intend to participate with a thematic program on “marble”. The newsletter has more info.