Foundation OBRAS runs an art residencies program.

We aim to provide an atmosphere for inspiration and effective working. The focus is on residencies of 3 to 12 weeks, while occasionally exhibitions, concerts and master classes are organised.

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 nights full of stars) 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 400 artists from 38 countries for residencies and organized 70 cultural events such as exhibitions and concerts.

latest news:

On 21 June was the inauguration of the exhibition: Sete Filhas, Sete Irmãs with Sally Stafford and India Flint, in the Castelo de Evoramonte,, Portugal. Marcio Pereira gave a dance performance. Read the newsletter for a slide show and more information. 

One of Ingrid Simons’ 1-minute videos showing the flowering fields around our centre was selected for the exhibition Color in June, in the Power Station of Art in Shanghai. The image shows her source of inspiration.

Gerry van der Linden had two residencies in the past year. On 5 June (Pinto Huis, Amsterdam) she presented Stadswild , her tenth poetry album. Lots of the poems deal with her experiences in Portugal, both in Lisbon and in Evoramonte. But basically they are about repeating small and great events, the switching roles of hunter and prey, and the loneliness that increases with shorter distances).

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