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 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, 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 2003, OBRAS hosted around 1000 artists from 64 countries for residencies of 3 to 10 weeks and organised 130 cultural events such as exhibitions, concerts and performances.

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latest news:
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On 31 May we had an Open Studio. 

Juliette Sallin did a performance with dyeing on silk. 

Giuseppe de Salvatore gave his artist talk the shape of a walk with five stops; on each he told about an element of vagueness. 

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