A bit about marble and us

Marble is everywhere near the Centre of Foundation OBRAS. Many artists fall in love with marble. Some with the material itself (which is of excellent quality and available for free). Others are inspired by the marble quarries: its industrial activity, its impact on the landscape or just its unique appearance.
Of the 500 quarries 450 are abandoned, sometimes already for 50 years. Nature gradually takes over the man made structure, sometimes resulting in a mysterious paradise.

Foundation OBRAS hosts and supports artists who make use of marble or quarries. We can bring you in contact with institutions and persons working in marble.
   

For an introduction on the marble projects of residents in the past years: click on this introduction page.  There, we also tell about on old proposal to create a thematic park on marbele in Estremoz and on our plans to participate in Evora 2027 Cultural Capital of Europe.

For more details on projects in specific art disciplines check the next pages:
visual arts,
photography,
performing arts.