On 6 and 7 November 2025, the ARECA project team - Art Education and Capacity-Building: Methodologies and tools used by artists to intervene in the school context, will be in Lisbon and Corroios for a two-day seminar.
In Lisbon, the seminar will be held at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, with CIES-Iscte researchers Luísa Veloso, Joana Marques and Maria Gilvania Silva. On 7 November, the team will organise the seminar at Escola Secundaria João de Barros, in Corroios.
Take part in this free seminar and enjoy conferences, debates, round tables, workshops, presentations and exhibitions.
PROGRAMME
November 06, Iscte (Lisboa)
10h00 - 10h15 Opening Session
láudia Dias, Inês Maia, Luísa Veloso and representative of the board of CIES – Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
10h20 - 12h00 Conference
Approaches and collaborations for a Common Body, with Elisabate Paiva
Why art and why education?, with Armand Medina Bover
Moderator: Luísa Veloso
12h00 - 13h00
ARECA - Artistic practices in a school context: challenges, results and opportunities, with Luísa Veloso, Joana Marques, Maria Gilvania Silva, Virgil Joseph-Alexandre
Moderator: Mariana Silva
14h30 - 15h30 Presentation
Érase una vez un jeuves, by students from Egibide (Espanha).
16h00 -17h30 Round Table
Artistic methodologies for transforming and democratising schools, withAlexia Papantchev, Belen Vicente Arandia, Cláudia Dias, Hannah Frances Whelan, Karas, Valdemar Rent and Virgil Joseph-Alexandre
Moderator: Maria Gilvania Silva
17h30 Guided Tour
of the exhibition Images of a Transformation, led by ARECA students.
November 07, Escola Secundária João de Barros (Corroios)
09h45 - 10h00 Opening Session
Cláudia Dias, Luísa Veloso, representative of Seixal Municipal Council and representative of the João de Barros School Group.
10h00 - 12h00 Round Table
Do artistic practices in schools contribute to democracy? Can school be a space for artistic creation? with Amaia Bono, Antero Afonso, students who participated in the ARECA project at João de Barros Secondary School and Egibide–Molinuevo Educational Centre, Jorge Cabral and Xullaji.
Moderator: Joana Marques
14h00 - 15h30
Session led by ARECA artists
16h00 - 17h00 Round Table
What kind of school do we want?, with students who participated in the ARECA project at João de Barros Secondary School and Egibide–Molinuevo Educational Centre
Moderator: Carla Meira
17h30 Guided Tour
of the exhibition Images of a Transformation, led by ARECA students.
