Type occasional
Program Summer Courses for young people (9 to 14 years old) are opportunities for the playful exploration of skills, talent, and sensibility as well as basic practical introductions to one or several techniques and artistic areas. Ar.Co devised for the Summer of 2026 a group of on-premise experiences in areas such as Drawing, Painting, Illustration/Comics, Cinema, Photography, Jewellery, Sculpture, and Ceramics.
Notes WEEK 1 - 22 a 26 Junho
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Jewellery Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Let´s make a jewel
Date 22 a 26 Junho 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Mondays to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
In this course, participants will be challenged to create a piece of jewellery using techniques such as sawing, filing, engraving and enamelling.
We will design and create a piece of jewellery – a ring, a medallion or a brooch – departing from the initial drawing, prototype and copper execution.
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Analog Photography Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Photo-book.
Date 22 to 26 June 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will build a small book with photographic images produced through a playful and creative initiation to traditional processes: the “pin-hole” camera and “photograms”. Experimenting in the darkroom and developing in black and white on photographic paper. Construction of a paper and cardboard book, folded and sewn by hand.
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Drawing and painting Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Times and Places
Date 22 to 26 June 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program The course offers a journey through different eras, geographies, and artistic contexts, where each day we will explore a unique approach to creating and interpreting images. Who paints? And where do they paint? Do we paint in the workshop, in the guild, alone, or collectively? Throughout the course, we will reflect on how we see objects and images from other eras today: do we recognize them or find them strange? Through drawing, painting, and printmaking, participants will explore techniques, materials, and ways of depicting different themes and places in each class.
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Cinema Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Small stories, great images
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule mondays to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
In this workshop, participants will be invited to imagine, create and film short scenes and cinematic moments through creative writing exercises, improvisation and group games. Over the course of five sessions, they will experiment with different aspects of filmmaking — both in front of and behind the camera — exploring image, sound and editing in a simple, practical and collaborative way.
As well as producing a short film, the workshop offers a playful introduction to the world of cinema, encouraging creativity, cooperation and artistic expression through the creation of short audiovisual narratives.
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Illustration Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Who lives inside my drawings?
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Mondays to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, drawing becomes a tool for personal and creative exploration. Through the creation of artist’s books, illustration and various visual techniques, each participant will build their own inner universe, creating stories, symbols and imaginary landscapes.
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Photography Workshop for Young People (9 to 14): Herbarium
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will create a book-object from experimental photographic printing processes, taking advantage of sunlight, organic and natural materials. We will use digital and traditional photography resources to cross processes in order to develop a creative herbarium from the collection of shapes and colors of plants, leaves and flowers.
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Construction and drawing Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Drawing everywhere
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program Departing from a universe of everyday objects, spaces, fragments and materials, participants will create objects and models that will become part of a collection of individual and collective pieces. The drawing process will vary through the use of colour, line or stain, over time, between observation and imagination, and depending on the moment and the materials (graphite, charcoal, watercolours, amongst others).
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Ceramics Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Board Games
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, students will be challenged to imagine and create original board games by exploring clay as an artistic and constructive medium. Throughout the sessions, pieces, characters, symbols, and game elements will be developed using different ceramic modeling and construction techniques. The pieces will be finished with the application of slips and glazes.
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Cinema and Sound Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Hear, see, listen
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (seguro) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Sound is crucial to the construction of meaning in films, but because it is invisible—in a world where we are constantly confronted by images - we hardly notice how sound influences what we perceive and feel when watching a film. Throughout the workshop, we will explore, capture, manipulate, and edit different sounds, building creative relationships with the images.
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Sculpture Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Animalia
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
In this workshop we will build animals from different geometric shapes in wood, inspired on the book CARIMAUX by Gay Wegerif, published by MeMo.
Carimaux is a fun bestiary in which each animal is conceived and designed from a set of squares. Departing from different geometric shapes in walnut, beech, pine, olive, cherry, and oak wood, we will create a unique bestiary. Our materials are woods with different densities, colors, weights, smells, origins, and uses - each participant will work with their chosen woods using simple tools. Finally, the different pieces are joined with dowels and simple wooden joints. This results in a dynamic interplay between shapes, colors, and textures that combine to enhance the participant's imagination and sensory abilities.
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Drawing and Illustration Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): The Upside-down world
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, we will explore the ‘upside-down world’, an age-old concept found in stories and images across many cultures. What if animals ruled over humans? What if the Moon could talk to the Sun? Through games, drawings, collages and printmaking techniques, we will create impossible scenes where everything can be turned on its head. Inspired by old European engravings from the 16th to the 19th centuries, this workshop invites participants to reinvent the world through humour, fantasy and creativity.
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Drawing and painting Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Drawing in videogames
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Inspired by video games such as “Ōkami,” “Journey,” “Minecraft,” and “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” this workshop explores drawing, painting and video as ways to construct landscapes, narratives, and imaginary spaces. Throughout the classes, we will consider perspective, scale, and different ways of representing the environment, observing how each game organizes observation, movement, and transitions between scenes. Each participant will develop their own visual exercises that combine still images and moving images.
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Photography Workshop (9 to 14 years old): Photographic Portrait
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h00 às 13h00
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, we will build the “portrait” from scratch. Taking charge of the photography studio, we will experiment with concepts of light and illumination, expression and pose, setting and props. Participants will be challenged to build in group “scenes” for the portraits, making them more complex and creative for their images.
Notes Necessary materials:
Digital photo camera or mobile phone with camera.
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Sculpture Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Kite-plane
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will build a KITE/AIRPLANE, starting by designing a structure from joints and connections between sticks and small trunks of rockrose, eucalyptus or fig tree. Each participant will prepare the chosen woods with specific woodworking tools, such as small Japanese planes, chisels and gouges, files, rasps and sandpaper. The structure will be consolidated with elastic bands, natural twine and sisal. At this stage of the work, each participant will be able to learn woodworking techniques, develop simple joints, such as the half-lap joint. Finally, part of the structure will be covered with fabrics following the plan of each participant's project. These fabrics will be designed and painted using textile painting techniques.
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Illustration Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Books that are shaped
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, we will deconstruct the book as an object and reinvent it through ceramics and illustration. By exploring clay as a creative medium, participants will experiment with new ways of constructing visual narratives, transforming it into pages, images and unexpected structures. Combining illustration and ceramics, this will be a space for experimentation where the book ceases to be merely paper and becomes an object.
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Price 110,00€ + 0,75€ (seg.)
Type occasional
Program
Summer Courses are opportunities to playfully explore skills and talent, introducing the participants to the practice of one or more techniques and disciplinary fields.
Drawing, Painting, Illustration/Comics, Jewellery, Photography, Ceramics, Cinema/Movement Image and sculpture
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1 Workshop 150€ - materials not included
2 Workshops- 280€ - materials not included
Materials not included in the course fee, except where indicated.
10% discount for direct family members.
Daytime and evening sessions at Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisbon, and at Quinta e São Miguel, Almada
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT until 10 June: €10 off the final price.
Simultaneous courses for young people.
More information and registration:
secretaria@arco.pt
21 880 1010
www.arco.pt
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + Material: 10€
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Introduction to analog photographic techniques and to the darkroom. Properties of paper, photographic film, pin-hole camera and photograms. Introduction to developing and printing processes.
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ALMADA Ceramics Workshop: Construction
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials (clary and firing): 15€
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
Exploring some of the different approaches to ceramic materials by experimenting with clay building techniques such as slab and coil.
Participants will also learn how to finish the pieces with engobe and to use sgraffito and burnishing techniques. The pieces will be fired at the end of the workshop.
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CV Cinema workshop: Super 8 - colour reversal film
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)+ Materials: 25€
Admission From 18 years old
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program A practical introduction to the world of Super 8: filming, developing colour reversal film and projection of the results. Over five days, students will have direct contact with the entire technical and creative process, gaining the autonomy to continue working with this format independently.
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Drawing Workshop: Drawing - performance- drawing
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
“There is a drawing in everything, even in drawing”. Miguel Manso
It’s a drawing that draws itself live and simultaneously by whoever is present.
Who wants to draw and does so wanders through a performance. Will enter the DRAWING-PERFORMANCE-DRAWING. And will conclude the drawing always imperfect as performance-representation.
Notes Necessary materials:
Coloured pencils, graphite pencils 4b and 5b, oil pastel sticks, coloured pens, scissors and glue for paper, paper block A1, Eight chosen images already cut out.
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Ceramics Workshop: Introduction to Glazing
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Introduction to glazing including a theoretical approach and practical sessions focused on formulating test glazes, exploring a wide range of colours and finishes. The course will cover different types of glazes, colour, testing methods, firing curves and temperatures, as well as safety in ceramic processes.
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CV Comics workshop: Scheming Comics
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (seg.)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program Using tables that divide the images in the comics sheet but that are only partially completed, participants will be invited to create rough comic strips. The main references will be the comics of Olivier Schrauwen (Sunday) and James Joyce (preparatory tables for the writing of Ulysses). Working with everyday life and small events in comics – contemporary contexts. Ways of writing comics. Olivier Schrauwen’s Sunday as an example of a twenty-four-hour portrait of someone’s life. Individual schemes will be created in order to suggest ideas for a day to day story.
Notes Materials required:
Graphite, HB pencils and other softer pencils.
Illustration pens, and brush pens, other pens
A3 drawing paper
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Ceramics Wheel Workshop – Program with English speaking teacher
Date 29 June to 3 July OR 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
Introduction to the potter's wheel: parts, setup, and safety. Understanding clay: where it comes from, types, and properties.
Participants will learn to use different kinds of clay wedges, how to prepare the wheel, center the clay (the first essential skill) and build simple forms (small cylinders, cups).
We will advance to shaping and controlling forms (bowls, wider vessels), work on even wall thickness and height. We will also address common issues like wobbling and collapsing.
Finally we will address firing techniques (bisque firing and glaze firing – what happens in the kiln, temperature ranges, and safety).
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CV Cinema workshop: Introduction to lighting in photography and cinema
Date 26 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program Introductory study of light as an expressive and narrative element in photography and in cinema. Through observation and practice the participants will explore ways in which lighting can shape atmospheres and transform the visual experience. Fundamental notions regarding the camera and scenic lighting will be introduced, along with practical exercises that promote experimentation. Throughout this five day period participants Ao longo de cinco dias, os participantes irão desenvolver retratos ou autorretratos, estáticos ou em movimento, tendo a luz e a sombra como elementos centrais do processo criativo.
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Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
In this workshop, students explore the possibilities of ceramics by creating tiles, from the shaping stage through to the finishing touches. Throughout the sessions, participants will learn techniques for creating texture and relief, as well as painting with engobe, glaze or the majolica.
The pieces will be fired at a low temperature.
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CV Cinema workshop: Experimental Sound
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program
In this course, we will explore the creative use of cinematic sound through unconventional sound recording devices. The objective will be the creation of a collective audiovisual piece, developed through practical exercises in listening, exploring and discovering the soundscape.
We will work with tools such as parabolic microphones, seismophones and other devices designed to capture frequencies and vibrations normally imperceptible to the human ear. At the same time, we will build our own musical instruments, expanding the expressive possibilities of sound.
Through these processes, we will approach listening as an active practice, broadening the boundaries of auditory perception and its creative potential.
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SC otography workshop: Documentary photography
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will explore the intersections between documentary practice and artistic expression in photography. Through historical and contemporary examples, participants will become familiar with different aesthetic and narrative approaches, thus enriching their creative capacities.
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SC- Jewellery Workshop - Basic Metal techniques
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials: 15€
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program Practical introduction to Contemporary Jewellery as a multi-disciplinary and artistic area of knowledge. Executing one or more pieces with basic metal techniques. Sawing, filing away, sanding, folding, piercing, texturing, and welding.
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Photography workshop: Editorial photography
Date 1, 8 and 15 July 2026
Price 100€ + 0,75€ (Ins.)
Schedule Wednesdays from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program Specialized approach to the process of creating images for magazines and digital platforms. Combining theory and practice, participants will develop skills in creating visual concepts, planning photo shoots, and producing image series that tell a coherent narrative.
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