SUMMER COURSES FOR AGES 9 to 14: 24 June to 19 July 2024
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa
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 introductions to one or several techniques and artistic areas. Ar.Co devised for the Summer of 2024 a group of on-premise experiences in areas such as Drawing, Painting, Illustration/Comics, Animation, Photography, Jewelery and Ceramics.
Notes WEEK 1 - 24 to 28 June
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Analog Photography Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Photo-book
Date 24 to 29 Jun 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (seguro) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will elaborate a small book with photographic images produced through a playful and creative initiation to its 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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Price 140€ + 0,75€ (seguro) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
In this workshop we will create an illustrated album (illustrated book) using drawing and clay modeling.
From a large set of proposed questions, phrases and captions, we will imagine, draw and build scenarios that illustrate the proposed subjects using clay. The constructions will be photographed and used to create a book.
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2D Animation techniques workshop in stop motion (9 to 14 years old) : The curtain rises
Date 24 to 28 Jun 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 do 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop students will discover how animations were made before the invention of cinema. By exploring different exercises, we will understand how speed, movement and gesture work. Using drawing techniques with different materials, students build and edit animated sequences "frame by frame".
Notes materials to bring (for those who have them available)
mobile phone with “stopmotion studio” app or digital photo camera.
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Drawing and painting Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Fables and other journeys
Date 24 to 29 Jun 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 do 17h30
Type occasional
Program Inspired by La Fontaine's fables, this workshop proposes the creation of characters and scenarios in fantastic universes. Participants will create drawn or painted narratives and explore materials such as graphite, charcoal, china ink, watercolor and acrylic tempera.
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Analog Photography Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Photo-narrative
Date 1 to 5 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will be creating stories and visual narratives based on situations and compositions which will be staged with different objects and people. Lighting, set design, expression and theatricality in photography will be addressed during the practical work.
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Illustration and comics Workshop (9 to 14 years old): An Artist’s book
Date 1 to 5 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop students will create a book from start to finish. Page by page, folio by folio, through drawings, illustrations, comics, monotypes, collage, writings, etc. Each book will be inspired on a short story or poem, chosen from a selection at the beginning of the workshop.
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3D Animation workshop in stop motion (9 to 14 years old):_ Animyths
Date 1 to 5 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 do 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, students will discover how three-dimensional figures were animated when computers did not exist. Using plasticine of various colors, figures, objects and reused material it is possible to create movement and various narratives in small experimental exercises about the theme of mythology.
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materials to bring (for those who have them available)
mobile phone with “stopmotion studio” app or digital photo camera
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Analog Photography Workshop for Young People (ages 9 to 14): Herbarium
Date 8 to 12 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Participants will create a photographic herbarium based on a playful and creative introduction to photography and its experimental printing processes, taking advantage of sunlight and organic and natural materials (cyanotypes or anthotypes). Construction of an album with various colored prints based on the shapes of plants, leaves and flowers.
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Drawing and ceramics Workshop for Young People I(ages 9 to 14): Animated vessels
Date 8 to 12 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, participants will build objects by experimenting with clay construction and modeling techniques such as slate. The vases, jars, boxes, pots and cups will be decorated with written or drawn narratives using the majolica technique (painting on glaze).
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Illustration Workshop (from 9 to 14 years) – Language of dreams
Date 8 to 12 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop students will develop illustrations based on dreams, creating an imaginary and personal alphabet. Through drawing techniques with various illustration-oriented materials, such as collage and mixed media, we will create books, games, and illustrations.
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Jewelery Workshop (9 to 14 years old): Amulets, talismans and frogs' legs
Date 15 to 19 July 2024
Price 1340€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
In this workshop we will create amulets and other magical jewelry through exercises that use collage. We will use found objects, wood, rope, among others, as well as paint and hot glue.
Participants will be invited to think about symbols representing colors, shapes and animals to create pieces that tell tales, bring special powers and protect from even the toughest monsters in the closet.
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Photography Workshop (9 to 14 years old): Photographic Portrait
Date 15 to 19 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Fridays from 10h do 13h
Type occasional
Program The profusion of selfies seems to point at our growing need to portray ourselves. This workshop aims at improving the quality of these self-representations and make them more complex and creative. The camera, the studio, light and shadow, mask and scenery, expression and posing, will constitute some of the themes of the practical work.
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Necessary materials:
Digital photo camera or mobile phone with camera
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Comics Workshop (9 to 14 years old): Rip-off Copiers
Date 15 to 19 July 2024
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 do 17h30
Type occasional
Program Participants will create autobiographical stories with found/manipulated/stolen images distributed by the course leader. This material will be based on images from the history of illustration and comics. The course will be an invitation to creative copying, collage, construction and appropriation. Illustration techniques such as light table, transformation, collage and transfer will be explored.
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CURSOS DE VERÃO AR.CO - 1 TO 19 JULY 2024
Date 3 to 21 July 2023
Price 110,00€ + 0,75€ (seg.)
Type occasional
Program
Summer Courses are opportunities to playfully explore skills and talent, introducing the participants to one or more techniques and disciplinary fields.
Drawing, Painting, Illustration/Comics, Jewellery, Photography, Ceramics, Cinema/Movement Image.
From 15 years of age.
Notes Materials not included in the course fee, except where indicated.
10% discount for direct family members.
10% discount when attending 2 courses (applies to 1 fee).
Simultaneous courses for young people (aged 9 to 14):
More information and registration:
secretaria@arco.pt
21 880 1010
www.arco.pt
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - basic materials included
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Introduction to analog photographic techniques and to the darkroom. Properties of paper, photographic films, pin-hole camera and photograms. Introduction to film developing and printing processes.
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Price 130€ + 0,75 insurance
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h00
Type occasional
Program
Practical observation exercises aimed at the development of the participants’ capacities for representation and expression, while providing a deeper knowledge of materials used in drawing: India ink, watercolors, oil pastels, charcoal and graphite. Contour, line and stain; contrast; light and shadow; representation of surfaces and textures; representing space, near and far; the human figure.
The workshop will include a nude live-model drawing session.
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CV Workshop: Narrative in the illustrated album
Date 1 to 5 July 2024
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program We will consider some of the principles of narrative in an illustrated album, in the context of editorial illustration. Departing from a group of images and a small text a small illustrated narrative will be developed in book format. Techniques of deconstruction, repetition and comparison, as well as the graphic manipulation of elements of composition and colour, will define the rhythm, atmosphere and narrative structure. We will use traditional materials such as pencil and/or markers.
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Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Fridays from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program Practical introduction to video editing and to its main tools. Importing images, resolutions, formats, cuts, exporting. Analysis of film excerpts: the energy in cuts and in plans.
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SC Digital Photography Workshop
Date 1 to 5 July 2024
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h00 to 21h
Type occasional
Program Introduction to the processes of capturing, editing and photo treatment of the image in lightroom and photoshop workflow.
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Photography Workshop: SUNNY f16
Date 1 to 5 July 2024
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
In this practical workshop we aim at exploring analog photography taking as our point of departure one of the most simple rules regarding the reading and observation of light and shadows. Participants will be challenged to work based on speed and spontaneity and to use a "point and shoot" camera adapted to high definition negatives.
Presentation and final critics of the results.
No equipment requirements.
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Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Introduction to the processes of capturing, editing and photo treatment of the image in lightroom and photoshop workflow.
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SC - Introduction to Painting Workshop
Date 8 to 12 July 2024
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Fridays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Using paper, canvas, and media such as water based paints or oils, drawing tools and brushes, participants will discover new ways of visual expression, through practical observational exercises, using a variety of models and sets.
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Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
This workshop explores some of the different ways in which ceramic materials can be approached. 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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Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 14h30 do 17h30
Type occasional
Program In this workshop participants will create graphic narratives in the language of comics. Introduction to the history, theory and contemporary character of Comics. Creation of multiple sketches of stories with and without heads or tails, based on predefined scripts and various incentives. Scripts will be based on poems and literary excerpts, as well as on creative suggestions. Exploration of inking, lettering and pencil drawing techniques.
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SC Workshop: what is photography?
Date 8 to 12 July 2024
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program The title of this course suggests some simple questions about photographic images: what are they, what matter are they made of, and what do they ultimately talk about. We aim at introducing the participants to photographic images developed in the artistic and documentary areas of the XX and XXI centuries, investigating the contexts of their production, their different applications and their authors.
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SC- Jewellery Workshop - Basic Metal techniques
Date 8 to 12 July 2024
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h00 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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Notes MATERIALS (KIT): acquired in the first session
Price: 12 euros
Price 130€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program Departing from the ellaboration of a visual collection/archive of images we will appropriate, repeat and alter them. The final objective is the creation of a series where the images, reformulated through drawing processes, produce photo-transfers, collages and printed works in chine-collé, monotypes and drypoint engraving.
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Price 130€ + 0,75€ (seg.)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will explore drawing, painting, collage, printmaking and mixed-media techniques in order to develop a narrative work that will become an artist's book. Through practical exercises and construction of models, each participant will experience different pagination and binding methods, from fanzine to hardcover book. Using images and other found materials, improvising visual and written stories, each participant will produce a book from start to finish.
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Ceramics Workshop: The Potter’s Wheel
Date 16 a 20 Sept 2024
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins)- materiais included
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h00
Type occasional
Program Learning and practicing construction on the potter’s wheel. Exploration of the expressive and artistic potential of this medium through exercises. Firing in conventional kiln.
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