Workshop: Drawing- Before Painting.
Date 29 June to 3 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program
In artistic practice, a study is frequently a preparatory sketch for a finished piece.
This workshop challenges students to plan their paintings through preparatory drawings, while endowing these with the value of something which is interesting in itself. With that objective in mind, different materials will be used to explore aspects such as light, colour, form and composition, as well as different subjects like the human body, objects and generic images.
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CV Photography workshop: Alternative process
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Workshop dedicated to the processes of photographic printing on salt and albumen paper. These are classic processes for preparing light sensitive paper with silver nitrate and egg white, which became popular in the 19th century, due to their rich and sharp images. This course is particularly interesting for participants who want to experiment and learn different ways to materialize their images.
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Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Notes Materials needed:
- Graphite pencils (various grades: 2H, HB, 4B)
- Charcoal (assorted or sticks)
- India ink or calligraphy ink (black or blue)
- Dry pastel or oil pastel [colors to choose from]
- Watercolors [set w/ tablets or tubes w/ primary colors]
- 120gr A2 paper pad (42x59cm) and 200gr sheets (Inart or Canson)
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CV Drawing and Comics Workshop: “The first one always sucks”
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
This workshop aims to develop a graphic diary through drawing sessions on the Lisbon subway line, allowing participants to train their ability to synthesize, their hand-eye coordination, and their observational skills, given the unpredictability and spontaneity of public transportation. Following these field sessions, students will develop an imaginary character in a subway car and create a short 2–4 page comic strip about that character’s journey or destination.
Throughout these classes, we will cover observation drawing techniques, the basics of character design, and comic book layouts.
Notes Materials required:
A5/A4 notebook (preferably A5)
pens/refilable brush pens (Microns, Faber-Castell, Pentel brush – no watercolours)
A3/A4 sheets
Sketching materials (pencil/eraser)
India ink/brushes
SC - Drawing Workshop: the theater of the lanscape (filed trip)
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 160€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday and Thursday from 10h to 13h (Ar.Co, Lisbon); Tuesday and Wednesday from 11h to 16h (field trips)
Type occasional
Program This workshop takes the landscape and its thematic possibilities as its starting point. Density and atmosphere, movement and interruption, near and far, light and shadow—these are some of the qualities inherent to the landscape that will serve as inspiration for the figurative and abstract drawings resulting from the experiences and observations made during the 2 field trips.
Notes Materials required:
Day 1: introductory session- workshop materials and logistics will be explained in detail – Ar.Co, Xabregas.
Day 2: drawing materials for sketching (2B pencils or harder, pens, charcoal, etc. + A4 paper) – field trip.
Day 3: brush drawing materials (fine and medium brushes, Indian ink or watercolours + A4 paper) – field trip.
Day 4: colour drawing materials of your choice and larger paper size – Ar.Co, Xabregas.
In addition to these materials, students must bring the following for days 2 and 3:
a drawing board, a rucksack with their materials, comfortable footwear and clothing for walking, and water and food for lunch break. During these 2 days travel outside Lisbon by car or train (Sintra and/or Cascais lines) will be required
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CV Drawing and Illustration Workshop: Observation, intersection with Narrative
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75 insurance
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
This workshop proposes a series of exercises that combine drawing and storytelling. It blends observational drawing with the creation of narratives and characters.
Drawing is explored as a form of dual knowledge—knowledge of the world as it appears to us and knowledge of how reality is constructed as a mental phenomenon.
Notes Materials required:
Graphite, HB pencils and other softer pencils.
Illustration pens, and brush pens, other pens
A3 drawing paper
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Workshop: Introduction to ceramics
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
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 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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Ceramics Workshop: liquid porcelain
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)+ Materials: 25€
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
Introduction to liquid porcelain exploring its many possibilities through molds, collage, plate making, printing, and incorporating organic materials.
Pieces will be fired at high temperature at the end of the workshop.
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CV Cinema Workshop: Screenwriting Lab (process and collaborative methodologies)
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program This intensive workshop focuses on the development of screenplays through a process of analysis, questioning and rewriting. Inspired by collaborative methodologies used in contexts such as the Torino Film Lab, the workshop is organised into sessions that explore the structure and language of the materials that make up a film project in its early stages of development — the logline, synopsis and statement of intent. Throughout the course, the work produced will be discussed in group and one-to-one sessions, with the aim of exploring, clarifying and testing the essence of each project.
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Drawing and painting workshop: Active Inattention
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program
Line drawing exercises based on sound and tactile stimuli, exploring a varied ‘calligraphy’ of the line. The aim is for the participants to ‘unlearn’ their way of looking hooked on representational resemblance, transforming all sensorial stimuli into visual matter. Exercises with stain and line using India ink based on a quick visual stimulus: active inattention and notions of speed. Construction of a collective panel: exploration of chromatic aspects and exhibition design based on written stimuli.
Progressive drawing exercise in several stages exploring notions of authorship and “authorship noise”. Blind drawing based on attentive observation of complex images.
Assenbly of the collective panel
Notes Materials required:
Graphite pencils
India ink
Various paintbrushes
Acrylic paints: cyan blue, cadmium yellow, magenta, black and white
Large water cup and several small cups for mixing colours
A3 drawing pad, 90gsm
A3 drawing pad, 300gsm
3 or more white oil pastels
Drawing charcoal (mineral or vegetable)
Pins, needles or thumbtacks in neutral colours
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SC Jewellery Workshop – through the eye of the needle
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program
Sewing is one of the oldest human activities—and perhaps one of the most revolutionary as well. With needle and thread, two objects can be joined together; fishing nets have been made, as have clothes, and the course of human history has been altered.
In this workshop, these will be our tools: needle and thread. Simple, portable, and offering an almost infinite range of techniques and possibilities. The aim is for students to acquire a repertoire of sewing, embroidery, and beading techniques, fostering their capacity for expression and creativity through exercises designed to bring ideas to life—ideas related to the creation of an object in meaningful dialogue with the body.
Almost all of us have scraps of fabric at home, beads lost in time, memories that connect us to our ancestors and to stories from days gone by—too precious to throw away…
Notes Materials required:
Sewing thread, assorted yarns and cords, fabric, beads, and a small hand embroidery hoop.
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CV Curso Teórico pós-laboral: Introdução às História(s) e Estéticas do Cinema Experimental
Date 6 to 10 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule monday to Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
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CV Wood Sculpture Workshop: Assemblage
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
This workshop aims to explore the creative aspect, the observation and interpretation of an object, as well as the development of spatial awareness through the learning of construction techniques.
Following a phase of experimentation and testing combinations and arrangements of different materials, each participant will design a structure primarily made of wood, taking into account the characteristics of the chosen objects, to incorporate into the sculpture.
From a technical perspective, this course focuses on learning a construction process based on knowledge of joinery, including the creation of joints and the use of specific tools and techniques for each stage of the work.
It will also cover the identification of the different types of wood used and the application of various wood-cutting techniques.
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SC - Introduction to Painting Workshop
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Introduction to oil painting on paper and canvas. Through observation exercises, color construction and the relationship between figure and background, among other technical aspects, participants will have the opportunity to experiment with painting and find new forms of visual expression.
Notes Necessary materials:
- One canvas (aprox. 40 x 50 cm)
- Bristle brushes, both round and spatulate, small and medium
- Oil paint: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Red, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Ivory Black, Natural Shade and Yellow Ochre; Turpentine and Refined linseed oil *
- Pallette
- Medium size glass flask with lid
- Rag for cleaning brushes
*alternatively students can use acrylics
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CV Cinema Workshop: Film project dossier
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
In order to bring their projects to fruition, filmmakers are constantly asked to present their ideas, often whilst these are still in their infancy. This is where the project dossier comes in, a document designed to show potential partners — sponsors, festivals, residencies, amongst others — what we intend to do. As well as being necessary, the project dossier can help us clarify our intentions and begin to structure our film.
Participants are asked to bring along an idea for a film they would like to make and share it with the group. We will work together on the key documents needed to present it to potential partners: a synopsis, a director’s statement and, if possible, some form of (audio)visual material. This workshop could well lay the foundations for the creation of a new film.
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Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule Monday to Friday from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
Learning how to apply high-temperature glazes to pre-fired pieces. An introduction to glazes, focusing on selecting the ideal glaze and applying it to pieces that have already been produced. We will cover different types of glazes, colours, firings and, above all, application processes.
Each student will be able to formulate a recipe using the 1240°C glazes provided by the school or bring their own ready-made 1240°C glaze of their choice to apply.
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CV Workshop de Cinema: Accessible Filmmaking – Creating with less
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
Curso ministrado em inglês.
The focus of this workshop will be on how to make a film with little technical knowledge and few available instruments, because while there are a lot of complex factors that go into making films, there are also other possibilities that allow us to make films in accessible ways.
The goal of this workshop is for every student to make a short film during the classes while discussing said possibilities to create in their real lives and the obstacles one faces during the making of a film. Overall, this workshop will explore the idea of the filmmaking process in this contemporary time from a simple perspective.
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ALMADA Ceramics workshop: Unfolding the Volume
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)+ Materials (clay and firing): 25€
Schedule Monday do Friday from 14h30 to 17h30
Type occasional
Program
This workshop departs from the forms of traditional pottery to explore their reconstruction through design processes. Using slab-building techniques, participants analyse and reinterpret traditional forms, taking them from a continuous process to a layer-by-layer construction.
The work moves between drawing, paper and clay, exploring the transition between two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms as a means of transforming shape and offering a contemporary interpretation of traditional forms.
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Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)
Schedule Monday do Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will be concerned with the essential montage tools in digital editing. Our focus will comprise both the technical aspects and the creative approach involved in the montage of a cinematographic scene. Throughout the course we will develop a colective practical exercise exploring the multiple narrative possibilities emerging from the manipulation of sound and image. The objective is to understand the montage not only as a technique, but as an expressive tool able to transform the images’ meaning.
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SC Jewellery Workshop – Delft sand casting
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) + materials: 15€
Schedule Monday to Friday from 18h to 21h
Type occasional
Program Sand casting is a practical and relatively simple method for producing small editions of jewelry or objects. In this course, students will learn how to sculpt wax and prepare the sand mold for casting. The goal is for participants to create one or more pieces of cast aluminium jewelry.
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CV Curso Teórico pós-laboral: Paula rego e as Óperas da Bicharada
Date 13 to 17 July 2026
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins)+ Materials (clay and firing): 25€
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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