Programmes

FULL PROGRAM DRAWING 2023/2024
Heads of Department: Marcelo Costa
Standard three-year course aiming at the development of the technical and conceptual/authorial dimensions in drawing. A diversified learning process leads to the widening of the student’s cultural, technical and artistic horizons. Practical and thematic exercises promote the development of student’s observation and representation skills, while simultaneously encouraging an experimental attitude in regard to ways of making and the use of materials (oil paint, India ink, gouache, charcoal, pastel, graphite, etc.). Individualized modes of expression should translate a progressive familiarity with the main questions concerning contemporary artistic creation. Personalized attention is paid to each student’s progress, followed in a continuous manner by teachers and confirmed in formal evaluations with the head of department. In each of the three levels of the course, the main objective is to produce an abundant personal portfolio.
Options for further development: Individual Project, Advanced Course in Visual Arts or other.

Teachers: Alexandre Camarao, André Constantino, António Marques, Daniel Lima, Hugo Bernardo, João Catarino, João Miguéis, Jorge Nesbitt, Madalena Parreira, Manuela Braga, Marcelo Costa, Nuno Martinho, Pedro Calhau, Pedro Sousa Vieira, Pedro Tropa, Vasco Futscher and guest teachers

Dates 9 Oct 2023 to 29 Jun 2024
Duration Annual
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Fee 10 x 200€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)

Admission No special requirements. By order of enrolment.The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year may be considered after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.

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Dates 9 Oct 2023 to 29 Jun 2024
Duration Annual
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Fee 10 x 200€ + 150€ (Insc) + 4,50€ (Seg) (for enrolment up to 15th Semptember)

Admission Drawing Level 2 or recognition of equivalent training (through interview). Presentation of portfolio. The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year may be considered exceptionally after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.

Disciplines

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Dates 9 Oct 2023 to 4 Jul 2024
Duration Annual
Location Ar.Co Quinta de São Miguel, Almada e Ar.Co Xabregas, Lisboa

Fee 10 x 200€ + 150€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (enrolments until 15th September)

Admission Drawing Level 2 or recognition of equivalent training (through interview). Presentation of portfolio. The possibility of entering the program at a later date in the school year may be considered exceptionally after a selective interview with the Heads of Department.

Disciplines

Notes

At the end of Drawing 3 the Certificate for the Plan of Basic Studies in Drawing is issued. Option of further development through application to Individual Project, Advanced Course in Visual Arts, or other.

Date 13 to 27 Ict 2023
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 75€ + 7,50€ (Insc) + 0,75€ (Seg)

Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment.

Schedule Fridays from 14h30 to 17h

Type occasional

Program
On-premise classes.
An open approach to portraiture through drawing. Observation exercises with live models and other sources. Extensive use of various materials: India ink, graphite, coloured pencil and charcoal.

Teachers

Date 16 Oct to 18 Dec 2023
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 200€ + 20€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)

Schedule Mondays from 14h30 to 17h

Type occasional

Program
On-premise classes.
Without the line, there is no drawing. Whether clear or fuzzy, subliminal or imagined, it’s the line that makes drawing possible. In his theoretical writings, Kandinsky explains how each curved line gives life to a portion of space and how horizontal and vertical lines give birth to the space where the drawing emerges. We will explore different aspects of the work based on the line with materials such as graphite, pen or colored pencils.

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Date 3 Nov to 15 Dec 2023
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 100€ + 10€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)

Schedule Fridays from 14h30 to 17h

Type occasional

Program
On-premise classes.
Taking landscape as the point of departure, this theme will be explored in various ways, ranging from the most naturalistic attitudes to the viewing of landscape as scenery background.

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Date 8 Jan to 5 Feb 2024
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 100€ + 10€ (Enrolment) + 2,50€ (Insurance)

Schedule Monday from 14h30 to 17h

Type occasional

Program
On-premise classes.
In each drawing the stain acts as a prelude, making composition possible. Beyond the line and its structures it opens up a space for representation. Using techniques and materials such as India ink or charcoal, this workshop will deal with this potential of the stain in the creation of surfaces, in the revealing of an object and in the construction of spaces that render drawing possible.

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Date 9 Oct 2023 to 29 Jun 2024
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 10 x 135€ + 120€ (Insc) + 4,50€ (Seg)

Admission Level 1: No requirements. By order of enrolment.

Type annual

Program
Drawing and Painting I
On-premise.
10 Oct 2023 to 20 Jun 2024
Tuesdsays and Thursdays 20h00-22h30
Teachers: Hugo Bernardo, João Catarino, e Marcelo Costa
The Evening Course in Drawing/Painting follows the general pedagogical orientations of the standard daytime course, providing a more diversified training and a quicker widening of the students’ cultural, aesthetic and technical horizons. Teachers will likewise attend to the students’ progress in a personalized and differentiated way. Within this context, practical and thematic exercises help promote the students’ capacities for observation and representation as well as the development of their expressive skills. Emphasis on experimentation in what regards both working modes and materials (oil paint, India ink, gouache, charcoal, oil pastel, graphite, etc.) ensure that students will gradually acquire an awareness of the more relevant questions regarding contemporary artistic production. Progress is closely followed by teachers and confirmed in formal evaluations with the presence of the head of department. For each level of the Course, the main objective is the constitution of a portfolio that is both abundant and as personal as possible.
The Evening Course promotes the development of technical and artistic skills in the areas of Painting/Drawing. Further development options: Level 3 of the Standard Course in Painting or Drawing, Advanced Course in the Visual Arts, Individual Project or other.

Live Model Drawing I
On-premise classes.
17 Oct to 5 Dec 2023
Tuesdays 20h00-22h00
Teachers:João Catarino a
Live Model Drawing is the situation of observation drawing par excellence, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale, lighting and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.

Lab I (drawing/painting)
on-line + on-premise classes.
18 Oct 2023 to 19 Jun 2024(every other week)
Wednesdays 20h -22h
Teachers: Marcelo Costa and/or guest teachers
Relevant themes within the context of the school experience will be discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. The program also includes contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting I.


Live Model in Drawing II
20 Feb to 16 Apr 2024
Local: Ar.Co – Xabregas
Horário: Tuesdays 20h00-22h00
(on-premise)
Teachers:João Catarino
Live Model Drawing is the situation of observation drawing par excellence, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale, lighting, and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.


Artistic Residency
24 to 29 de June 2024
Location: to be annonunced
Horário: Monday to Friday 10h00 às 17h00 + Saturday for the setting up of the exhibition with a selection of results.
(on-premise)
This residency aims at the development of each student’s individual work, at the end of the school year and in a close relationship with the working place. The program will end with a public exhibition of the results obtained.

Notes  students will always be notified in advance in case of a change of date and/or time or attendance regime.

Teachers

Date 9 Oct 2023 to 29 Jun 2024
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 10 x 135€ + 120€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)

Admission Drawing and painting night course 1 or interview.

Schedule see description

Type annual

Program
Drawing and Painting II
On-premise + on-line classes
11 Oct 2023 to 19 Jun 2024
Wednesday: 20h to 22h30. (on-premise. Weekly) + friday 20h to 22h. (on-line or on-premise. Once every two weeks).
Teachers: Alexandre Camarao and João Miguéis
The Evening Course in Drawing and Painting 2 differs from the previous year in two fundamental aspects: a more specific orientation of the experimental dimension, promoting a growing individualization of the students’ work; a continuous studio practice, complementing the classroom sessions. As was the case in the previous year, evaluation of the student’s progress is at once continuous (the responsibility of teachers) and formally confirmed several times a year in the presence of the head of department. All throughout the year, participants are expected to build an individual, abundant and consistent portfolio.

Lab II
On-line + on-premise classes
19 Oct 2023 to 20 Jun 2024 (on-line + on-premise , every other week)
Thursdays 20h00-22h00
Teachers: Marcelo Costa, and/or guest teachers
The program includes sessions where relevant themes within the context of the school experience are discussed. Topically, practical exercises are proposed. There will be contributions by guest artists and theoreticians, guided tours and other activities, important for the development of a personal aesthetics and of an individualized style. Some sessions will be intimately related to, and articulated with, the program of Drawing and Painting II.


Workshop: Monsters
20 Feb to 18 June 2024
Location: Ar.Co Xabregas, Almada or on-line
Tuesdays 18h00-20h00
Guest teachers


Artistic Residency
(on-premise)
24 to 29 de June 2024
Location: to be announced
Horário: Monday to Friday 10h00 às 17h00 + Saturday for the setting up of the exhibition with a selection of results.

This residency aims at the development of each student’s individual work, at the end of the school year and in a close relationship with the working place. The program will end with a public exhibition of the results obtained.

Teachers

Date 9 Oct 2023 to 21 Jun 2024
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 10 x 135€ + 120€ (Enrolment) + 4,50€ (Insurance) (for enrolments up to 15th september)

Admission Drawing and painting night course 2 or interview.

Schedule see description

Type annual

Program
Evening Course in Drawing and Painting III
On-premise + on-line classes.
12 Oct 2023 to 20 Jun 2024
Thursdays 20h00-22h30 (on-premise) Fridays 20h00-22h00 (on premise or on-line, every other week )
teachers: Pedro Calhau and Pedro Sousa Vieira
Orientation of the students’ work is highly individualized, approaching the model of tutorials. Thursday classes are more dedicated to this type of orientation, promoting an informed and up to date attitude. Wednesday and Friday classes have a more theoretical character, aiming to stimulate and contextualize the individual work of each student.

Lab III (Drawing/Painting)
On-line + on-premise classes.
16 Oct 2023 to 17 Jun 2024 (every other week)
Mondays 20h00-22h00
Observations: sessions take place in several different locations.
O programa inclui sessões de reflexão e discussão sobre temas pertinentes no âmbito da experiência escolar, propostas pontuais de exercícios práticos, convites a artistas praticantes e a teóricos, visitas guiadas e outras actividades relevantes para o desenvolvimento de um pensamento estético personalizado e de um estilo individualizado. Algumas sessões estarão intimamente relacionadas e articuladas com o programa da disciplina Desenho e Pintura III.

Workshop: Monsters
(on-line on-premise)
20 Feb a 18 June 2024
Tuesdays 20 - 22h
Guest teachers


The Evening Course promotes the development of technical and artistic skills in the areas of Painting/Drawing. Further development options: Level 3 of the Standard Course in Painting or Drawing, Advanced Course in the Visual Arts, Individual Project or other.

Notes  students will always be notified in advance in case of a change of date and/or time or attendance regime.

Teachers

Date 17 Oct to 5 Dez 2023
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 150€ + 15€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)

Schedule Tuesdays from 20h00 to 22h00

Type occasional

Program
On-premise classes.
Live Model Drawing is the situation of observation drawing par excellence, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.

Teachers

Date 28 Fev a 2 Mai 2023
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa.

Price 150€ + 15€ (Insc) + 2,50€ (Seg)

Schedule Tuesdays from 20h00 to 22h00

Type occasional

Program Live Model is the situation par excellence of observation drawing, where the study of the human body (in motion, at rest, posing, etc.) and the experimentation with different techniques, scale and modes of composition promote an understanding of the mechanisms of attention and of the gaze that lie at the very core of the drawing gesture.

Teachers