Price see observations
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
On-Premise classes.
Introduction workshops exploring various disciplines and practices in the visual arts: the drawing inscription, colour in painting, modeling in ceramics, analog photographic processes, engraving in printing and graphics in illustration. The aim is to provide a playful space encouraging the free manipulation of different techniques and materials as a comprehensive introduction to various themes.
Notes Bloco 1: 8, 15, 22 e 29 Nov 2025 – Hugo Bernardo Drawing/Painting
Bloco 2: 17, 24, 31 Jan and 7 Feb 2026 – João Carola / Illustration/Animation
Bloco 3: 28 Feb and 7, 14, 21 March 2026 – António Rebolo/ B&W Photography
Bloco 4: 11, 18 Abr e 9, 16 May 2026 – Madalena Parreira / Artist book, Mixed media
Bloco 5: 23, 30 Mai e 6, 20 June 2026 – Lara Amaral/ Ceramics
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Notes 1course: 140€ + 0,75€ (insurance) - materials included
2 courses: 260€ + 0,75€ (insurance) - materials included
all year 5 courses: 600€ + 4,50€ - materials included (can be payed in 2 instalments)
10% discount for direct relatives
Simultaneous workshops for adults (+15)
Enrolments:
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Visual Arts Workshop for Young People (from the age of 10): Drawing and Painting
Date 8, 15, 22 and 29 Nov 2025
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (seg.) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Participants will experiment with different drawing and painting techniques by looking at models and images, while exploring line, stain and colour with different materials (graphite, charcoal, India ink, watercolour, acrilic).
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Visual Arts Workshop for Young People (from 10 years old): Illustration/animation
Date 17, 24, 31 Jan and 7 Feb 2026
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (seg.) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Animation Before Cinema - This workshop takes participants on a journey through time, unveiling the secrets of animation in its analog era. Through manual methods and traditional drawing techniques, students will learn how to create the illusion of movement, rediscovering the magic of the era before cinema. The workshop is dedicated to animation through the construction of optical toys such as phenakistoscopes and flip books.
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Visual arts workshops for young people (from 10 yers old): Analog Photgraphy
Date 28 Feb and 7, 14, 21 Mar 2026
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Type occasional
Program In this workshop we will elaborate a small book with photographic images produced through a playful and creative introduction to its traditional processes: the “pin-hole” camera and “photograms”. Experimenting in the darkroom and developing in black and white on photographic paper. Experimental printing processes using sunlight and organic and natural materials: “cyanotypes” or “antotypes”.
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Visual arts workshops for young people (from 10 yers old): An Artist’s book
Date 11, 18 Apr and 9, 16 May 2026
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
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 at the beginning of the workshop.
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Visual arts workshops for young people (from 10 years old): Ceramics
Date 23, 30 May and 6, 20 Junho 2026
Price 140€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Type occasional
Program In this workshop, students will learn to model and build clay figures using various techniques such as modeling, gluing and carving. Throughout the sessions, participants will learn about the properties of clay in its different stages of drying. The pieces created by each student will be painted in different colors, fired and glazed.
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Saturdays - Visual Arts Program.
Date Starts 8th Nov 2025
Price 1 workshop: 120€ ' 0,75€ (insurance) / 2 workshops: 220€ + 2,50€ (insurance).- materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
An introductory program to the visual arts on Saturdays.
In these workshops, students will explore the various disciplines taught at Ar.Co through introductory exercises and with the accompaniment of specialized teachers. They will be able to develop a portfolio of work in drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry, illustration/Comics and cinema. They will also have the opportunity to try out new techniques and processes for making artwork and to develop previously acquired skills. The workshops can be attended on their individually or in sequence, allowing for a more comprehensive exploration of the visual arts.
Ar.Co - Xabregas
Bloco 1: 8, 15, 22 e 29 Nov 2025
Workshop: Desenho - Antes da Pintura João Migueis
Workshop: Som Científico para Cinema Salomón Pérez
Workshop: Introdução à Fotografia Analógica António Rebolo
Workshop de Joalharia: Móbile Sónia Brum
Bloco 2: 17, 24, 31 Jan e 7 Fev 2026
Workshop: Pintura Hugo Bernardo
Workshop: Cinema e Estética David Pinheiro Vicente
Bloco 3: 28 Fev e 7, 14, 21 Mar 2026
Workshop: Introdução à Cerâmica Lara Amaral
Workshop: BD e a não-ficção João Carola
Workshop de Cinema: Montagem Salomón Pérez
Bloco 4: 11, 18 Abr e 9, 16 Mai 2026
Workshop Super 8 — p/b reversível Camila Vale
Workshop: Diálogo Gráfico: A Fotografia como referência para a Ilustração João Carola
Bloco 5: 23, 30 Mai e 6, 20 Junho 2026
Workshop: Argumento para Cinema Salomón Pérez
Ar.Co - Almada
18 e 25 outubro 2025
Paulo Rosica - Workshop: Roda de Oleiro
15 e 22 novembro 2025
Paulo Rosica - Workshop: Roda de Oleiro
Notes
Sem requisitos. Por ordem de inscrição. A partir dos 15 anos/from 15 years old
Horário: Sábados das 10h às 13h
Local: Ar.Co, Antigo Mercado de Xabregas
Preço por workshop: 130€ + 0,75€ seguro (materiais não incluídos)
Preço por 2 workshops: 250€ + 2,50 seguro€ seguro (materiais não incluídos)
Cursos em simultâneo para jovens (dos 10 aos 14 anos)
10% desconto para familiares diretos.
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Ceramics Workshop: Potter's Wheel
Date 18 and 25 Oct 2025
Price 150€ + 0,75€ (ins) - materials included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm
Type occasional
Program
On-premise classes.
Learning how to build on the potter’s wheel. Exploring the formal properties of this technique. Firing the works using a conventional kiln.
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Super 8mm film Workshop – reversible black and white film..
Date 17, 21, 24, 28 November 2025
Price 170€ + 0,75€ (Ins) - materials included
Schedule Mondays and Fridays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program Filming a cadavre exquis on Super 8 film. Brief theoretical introduction to the fundamental principles of photochemistry and notes on the history of artisanal/artistic laboratories and their current status. Introduction to 8mm developing techniques, using reversible black and white film. Transferring developed films to digital format. Analysis of workshop results.
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Jewellery Workshop - Basic Metal techniques: sawing, filing, welding.
Date 18, 25 Jan and 1, 8 Feb 2025
Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
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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SATScientific Illustration Workshop. Zoology.
Date 18, 25 Jan and 1, 8 Feb 2025
Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Type occasional
Program Workshop dedicated to the production of graphic content in the Zoology field. Application of some scientific illustration techniques, namely indian ink and scratchboard. At the beginning of each session, there will be an overview of the species to be studied and a brief introduction to the technique that will be applied.
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Workshop: Introduction to Analog Photography
Date 15, 22 Feb and 15, 22 Mar 2025
Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program An introduction to Analog Photography experimental techniques. The light as it draws on the photographic paper; photography-making perforated boxes (pin-hole). Introduction to the black and white lab experience. Alternative printing techniques using sunlight: Cianotypes
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Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
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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Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance)
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Type occasional
Program Viewing of film excerpts. Introduction to the editing program (import, alignment, cutting, format and export). Group editing exercises using clips from a movie, paying special attention to the idea of continuity. The workshop ends with the screening of the results.
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Workshop: Introduction to Ceramics.
Date 3, 10, 17 e 24 May 2025
Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10h to 13h
Type occasional
Program
This workshop explores some of the different ways in which ceramic materials can be approached.
Students will learn different techniques of building with clay such as slab and coil.
The students will also learn how to finish the pieces with the slip method and the pieces will be fired at the end of the workshop.
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SATURDAYS Cinema/Moving Image Workshop: Soundscapes in Expanded Cinema
Date 17, 24, 31 May and 7 Jun 2025
Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance)
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Type occasional
Program
An introduction to sound art in cinema.
This workshop investigates sound as an autonomous artistic element in cinema and visual arts.
Through active listening, we will explore its narrative power and how it can redefine the cinematic experience.
We will explore field recording techniques, listening practices and sound compositions.
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Workshop: Drawing and Painting.
Date 17, 24, 31 May and 7 Jun 2025
Price 120€ + 0,75€ (Insurance) - materials not included
Schedule Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Type occasional
Program
Introductory course to drawing and painting through observation exercises using models, sceneries, visual compositions and nude live-model.
This workshop aims to develop the participants’ capacities for representation and expression, while providing a deeper knowledge of the materials used in drawing and painting: graphite and charcoal, India ink, watercolors, pastels, and oil paints. Contour, line and stain; contrast; light and shadow; representation of surfaces and textures; representing space, far and near; the human figure.
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