obras-portugal residency

The Centre of Foundation OBRAS is in the South-East of Portugal (see this page for a map). Artists and scientists with (emerging) professional standing are eligible for residence. Disciplines include visual arts, architecture, music, film/video, writing, dance, drama and science. Since 2004, OBRAS-Portugal received around 750 artists in residence from around 54 countries.

OBRAS-Portugal has seven apartments, two cottages, five studios ranging in size from 25 to 200 m2, some music instruments (including piano) and a swimming pool. It can host up to 10 artists at the same time, but we generally accept around 6. High priority for us is to give you all privacy and working conditions for a fruitful residency. The center concentrates residencies in April-June and August-October. In other months the center is only open for specific projects. We also organize, together with the artist, every year some exhibitions, concerts, performances and open studios. For this we co-operate with museums and other cultural organizations in the region.