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Book Fest 2024

30.Sep.24
01.Oct.24
02.Oct.24
03.Oct.24
04.Oct.24
05.Oct.24
06.Oct.24

BOOKS · THEATRE · PUPPETS · WALKS AND STORY TELLING · POETRY · WORKSHOPS · BOARD GAMES

#Agrupamento de Escolas  #Largo da Sobreira  #Largo 1º de Maio  #Moínho de Odeceixe  #Jardim da Nora  #Carrascalinho

Programme

30.Sep.24 — 04.Oct.24
The Bookfest starts by visiting the schools in Odeceixe, Rogil and Aljezur with 3 exclusive presentations

Pap-séc
w/ Rita Rodrigues

Theatre and Workshop

Pap-séc is a short show and workshop of physical theatre and illustration playing with a strange language, sounding like foreign. It tells a story of a sad and lonely man, Volet, wishing to be brave but is not, wishing to have company, but has not, being afraid instead, much afraid… Through mouvement, an invented language, music, object and drawings one tells a story over and over in many different ways. And one can always create a new story!

Parlendário
w/ Luís Carmelo

Stories and Music

Parlendário are tongue twisters, riddles, tales and songs accompanied by the concertina. These are stories told and sung, exploring rimes and vocabulary, proposing games and interacting with the youngsters.

Contos de Boca em Orelha
w/ Cristina Taquelim

Storytelling

Contos de Boca em Orelha in which the words of oral tradition and the guidance of the teller invite silence and laughter, listening and astonishment to the place.

05.Oct.24 — 06.Oct.24
This year BookFest is happening around Odeceixe and Carrascalinho, meeting point at Largo 1º de Maio, in the central square of Odeceixe. You’ll find a place to leaf through books, listen to tales and poetry, to draw and paint and share words, play board games with friends and family and differents shows to see!

05.Oct.24

Até à Lua

Board Games and Books Area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 09:00 pm

Tertúlia

Livros Usados e Espaço Infantil

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 09:00 pm

O Barbeiro
w/ MãoZorra

Glove Puppets

Traditional portuguese glove puppet Roberto, goes to the barber preparing himself in his wedding day! But it doesn’t take him long to start his mischief and quickly chaos takes over in the barbershop!

Location

Largo da Sobreira

Schedule

11:00 am

Histórias que cabem num ouvido
w/ Cristina Taquelim

Storytelling

To hear and to repeat, read in color, read with the heart, read eyes closed. These are tiny stories, so small that it is funny to listen to, then repeat them, listen and repeat, so that even tiny they stay in ear.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

12:00 pm

Uma hora de Poesia
w/ Patrícia Lage

Poetry Circle

Poetry circle open to anyone wishing to read, say, sing or just listen to some poems. Everyone is welcome!

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

03:00 pm

Em busca de um neto
w/ Rita Rodrigues

Theatre

A very old lady, that never had children nor grandchildren, is feeling now very lonely. Animals keep her some company but are not enough. So she gets to the conclusion that she needs a grandchild to fill this emptiness in her life. But not any child… A show that leads our body to react, speaking about such deep subjects such as loneliness but distant enough to face tragedy with humor.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

04:00 pm

Histórias que cabem num ouvido
w/ Cristina Taquelim

Storytelling

To hear and to repeat, read in color, read with the heart, read eyes closed. These are tiny stories, so small that it is funny to listen to, then repeat them, listen and repeat, so that even tiny they stay in ear.

Location

Moínho de Odeceixe

Schedule

05:00 pm

A viagem
w/ MãoZorra

Visual Theatre

Itinerant Puppets Theatre, A Viagem is inspired by the imaginary ways of thoughts, more or less conscient thoughts, driving us through the intimate desires of our daily lifes. In one of those moments when Raúl is tipsy with drowsiness, we are droven to his birth by his hand, leading us to discover his world and surroundings. Some obstacles appear until the moment he gives shape to a similar being and his life turns to pink.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

06:00 pm — 09:00 pm

06.Oct.24

Até à Lua

Board Games and Books Area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 06:30 pm

Tertúlia

2nd hand Books and Kids Area

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

11:00 am — 06:30 pm

Caminhadas com Histórias
w/ Boa Criação

mandatory registration

Walk and Storytelling

We walk with stories we listen in oral literature, combining them with written literature, gathering elements of the landscape and natural world. Trees and birds… we walk with our ears wide open to unravel what the track offers us.

Location

Carrascalinho

Schedule

09:30 am

Oficina: Escrita Criativa e Construção de Livros
w/ Susana Otão e Patrícia Lage

A workshop to free out some words with creative writing and making a book techniques.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

10:30 am — 12:30 pm

A Tourada
w/ MãoZorra

Puppets

A bull, sweet and not fierce, enjoying to be caressed and getting quickly tired… A bullfighter enjoying to mischief and getting confused with this bull that reminds them of a playfull dog…?!? A funny story portraying in a very special way this só controversial portuguese tradition.

Location

Jardim da Nora

Schedule

11:00 am

Contos ao largo
w/ Boa Criação

Storytelling

Conviviality is build here by telling and listening to stories within a village meeting where everyone is invited to share old tales or life narratives. Because stories belongs to all of us.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

03:00 pm

A Viagem
w/ MãoZorra

Visual Theatre

Itinerant Puppets Theatre, A Viagem is inspired by the imaginary ways of thoughts, more or less conscient thoughts, driving us through the intimate desires of our daily lifes. In one of those moments when Raúl is tipsy with drowsiness, we are droven to his birth by his hand, leading us to discover his world and surroundings. Some obstacles appear until the moment he gives shape to a similar being and his life turns to pink.

Location

Largo 1º Maio

Schedule

04:30 pm — 06:30 pm

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Graffiti in Aljezur

13.Jul.24
14.Jul.24

20.Jul.24
21.Jul.24

Stencil Workshop
w/ Ode6ixe Comunidade Criativa

Artistic Experimentation and Creation Workshop to learn and pratice Stencil, one of the possible graffiti techniques. During 4 sessions happening in two weekends, 2 invited artists from Ode6eixe Comunidade Criativa will share their experience and challenge the participants into a criative process where each one will be able to test their own habilities. Experiencing a cooperative work the participants will then be guided into producing a colective work in a public place in Aljezur.

4 SESSIONS, 24H COURSE

When

13.Jul.24 — 14.Jul.24  ·  20.Jul.24 — 21.Jul.24

Schedule

10:00am — 13:00pm  ·  14:00pm — 17:00pm

Contribution

10€

Age group

M/14+

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Artistic Residencies "The Thread"

07.Jun.24
08.Jun.24
09.Jun.24

29.Jun.24

Artistic Experimentation and Creation Workshop
with direction by Leonor Morais, Visual Artist

“The thread connects all states of existence among themselves and to their principle.
The thread connects all beings among themselves, this world and the other.
The thread connects the puppets to the central will of the man who animates them.”

—   Jean Chevalier, Dictionary of Symbols.

Drawing & Voice Workshop

Leonor Morais, a visual artist, has created this artistic residency "The Thread," composed of three workshops of experimentation and artistic creation of Drawing with three distinct yet interconnected moments, as if a thread were guiding and interconnecting them.

With the collaboration of guest artists — Manuela Pedroso and Ana Baleia — the lines of Drawing entered into dialogue with Theater and Textiles. For this last residency, we invite Concha Sacchetti, and Drawing and Voice will be the protagonists.

The Thread, the guiding element of the workshops, draws inspiration from mythologies that traverse different cultures and epochs, inviting participants to connect with the voices echoing from the past and present. The lines of Drawing will gain a poetic dimension as they intertwine with Voice, giving rise to a universe of creative possibilities in an immersion in the nature that surrounds and inhabits us.

Over three days of work, experimentation, and sharing will become fundamental elements for the construction of the creative process, marked by the exchange of ideas and experiences. With a maximum of fifteen participants, in an old primary school in Barranco da Vaca, in the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentina Coast Natural Park.

Drawing & Voice

registration required

When

07.Jun.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

08.Jun.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

09.Jun.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

Location

Former Primary School of Barranco da Vaca

Artists

Leonor Morais,  Concha Sacchetti guest artist

Contribution

20€

Age group

M/15+

Recommendation

Wear comfortable clothing that can get dirty

EXHIBITION

THREAD: Installation and Performance in the Landscape

Free entrance

After the conclusion of the last artistic residency, an exhibition will be held to showcase the drawings and pieces that carry the stories and memories that were shared throughout these encounters.

This installation and performance in the landscape will guide us through the narrative of Drawing intertwining with Theater, Textiles, and Voice. We have the thread as a guiding element, creating an invisible link that connects the different areas of expression, the artists, and the participants. In addition to this showcase of works from the three residencies, there will be multimedia projection of the creative work process, with image and video recordings captured during the same.

When

29.Jun.24
5:00 pm

Location

Former Primary School of Barranco da Vaca

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What happened

Flora Fest 2024 — 2nd Edition

27.Apr.24
28.Apr.24
29.Apr.24
30.Apr.24

Walks and Visits ~ Workshops ~ Fair ~ Cinema ~ Photography

Aljezur

27, 28, 29, 30.Apr.23    Workshops

Plaiting
w/ Ysaline Ophoff

mandatory registration

A traditional craft of the Algarve, plaiting is made from the only native palm tree in Europe - Chamaerops humilis - from which hats, rugs, baskets, brooms, baskets, and many other things are made. Ysaline, from Atelier Balancê, is part of a new generation of artisans who bring their creativity to this ancient art and who will share some of their knowledge with participants for 4 days.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

10:30am — 12:30pm  ·  01:30pm — 04:30pm

Cork Masks
w/ Carlos Marreiros

mandatory registration

A noble material in Portugal, cork has always fueled the imagination of rural people, who have used it to make utensils, beehives, and toys as well. In this workshop, we will be inspired by the bark of cork oaks and their shapes to make masks and rediscover these ancestral traditions.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

10:30am — 12:30pm  ·  01:30pm — 04:30pm

27.Apr.23    Plants Fair - fair, workshops and cinema

Plants’ Market and Handcraft inspired by Plants

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 06:00pm

Kids’ Area

free activity

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 05:00pm

Leaves, Branches, and Barks:
A Craft Workshop

w/ Tatiana Barreiros

free activity

In the fair area, an open workshop to explore eco-crafts, creating objects from natural materials. We invite people of all ages and skill levels to experience the magic of transforming elements of nature into unique pieces.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 01:00pm  ·  02:00pm — 05:00pm

Aromatic Celebration
w/ Companhia A Nariguda

free activity

Clown & workshop invoking wild and medicinal plants, with traditional Portuguese music focused on the theme. A clownish narrative on a journey to the universe of wild plants, starring Pimpinella and Beldroega, two clowns, and some puppets that bring these plants to life.
In the end, the audience is invited to play a game creating a collective Herbarium.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

11:00am — 12:30pm

Who's Hiding Behind the Leaf?
w/ Tagis – Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal

free activity

Walk along the Aljezur stream in search of pollinating insects and their host plants.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

01:30pm — 03:00pm

“Camarinhas” - Pearls in the Portuguese Dunes
w/ Aida Moreira and Maria João Barroca

free activity

The use of plants as food and popular medicine has been long-standing in human history, and the study of their benefits has attracted the attention of many researchers. From the University of Coimbra, we have two researchers who invite us to rediscover the virtues of a berry (Corema album) that grows in Portuguese dunes and has long been part of Iberian popular culture.

Location

Espaço Celeiro/Moagem

Schedule

03:00pm — 04:00pm

The Art of Tea
w/ Fanny Russaouen Martins

free activity

Advices and tricks to facilitate our daily lives and integrate plants into our health routine: Infusion or decoction? What quantities? Fresh or dried? Tasting and sharing to understand how to benefit from the properties of plants through teas.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

04:00pm — 05:00pm

Seed Guardians

free activity

Around a table full of seeds, conversation with local farmers about the seeds they cultivate and the importance of preserving them. Everyone is free to join with their seeds and share their experience.

Location

Parque Verde da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

04:00pm — 05:00pm

Stories That Trees Tell
Ana Sofia Paiva

free activity

Stories have long been a means of understanding nature. They have taught us to appreciate the long days of summer and the bareness of trees in winter. Storyteller and actress Ana Sofia Paiva proposes a storytelling session dedicated to the secrets that trees hold.

Location

Várzea da Ribeira de Aljezur

Schedule

05:00pm — 06:00pm

28.Apr.23    Walks

Biodiversity Station - Amoreira Beach - Everyone Counts!

free activity with mandatory registration

This small trail was created in 2016 with the intention of introducing some of the most characteristic plants and shrubs of the dune and coastal cliffs ecosystems, inviting each of us to monitor these natural spaces.
Albano Soares will explain how we can participate in this project, while showing us other natural aspects such as butterflies, sand insects, and other pollinators found there.

Location

Amoreira Parking Lot - Aljezur

Schedule

09:30am — 12:30pm

Distance

3,2 km – round trip, sandy trail

Wild Plants - Food and Medicine
w/ Daphna Givon

free activity with mandatory registration

A walk to observe wild plants and learn how they have been part of the local and Mediterranean diet and folk medicine.

Location

Moínho do Bispo, Vale da Cerca dos Pomares, Aljezur

Schedule

04:00pm — 06:00pm

Rogil

28.Apr.23    Workshop/Cinema

Nature’s Prints - Botanical Linocut
w/ Arthur Quinot and Tatiana Barreiros

mandatory registration

In this workshop, we will learn to create linocuts inspired by the beauty of plants. Starting with drawing, we will explore the shapes and textures of plants. We will then bring our drawings to life by carving linoleum and creating plates for printing. We finish our work creating a natural ink, made from organic and vegetable materials and printing on rice paper.

Location

Former Primary School of Maria Vinagre

Schedule

10h00 — 01:00pm  ·  02:00pm — 04:30pm
shared lunch

CINEMA at Maria Vinagre

free activity

Screening of Short Films - animation and thematic films

Location

Former Primary School of Maria Vinagre

Schedule

05:00pm — 06:30pm

29.Apr.23    Walk

Birds and Plants of the Coastal Plateau
w/ Nuno Barros

free activity com mandatory registration

In this short hike, we will explore a plateau area where ornithologist Nuno Barros will talk to us about the different habitats observed here, guiding our gaze through the plants that compose them and in search of the birds that depend on them. Binoculars suggested.

Location

Estrada da Carriagem, Rogil

Schedule

09:00am — 12:00pm

Distance

5 km

30.Apr.23    Tour

Vai à Fava!
w/ António Rosa

free activity com mandatory registration

“Vai à fava enquanto a ervilha não enche” is a portuguese expression meaning “goe to hell” originally coming from the idea of going to pick broad beans while peas are not full.
Visit to a farm in organic production mode whose focus is on traditional vegetables, adapted to local conditions, as a solution for sustainable agriculture. We will get to know better a seasonal vegetable – the Broad Bean – about which we will talk while having a taste of some typical recipes of the region, cooked from this nutritious and flavorful ingredient.

Location

Monte do Açoreiro, Rogil

Schedule

04:30pm — 06:00pm

Odeceixe

30.Apr.23    Cinema

CINEMA in Odeceixe

free activity

Screening of Short Films – animation and thematic films

Location

Grupo Desportivo de Odeceixe

Schedule

04:30pm — 06:00pm

Carrapateira

29.Apr.23    Walk/Cinema

Trailing Art – Botanical Drawing and Painting Walk
w/ Tatiana Barreiros

free activity with mandatory registration

A walk between the marshland and hills of Bordeira, contemplating the natural beauty of these landscapes and carrying in our pockets pencils, pens, and watercolors to capture the essence of the plants we will encounter along the way. With strategic stops, we will take the time to transform this natural scenery into art. On a trail of about 6 km, we will connect with nature and express our creativity outdoors.

Location

Bordeira

Schedule

03:00pm — 06:30pm

Distance

6 km

CINEMA at Carrapateira

free activity

Screening of Short Films – animation and thematic films

Location

Clube dos Amigos da Carrapateira

Schedule

04:30pm — 06:00pm

30.Apr.23    Walk

Stones, Wind, Sun, and Salt
w/ Parceria Tertúlia, ACAPO, Escola Profissional de Odemira

free activity with mandatory registration

At Pontal da Carrapateira, a sensory walk and sung stories to discover the elements that dictate the landscape and the plants that inhabit it.

Location

Pontal da Carrapateira

Schedule

11:00am — 06:00pm

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Artistic Residencies The Thread

08.Mar.24
09.Mar.24
10.Mar.24

12.Apr.24
13.Apr.24
14.Apr.24

10.Mai.24
11.Mai.24
12.Mai.24

Artistic Experimentation and Creation Workshops
guided by Leonor Morais, Visual Artist

In 2023, the Artistic Residencies "The Thread" explored the intersections between Drawing and other forms of artistic expression: Dance, Music, and Painting. Under the direction of Leonor Morais and other invited artists (Albina Petrolati, André Duarte, and João Luís Simões, respectively), the workshops were imbued with inspiration from various sources, ranging from mythological texts to contemporary works and the surrounding environment, revealing an enriching dialogue between different disciplines.

Leonor Morais, with a background in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon and varied professional experiences, including collaborations in the Educational Service of the Cultural Center of Cascais and individual projects at Ar.Co (Center for Art and Visual Communication), led this project that transcended artistic boundaries and highlighted a multidisciplinary approach.

“The thread connects all states of existence among themselves and to their principle.
The thread connects all beings among themselves, this world and the other.
The thread connects the puppets to the central will of the man who animates them.”

—   Jean Chevalier, Dictionary of Symbols.

In 2024, the Artistic Residencies "The Thread" return with new proposals and partnerships. Drawing now intertwines with other forms of creative expression, promoting the visibility of Drawing and the nuances of Theater, Textiles, and Voice. The project maintains its essence of exploring origins and uniting diverse disciplines in a context of cooperation and integration, over three artistic residencies, each lasting three days of creative work.

This year's workshops will once again feature the collaboration of new guest artists, enhancing the creative experience of participants and contributing their skills and perspectives. Facilitating immersion in the interactions between Drawing and Theater, Drawing and Textiles, and Drawing and Voice, the participation of the respective guests, along with Leonor's guidance, will provide a fertile environment for experimentation and the exchange of ideas.

The guests for the Drawing workshops guided by Leonor Morais are:


— Theatre  Manuela Pedroso
— Textiles  Ana Baleia
— Voice  Concha Sacchetti


The Artistic Residencies "The Thread" continue to be an invitation to reflect on the origin, coexistence, and interconnection between different artistic manifestations, renewing the commitment to value humans and nature as a whole. An intense process of experimentation and sharing, with the thread as a guiding element and the mythological voice as the backdrop of the working process.

After the conclusion of the three residencies, an installation/performance titled "The Thread" will emerge from this intersection between drawing and different areas in the universe of the arts, in a deep immersion in the nature that surrounds and inhabits us.

Drawing & Theatre

registration required

When

08.Mar.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

09.Mar.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

10.Mar.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

Location

Former Primary School of Barranco da Vaca

Artists

Leonor Morais,  Manuela Pedroso guest artist

Contribution

20€

Age group

M/15+

Recommendation

Wear comfortable clothing that can get dirty

Drawing & Textiles

registration required

when

12.Apr.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

13.Apr.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

14.Apr.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

Location

Former Primary School of Barranco da Vaca

Artists

Leonor Morais,  Ana Baleia guest artist

Contribution

20€

Age group

M/15+

Recommendation

Wear comfortable clothing that can get dirty

Drawing & Voice

registration required

when

10.Mai.24
5:00 pm - 07:00 pm

11.Mai.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

12.Mai.24
10:30 am - 04:00 pm
shared picnic

Location

Former Primary School of Barranco da Vaca

Artists

Leonor Morais,  Concha Sacchetti guest artist

Contribution

20€

Age group

M/15+

Recommendation

Wear comfortable clothing that can get dirty

Biographies

Drawing

Leonor Morais.
She completed her degree in painting, drawing, and printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, carrying out an individual project at Ar.Co (Center for Art and Visual Communication), with a special focus on drawing and printmaking. She has participated in various exhibitions and urban interventions, both nationally and internationally, including noteworthy events such as the 2017 Cal Viva Artistic Residency in Aljezur, the 2014 Drawing on the Path, Art District, Citadel, Cascais, and the 2012 Influx Contemporary Art in Lisbon.

Theatre

Manuela Pedroso.
Graduated in Theater and Training of Actors and Directors from the Higher School of Theater and Cinema. As a trainer, she is accredited by the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuous Training of the University of Minho and is also a trainer in the Program for Aesthetic and Artistic Education. Since 1986, she has worked as a professional actress in various theatre companies in Lisbon and Madrid. Since 1991, she has worked as a trainer in the fields of Theater and Creative Dance. She directed the play "The Zingareios of Serafina and Malacueca" and choreographed the Dance and Video show "Planalto," performed by Marina Nabais.

Textiles

Ana Baleia.
Graduated in fashion design from the Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon and was a winner of the Young Creators competition in the Fashion category, representing Portugal at the Athens Biennale. She moved to Alentejo in 2008, and since then, she has been working as a designer, costume designer, and visual artist, always using textiles as her raw material. She collaborates with brands, theatre companies, and directors. She has participated in group exhibitions and had her first solo exhibition in 2022. She is a co-founder of the Cultural and Artistic Association "Ateneu do Catorze" in São Luís. Her projects focus on upcycling, and her artistic activity revolves around the use of waste, aiming to act locally and contribute to a circular economy in the field of textiles.

Voice

Concha Sacchetti.
She is an intuitive and self-taught musician born in Lisbon. From an early age, she expressed herself through voice, dance, and theatre. With 17 years of performing for the public, she has given numerous concerts and participated in various artistic collaborations, developing communication, expression, interpretation, and musicality. She practices cooking, handicrafts, crafts, and cultural studies. For the past six years, she has moved to the south of Portugal, immersing herself in the nature and culture of the land.

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