O Gajo was born in Lisbon in the spring of 2016 at the hands of João Morais with the aim of linking his music to the land of his birth, Portugal. This is how the relationship with the Viola Campaniça came about, a traditional instrument...
It’s time for Niterói to have a literary festival to call its own! Scheduled for December 1st, 2nd and 3rd, FLIN (Festa Literária Internacional de Niterói) opens a new chapter in the city’s literary circuit. Organized by the Prefeitura, through the Fundação de Arte de...
The NY Portuguese Short Film Festival, produced by the Arte Institute, was the first Portuguese short film festival in the United States. It showcases the most recent short film productions by Portuguese directors and writers, including fiction, animation and documentary. The festival has been a...
The NY Portuguese Short Film Festival, produced by the Arte Institute, was the first Portuguese short film festival in the United States. It showcases the most recent short film productions by Portuguese directors and writers, including fiction, animation and documentary. The festival has been a...
INCLINAR is a performance that uses improvisation as a language. A meeting between a cellist and a dancer, between music and dance, sound and movement. An old cello, which also brings its history and its body in presence. Sounds that appear and disappear. The wood, the colors, the...
CONCERT JOÃO DIOGO LEITÃO With a Master’s Degree in Classical Guitar Performance from the prestigious The Hague Royal Conservatory (The Netherlands), several prizes, concerts as soloist with the most important Portuguese orchestras, and presentations in all the major Portuguese concert halls, João Diogo Leitão is considered...
Terra Livre | Concert September, 2024 “Terra Livre” is the exploratory album/territory of the two adventurous musicians João Morais (better known as O GAJO) and Ricardo Vignini. Portugal and Brazil in close affinity and two cultures in one voice. On stage, the violas bring all their...
Arte Box Dulles Airport This is the dawn I was waiting for The first day, whole and clean, Where we emerge from the night and the silence And free we inhabit the substance of time. Sophia De Mello Breyner (free translation) Liberdade - Freedom As...
Arte Box | Rio Galeão Airport (ID)entidade “Every object, every thing, must see its own identity swallowed up in dierence, each being no more than a dierence between dierences.” Gilles Deleuze The exhibition (ID)entity brings together artists from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) - Ana Kemper, Carlos Segá, Catarina...
ANIMATION FESTIVAL The Animation Festival took place throughout the month of August, at the Portuguese Cultural Center - polo do Príncipe at São Tomé. However, you still have time to attend the last session on September 2nd, so make the most of it!
Wonder Memories Idealized by Beatriz Albuquerque, “Wonder Memories” is a project in which the memories of the Portuguese diaspora around the world are mapped, documented and disseminated. The project's intentions are the living history of the communities and the place, the richness of the experiences,...
EXHIBITION Arte Box | Brazil “The national liberation is necessarily an act of culture.” – Amilcar Cabral The exhibition “Sonho e Utopia – Dream and Utopia” celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April and continues the dialogue about freedom and the post-Carnation Revolution in April...
