Luzlinar Association is a non-profit cultural institution based in Feital (Trancoso) with the purpose of promoting and disseminating the sculptural and performing arts and cinema, developing projects in the field of experimental art. We also collaborate with institutions pursuing the same ends to create spaces and forms of interinstitutional cooperation and to contribute to the study and dissemination of local and regional cultural heritage.
Since 1995, we have been holding Symposiums and International Seminars, Festivals, and Laboratories of Collective Creation, as well as countless artistic expression workshops and editions in different media, with the participation of dozens of artists, academics, filmmakers, critics and university theorists, theatre companies, and other groups of artists from across four continents.
Within the framework of the Arts Support Program of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture / Direcção Geral das Artes, we have developed a regular activity plan, whose main objective is to establish an effective link between the community, the school, and the university, in a program that incorporates projects with artists in residence, an educational project, and regional and national partnerships, and involves documentation and research components as well as exhibitions, meetings, conferences, and publications.
In 2016, we started a new project – Campus Jardim das Pedras – located in Serra do Feital, in the municipality of Trancoso, where we intend to develop and concentrate a significant part of our activities.
Jardim das Pedras is a place of theoretical-and-practical speculation. It is an open laboratory of sensory experiences where reflection and thought are allowed through the observation and experience of artistic practice, fostering the individual’s cultural development.
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