Don’t cut off distractions and head to the Bombarda Arts District on Saturday

A new cycle of Inaugurações Simultâneas [Simultaneous Openings] at Miguel Bombarda District is back on 3 July. Starting at 4pm, art galleries open doors and welcome everyone to experience art in person. Some galleries will present new exhibitions, while others will extend the exhibitions on display. All events are access free, but subject to pandemic constraints. There will also be a virtual guided tour through the numerous contemporary art exhibitions, which will be streamed on Ágora’s Facebook, starting at 5 pm.

This cycle's image is authored by the visual artist and Master in Design David Penela, courtesy by the Ó! Galeria. The lettering relies on the partnership, once again, with designer and artistic director Joana Machado, of the Colönia Studio.

As regards street animation, which usually follows up the exhibition programmes at the Bombarda Art district, it will take to the online platform by the municipal company Ágora.

In turn, the event’s parallel programme includes two digital illustration workshops. These sessions are free, but with limited availability.

- "Stencil, cores e histórias", delivered by David Penela

Timetable: 4 pm – 5.30 pm

The goal is to create a short story, by using stencil and drawings, with examples in the illustration area and online adapted exercises.

Participants: 10

Application: dpenela@gmail.com.

- "Uma volta ao Sol", by A Constança

Timetable: 6 pm – 7.30 pm

The book “Drawing the Sun”, by Bruno Munari, is the starting point to different ways of drawing the sun, under new perspectives and using such materials as watercolour, oil pastels, paper an scissors.

Participants: 20;

Application: fill in this form

List of galleries and exhibitions

MIGUEL BOMBARDA STREET

1 – Gallery São Mamede: "Cenários do Quotidiano", by Benedita Kendall (geral@saomamede.com);

2 - Gallery Presença: “Udgang”, by Inês d’Orey (geral@galeriapresenca.pt);

3 - Gallery Serpente: "Um corpo sem qualidades", by José Pastor (info@serpentecontemporanea.pt);

4 - Gallery Quadrado Azul: exhibition by artists of this gallery (porto@quadradoazul.pt);

5 - Gallery Fernando Santos: "Group Show: Verão 2021" (geral@galeriafernandosantos.com);

6 - Gallery Fernando Santos 531: "Pequeno Formato" (geral@galeriafernandosantos.com);

7 - REM - espaço arte: "Conversations", by Beatriz Pacheco Pereira (remespacoarte@gmail.com);

8 - Gallery Simbolo: collective exhibition (simbolo@sapo.pt);

9 - Gallery João Lagoa: collective exhibition (joaolagoagaleria408@gmail.com);

10 - Gallery Artes em partes: - "Enquanto muda para LIVING CITY", by Vasco Rodrigues (marinabarrosdacosta@gmail.com);

11- Gallery Ap'arte: "Regresso", by João Noutel, and "So, I was takin’ a walk the other day", by Simão Sousa Branca (geral@apartegaleria.com):

12 - Gallery Trindade: "Pequenos Formatos Rostos", by Ana Cristina Dias (geral@galeriatrindade.co.pt);

13 - Ó! Galeria: "Atrás de uma montanha há sempre outra...", by Bárbara R. (o.galeria.o@gmail.com).

RUA DO ROSÁRIO

14 - Gallery Adorna: "Shuhud", by Cynthia Zahar (estefaniar.dealmeida@sapo.pt).