Analog Collage Workshop | Little Spring Artists
In this fun and creative workshop, children will explore the magic of spring through analog collage. Using colorful papers, natural textures, and plenty of imagination, they will create unique artworks celebrating the season of flowers, light, and renewal. It’s a hands‑on experience that encourages creativity, artistic expression, and contact with real materials, away from the digital world.
The session is led by Lia Rodrigues, a visual artivist from Faro, whose surreal, layered work invites slower and more thoughtful looking. She discovered collage in 2018 while living in France and now collaborates widely with cultural spaces. In 2024, she was selected for the Emerging Program supported by the Municipality of Faro and Teatro das Figuras.
Embroidery as an Upcycling Practice
This workshop introduces textile upcycling through hand embroidery. Participants bring a garment to transform and learn basic embroidery techniques while giving new life to an existing piece. Open to beginners and experienced makers.
Bring: one garment and an idea or reference for your embroidery. All other materials are provided.
The session is led by Luísa Leão, a textile‑based artist living in Faro whose experimental work draws on sewing and collage gestures from her childhood. She began exploring embroidered illustration in Milan and has since expanded her practice across diverse textile processes. Luísa has participated in exhibitions and residencies since 2022, and in 2024 became an artist‑in‑residence at GAMA RAMA Gallery.
Tile Painting
This workshop introduces participants to the art of tile painting, from traditional Portuguese motifs to contemporary imagery. Over the course of three hours, each person explores different techniques with guided support and creates three personalized tiles to take home. The tiles are then fired and can be collected two days later, with optional shipping available at the participant’s expense. No previous experience is required.
The session is led by Marisa Murtinha, a visual artist whose practice centers on drawing and figurative painting. After studying classical oil painting techniques in 2023, she expanded her work to tile painting while living in Porto, developing a deep appreciation for the craft. Her pieces draw inspiration from centuries-old Portuguese azulejo traditions, blending decorative and utilitarian forms. Marisa also works across drawing, engraving, screen printing, and cyanotype, and has participated in several group exhibitions since 2021.
Collage as an Act of Freedom | Analog Collage Workshop
This workshop is an analog collage workshop inspired by the 25th of April, exploring freedom and democracy through visual expression. Participants create their own collage, focusing on experimentation and personal meaning.
The session is led by Lia Rodrigues, a visual artivist from Faro, whose surreal, layered work invites slower and more thoughtful looking. She discovered collage in 2018 while living in France and now collaborates widely with cultural spaces. In 2024, she was selected for the Emerging Program supported by the Municipality of Faro and Teatro das Figuras.
Parent-child sculpt with clay together
This workshop invites families to create a clay sculpture together and paint it with natural engobes. Participants explore simple slab‑building techniques, choose from different clay forms, and decorate their piece with colored engobes. Finished works are dried and fired twice, ready for collection in three weeks. The session offers a joyful shared creative moment for parents and children.
The workshop is guided by Risa Cohen, who shares: “As a parent, artist and sculptor, creating ‘mother‑child’ projects was part of our family practice, and those pieces remain some of my favorites. I believe creativity lives in all of us—to play, share, and express—and that’s why I offer different forms for participants to explore and create.”