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a raia/la raya exhibition june 2024
Organised by MACE, Elvas
HYPERTEXTILE call UNTIL 12 MAY 2024
Open call for textile residencies in 2024: Embroidery, Tapestry/Weaving, Dyeing, Stamping, Guimarães Embroidery and Mértola Weaving in Arraiolos, Guimarães and Mértola.
permanent call 2024
This call is open all year round and includes individual and group applications for multidisciplinary residencies for a minimum period of 4 weeks.
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ARRAIOLOS
Arraiolos is a small, white and blue Alentejan town. It is situated 120 km far from Lisbon and 20 km from Évora, surrounded by plains, oak and olive tree forest. It´s famous for its circular castle, hand embroidered wool rugs and carpets. Arraiolos rugs have been made since the Middle Ages.
As Arraiolos is the capital of a larger 7.800 inhabitants council, it concentrates restaurants, pharmacies, public pool, library etc, that makes artist-in-residency´s life easy and convenient.