Artists in Residency

1-30 June 2023 – CONCLUDED

VADIA artists in residency and boat reconstruction arts project during the month of June 2023, at Estúdio de Criação Artística do Funchal, Largo do Corpo Santo No. 18, Old Town Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

Google Maps Location

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Documentary Cast

The names of the interviewees in order of recording:

Emanuel Mendonça (“Santana”)
Manuel Abreu (“Mestre Juca”)
João Luís Belo (“Troça”)
Virgínia Jardim
Luís Belo (“Bimbo”)

Artists

Performances by the musician Tin Can Man (Bruno Lucas), who is also producing the soundtrack for our documentary.

On the cultural side, we will have a small theatrical moment with Ahau Marionetas (Merícia Lucas & Argenis Nunes).

Visual projections and design by the very talented Glitch Visual Artists (Carla Alexa Nunes & Mário Lopez). Mário is also assisting us in some graphic design elements.

Some documentary footage and photography from the wonderful José Crispim.

And in art, we will have the inauguration of a painting by Eleutério Mota, also allusive to the project in question.

Fátima Spínola will also showcase some of her latest artworks in the design studio space.

Media Coverage of VADIA

We would like to thank local media for covering our boat project: Dnoticias, JMMadeira, FunchalNoticias, and AccessMadeira.

Artists in residency 10 Projects with over 20 Artists Launch Event

Artists in residence project launch event with a guided tour of the premises by Mem.Co and Municipal Theatre Baltazar Dias. National print and online coverage was given to this event which was also attended by the Mayor of Funchal, Pedro Calado.

Sandra Nóbrega: Director of the Culture Department
Ana Marta: Mem.Co
Judite Canha Fernandes: Honey without Bees
Zacarias Gomes: 1515
Maria do Carmo: Studio
Michelles Caires: Paper Women
Alves da Mota: Zona Velha: “The Community and its Sea”
José Zyberchema: The Daily Life