OPEN CALL: Clube de Inverno (Winter Club) 2024

Clube de Inverno (Winter Club), by Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service, is back for another edition where music and moving image come together to create art. This year, the exploration ...

Mikhail Karikis honoured with the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award

After visiting Braga during UNESCO Creative Cities Network Annual Conference, Mikhail Karikis was recognised this weekend with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award, one of today's highest artistic distinctions.

The European Capital of Culture 2026 - Oulu 2026 - is promoting an international open call inviting visual artists to join the new ARToulu artistic area.   

Braga wins European Commission award in 'The European Rising Innovative City’ category

Braga is one of the most innovative cities in Europe in 2024. This afternoon, the 10th edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), supported by the European Innovation ...

OPEN CALL: 30th International Symposium on ElectronicEmerging Art

Until 15 November, ISEA International invites people or institutions in the fields of art, science and technology to participate in the open call for the 30th International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art, with the opportunity to publish or present projects in Seoul, South Korea.

Open Call: Exhibition ‘[Entre Paredes] - no fim de um lugar’

Until 15 November, the Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, in Coimbra (PT), is proposing a reflection on what remains or disappears at the limits of a place and is promoting ...

Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer present masterclass in Braga

The duo formed by the Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo and the multimedia artist Leah Singer honors Lourdes Castro's work in a masterclass presented in Braga on 30 November, promoted by Circuito.

Braga hosts the new edition of the Semibreve festival

From 24 to 27 October, UNESCO's Creative City for the Media Arts will become the centre of electronic music and digital art at the 14th edition of the Semibreve festival. ...

EMAP Capacity Building Workshop

On 22 October, EMAP - European Media Arts Platform presents the online workshop ‘Authorship in AI-Generated Art’. Considering the fast transformation of technology, the session proposes a discussion about the ...

When sound becomes movement: Marta Cerqueira and Simão Costa bring collaborative work to Circuito

‘Dance of Inert Materials’ is a series of installations and performances by Marta Cerqueira and Simão Costa. After presenting the third piece in this collection, #3Movediço, as part of the ...

On Art, Agency and Artificial Intelligence: a reflection on modern artistic creation, with Matthias Puech, Morgan Morcel and Ana Carvalho

On 9 November, Braga Media Arts and the Institut Français will discuss artificial intelligence and artistic composition in a conversation that joins Matthias Puech, Morgan Morcel, and Ana Carvalho.

The sound and visual worlds intersect in the new sessions of the BMA lab cycle

Between October and December Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service presents three new proposals for the BMA lab training cycle. Guided by renowned artists from these areas - such ...

Rosemary Lee presents new book in Braga

On 12 October, gnration will host Rosemary Lee for a presentation session of her latest publication Algorithm, Image, Art, a book in which the artist and researcher explores how current developments in image production fit into broader narratives about art.

Frente e Verso: humor and technology come together on stage at Theatro Circo

On October 3rd and 4th, Theatro Circo combines art and technology in the first session of Frente e Verso. Based on narratives and vocabulary from the contemporary scene, this new ...

OPEN CALL: Shopyard Artist Residencies

Until 31 October, Braga 25 is looking for five artistic proposals to be developed in a shopping centre in Braga to bring forgotten spaces to life and make culture and the community closer. 

OPEN CALL: 1st EIT Culture & Creativity Acceleration Programme

Until 6 October, companies in the cultural and creative sector can apply for the first EIT Culture & Creativity Acceleration Programme and join an intensive eight-week training course.

Last days to visit the Pós-Laboratórios de Verão exhibitions

Created in 2015 by gnration, Pós-Laboratórios de Verão has been promoting the local artistic creation of hundreds of artists, supporting them to disseminate their projects. This year, the initiative developed ...

OPEN CALL: ZERO1 Festival

Every year, the ZERO1 Festival brings together more than twenty artists and professionals from the cultural sector for an event that explores the relationship between digital art and culture. On ...

Inclusive, sustainable and beautiful: the conclusion of the European project Youth 4 Bauhaus

After three years of working together with partners and young people from various countries, Braga Media Arts and Circuito - Serviço Educativo BMA finalised the European cooperation project Youth 4 Bauhaus in July,  based on the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative.

The Digital Deal Podcast #5: There's Hope at the Edges of Power, with Meredith Whittaker and Calin Segal

Developed by the European Digital Deal project and moderated, as usual, by Ana-Maria Carabelea, the fifth episode of The Digital Deal Podcast joins Meredith Whittaker and Calin Segal in a ...

Discovering the new season of Circuito, with Sara Borges

There are more than 25 activities to discover on the new calendar of Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service. Between September and December, Circuito promotes a programme dedicated to the community, with workshops, shows, visits, cinema, installations, and much more. 

EMAP Perspective #2 - timeless perspectives on Media Arts

Five pieces by emerging European artists are the main focus of the second group exhibition of the EMAP Perspective series, on display at gnration until 16 August.

OPEN CALL: Volunteer Programme Braga 25

Braga 25 and Braga Voluntária have joined forces to promote an open call for people who want to actively participate in the action plan for the Portuguese Capital of Culture in 2025. The open call ends on August 15.

The Circuito's proposals for the final months of the year

Summer isn't over yet, but Circuito - Serviço Educativo Braga Media Arts already has a range of activities for all tastes and ages. Dance, music, programming, cinema, artificial intelligence, augmented ...

Open Call ANIMAIS - redesigning the new media

Centered on the creation of new media projects, the open call ANIMAIS invites emerging and re-emerging artists living in Portugal to join an artistic residency in Alentejo to develope projects in new media.

Gamedev Meet Barcelos

On 25 July, the city of Barcelos will receive the first Gamedev Meet Barcelos - an event created by students and teachers from IPCA - Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave.

OPEN CALL: Square - Mapping the Atlantic

Braga 25 and Lovers & Lollypops are looking for artists and bands from all over the Atlantic coast to participate in Open Call Square, an initiative that aims to bring to life an event that celebrates music across borders. The open call is open until 31 July.

eMMA - Exhibition of the Master in Media Arts at gnration

From July 19 to 27, gnration will host the 3rd edition of eMMA - Exhibition of the Master's Degree in Media Arts at the University of Minho. The group exhibition ...

Open Call: "Todo-o-Terreno" - support for artistic projects

With Braga distinguished as the Portuguese Capital of Culture in 2025, Braga 25 presents the Todo-o-Terreno open call. This call is open until September 12 to promote new proposals for contemporary artistic programming to be implemented in the context of Braga in 2025.

Desejar Academy: Wheels of Knowledge

The Desejar Academy, promoted by Braga 25, will bring together members of the community and Braga's cultural, educational, and environmental agents to think about the city's social context through a series of Wheels of Knowledge.

The applications for the Master's Degree in Media Arts at the University of Minho are open

The University of Minho is renewing its Master's Degree in Media Arts with 25 places for the year 2024/2025. After the first round of applications (in April), the second round opens this month, between July 4th and 15th.

Braga hosts the XVI UNESCO Creative Cities Network Annual Conference from July 1st to 5th

Between July 1 and 5, Braga will host the XVI UNESCO Creative Cities Network Annual Conference, an event that will bring around 350 delegations from more than 100 countries to the city.

OPEN CALL: Laboratórios de Verão 2024

Laboratórios de Verão returns in 2024 for its 10th edition with an open call until April 7 aimed at artists and groups resident in or from the district of Braga or in the Municipality of Vila do Conde.

INDEX returns to Braga from 9th to 19th May

The Biennial of Art and Technology - INDEX, promoted by Braga Media Arts, returns to Braga from May 9 to 19 at venues such as gnration, Theatro Circo, Mosteiro de Tibães, Museu Nogueira da Silva and Galeria do Paço - Reitoria da Universidade do Minho.

EU Digital Deal: Resident artists for 2024

The consortium of European cultural institutions of the European Digital Deal project announced the names of the 12 projects selected for the 2024 artist residency programme.

OPEN CALLS: Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira promotes two opens calls in Media Arts and gastronomy

The temperART project joined the Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira to promote two international open calls, focused on the areas of media arts and gastronomy, until March 8.

Open Call: Braga International Video Dance Festival

Braga International Video Dance Festival (BIVDF) is back for its 8th edition with an open call for project submissions until February 29.

EMAP: gnration hosts works by five artists in the exhibition "EMAP Perspective #1"

Between January 26 and April 27, gnration (Braga, Portugal) will host a collaborative exhibition of the European Media Art Platform - EMAP, presenting works by five international artists.

Rui Souza is the artistic director of the new edition of ODE

Known in the music industry as Dada Garbeck, Rui Souza joins Circuito to lead the electronic instruments ensemble in the new edition of ODE.

Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service promotes a Teacher Training inspired by European project

On January 27, gnration will host a training session for teachers about urban and environmental issues. Promoted by Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Sevice, the session will use the Erasmus+ project Youth 4 Bauhaus as a practical example, among other case studies.

OPEN CALL: ODE - Electronic Devices Orchestra looks for participants for new edition

ODE - Electronic Devices Orchestra returns to the Circuito program and is looking for new participants to join artist Rui Souza in the 6th edition of the project.

The gaming universe and performative arts come together in the show BERTIE

On January 18 (schools), 19 and 20 (general public), Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service presents the show BERTIE, a networked virtual reality experience, presented simultaneously at Rivoli (Porto), Campo Alegre (Porto) and gnration (Braga).

EMAP: 16 artists selected for new edition of European artist residencies

The EMAP - European Media Arts Platform - artist residency program has been renewed for another edition and the names of the 16 selected artists are now known.

OCUPA #8 - a perspective on electronic music and digital art

On December 15 and 16, electronic music and digital art will invade the city of Braga once again, during the eighth edition of OCUPA.

Digital Deal Podcast, the new initiative of the European Digital Deal project

The European Digital Deal project launched (in November) a new podcast inviting artists, cultural critics and artificial intelligence professionals to think about and debate the relationship between new technologies and democracy.

OPEN CALL: Viborg UNESCO Creative City Artist Residency Program

The city of Viborg, member of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network for Media Arts (that also includes the city of Braga), is promoting an Artist Residency Program for artists in the field of digital art. The Open Call is open until January 5, 2024.

Braga, Bucharest, Ghent and Kosice meet online to present the results of Youth 4 Bauhaus

The multiplier event "Sharing best practices and results" will bring together the cities of Braga, Bucharest (Romania), Ghent (Belgium) and Kosice (Slovakia) in an online conference to present the results of the project Youth 4 Bauhaus, on December 6.

OPEN CALLS: Creative Europe Programme, European platforms and pan-European cultural entities

Until January 31 (2024), Creative Europe - the European Union's programme to support the cultural and creative sectors - is promoting the open calls "European Platforms for the Promotion of ...

OPEN CALL: Nam June Paik, Post-Fluxus Sense

Gwangju Media Art Platform (G.MAP) and Seoul's Metropolitan Government got together to promote an international open call for video works, open to artists from all over the world. "Nam June Paik: ...

OPEN CALL: Submissão de artigos para Explorations on Sound and New Media Art Conference

From 9 to 11 November, the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University presents the conference "Explorations on Sound and New Media Art". Until September, submissions are open for ...

OPEN CALL: Genius Loci Weimar Festival

The Genius Loci Weimar Festival, which takes place at the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar (Germany), is promoting an open call for the elaboration of installations or performances that will be presented during its 2023 edition. Applications until 10 August.

OPEN CALL: Animals, artist residency for new media

The artistic group CADA and the T-Factor project, from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, are promoting an open call for an artistic residency aimed at recent graduates, emerging artists, individual or ...

OPEN CALL: FOUNDING LAB Ars Electronica x IDSA

Ars Electronica and the Institute of Digital Sciencs of Austria (IDSA) are promoting an open call for the higher education program FOUNDING LAB.

Exhibition of the Master in Media Arts of UMinho

Until June 23, the Reitoria do Paço will host the inauguration of the second edition of eMMA - Exhibition of the Master in Media Arts of UMinho. The exhibition shows works ...

European students ask for more green and inclusive areas for Braga

The European project Youth 4 Bauhaus took place last week and challenged young Portuguese, Belgians, Romanians, and Slovaks to rethink the banks of the Este River.

OPEN CALL: Edigma Semibreve Award 2023

The 13th edition of the Semibreve festival counts, once again, with the Semibreve Award promoted by Edigma. Until July 15th, works that explore interactivity, sound and image supported by the ...

Youth 4 Bauhaus: Design Think Your City Braga

More than 40 European students are in Braga with the goal of finding more inclusive and sustainable solutions for the city of Braga, in a joint effort to empower young ...

Open call: Intermediarts 2023

Intermediartes - cycle in Media, Arts and Interaction invites academics, researchers, artists and professionals to submit theoretical, practical or experimental research articles in the form of short papers, and/or artworks ...

OPEN CALL: "The Aluminium eXperience" Award COMEL – Contemporary Art

The COMEL Prize - Contemporary Art is looking for artists, over 18 years old, who use aluminum as the main material for artistic works of sculpture, painting and photography. As ...

Semibreve: first names for the 2023 edition

The UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts hosts the 13th edition of the electronic music and digital art festival Semibreve from October 26 to 29.

OPEN CALL: Common Lab 2023

Espaço Alkantara, in Lisbon, is looking for eight artists to create projects in theater, dance and performance to be part of Common LAB 2023.

OPEN CALL: Media Arts Film Scholarship 2023

For the third year in a row, Independent Days | Karlsruhe International Film Festival and Filmboard Karlsruhe, in Germany, are promoting an open call for an independent film project. The selected artist will receive a grant of 3,000 euros.

OPEN CALL: Summer Laboratories 2023

Applications for the Summer Laboratories, a support program for local artistic creation, are open until April 9. The initiative, promoted by gnration and CIAJG - Centro Internacional de Artes José ...

EMAP: Davor Sanvicenti selected for artist residency in Braga

gnration receives the Croatian artist David Sanvicenti to develop a new project, in the scope of the European Media Arts Platform (EMAP). During the months he will be in Braga, ...

Open call: Braga International Video Dance Festival

The Braga International Video Dance Festival is promoting an open call for video works, which will be presented in Braga, on April 27 at Theatro Circo. Films must be submitted by April 5th.

Braga hosts a meeting of the European media art network EMAP

The UNESCO Creative City for Media Arts hosted this week a meeting of the European network EMAP - European Media Art Platform.

Digital art and electronic music with Ocupa

This weekend, local artists and national and international figures of reference meet again for another edition of OCUPA, which takes place at gnration. Braga, a UNESCO Creative City in the ...

Braga Media Arts is a partner for a game about climate and biodiversity

"PoN! - The Island of the Tatus" is a mobile or tablet game that aims to engage young people around climate cause, sustainability, and biodiversity. Based on the idea that ...

Portuguese UNESCO network meets this Saturday in Braga

Braga receives, this Saturday, the 2nd National Forum of UNESCO Networks, at Altice Forum Braga. This year's edition has the theme "The contribution of UNESCO Networks to build peace" and ...

Braga to host UNESCO's Creative Cities Network Annual Conference in 2024

Braga has been selected to host the XVI Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2024. The decision was announced last Monday, the date that the United Nations ...

Semibreve Festival starts this Thursday in Braga

Over the next few days, the UNESCO Creative City for Media Arts Braga will receive the electronic music and digital art festival Semibreve. Until Sunday, several city spaces will host ...

Braga and Kosice together in Erasmus+ youth project

The UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts of Braga and Kosice are participating in the Youth4Bauhaus project for young people on sustainable urban development. The project, funded by Erasmus +, ...

OPEN CALL: European Media Art Platform (EMAP) 2023

Applications for the next residencies of the European Media Art Platform (EMAP) are now open. For two months, between March and November 2023, the selected artists will collaborate with an artist of their choice or a local artist from the network's host institution.

Europe and Beyond joins four works from partner cities in Braga's Noite Branca

From September 2nd to 4th, Braga hosts four works, from four other European and international partner cities, inserted in the group exhibition "Europe and Beyond". The art pieces by Jorge Ramos, ...

Braga is a candidate to host the Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2024

Braga, UNESCO Creative City for Media Arts, is a candidate to host 2024 the annual conference that brings together various representatives of the Network of Creative Cities of UNESCO. In the race with the Minho city is Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Creative City of Design. 

OPEN CALL: Media Arts Residency 2022 in Košice

The UNESCO Creative City for Media Arts in Košice, Slovakia, is hosting a two-month artist residency for artists and scientists. This Open Call offers a grant of 2000€ and is organized by Košice Creative Industry and KAIR Košice Artist in Residence (KAIR).

Imaginary Cartographies: Braga Media Arts' project will be presented in Brazil

The project Imaginary Cartographies, inserted in the programming of Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service, and which brought together students from the creative cities for Media Arts of Braga ...

Circuito promotes masterclass with Nu Boyana Portugal

In partnership with Nu Boyana Portugal, the educational service of Braga Media Arts presents the BMA lab: making films - how to go from paper to screen, this Saturday, at ...

Semibreve 2022: Alva Noto among the first confirmations

In October, the UNESCO Creative City for Media Arts Braga will once again stage the electronic music and digital art festival Semibreve. Alva Noto, Gábor Lázar, KMRU, Burnt Friedman with ...

Master in Media Arts presents exhibition at the Paço Gallery

Opens today, May 24, the exhibition eMMA - Exhibition of the Master in Media Arts of UMinho in Galeria do Paço. This exhibition features eight artistic projects by groups of students from the first edition of the Master in Media Arts of the University of Minho.

Index, Braga's Biennale of Art and Technology, began with an immersive performance by Ryoichi Kurokawa

Política Festival begins today with video-dance performance and installations

The video-dance performance Blossom/Florescer and the installation by Rui Sebastian are some of the highlights of the Politics festival program, which takes place from May 5th to 7th, in Braga. The festival takes place at the Braga Youth Center and admission is free. 

OPEN CALL: Learning, Teaching Training Activity (LTTA)

From May 31 to June 3, a Learning, Teaching Training Activity (LTTA) will take place as part of the FAIaS - Fostering Artificial Intelligence at Schools project. The training takes ...

Media Arts project unites students from Braga and Enghien-les-Bains

Braga and Enghien-les-Bains (France), UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts, are collaborating on the project Imaginary Cartographies, a project jointly promoted by Circuito Educational Service Braga Media Arts and the Centre des Arts from Enghien-les-Bains.

OPEN CALL: Advanced Training Course in Film and Television Directing

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Porto are promoting an Advanced Training Course in Film and Television Directing, which will take place in an artistic residency format in Porto. 

OPEN CALL: Edigma Semibreve Award 2022

The 12th edition of the Semibreve festival counts, once again, with the Semibreve Award promoted by Edigma. Until July 15, works that explore the relationship between art and technology, presented in ...

Open call: European Media Art Platform (EMAP)

The European Media Art Platform (EMAP) is promoting an open call for an artist residency program in the areas of digital art, media art, and bio-art. The open call, aimed ...

LIMBO installation is presented in Iceland

The installation LIMBO, by João Carlos Pinto, is on display at Listasafn Reykjanesbærjar - Reykjanes Art Museum, in Iceland. The work of the artist from Braga can be visited until April 24 and is part of the "Memories from tomorrow" exhibition.

Challenges of AI Ethics and Governance: From Principles to Practice

Tomorrow, February 24th, a Roundtable discussion on "Challenges of AI ethics and governance: from principles to practice" is taking place online. This webinar aims to identify ways to put ethical ...

OPEN CALL: MarteLive 2022

MArteLive 2022 is looking for European artists in 16 creative areas. Dance, music, theater, digital illustration, photography, sculpture, and fashion design are some of the areas that are part of this competition festival. Applications are open until March 31st.

OPEN CALL: Medialab Matadero

Medialab Matadero will promote interdisciplinary collaborative research and production labs. An open call is being held until February 27 for the intensive workshop "Collaborative Prototyping Lab", the first lab in ...

Presentation of the winning projects of the City to City 2021

This Wednesday, February 9, Braga will once again be in the spotlight of the relationship between art and technology. From the main hall of Theatro Circo, the works resulting from ...

Manolis D. Lemos at Forum Arte Braga

The Forum Arte Braga gallery receives the work When I Think of you I Shiver in Awe by the greek artist Manolis D. Lemos, in February. The work can be visited from February 17 to March 11.

OPEN CALL: AUDIRE Conference 2022

The Audire project has open applications for the presentation of papers o and artistic works for the "Sound Experiences" Conference. The conference will take place in Braga, June 27-28.

OPEN CALL: Media Arts Film Scholarship 2022

This open call is intended for all creative professionals working in the field of Media Arts and/or Film; film students are also welcome to participate.   The winning project will be ...

Open Call: Sound of the Year 2021

The Sound of the Year awards are back for another edition with over 16 categories competing. The initiative, organized by The Museum of Sound, The New BBC Radiophonic Workshop and ...

Imaginary Cartographies is a project that unites Braga and Enghien-les-Bains

Braga and the French city Enghien-les-Bains are part of the official program of the Portugal - France 2022 Season, which runs from February to October 2022. Over the coming months, ...

OCUPA starts Thursday!

Electronic music and digital art will once again be in focus at OCUPA. Over three days, the gnration will host performances, conversations, and exhibitions. The sixth edition will feature the presentation ...

OPEN CALL: deadline extension online works Index 2022

Applications for artistic proposals for the 2022 edition of this Biennial of Art and Technology may be submitted until December 15th. This open call aims to select and support artistic ...

City to City creation support program wins international award

The City to City project won the "Best International Project" award from the Italian foundation Santagata. Created in 2020 by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network for Media Arts, City to City ...

New UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts

Hamar (Norway), Modena (Italy), Campina Grande (Brazil), Namur (Belgium) and Tbilisi (Georgia) are the new five UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts.

Duarte Sequeira Gallery: "In bed with a mosquito" on exhibition until January 2022

The opening of the exhibition "In bed with a mosquito" takes place this Saturday at Duarte Sequeira Gallery. The opening takes place at 18:00 and admission is free.

Index comes back in May 2022

The 2022 edition of Index will take place between May 12th and 22th and will explore the concept of Surface. Index is an Art and Technology Biennial, inserted in the program of the city of Braga as a UNESCO Creative City for Media Arts.

OPEN CALL: Online works for Index 2022

Index is looking for artistic proposals at the intersection between Art and Technology with close links to the theme of the 2022 Biennial, which will integrate its online program.

Miguel De presents a performance concert that explores electronic percussion

The multidisciplinary artist from Braga, Miguel De, presents the performance concert "PNRM". The show takes place on October 24th, at 22:30, at Centro da Juventude de Braga.

Limbo, by João Carlos Pinto, in exhibition in Karlsruche

The installation LIMBO, by the artist João Carlos Pinto, from Braga, is on display at Connected Future - The Media Art Festival Seasons of Media Arts, in Karlsruche, until October ...

Consórcio Minho promotes the 2nd Edition of the “Minho Storytelling – New Looks About Minho” Award

The “Minho Storytelling – New Perspectives on Minho” Award, the Minho Innovation Consortium - led by the Intermunicipal Communities of Alto Minho, Ave and Cávado - is now promoting the ...

OPEN CALL: Media Art Residency in Košice

Košice – UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts
invites media artists for a two-month stay in Košice in autumn 2021.

OPEN CALL: Nabi Online Hackathon

This summer, the Nabi Art Center will host the Nabi Online Hackathon <Hello, World !: new playground> event, under the theme Artificial Intelligence, from August 12th to 14th. Art Center ...

Master in Media Arts (University of Minho)

 

With the support of Braga Media Arts, the University of Minho launches a Master's Degree in Media Arts and reinforces the university's centrality in Braga's cultural and creative sphere.

OPEN CALL: Visions of transformations to sustainability

The International Conference on Sustainability Transitions (IST) takes place October 5-8, 2021, organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Research and Innovation (ISI) in a UNESCO Media Arts city in ...

OPEN CALL: EAI International Conference ArtsIT

The international ArtsIT conference of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) celebrates its tenth anniversary this year and comes after stops all over the world to the UNESCO Creative City of Media ...

Open call: City to City 2021

The cities of Austin (USA), Braga (Portugal), Calí (Colombia), Changsha (China), Dakar (Senegal), Enghien-les-Bains (France), Guadalajara (Mexico), Gwangju (South Korea), Karlsruhe (Germany), Kosice (Slovakia), Sapporo (Japan), Toronto (Canada), Viborg (Denmark), ...

OPEN CALL: Perto

Are you responsible or a collaborator in an institution in the city of Braga? Perto is a cycle of exploration of sound exploration for institutionalized communities, providing an active and surely beneficial artistic experience.

OPEN CALL: Summer Laboratories 2021

gnration is promoting the 2021 Summer Laboratories edition. An initiative that offers financial and logistical support for the creation of artistic content. Applications are open until 16 May.

OPEN CALL: IMPROVISA - Life in Motion

The IMPROVISA. Life in Motion Consortium invites EU artists to submit proposals with new approaches to engaging audiences in cultural and heritage contents through the principles of improvisation and the use of mobile technologies

OPEN CALL: Gulbenkian Foundation supports artistic creation and training

Given the current needs of the cultural sector, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has decided to support artistic training and creation, individual and collective, across visual arts, cinema, theatre and dance. 

OPEN CALL: ArtCamp Andorra 2021

This year, ArtCamp Andorra - "Colours for the planet" aims to promote cultural diversity, peace dialogue between artists, and sustainable development. The 7th ArtCamp Andorra will take place from 14 to 25 July, in Ordino, principality of Andorra.

OPEN CALL: Beyond Matter Residency

Tallinn Art Hall, Tirana Art Lab Center for Contemporary Art, and the Hertz-Lab of the ZKM I Center for Art and Media are jointly calling for European art practitioners / theoreticians to apply for one of three production residencies taking place in Karlsruhe, Tallinn, and Tirana.

OPEN CALL: worldwide story contest

This year, the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht will be launching the ILFU International Story Contest. On the theme of ‘Rising’, anyone aged 16 and over can submit a story in ...

Theatro Circo 2019 results press conference

It was last Friday that Theatro Circo presented, in a press conference, the results for the year 2019, as well as an analysis of all the activity created during the confinement and post-confinement period.

UNESCO promotes survey for Latin America creative sector

Containment measures or mobility restrictions adopted by many countries to contain the pandemic have drastically restricted access to culture, making the whole cultural ecosystem fragile, in particular through the closure ...

Trans Europe Halles is looking for startups in Portugal

Trans Europe Halles calls for emerging civic initiatives with a focus on arts, culture and creativity that are located in repurposed buildings to participate in the fourth edition of the Startup ...

OPEN CALL: Art For Social Change

Pitroda Art gallery is promoting a series of actions that aim to put art as an engine for social transformation. MOVEMENT is the name of a set of activities that ...

Digital Earth Fellowship: call for entries

Digital Earth is now receiving applications for the "Digital Earth Fellowship" 2020-2021. Aimed at 8 artists and/or duos from different practices, this fellowship starts in September 2020 and ends in May 2021, with a total of €13.500 per fellow for the entire fellowship.

Round table ESCUTAR, SENTIR, GUARDAR

"Audire" project, from the Center for Communication and Society Studies (CECS) of the University of Minho, is promoting a round table on the theme "ESCUTAR, SENTIR, GUARDAR - Sound experience and acoustic ecology". The presentation will take place at July 17, at 11am.

OPEN CALL: Igual diz-se de muitas maneiras

Until July 22, Circuito is promoting an open call aimed at all residents of Braga, those who have always lived here and those who chose the city to live, to participate in the collaborative show “Igual diz-se de muitas maneiras”.

OPEN CALL! ODE: Electronic Devices Orchestra

Circuito – Braga Media Arts Educational Service is still looking for digital musicians to join ODE - Electronic Devices Orchestra. If you want to make music from laptops, tablets, smartphones and synthesizers, apply now! 

Cultural and creative sector Survey

Braga Cultura 2030, the cultural strategy that is preparing Braga's candidacy for the European Capital of Culture 2027, prepared a survey addressed to all artists, cultural agents and colaborators of ...

Edigma Semibreve Award 2020

Semibreve's 10th edition will feature once again the Semibreve Award sponsored by Edigma, a Portuguese company leader in the development of interactive experiences, multi-touch technology and digital signage projects.

 

 

OPEN CALL: Media Art residency at Košice

  Creative City Košice is launching an open call for artists who are either born, live, or work in any of UNESCO Creative Cities, for a two-month artistic residency. The art project ...

Round table "Error in the context of creative and technological processes" online today

Today, starting at 6:30 pm, you can watch the Round Table "Error in the context of creative and technological processes", which took place at gnration on February 29th, in the context of "Construção de um index #1".

Galeria Duarte Sequeira at Arco Lisboa online

Braga based Duarte Sequeira Gallery will be participating in ARCO Lisboa 2020 Online in a partnership with Artsy, presenting works by artists Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, Petros Moris, Vanessa da Silva and Mimosa Echard.
 

Time to watch a Round Table about arte, technology and science

Today, starting at 6:30 pm, you can watch the Round Table "Art, technology and science: new paths for a long relationship", which took place at gnration on February 29th, in the context of "Construção de um index #1".

David Bruno's workshop for Circuito is already online

Workshop "Sampling as a musical composition tool", led by musician David Bruno is online and available on Youtube until next May 31. To watch please click here.

Gulbenkian Award for Adult Literacy

Finding technological solutions that promote adult literacy throughout life was the motto for the creation of Gulbenkian Award for Adult Literacy, promoted by the foundation in partnership with Solve - MIT.

Open Call Marvelous Art Magazine

Until May 13 you can submit applications for the 1st edition of Marvelous Art Magazine, from Marvelous Art Gallery

Your Podcast launches fiction podcast

Covid-19 pandemic forced many companies to change routines, cases  like Your Podcast.

Open Call "Portuguese Emerging Art 2020"

Applications for the open call "Portuguese Emerging Art 2020" run until 30 June.

Get to know Museu dos Biscainhos with virtual tours

If you want to have access to art and culture without leaving your home, Museu dos Biscainhos, in Braga, is offering virtual guided tours.

Zet gallery launches challenge to the youngest

Many doors were closed at the beginning of 2020. Uncertainties, lethargy, distress, but also institutions and people who did not want to let their arms down. zet gallery is an exemple of that.

Open call for PARTIS & Arts for Change

This is the first edition of PARTIS & Art for Change. 

Cosmic Burger wants to support artists

Cosmic Burger launched an online campaign to raise funds to support artists,struggling due to the current events.

Grants for Jovens Criadores 2020 now open

The application deadline ends on April 30th.

IPCA students provide online support on a voluntary basis

 

It is called “Somos Tod@s Digitais” and wants to help those who have to stay at home. Digital skills are fundamental to break social isolation.

Guadalajara promotes virtual creative sprint

Guadalajara, UNESCO's creative city, in partnership with the British Council and the Promoting Council for Innovation and Design are promoting an online creative sprint, a space for dialogue that allows the exchange of ideas.

Call for artists: Summer Laboratories at gnration

gnration promotes this year, the fifth edition of the Summer Laboratories. Aimed at artists or communities in the district of Braga that produce original artistic content, the initiative kicks off on August 3, with a monetary support of 1500 euros per project.

Startups and companies get together at "Doing Business" initiative

“Doing Business”, ScaleUp Porto event that reaches its 5th edition, will be held this year in partnership with UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of Universidade do Porto.

Theatro Circo celebrates 105 years with dance, poetry, music and performances

Tomorrow Theatro Circo celebrates 105 years of existence. A birthday that this year, due to unexpected circumstances, is celebrated virtually.

OECD promotes summer academy for creative industries

How can the cultural and creative industries help to overcome the new challenges we face? And how can national and local governments relieve the short and long-term effects of this crisis on the creative industries?

UNESCO launches global movement on World Arts Day

After launching the #ShareOurHeritage campaign, UNESCO celebrates World Arts Day this wednesday and launches another global movement. It is called ResiliArt and consists of a series of virtual debates and initiatives on social networks.

Construção de um index #: art and technology come together

Having witnessed the birth of index in 2019, this year Braga will receive a set of sessions entitled construção de um inex, an event that will bridge the first edition of index - Bienal de Media Arts, to take place in 2021.

Gulbenkian grants in Visual and Performing Arts

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian opened applications for grants to support projects in the field of visual arts, curatorship, cinema, theater and dance.

OPEN CALL Technarte

The next Technarte International Conference on Art and Technology will be held in Los Angeles, California, USA on August 6-7, 2020.

 

OPEN CALL artist residencies

OSSO Colectivo launched its artistic residency programme.
They invite artists and practice-based researchers from all areas to submit an application.

 

Canceled - BMA lab: A closer listen - Masterclass com Jana Winderen

For family reasons, the workshop “A Closer Listen”, by Jana Winderen, has been canceled. Previously scheduled for January 25 and recently postponed at the request of the artist, the workshop will not have a next replacement date.

OPEN CALL for Media Art grants

The Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art will award three Grants for Media Art of the Foundation of Lower Saxony.

Call for entries LUMEN PRIZE - Art and Technology

Applications for the international digital art prize Lumen Prize, organized annually by Lumen Art Projects, will run from February 15 to May 5, 2020.

IPCA promotes advanced courses in Artificial Intelligence

You can now sign in for the 1st Edition of Advanced Courses, organized by the Laboratory of Applied Artificial Intelligence (2Ai), from IPCA(Polytechnic Institute of Cávado e Ave).

Imaginando develops high quality audio application

Imaginando, a technology startup that creates tools and instruments for the music industry, is developing a platform with an American company, a kind of Skype for Pro Audio.

Open Call: STARTS Prize'19

Grand prize of the European Commission honoring innovation in technology, industry and society stimulated by the arts.

Building an index # 1

In 2019 Braga saw the birth of Index, the first international event focused on the relationship between art and technology, created since the city was awarded the title of creative ...

OPEN CALL AUSTIN SXSW

The UNESCO Austin City of Media Arts Steering Committee, in partnership with the Cultural Arts Division within the Economic Development Department is receiving applications for UNESCO's International Media Arts Exhibition. Artists must be at least 18 years old.

OPEN CALL! Equal is said in many ways

Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service is receiving applications for the community show Equal is said in many ways. The challenge is launched to all new or old residents of Braga. Participants must be over 16 and. Sign up for free until May 8th.

OPEN CALL! ODE: Electronic Devices Orchestra

Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service is receiving applications for ODE: Electronic Devices Orchestra. If you're between 15 and 18, sign up for free until March 25!

Circuito - Community Show at Noite Branca

Circuito - Braga Media Arts Educational Service will present itself to the world during Noite Branca Braga 2019. Save the date: September 6th, 21h30, at Palco Praça.

Open Call Circuito - BMA Educational Service

O Teatro Circo, EM, S.A., entidade responsável pela implementação do plano de ação de Braga Media Arts, Cidade Criativa da UNESCO, no âmbito do CIRCUITO (serviço educativo de Braga Media ...

index of art and technology - launch day

index - of art and technology was officially launched yesterday at gnration.

Calígula Morreu. Eu não.

Open Rehearsal of Artistic Residency "Calígula Morreu. Eu não." July 6th - 16h00 @ gnration

INL Mobility Program

 

INL has launched a new mobility program under the nanoGateway project.

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OPEN CALL: Calígula Morreu. Eu Não!

 

Braga Media Arts Educational Service and Terra Amarela are looking for 5 people to join the work group of the Creative Workshop Calígula Morreu. Eu não.

João Martinho Moura exhibits in South Korea

Media artist João Martinho Moura has two exhibitions in South Korea. How Computers Imagine Humans? in the context of ISEA 2019 in Gwangju and Sci-fi Miners at the Nabi Art Center in Seoul.

"A Dança dos Paroxismos" played by Instant Ensemble

The Instant Ensemble interprets the classic film of rare public presentations, "A Dança dos Paroxismos" (1929), by Jorge Brum do Canto, in an audiovisual show for the whole family.

RoadShow 18/19 - UMinho

This third phase of the RoadShow takes us to Maximinos Secondary School for a pedagogical intervention of Product Design students from the University of Minho, focused on groups of blind and low vision students.

ARTECH 2019 CONFERENCE

“ARTECH 2019 – Digital Media Art Ecosystems” is the 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts, hosted in the city of Braga, Portugal and organized by the Association Artech-International, Theatro Circo and UCP. 

2019 Experience Changsha

Experience Changsha Media Arts Residency was part of the Changsha Media Arts Festival and the International Youth Forum on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Road. In the Chinese city, ...

Ciclo Binário: "Falaises"

The artistic cycle Binário presents some of the most exciting audiovisual performances that can be seen today. On May 8, Canadian artists Alexis Langevin-Tétrault, Guillaume Côté and Dave Gagnon, stepped onto the stage of gnration to perform "Falaises".

Open Call: "Edigma Semibreve Award 2019"

Semibreve festival returns to Braga once again to celebrate digital arts along the Semibreve prize in collaboration with Edigma, which is open to works in the area of audiovisual, technology and interactivity.

Artistic Competition White Night 2019

Braga goes back to wearing white in 2019, with various activities ranging from street entertainment to performances or installation. To complement this program, Bracara Augusta Foundation launches an open call to all the community.

RoadShow IPCA 18/19

RoadShow returns in the last week of April for another show of works, this time with six short films prepared by IPCA's School of Design, exhibited in two secondary schools of Braga.

Open Call: community show - Braga White Night 2019

The Educational Service of Braga Media Arts invites singers or choirs to participate in the project "community show", integrated in the White Night Braga 2019.

Open Call: Encontros da Imagem - International Photography and Visual Arts Festival

The international Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Encontros da Imagem, returns in 2019 for another edition spread throughout the city, bringing again a call for artists.

BoCA 2019 - Biennial of Contemporary Arts

BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts, returns this year with passage through Braga. Various installations, performances and exhibitions will be exhibited in various spaces of the city, between March 15 and April 30.

Educational Service: Mini Mapa Sonoro

The Mini Sound Map is the latest activity of Braga Media Arts Education Service, proposed for the 2018/2019 school year. A set of interactive and audiovisual maps that describe schools by their students.

Open Call: ECFJ 2019

The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is an experimental grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets. They are currently admitting applications for issues related to technology.

Braga Cultura 2030

On December 7th, the Municipality of Braga presented the development of a Cultural Strategy, called 'Braga Cultura 2030', for the 2020-2030 time horizon.

BMA lab

In the next academic year, a new cycle of workshops in the area of media arts under the BMA umbrella will be open. BMA lab brings together three initiatives from January ...

BMA: Teacher Training Cycle 2018/2019

This set of Short Term Trainings, prepared by the Braga Media Arts educational service fills the space between creation, Media Arts and the community. It serves so that teachers can improve and acquire new pedagogical and technical tools to be applied in the classroom.