Statutes
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History
Founded in 1973 as an independent art school, Ar.Co is dedicated to the experimentation, training and divulging of arts, crafts and visual communication.
From early on in the school’s history, the alternative nature of the pedagogic project has consisted mainly of bringing together a strong emphasis on practice and a view of artistic training as a service that should “make a difference” for a public with the most diverse objectives (including that of becoming a professional artist).
A variety of departments – Drawing and Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Graphic Design, Jewellery, Ceramics, Illustration/Comics, Cinema/Movement Image – possess complete professional training programs, while at the same time offering topical opportunities for introduction to a particular technical/aesthetic area, or simply professional recycling. The therapeutic dimension of a learning experience in the arts is, likewise, not forgotten.
Ar.Co also produces public exhibitions of students in advanced stages of their training and, from time to time, national or international shows of one or more area connected to its own areas of training.
Ar.Co develops and maintains collaboration with public and private, national and international institutions, promoting a variety of initiatives related to the general objectives of the school (exchange programs, conferences, invitations to guest artists and lecturers, workshops, field trips, etc.).
Ar.Co is a non-profit cultural association.
Struture
Bodies
General Assembly
Manuel Costa Cabral (Chairman)
Sérgio Gomes (Vice-Chairman)
Elisabete Ruivo (Secretary)
Luísa Neves (Secretary)
Fiscal Board
Bruno Silva da Costa Cabral (Chairman)
João Assis Gomes
Paulo Tribolet
Remuneration Committee
André Almeida e Sousa
João Assis Gomes
Board of Directors
Graça Costa Cabral (Chairman)
Philip Cabau (Vice- Chairman)
Manuel Castro Caldas (Treasurer)
Miguel Branco (Secretary)
Manuel Silveira Ramos (Voter)
António Marques (Voter)
Nuno Vale Cardoso (Voter)
Jorge Nesbitt (Voter)
Teresa Ramos (Voter)
Executive Director
Manuel Castro Caldas
Institutional Board
Manuel Costa Cabral (Chairman)
Graça Costa Cabral
Hellmut Wohl
José Manuel Galvão Teles
Manuel Castro Caldas
Pedro Calapez
Consulting Board
Afonso de Burnay
António Gomes de Pinho
Artur Eduardo Brochado Santos Silva
Bernardino Gomes
Emílio Rui Vilar
Estela Magalhães Barbot
Francisco Sarsfield Cabral
João Francisco Emauz Vasconcelos Guimarães
Jorge Alves da Silva
José Monteiro Fernandes Braz
Manuel de Castro Caldas
Manuela Franco
Maria da Conceição Oliveira
Maria Nobre Franco
Mary Espírito Santo Salgado
Miguel Veiga
Ricardo José da Cruz Filipe
Teresa Patrício Gouveia
Departments
Ceramics
Location Almada
Head of Department Teresa Ramos
Cinema/Movement Image
Location Lisbon
Head of Department Marcelo Costa
Blog http://cinemaimagememmovimento.blogspot.com/
Drawing
Location Lisbon and Almada
Head of Department Paulo Brighenti
Graphic Design
Location Lisbon
Head of Department Nuno Vale Cardoso
Sculpture
Location Lisbon
Head of Department Rui Chafes
Photography
Location Lisbon and Almada
Head of Department Sérgio Mah
Blog do departamento http://fotografia-arco.blogspot.com
Art History/Theory
Location Lisbon
Head of Department Manuel Castro Caldas
Illustration/Comics
Location Lisbon
Head of Department Jorge Nesbitt
Departament's blog http://www.ilustracaobd.blogspot.com/
Jewellery
Location Lisbon
Head of Department Cristina Filipe
Departament's blog http://joalhariaarco.blogspot.com
Painting
Location Lisbon and Almada
Head of Department Miguel Branco
Advanced Course in Visual Arts
Location Lisbon and Almada
Coordenador Manuel Castro Caldas
Advanced Course in Photography
Location Lisbon and Almada
Coordenador Manuel Silveira Ramos and Sérgio Mah
Teachers (2008-2009)
Facilities
Ar.Co Lisbon
In Lisbon, Ar.Co occupies several buildings at Rua de Santiago, in the hills where the Castle of S. Jorge is located: a palace from the 17th/18th century (main building), an old reconverted metal workshop, and an old reconverted industrial space.
These facilities comprise a bar/cafeteria, general office spaces, the Director’s office, financial services, photography labs, audiovisual room, computer rooms, classrooms, etc.
Ar.Co Almada
In Almada, Ar.Co owns a reconverted farm from the 19th century, with ample indoor and outdoor spaces.
These facilities include a bar/cafeteria, office spaces, the Library, photography labs and studio, ceramics work spaces, classrooms and studio spaces.