‘Tec(S)endo Portalegre’ colloquium
Music in Portalegre Tapestry
Organised by CHAIA and CESEM through IN2PAST

As part of the opening of the ‘Tecendo Música’ (‘Weaving Music’) exhibition at the Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino, in the capital of Upper Alentejo, the ‘Tec(S)endo* Portalegre’ colloquium will be held on the 16th and 17th of May, organised by CHAIA – University of Évora and CESEM – NOVA FCSH through IN2PAST, in partnership with the Municipality of Portalegre. Topics for the panels include case studies of musical iconography in tapestries and in Portalegre, interactions between artists and Portalegre tapestries, and exhibition perspectives and tourist potential.

Taking part in the event are IN2PAST researchers Cláudia Sousa (CESEM – NOVA FCSH), Luísa Correia Castilho (CESEM – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST), Luzia Rocha (CESEM – NOVA FCSH), Paulo Simões Rodrigues, deputy director of CHAIA – UÉvora, Sandra Leandro (IHA – NOVA FCSH) and Telmo Lopes (CHAIA – UÉvora). The ‘Tecendo Música’ exhibition opens on the 16th at 4:30 pm.

 

PROGRAMME

DAY 16 | Auditorium of the Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino

2:30 pm | Opening Session
Fermelinda Carvalho (Mayor of Portalegre) / Laura Galão (Councillor for Culture)
Miguel Serafim (director of ESTGD – IPP)
António Candeias (President of IN2PAST)
Paulo Simões Rodrigues (vice-director of CHAIA – UÉvora / IN2PAST)

3pm | Interactions between Artists and the Tapestries of Portalegre
Round table moderated by Cláudia Sousa (CESEM – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST) and Telmo Lopes (CHAIA – UÉvora / IN2PAST), and the guests:
Vera Fino (director of the Portalegre Tapestry Factory)
Claudia Lima (painter) / Armando Alves (painter)
Paula Fernandes (director of the Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino)

5pm | Opening of the exhibition “Weaving Music”
Musical moment provided by students from the Northern Bahia School of Arts
Artistic installation “One Thousand and One Nights” – UmColectivo

Day 17 | Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino

10am | Tec(S)endo Música: Case Studies of Musical Iconography in Tapestry and in Portalegre
The Chapel of Our Lady of Penha in Portalegre (Portugal) – Musical iconography and its contribution to mapping a black brotherhood | Luzia Rocha (CESEM – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Traces of Antiquity in Contemporary Textile Art: An Iconographic Reading of the Covilhã Theatre Tapestry | Carlos Santos Luis (ESE – IPC), Luisa Correia Castilho (CESEM – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST; ESART – IPCB) and Claudia Sousa (CESEM – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Tapestry in the Collection of the National Music Museum: Iconographic Reading of “Scenes of Music in a Garden” – Ana Tavares (FLUP)

11:15 | Coffee break (foyer of the Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino)

11:30 am | Tec(s)endo Exhibition Perspectives and Tourism Potentials
Redes sem mar, an exhibition-riddle in 2010: Tapestry, Photography and Video, with Sandra Leandro (IHA – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST; director of the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum)
Almada Negreiros and the Portalegre Tapestries: Tapestries made during the author’s lifetime, in light of his collection and the Manufacture’s archive (NOVA FCSH) | Simon Palmeirim (NOVA FCSH)
Tapestries of Portalegre: a Tourist Perspective | John Stephen and Eva Milheiro (ESECS – IPP)

12:30 pm | Closure of activities

 

Free entry.

Organization: CHAIA – University of Évora and CESEM – NOVA FCSH, through IN2PAST

Partner: Municipality of Portalegre