Angra do Heroísmo, February 2, 2020 The Vice-President of the Government handed this Saturday, in Angra do Heroísmo, the Azores Handicraft Award – CoMtradição to João Pereira, the island of Terceira. For Sérgio Ávila, it is an acknowledgment and a tribute to a craftsman who has contributed, since the 1960s, to boosting the economy […]
Ponta Delgada, 27 January 2020 The Government of the Azores, through the Vice-Presidency, will open, between February 17 and March 31, the application period for the Incentive System for the Development of Handicrafts of the Azores (SIDART) for this year. Applications must be made exclusively online, on the website of the Regional Center for Handicrafts […]
Ponta Delgada, January 9, 2020 The Vice Presidency of the Government, through the Regional Center for Handicrafts (CRAA), opens Friday, January 10, at 6pm, the exhibition “Creative Residence 2019 – Ceramics and Vegetable Fibers”, at the polo de Vila do Porto from the Museum of Santa Maria. The project ‘Creative Residence in Ceramics and Vegetable […]
LINHO REDESCOBERTO, is a documentary that seeks reflections on the future of flax in the Azores. Director Alexander K. Doyle evokes the current anthropological context around flax cultivation and work in Portugal. He gives voice to this film to artisans, artists and scientists who are dedicated to revealing to a new generation the authenticity and […]
Ponta Delgada, 4 de Dezembro de 2019 O Vice-Presidente do Governo manifestou “grande satisfação” pelo apuramento de três artesãos dos Açores para a final da 2.ª edição do Prémio Nacional de Artesanato, onde vão representar a Região. “Quero expressar a minha grande satisfação ao Maxim Pavlov e ao Rui Pedro, na categoria ‘Inovaçã[…]