Residência Criativa 2020
The Creative Residence of Embroidery in Matiz, promoted by the Regional Center for Handicrafts, aimed to reinterpret, refunctionalize and reposition this embroidery on the market. This was the 8th edition of the  project Residências Criativas, through which CRAA intended to encourage the creation of new products, with a significant and differentiating artisanal component, generating sustainability for the work of artisans and the possibility of reaching new markets. It also contributed to the dissemination of techniques, materials and products developed by designers(...)
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Residência Criativa 2019
The project Creative Residence in Ceramics and Vegetable Fibers aims to develop experiences that reinforce interculturality and the creation of new products based on natural resources, combining innovation and tradition, betting on the exchange of knowledge and techniques between Azorean and Cape Verdean artisans. This regional initiative, developed in partnership with GRATER, exploited endogenous resources such as Santa Maria's wicker, dragon tree leaf, bulrush, straw and clay, because it is essential to re-value local raw materials and its use in(...)
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Residência Criativa 2018
This residence in particular, aimed at the innovation and repositioning of S. Jorge in the weaving market, valuing an artisanal production of quality and certified origin, since the year 2001 and, as such, an integral part of a cultural heritage to be preserved. CRAA invited the textile designer Paula Caria, with work recognized nationally and internationally, having developed several fashion collections with As Capuchinhas, a Handicraft Cooperative that is dedicated to the work in burel. Paula Caria worked with the artisans of(...)
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Residência Criativa 2017
This residence took place in 2017, in the island of Terceira, and involved the participation of 2 handicraft production units of the inlay and wooden arts, namely Susana Almeida and Francisco Pereira, product designer Susana António and the collaboration of the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Regional Directorate of Forests Resources. The Creative Residences of the Regional Center for Handicrafts intend to keep alive the traditional arts and crafts, promoting the techniques and knowledge of incalculable cultural value through(...)
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Residência Criativa 2016
The Regional Center for Handicrafts (CRAA) promoted from June 14th to August 12nd the Creative Residence Exhibition 2016, at the Whalers Museum, on the island of Pico. This initiative results from the 4th edition of the project Residências Criativas , which aims to create new products, with a significant and differentiating artisanal component, creating, through the integration of the products in a brand, sustainability for the work of the artisans and reach new markets. In the 4th edition of the Creative(...)
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Residência Criativa 2015
CRAA is promoting, in partnership with the University of Minho, the 3rd edition of “Residência Criativa”, on the islands of Terceira and Graciosa, which addresses the theme of white embroidery, typical of those islands, in order to project the image of that handicraft activity. This edition aims to create a brand and give visibility, in national and international markets, with clothing and luxury home product lines, to an audience that appreciates not only excellence, but also culture and tradition. It(...)
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Residência Criativa 2013
The “Residência Criativa” in 2013 had as general goals the creation of a collection of innovative handicrafts, linked to handmade weaving, focusing in the field of weaving of “repasso” and rag. In a different format from the 1st edition, meeting the specific needs of the handicraft area and the target audience for this edition were invited two creative persons, Joana Dias and Teresa Gameiro, who created product lines related to fashion and home products, in partnership with the Cooperativa de(...)
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Residência Criativa 2012
The big bet of CRAA in the innovation of traditional knowledge was made by the 1st Creative Residency in 2012, in which it has enhanced the craftsmanship of the island of Pico through the unique handicraft school of the Region, the Regional Handicraft School of Santo Amaro. This residency has focused mainly on the techniques of wheat straw and fish scales, with the ultimate goal of revitalizing techniques in extinction, but also innovate the existing ones, taking advantage of the(...)
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