Books and action! offers a monthly programme that aims to bring children and senior citizens closer together through children’s literature, shared reflection and the creation of small artistic objects.
The literary works deal with themes related to citizenship, human rights and gender equality. In each of the ten sessions, a book will be presented through an interpreted reading by Renata Flaiban, from Rodamoinho Teatro. Afterwards, the audience will be invited to reflect on the content covered, guided by the UMAR Braga/ART’THEMIS+ team. At the end of each session, the children and seniors will be able to make an object so that the dialogue can also take place through artistic creation and so that they can take a souvenir of this moment with them.
Curated by UMAR Braga
Technical information: Renata Flaiban, UMAR Braga, ART’THEMIS+
Books and action! is part of the Braga 25 Portuguese Capital of Culture as part of the Todo-o-Terreno programme.
Seeking to support and contribute to the flourishing of a greater number of independent cultural initiatives in the city of Braga, the Todo-o-Terreno programme aims to support projects that envisage a proposal for regular artistic programming in venues in the municipality of Braga throughout the year 2025.
From June 19 to September 12, 2024, this programme’s call for projects took place in the following artistic areas: Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Speech and Thought, Performing Arts and Cinema and Moving Image. The call received a total of 46 applications, which were assessed by a jury made up of Elisabete Paiva, artistic director of Materiais Diversos; Marta Bernardes, coordinator of the education and cultural mediation service of the museums and libraries of the City of Porto and Luís Sousa Ferreira, deputy artistic director of TNDMII. Eight projects proposed by the city’s cultural agents were selected to form part of the official programme of the Portuguese Capital of Culture.