The educational program takes as its foundational pillar the idea that each encounter is a unique opportunity; a challenge; a relationship in potency; a possibility to question, have fun, doubt, think, discover…
Its primary mission is to raise awareness, motivate and challenge different audiences in the thematic areas of contemporary art, particularly sculpture, architecture and the environment. As such, the suggested program is diverse in terms of its content, rigorous in its articulation with the different themes and provocative in its approach strategies.
With a view to training and retaining the loyalty of audiences, the aim is to provide a dynamic and creative approach to contemporary culture in its relationship with the place, history and identity of the city of Santo Tirso.
The guideline for the entire program is based on the question: How can we get to know each other better through art and contemporary culture? The focus is on the person and not on the artistic objects, reinforcing the idea that the full power of the artistic relationship lies not in the contemplation of a work of art itself and its author’s worldview, but in the way this work reacts on us and on who we are.
The aim is for the aesthetic relationship to be an opportunity for encounter and self-discovery.
