ART GALLERY: 12/2011

International photo contest

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST

23 Nov. to 31 . Dec.

Hand craft – “Art Gallery:

The ones about to be forgotten”

Escola Dr. António Augusto Louro

Seixal * 2011

Contest Rules

1. This competition is open to all students in the group of schools Dr. Antonio Augusto Louro and schools of Bulgaria and Turkey partners in the project.

2. The photographs theme is: "Crafts on the verge of extinction."

3. Photos can be color or black and white.

4. Each photograph must have a title, author's identification (name, age, class, number), telephone number and e-mail.

5. The photographs should be sent to the following address:

concursofotografia11@gmail.com

6. Each student can participate with up to 5 pictures.

7. The photos will be exhibited at the school’s exhibition gallery.

8. The three most voted photos of the three schools will be the winners.

9. The best pictures will be published in a photo book.

Newspaper Exhibition

Last December, the English and Arts teachers and students visited the Adana’s school - Orgeneral Bedrettin Demirelİlköğretim Okulu in Turkey.

As a result of that experience, a newspaper was exhibited in our school.

You can see it here.

Here is our presentation about the Portuguese crafts.

Portuguese exhibition brochure

POTTERY

The art of modeling clay, remains among us as one of the most popular artistic expressions and is widely spread in our country. It is part of our cultural identity.

TILES

The way tiles decorated floors and walls pleased our kings and therefore they began to be produced in Portugal in the late fifteenth century. They played an important role in Portuguese architecture over the centuries. In the eighteenth century tiles "invaded" churches and convents, palaces and houses, gardens, fountains and stairways.

CORK

The cork oak is the primary source of most cork products in the world, including wine bottle stoppers. Portugal is a major cork-grower; produces about half the world output of commercial cork

PUPPETS

A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a person. The hand is in a a kind of glove; the index finger will support the head of the doll, the thumb and ring support and move the arms.

SARRONCA

The Sarronca is a membranophone. It has a reservoir, usually a pitcher, serving as a resonance-box. The upper side is covered with a taut skin that vibrates when you rub a small stick, producing a low sound.

ARRAIOLOS

Due to the beauty of their designs and colours, Arraiolos rugs have since long occupied a privileged place among the pieces of Portuguese Handicraft. Arraiolos rugs are hand-embroidered on jute canvas with pure wool in a large variety of colors. Their origin dates back to the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century.