The Arts are suffering in Portugal! It’s a difficult time to get funding. Of course it’s not just the Arts it’s also cultural organisations, the glue of society, that are suffering. In Tavira, in the Algarve, only 4 associations have received funding this year. Some groups are still waiting for funding from last year. A…
New year’s eve is a strange night. On the one hand you think of past new year’s when you have been out and about – the fun you had and what you may promised yourself. This year, I did not want to move from the sofa. The memory of last year’s fireworks on the old…
A group of artists are working together in Tavira to inspire the local community to take a step into a range of creative activities. They work together as a cultural association using creative arts. What inspires them is the desire that people will share their skills and learn together in a workshop space opposite the…
Mrs Silva found the owl in August 2011. It was lying on a road in the Tavira area. It had been hit by a car and had a broken wing. At first it seemed the owl would never fly again. She carefully picked up the owl which was just a little bigger than her small…
As part of Tavira Ilimitada, Casa 5, launched a major exhibition in Tavira on the 10 June 2011. Artists, friends, local residents and family mingled in Case das Artes to enjoy and hopefully purchase some new art. The exhibition is made up of paintings, drawings, photos and clay art. There are two rooms to the…
As part of the Tavira Limitada movement, an event was organised on the 9th June 2011, to officially open a multilingual shelf in the children’s library in Tavira. The shelf is for children to find a place where they can find books in their native language. Some books were contributed by Liz Beaupied from the…
Tonight Thursday 9th June at 18:00, the library in Tavira is hosting a Tavira Unlimtada event. Twelve children will read in their native languages from their own story books and then explain in Portuguese what the story is about. This is part of a project to encourage some awareness of racism and to demystify other…
A group of bikers came to Tavira a couple of weeks ago. It was part of a Harley Davidson weekend meet hosted by the Algarve chapter. We had live chickens and live music. The band called the Teddy boys played great rock and two people danced my daughter and husband. Here are the pics. Sadly…
The Continente shopping centre in Tavira often hosts ART work and this month its an array of donkeys.
The fascination with water mills, both tidal or river based abounds in literature. With the mill in the background, Victorian master painters record magical summer times. Mills tell us much about societies and their ability to harness natural forces. Although occasionally difficult to find now, as most are in ruins, many can still be identified all over Europe,…