PISTA workshops 2025

All workshops are in Portuguese.

PISTA is a training program jointly promoted by Alkantara and Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista/Loja Lisboa Cultura. It targets cultural agents, including both professional organizations and individuals, seeking to enhance and refine their skills, exchange best practices, and engage in public discourse on contemporary cultural matters.


The workshop schedule for 2025:

Fórum Cultura: Work-life balance in the performing arts
Date: 11 March 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 10h00-13h00
Location: Espaço Alkantara (Calçada do Marquês de Abrantes 99, 1200-718 Lisbon)
Mentors: Francisca Pinto, Patrícia Soares
Capacity: 50 (no enrolment required)

Trans-inclusive workspaces
Mentors: Maria Vlachou, Alice Azevedo
Date: 24 March (Monday)
Time: 10h00-13h00
Location: Coruchéus - Um Teatro em Cada Bairro (R. Alberto de Oliveira - Complexo Municipal dos Coruchéus, Lisbon)
Vacancies: to be confirmed
Form: available one week before

Status of Culture Professionals: where are we in 2025?
Mentor: Mafalda Sebastião
Date: 14 May (Wednesday)
Time: 10h00-13h00
Format: online
Vacancies: 100
Form: available one week before

Accessibility resources in performing arts
Mentors: Ionara Silva, Madalena Ribeiro
Date: 3 June (Tuesday)
Time: 10h00-13h00
Location: Biblioteca Municipal de Marvila (Lisbon)
Vacancies: to be determined
Form: available one week before the course

TAKING A POSITION: Diffusion and Cooperation in the Performing Arts
Mentor: Cristina Planas Leitão
Date: 1 July (Tuesday)
Time: 10h00-13h00
Venue: Biblioteca de Belém (Lisbon)
Vacancies: to be determined
Enrolment form: available one week before the course

Drawing up budgets for cultural projects
Mentor: Andreia Carneiro
Date: December, day to be decided
Schedule: 10h00-13h00
Location: to be determined
Vacancies: to be determined


The training calendar is being updated and may change. All sessions are led in Portuguese.

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