Creative Workshops – EB1 do Lagarteiro

Through musical and visual languages, the project created a space for artistic creation and experimentation that supported intercultural integration, the appreciation of cultural diversity, the development of socio-emotional skills, and, ultimately, the fight against school absenteeism.

This project emerged from a strategic partnership established by PELE with the Municipality of Porto, within the framework of the Porto Municipal and Intercultural Mediators project.

The process

Throughout 2025, music and photography workshops were developed with students from the 1st cycle of EB1 do Lagarteiro. Through a variety of creative exercises, these workshops stimulated the participants’ imagination and artistic expression, culminating in moments where the completed works were presented.

Exhibition: Sons que me habitam

Starting from a sensitive relationship between sound, image, and identity, each child was challenged to create new perspectives on the places of their everyday life—school, neighborhood, home—and to recognize and express what inhabits them: gestures, rhythms, stories, and senses of belonging.

The photographic compositions on display, both inside and outside the school grounds, reflect and celebrate the diversity of voices within the community that inhabits it.

Music showcase

Presentation integrated into the end-of-year celebration (June 2025), where 1st cycle students shared the outcomes of the music sessions, focused on themes of interculturality and childhood, promoting dialogue among the different cultures present in the school community.

Artistic Credits

Photographs in exhibition by students from the 3rd and 4th grades of EB1 do Lagarteiro: Bryan Cardoso, Bryan Maia, Carolina Ferreira, Carolina Pereira, Claudino Tomás Monteiro, Davi Salazar, Diogo Gonçalves, Elias Maia, Érico Almeida, Helena Vieira, Jardel Silva, Jessé Maia, João Pina, José Fragoso, Juliana Almeida, Madjer Maia, Michael Cardoso, Nádia Pinto, Naiara Pinto, Pedro Cardoso, Rui Piolom, Samira Soares, Sérgio Soares, Solange Pina

Artistic facilitation: Angela Azevedo, Romain Valentino, and Tamy Rodrigues
Mediation and session support: Mafalda Lourenço
Photographic documentation and photomontage: Angela Azevedo
Project coordination: Inês Lapa
Production management: Carina Moutinho
Executive production: Tiago Barros da Silva
Design: Sérgio Couto
Communication: Sara Cunha