PROJECTS

These sessions invite participants into a sensory and expressive exploration of color and materiality. Inspired by artists who work with thick layers of paint and apply pure color directly onto the canvas, it focuses on freeing the gesture, embracing spontaneity, and cultivating a state of presence, intuition, and visual pleasure. Rather than academic rules, the emphasis is on experiencing color as a living substance and allowing painting to emerge from movement, emotion, and

Students from the Dr. Manuel Laranjeira School Group in Espinho painted waste collected from the beaches during a Plogging Challenge. These objects will be reorganized into fishing nets to be exhibited — bringing the sea into the heart of the city and reminding us that ocean preservation is a shared responsibility. Pollution knows no borders, and neither should our commitment to change. As part of an environmental education program developed with the city of Espinho and Lipor

Transforming marine waste into art alongside the members of CERCI Espinho revealed how creativity can open spaces of inclusion, dignity, and shared purpose. These painting workshops go far beyond environmental action; they become moments of genuine human connection. By reusing materials collected from the sea, participants helped strengthen community bonds and build a bridge between ocean preservation and social impact. Together, we cleaned the beaches, reimagined discarded m

On International Museum Day, waste collected from the beaches of Espinho was transformed into an artistic manifesto. Through the workshop O Mar não tem Limites ( The Sea Has No Limits) — a space dedicated to sharing, creativity, and environmental awareness under the Blue Flag programme — participants explored the poetic potential of discarded materials. Witnessing the commitment of participants to turn “trash” into singular artworks, reaffirmed a core belief of Kideo Kidō: a

Within the Blue Flag program and in partnership with Lipor, artist Isa Magalhães (Kideo Kidō) joined students from Eco school programs such as the Dr. Manuel Laranjeira School Group for a Plogging Challenge and Eco school action. The artist role in these brigades focuses on guiding the selection of collected waste — from fishing nets to plastics — ensuring its future reuse as raw material. It is along this coastline that the creative process begins for the installations that