WOOL | Covilhã Urban Art jobs and careers

About WOOL | Covilhã Urban Art

WOOL | Covilhã Urban Art presented itself in 2011 as the first festival of these expressions of Contemporary Art in Portugal, introducing them as tools capable of promoting social, cultural, economic and/or tourist transformation in a community and territory, specifically in the Interior, aspiring to its growing cohesion, sustainability and a necessary decentralization of Culture. Through a unique format and way of working, WOOL has used several walls located in the historic center of Covilhã for interventions by various urban artists, with the aim (*) of: - awaken the community’s interest in culture and contemporary art, especially urban art; - pay homage to this territory as a way of rediscovering its identity; - rehabilitating urban areas through art, making it accessible to all, in a clear act of democratizing art; - involving the community in all interventions and actions, so that they understand them as their own; - building an art itinerary in the city, promoting occupation and transformation. (*) Objectives defined in March 2011, in the design of the WOOL project. 14 years _ 2011 > 2025 12 editions in Covilhã 21 formats in Portugal and abroad 272 artistic murals and installations 105 artistic interventions in Covilhã 70 portuguese artists 39 foreign artists