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The 9th edition of Access Culture Week will take place from 19 to 25 of June 2023. A week for us to reflect on what access is and create greater awareness in relation to the mission and objectives of Acesso Cultura. A week also to get to know better some projects that are carried out … Continue reading Access Culture Week 2023

We are very pleased to share two more recordings between Acesso Cultura members. This is one of the ways we wish to celebrate our 10th anniversary. This time, you will also have the opportunity of getting to know two of our international members. All recordings may be found here and they have English and Portuguese … Continue reading Pleased to meet you: encounters between our members

Join us on April 20th, from 6pm to 7pm (Lisbon time) for this conversation with Margaret Middleton and Ben Garcia. Margaret is an exhibition designer and works in consultancy to promote inclusive practices in museums. Ben is Executive Director of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. The conversation will be in English and participation is free. More … Continue reading “The activist museum” debate: with Margaret Middleton and Ben Garcia

Acesso Cultura is an associated partner of the IN EX(ILE) LAB project, which aims to support artists in exile who have recently relocated and are looking to build a career in their host country, by providing opportunities to create a performance, build a professional network, be artistically advised by established artists based in Europe and … Continue reading Open call: In Ex(ile) Lab

Throughout 2023, year of the 10th anniversary of Access Culture, we will promote 10 unlikely meetings between our members. Brief conversations to get to know a little better the wonderful people who make this association. In this first conversation, Margarida Camacho (founding member of Access Culture in 2013) meets Soraia Salvador (our most recent member). … Continue reading Margarida Camacho meets Soraia Salvador

In 2023, Acesso Cultura celebrates its 10th anniversary. Ten years of “action, attitude and a light”, as someone who participated in our courses once told us.  The mission of Acesso Cultura is to promote access – physical, social, intellectual – to cultural participation. We work trying to contribute towards a curious and inclusive society, in … Continue reading Our 10th anniversary

Two thousand and twenty-two is coming to an end and next year we will celebrate our 10th anniversary! Time passes quickly and the journey has been rich and rewarding – but also, at times, dispairing. The change we wish for is happening slowly; but it is happening, thanks to so many people working in the … Continue reading As 2022 comes to an end, some moments…

Here's what we have prepared for the period September - December: Online debate The activist museum: going deeper With Mike Murawksi and Emily Pringle 14 September 6.30pm WEST (Lisbon | London) - 10.30am PDT (Los Angeles) Online seminar Disability and Cultural Management With Maria Vlachou 14 and 15 October 9am-12 noon WEST (Lisbon | London) … Continue reading Our programme for English speakers (Sep-Dec)

In his book Museums as agents of social change, Mike Murawski presents the potential of museums to be “transformative spaces of human connection, care, listening and deep learning.” As he analyses concepts such as community, neutrality, justice or leadership, he challenges us to think: “What if love, above everything else, was the core value that steered … Continue reading The activist museum: going deeper, with Mike Murawski and Emily Pringle

The second debate in the series "The activist museum: going deeper" takes place online on 1 July 2021, at 7pm CET | 1pm EDT. Our guest is Elaine Heumann Gurian. Register here Elaine's book Civilizing the Museum (which includes a number of essays under the title "The importance of 'and'" or the article "Turning the … Continue reading Debate – The activist museum: going deeper, with Elaine Heumann Gurian