WOA - Way Of Arts

WOA – Way Of Arts is a private art museum in Alcabideche, a parish located in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, near Lisbon. Founded in 2003, WOA – Way Of Arts is dedicated to hosting non-profit cultural events and exhibiting different mediums of contemporary art including; sculpture, painting, photography, video works, dance and musical performances.[2]

WOA – Way Of Arts
EstablishedMarch 2003
LocationDNA Cascais, Cruz da Popa 2645-449 Alcabideche, Cascais, Portugal[1]
Coordinates38°43′36.58″N 9°24′44.27″W
TypeExhibition space
DirectorGonçalo Leandro
Websitewayofarts.com

The goal, according to project creator Gonçalo Leandro is to energize the arts and encourage visitors to see the world in a new way and gain understanding of the human condition through the eyes of gifted creative minds.[2][3][4]

exhibited visual works at WOA – Way Of Arts

WOA – Way Of Arts has hosted exhibitions or performances by artists/performers such as: Karen Aarre, Zoya Aval, Joana Bastos, Michel Batlle, Maria Coustols, Dé (aka Youth One), Maria Virginia Fiorini, Oliver Huntrods, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas), Rox Lawson, Tim Madeira, Paulo Paz, Denis Piel, Pablo Rubio, Filipa Silveira, Luis Varella, Marina Muñoz Viada and Sara Chang Yan.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Front display window at night

International events

In 2009, WOA – Way Of Arts along with No Name Group (group of contemporary Chinese artists), the pianist Elisha Abashe (grandson of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin) and Frederic Coustols (Design a Sustainable Tomorrow) for a thirty-day collaborative residency in Jiuxian, Beijing, China.[13][14][15]

Associated spaces

Belmonte Cultural Club also in the Lisbon area, is an exhibition space and live music venue curated and managed by WOA – Way Of Arts and its staff. It is essentially a satellite location of the WOA – Way Of Arts museum. The space is located within the historical structure Palacio Belmonte, considered one of the oldest palaces in Lisbon. Artists at the Palacio Belmonte location have included; Jaap Borgers, Alexandre Farto, Sebastião Lobo, Daniella Padilla, Alessandro Lupi, Jana Matejkova-Middleton & Rory Middleton and Stefan Kornacki, etc.[16][17][18][19][20]

References
  1. "Way of Arts | biography". wayofarts.com.
  2. "A Way of Arts já soma dez anos de cultura". publico.pt (in Portuguese). October 3, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  3. "Programas Convidado Xtra Isabel-Surpreendeu-O-A-Trabalhar-Em-Buckingham". observador.ptt. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  4. "Since The Last Time You Were In Lisbon". nymag.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. "Sara Chang Yan". sarachangyan.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. "Rox Lawson at Gallery WOA". sarachangyan.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  7. "Denis Piel". denispiel.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. "Tim Madeira Surpreende Amigos". caras.sapo.pt. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  9. "Ithaka at Way Of Arts". ithakaofficial.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. "Artistas de Cascais pintam o mar". cmjornal.pt. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  11. "Saltwater Nomad". www.surfline.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. "WOA biography". artq.net. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  13. "Landart JiuXian". www.artmajeur.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  14. "JiuXian Garden Villiage". www.artmajeur.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  15. "Jiu Xian Garden Village".
  16. "Ehibtion Is Open". palaciobelmonte.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  17. "Appropriating A Jargon". books.google.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  18. "See What Makes Palácio Belmonte Lisbon's Dreamiest Hotel". galeriemagazine.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  19. "The Jaap Borgers Exhibition". Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  20. "Palácio Belmonte em festa com programação cultural". www.sabado.pt. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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