- External Services
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Azores at 94th Lisbon Book Fair
Azores Culture Logbook presented at this year's edition of BTL
Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs represents Autonomous Regions in coordinating committee of National Network for Intangible Cultural Heritage
The programme for Culture is based on two areas of intervention, both of which are crucial to the cultural prominence, renewal and revitalisation of the Region: the promotion and revitalisation of the creative and cultural activity of the Azorean people and the preservation and appreciation of material and immaterial heritage.
The Regional Directorate for Culture comprises the following entities and services:
Directorate of Heritage Services
- Department of Movable and Immaterial Heritage and Archaeology
Directorate of External Services and Cultural Action
- Azores Knowledge Centre
- Regional Inspectorate of Cultural Activities
- Regional Cultural Fund
-Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archives
- Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archives (Angra do Heroísmo)
- João José da Graça Public Library and Regional Archives (Horta)
- Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Centre (São Miguel)
- Carlos Machado Museum (São Miguel)
- Angra do Heroísmo Museum
- Horta Museum
- Pico Museum
- Francisco de Lacerda Museum (S. Jorge)
- Graciosa Museum
- Santa Maria Museum
- Flores Museum
- Corvo Ecomuseum
May 30, 2024
Azores at 94th Lisbon Book Fair
With 657 publications, 18 publishers, book launches and presentations, a musical show and a session celebrating 10 years of "CulturAçores - Revista de Cultura" magazine, the Azores will once again participate in the 94th Lisbon Book Fair. With a view to disseminating works by regional authors or featuring Azorean themes, the Regional Secretariat for Education, Culture and Sport, through the Regional Directorate for Culture, will take part in the 94th edition of the Lisbon Book Fair, featuring 1,599 books, corresponding to 657 publications from 18 participating publishers. The Regional Directorate for Culture will be accompanied at the event by the following entities: Amigos dos Açores - Ecological Association, Araucária Publisher, Artes e Letras Publisher, BLU Publisher, Horta City Council, Crafts and Design Centre of the Azores, Companhia das Ilhas, Lda, Geotrota, Azorean Institute of Culture, Ponta Delgada Cultural Institute, Historical Institute of Terceira Island, José Carlos Costa, Predicado Inclinado, Publiçor, Publicações e Publicidade, Turiscon Publisher, University of the Azores and Vale das Amoras. Both stands of the Regional Directorate for Culture are located in row G, east 3, at places 26 and 27, and their visual design celebrates the 100th anniversary of Raúl Brandão's Journey to the Azores. On June 5, at 7 pm, the Artes e Letras Publisher will present the book by Maria Brandão "Avenida Marginal, Ficções," 2024, featuring the participation of authors Alexandre Borges, Judite Canha Fernandes, Ana Catarina Ferreira de Almeida, Leonardo Sousa and Teresa Canto Noronha. On June 6, at 6 pm, the Predicado Inclinado publishing house will launch and present the book by Professor Francisco Cota Fagundes "Escrever para (Sobre)Viver." On June 7, at 7 pm, there will be a presentation of the bilingual book "CÓDIGO POSTAL: PARAÍSO - Breve História da Aldeia da Cuada /Postal Code: Paradise A Brief History of Cuada Village" by Luís Filipe Borges and Sara Almeida Santos, published by Letras Lavadas. The book will be presented by Professor Vamberto Freitas. In turn, the book "Cruzeiro Literário" by Ernesto Rodrigues will be presented on the same day, at 7:45 pm, followed by "Leituras Poliédricas" by Teresa Martins Marques at 8:30 pm. At the presentation of the two books published by Letras Lavadas, the authors will be accompanied by editor Ernesto Rezendes and professor Vamberto Freitas. On June 9, at 6 pm, there will be a session celebrating 10 years of "CulturAçores- Revista de Cultura" magazine, featuring the participation of coordinator Humberta Augusto, Nuno Ribeiro Lopes and Raimundo Mendes da Silva. Created in 2014, ‘CulturAçores - Revista de Cultura,’ a magazine published by the Regional Directorate for Culture, celebrates its first decade of existence in 2024, compiling not only the activities promoted by the regional culture department, its cultural facilities and other entities involved but also reflecting, in a collaborative process, on its nature and mission. Over ten years, there were 15 publications, available for purchase or subscription, in print and/or digital format, which are the result of the collective efforts of several authors, mostly from the cultural promotion services of the Regional Directorate for Culture, its technicians, as well as external specialists with diverse backgrounds. On June 15, the eve of the closing of the Book Fair, the Region will host a concert by the new project Sónia Pereira Trio, featuring Sónia Pereira on vocals, Antonella Barletta on piano and Roberto Rosa on trumpet, artists from Terceira Island. From traditional Azorean music to originals and setting poems by various Azorean authors to music, including Carina Fortuna, Catarina Valadão, Paulo Freitas, Hélio Costa, Tânia Ferreira and António Bulcão, they bring soul and emotion to the audience with every note in a journey through jazz and world music. The show will take place in the orange square at 8:30 pm.
February 29, 2024
Azores Culture Logbook presented at this year's edition of BTL
The Regional Secretariat for Education and Cultural Affairs, through the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs and in partnership with the Regional Directorate for Tourism, presented the Azores Culture Logbook project on Wednesday afternoon at the Lisbon Travel Market (BTL). At a session included in the Azorean programme this Wednesday, João Paulo Constância, director of the Carlos Machado Museum, and Diana Santos, Senior Technician at the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs, presented the Azores Culture Logbook. The project was launched in September 2023 to encourage visits to the Region's eight museums, the Corvo Ecomuseum and the Arquipélago- Contemporary Arts Centre, with a view to including cultural tourism in the tourism dynamics of the Azores destination, which is this year's national guest region at BTL. Inspired by collecting, scrapbooking and sticker art, it consists of a travel journal focused on the 22 visitable spaces and associated collections belonging to the 10 museum services throughout the archipelago. The goal is to provide a product for the personal recording of users' visiting experiences, while also offering them discounts on publications and services, as well as attendance prizes. The latter will be awarded according to the three levels of completion of the visiting itinerary for the network of cultural spaces in question. The project intends to encourage the involvement of citizens as potential cultural consumers as well as to promote the discovery of the multiplicity of cultural aspects addressed in the different cultural spaces involved, emphasising the fact that these themes complement each other and contribute to a sense of cultural identity as a whole.