For the third consecutive year, graduate students in Illustration will participate in the Ilustra Hackathon, uThis initiative challenges participants to create an original illustration, to be produced and displayed in a group exhibition as part of the Portuguese Creativity Club Festival.

The Ilustra33 Hackathon 2026 will take place on May 19th, between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM, at the Unicorn Stage in the Beato Innovation District, as part of the 28th CCP Festival 2026.

The theme of this edition of the festival and initiative is "Both of the Two," proposing a reflection on partnership in creative production.

Applications are now open for the Postgraduate degree in Creative Writing, which will begin in September 2026.

Coordinated by Luís Lima and Mariano Tomasovic Ribeiro, the Postgraduate Program in Creative Writing aims to equip students with practical skills and conceptual tools for writing in its various forms. Designed for those who wish to develop their own original project or deepen their knowledge in the field, this program combines intensive writing practice with moments of critical reflection and engagement with different literary traditions and approaches.

The School of Arts thus presents a multidisciplinary curriculum. Primarily practical in nature, its main components are units dedicated to different literary techniques, complemented by subjects that combine writing practice with visual arts, as well as literary theory. Strongly linked to the literary and publishing world, the course promotes students' contact with the professional world. The teaching staff is composed of some of the most prestigious contemporary Portuguese writers, along with seminars featuring guests from different areas of the sector (publishers, independent booksellers and other cultural agents), allowing students to understand how writing and publishing are done in Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking world in the 21st century.

The faculty includes the writers and/or researchers Alexandra João Martins, André Tecedeiro, Cláudia Lucas Chéu, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, Ederval Fernandes, João Concha, João Pedro Vala, Luís Lima, Maria Brás Ferreira, Mariano Tomasovic Ribeiro and Susana Moreira Marques.

Applications can be submitted from this form.

Applications are now open for the Postgraduate in Interarts, which will begin in September 2026.

Coordinated by Luís Lima and Alexandra Martins, the Postgraduate Course in Interarts aims to provide students with practical skills and conceptual tools in the area of contemporary art, with artistic installation and performance as its main disciplinary anchors. Taking into account the growing relationship between art, body and technology, the curricular plan presents an interdisciplinary approach focused on expanded artistic production, bringing together curricular units of a laboratory and theoretical-practical nature.

With a strong connection to the professional sector, the course also aims to stimulate students' contact with the world of work, featuring a faculty of prestigious Portuguese artists, as well as several emerging artists. To complement the study program, the postgraduate course also offers a series of seminars with guest lecturers in the areas of art and technology. At the end of the course, each student will present the project developed throughout the year, under mentorship, in a collective exhibition curated by the coordinators.

The teaching staff includes artists and/or researchers Alexandra Martins, Ana Mira, António Poppe, João Pedro Fonseca, João Polido Gomes, José Marmeleira, Luís Lima, Tatiana Macedo and the duo Von Calhau!, among others.

Applications can be submitted from this form.

The School of Arts hosts the second edition of Cabeça Colectiva, taking place between March and June 2026. This project, coordinated by the artist Ana Cardoso, once again proposes a space for encounter, debate and reflection around contemporary painting. Francisca Carvalho, Joana da Conceição, Luísa Jacinto, Manuel Caldeira, Pedro Barateiro and Pedro Henriques are the guest artists for the second edition.

Over six sessions, the artists take on the role of interlocutors, guiding the discussion through a presentation of their own work and texts of their choosing. More than a seminar, Cabeça Colectiva establishes itself as a laboratory—a place where artistic practice is discussed, and where painting is questioned as an expanded field.

The sessions will take place on Tuesdays, between March and June, at the School of Arts of the Autonomous University of Lisbon, in the evenings (6pm-8pm). Registrations must be submitted through this link. online form and participants must commit to attending the entire course.

The guest artists for the first edition were: Ana Manso, Bruno Pacheco, Evy Jokhova, Leyla Gediz, Max Ruf and Tomás Cunha Ferreira.

The Collective Head is a program of the School of Arts, coordinated by the visual artist Ana Cardoso, with the support of the Autonomous Cultural Authority.

The Baobá Bookstore will host, starting next March 7th (Saturday), the collective exhibition “SEIS.”, which marks the conclusion of the studies of the graduating students of the Postgraduate Program in Illustration at the School of Arts of the Autonomous University of Lisbon. The opening is scheduled for 5:00 PM at the Baobá Bookstore in Lisbon.

The exhibition brings together the works of six artists: Alexa Lacayo, Cátia Vieira, Duda Coutinho, Inês Murta, Léda Alcântara, and Yana Marques. Curated by professors Inês Viegas Oliveira and Carolina Celas, the exhibition promises to be a meeting point between different visual languages and creative paths.

“Six heads, twelve hands, infinite ideas. Six paths that intersect, six ways of sketching the world. SIX is number, it is encounter, it is plural.”, reads the presentation of the project, which celebrates the diversity of approaches in the field of contemporary illustration.

Entry is free, and the exhibition can be visited until April 7th at Baobá Livraria, a space known for hosting independent publishing and artistic projects in Lisbon.