Activity title: Painting and design

Program

Saturday, 23.April.2022:

ARRIVAL. Welcome to Portugal!

Sunday, 24.April.2022: Meeting together. Braga

09:00 AECCB: meeting 
09:30 Casa da Juventude at V. N. Famalicão: welcoming; ice break activities; presentation of the urban intervention project URBAN YOUTH by youth councillor 10:30 international coffee break
10:45 schools’ presentations about country/town/school (15m each)
12:15 departure to Braga (by bus),  lunch at the city centre
city tour and visit to Bom Jesus do Monte (baroque sanctuary)
18:00 return to Vila Nova de Famalicão

Monday, 25.April.2022: Porto

08:30 AECCB: departure to Porto (by bus)
09:30 discovering Porto 
12:30 lunch and free time
15:30 Cubo da Ribeira: meeting point

16:00 Cais da Ribeira: cruise on the Douro River 
18:00 Departue to Vila Nova Famalicão

Tuesday, 26.April.2022: AECCB. Vila Nova de Famalicão

08:30 welcome to AECCB and school facilities
09:15 meeting with a plastic artist: Portuguese naturalism/academic art and workshop on contemporary art
12:30 school canteen: lunch
14:00 visit to the “Labirinto das Artes”, Centro Artístico Casa ao Lado; workshop on mural painting
17:00 free time 
19:00 dinner (only teachers)

Wednesday, 27.April.2022: AECCB. Rates. Mindelo

08:30 workshop: non-traditional printing techniques at the service of design 
09:50 break

10:15 workshop: non-traditional printing techniques at the service of design
12:00 school canteen: lunch 
13:00 departure to Mindelo beach
13:45 S. Pedro de Rates: romanic church on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route 

15:30 Mindelo: Surf 
18:30 arrival AECCB

Thursday, 28.April.2022: AECCB. Vila Nova de Famalicão

08:20 Auditorium: school presentations about painting and design 

10:45 Nossa Senhora da Lapa church: Portuguese baroque keyboard and sacred music 

12:00 school canteen: lunch 
13:00 flash paint
14:00 Fundação Cupertino de Miranda: visit and plastic expression workshop 

16:00 final ceremony and certificates 

16:15 coffee time

Friday, 29.April.2022: DEPARTURE

Evaluation

Host school

Friday, Aprli 22, 2022 Arrival of Polish Group

We met together at the airport in Cracow and started the departure procedure on the late hours. We flew to Braga maybe after 11pm. After we started collecting our luggage and I met my host family and my host Maria. It was late so we just go to hosts home, talked to our families and went to sleep.

Saturday , April 23, 2022

Day with host family

Sunday, April 24, 2022 – Braga:

The first day started with a morning meeting at AECCB. We then headed to Casa da Juventude in V. N. Famalicão, where we got to know other participants through icebreaker activities and listened to a presentation about the URBAN YOUTH project. After an international coffee break, it was time for school presentations about their countries, cities, and schools. In the afternoon, we took a bus trip to Braga, exploring the city and visiting the Bom Jesus do Monte sanctuary. We returned to Vila Nova de Famalicão in the evening.

Monday, April 25, 2022 – Porto:

On the second day, we departed from AECCB to Porto by bus. In Porto, we had the opportunity to discover the city, with a break for lunch and free time. In the late afternoon, we met at Cais da Ribeira for a cruise on the Douro River. After this, we headed back to Vila Nova Famalicão.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022:

We started the day with workshops on non-traditional printing techniques for design. After a break, we continued with another workshop. Lunch took place in the school canteen, and in the afternoon, we headed to Mindelo Beach. There, we visited the S. Pedro de Rates, a Romanesque church on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. We also had the opportunity to try surfing before returning to AECCB in the evening.

Thursday, April 28, 2022:

The day began with school presentations about painting and design in the auditorium. Later, we visited the Nossa Senhora da Lapa church to experience Portuguese Baroque keyboard and sacred music. Lunch was served in the school canteen, followed by a quick painting session and a visit to the Fundação Cupertino de Miranda for a plastic expression workshop. The day concluded with a final ceremony and certificate distribution, followed by a coffee break.

Friday, April 29, 2022:

On this day, we come back to our homes in Poland.