STARTART
StartArt residents collaborating around a creative project

Create · Connect · Belong

StartArt
Creative House.

Come for the work. Stay for the people. Leave something of yourself in the house.

Find your way in 15 minutes from Braga

ART · PEOPLE · NATURE · ONE HOUSE

The Creative House

A house that becomes more itself with every person who passes through.

StartArt is made from time shared: ideas around the table, paint on the walls, a swim before dinner, a conversation that changes the work. This is not about starting again. It is about creating, connecting and belonging.

Artists painting a large outdoor mural together
Make together
Artists laughing during a creative workshop
Learn from artists
StartArt residents sharing a meal outside
Live in community

Two ways into the house

Stay for the practice.
Come for the experience.

Residents collaborating around a work in progress1–4 weeks · February–October

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Art
Residency

Protected creative time, a room, three daily meals, studio access, nature and an international community.

Explore the residency
An artist-led workshop at StartArtOne-day & weekend formats

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Artist
Workshops

Hands-on sessions in photography, murals, illustration and more, led by artists who practice what they teach.

Explore workshops

Life here

The work happens everywhere.

At the studio table. On a wall. Over lunch. Beside the river. The house is designed so focused practice and daily life can keep feeding each other.

Friends relaxing beside the river near StartArt
Rio Homem · 2 minutes on foot
An art-filled shared room at StartArt Creative House
Art lives in every room

The Journal

The people make the archive.

Meet the writers, muralists, photographers, teachers and curious people who have passed through StartArt — and see what they made while they were here.

Enter the Journal →
Artists creating a mural at StartArt

Your turn

Bring the thing
you want to make.

Choose a residency or join a workshop. Both begin with curiosity and a conversation.

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