The process of joining the Portuguese Contemporary Art Network (RPAC), a platform for the circulation, dissemination and promotion of contemporary art, reopens today, announced the Directorate-General for the Arts (DGArtes).
Joining RPAC is aimed at "entities that own and/or manage cultural facilities, based in national territory, that promote activities to enhance and promote contemporary art", recalls DGArtes, in a statement published today on its official website.
The first phase of joining RPAC took place between September 15th and November 18th, 2022. When it reopens, this Friday, "the accreditation process will be open on a permanent basis, without interruptions, for other entities that wish to submit your requests in the future."
In February last year, it became known that RPAC comprises 58 entities that promote 66 spaces for artistic enjoyment and creation, in 36 Portuguese municipalities on the mainland and islands.
Of the 66 spaces, six are in Alentejo, three in the Algarve, 16 in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, 14 in the Central Region, 24 in the North - 14 in the Metropolitan Area of Porto -, two in the Autonomous Region of Madeira and one in the Autonomous Region of the Azores .
The Government diploma that created the Portuguese Contemporary Art Network, published on May 11, 2021 in Diário da República, defines it as a dynamization platform that will promote the interaction of 120 institutions spread across the country, already identified.
This network project began with the installation of the Coimbra Contemporary Art Center, based on the set of works belonging to the collection of the former Banco Português de Negócios (BPN), at the same time that the Government launched a mapping of the spaces dedicated to for contemporary art in the national territory.
Source: DGArtes/span>