PAINTING SOILS | Children's Workshop

Artist & Educator: Ana Salomé Paiva

Ages: 6 to 11 years old

Date: September 20, 2025 Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: Rua de São Bento 432, 1250-221 Lisbon

Price: Free admission upon registration For more information and registration: info@zaratan.pt

Inspired by the exhibition “Substrato #5” by Pedro Gramaxo, this workshop invites younger audiences to playfully explore painting using the artist's own clay soil samples.

Each participant will be challenged to experiment with this raw material, adding different amounts of water to discover how the earth transforms and reacts in its texture, color, and plasticity.

More than just an artistic exercise, this activity values the process: playing, observing, and expanding the infinite possibilities of painting as a form of construction, plastic expression, and pictorial exploration.

Biography: ANA SALOMÉ PAIVA is a visual artist and a resident at the Goela Association. She is interested in poetry and drawing, exploring their diverse manifestations and their relationship with her body, both as a medium and as a political body. Her work over the past few years has focused on a poetic exploration of the female body, taking the form of notebooks, fanzines, self-published books, and prints. The artist's latest self-published books are related to erotic poetry and maternity. She has been exhibiting in alternative and independent spaces since 2008. She is involved in art education projects in various locations across Lisbon. She was a guest artist for the project Descola - Escola Nómada (Nomad School) at the Eb2/3 Alta do Lumiar school, leading the visual arts activity "My Imaginary Neighbourhood" in a classroom setting. She has taught Visual Arts in classrooms at Eb1 St. Maria Maior and in the Bairro Bensaúde, as part of the projects: “Bensaúde Vai à Escola”, “Bensaúde é vida”, and “Bairros Que Contam,” supported by the Bip-Zip Program for Priority Intervention Neighbourhoods. She is the creator of the "Desenhos inconstantes" (Inconstant Drawings) visual arts workshop project, through which she develops projects for children, youth, and seniors in various spaces, including the Goela Association, the Penha de França and Marvila libraries, and the Sines Arts Center. She also leads printmaking sessions on alternative processes.

POSTER IMAGE: “Substrato #5” (2025), Pedro Gramaxo

SUPPORT: República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direcção-Geral das Artes