Buinho offers a unique working experience in the historic town of Messejana, Southern Portugal. Messejana is a place of delightful contrasts, between the past aristocratic houses with its hidden, patios, the small rural dwellings, and baroque white churches. All surrounded by endless plains and old cork trees that characterize the Alentejo region. Buinho is located in the sunniest region of Europe, providing more than 3000 hours of sunshine per year, also famous for its gastronomy, and just 1 hour and a half from Lisbon and other major cities.
Our residency program is suitable for artists from different disciplines and backgrounds, including Visual arts, Sculpture, Photography, Writing, Design, New Media, Curatorial, Performance, Research. Our staff provides both curatorial and production support to the residents, as well as some introductory free training in some of the fablab equipment (i.e. laser-cut, 3d printing). We possess a wide list of equipment, from heavy-duty easels to workshop tools that we make available to our residents. We also offer unique working capabilities in terms of digital fabrication due to our fablab.