Louriceira de Cima Village

Parish Council of Arranhó, Municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal

Until the last century, the locals of Louriceira de Cima worked almost exclusively in agriculture. At the time, wine production was one of the most prominent activities in the region, and wine was sold through a local cooperative. The remaining agricultural production was meant for the city of Lisbon, where it was sold at Mercado da Ribeira. According to local tradition, festivities were held in this village in honour of St. Michael, the Archangel, during the month of May, and a chapel was built in his honour. This community also celebrated the “cegadas de Carnaval” (Carnival masquerade party), for which the young people of the village rehearsed for two months and, at carnival time, presented a theatrical moment. At the end, they used to collect donations from the public to help with clothing costs.

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Louriceira de Cima Village, Municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos

Dream Clothes

In the village of Louriceira de Cima, the community used the marbling technique to dye their own fabrics, creating clothes that symbolise their own unfulfilled dreams. Water, pigments, wools, fabrics and dreams bring together territories that are geographically distant but culturally close.

Dream Clothes – Collective artwork created by the community of Louriceira de Cima, in the Municipality of Figueiró dos Vinhos, exhibited in the garden of the Museum.

Dream Clothes

Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal, 2021
Art installation in marbled fabric.
Clothing.

This piece of artwork is a collective creation made by the community of Louriceira de Cima (Arruda dos Vinhos) as part of project “Museu na Aldeia” (Museum in the Village).

Angelina Frade | Deolinda Lourenço | Manuel Maximiano | Maria Adelina Soares | Maria Antónia Lourenço | Maria de Fátima Silva | Maria Helena Branco | Maria Helena Frade | Teresa Mendes

Technical support: Catarina Gomes

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Dream Clothes – Collective artwork created by the community of Louriceira de Cima, in the Municipality of Figueiró dos Vinhos

Museum-Village Route map

The Museum in the Village Project has transcended geographical boundaries by bringing together museums and villages from 26 different municipalities in Portugal. The map highlights the three participating regions and reveals the route between the museum and the village, where Cultural Heritage acts as a bridge to bring together municipalities, celebrate traditions and enhance territorial cohesion.

We saw that this artwork paid off for those who did it (…) I’m very pleased with the days I spent with you, and I enjoyed it very much. (…) It was unforgettable. I really enjoyed that artwork. I’m very pleased. (…) We learned everything: To socialise, to do things we didn’t know how to do (…).

Maria Antónia
Community of Louriceira de Cima, Municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos

My dream has always been to go swimming. So I made a swimsuit. Others wanted to go flying. I thought it was really funny, the colours, made there with that water, with that paint, with those splashes, to make such nice colours, how it turned out. I liked it.

Deolinda Lourenço
Community of Louriceira de Cima, Municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos.

It was a lot of fun, we didn’t even imagine it would turn out so beautiful, we didn’t even dream of such a result!

Fátima Silva
Community of Louriceira de Cima, Municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos.

Exhibitions Credits

  • Cultural Promoter
    SAMP – Sociedade Artística Musical dos Pousos
  • Co-financier
    Iniciativa Portugal Inovação Social
    Programa Operacional Social e de Emprego (PO ISE)
    Portugal 2020
    Fundo Social Europeu (FSE)
  • Social investor
    Câmara Municipal de Leiria
    Partner
    Rede Cultura 2027
  • In collaboration with
    Município de Alcanena
    Município de Arruda dos Vinhos
    Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro
    Junta de Freguesia de Arranhó
    Sociedade Recreativa Louricense
    União de Freguesias de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes
  • Museums Working Group for “Rede Cultura 2027”
    Alberto Guerreiro | Museu Raul da Bernarda
    Sónia Santos | Município de Ourém
    Bruno Silva | Rede de Museus e Galerias de Óbidos
    Dóris Santos | Museu Dr. Joaquim Manso
    Filipe Guimarães da Silva | Fundação Mário Soares e Maria Barroso
    Jorge Figueiredo | Município de Porto de Mós
    Luís Figueiredo | Museu Damião de Góis e das Vítimas da Inquisição
    Margarida Moleiro | Museu Municipal Carlos Reis
    Raquel Janeirinho | Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche
    Vânia Carvalho | Museu de Leiria
  • The 13 Villages
    Alcanadas (Batalha) | Louriceira de Cima (Arruda dos Vinhos) | Ateanha (Ansião) | Cabeças (Alvaiázere) | Cercal (Cadaval) | Columbeira (Bombarral) | Fanhais (Nazaré) | Freixianda (Ourém) | Folgarosa (Torres Vedras) | Mosteiro (Pedrógão Grande) | São Bento (Porto de Mós) | Fetelaria (Sobral de Monte Agraço) | Pena e Casal da Pena (Torres Novas)
  • The 13 Museums
    Casa do Tempo (Castanheira de Pera) | Centro de Artes Caldas da Rainha | Centro de Estudos em Fotografia de Tomar | Rede de Museus e Galerias de Óbidos | Museu de Arte Popular Portuguesa (Pombal) | Museu da Lourinhã | Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro (Alcanena) | Museu de Leiria | Museu do Vidro (Marinha Grande) | Museu e Centro de Artes de Figueiró dos Vinhos | Museu Damião de Góis e das Vítimas da Inquisição (Alenquer) | Museu Raul da Bernarda (Alcobaça) | Rede Museológica do Concelho de Peniche

    The project also had the collaboration of museums from the 26 participating municipalities.
  • SAMP Contigo | Coordination
    Raquel Gomes
  • Museu na Aldeia | Coordination
    Gabriela da Rocha
    Sofia Neves
  • Museu na Aldeia | Teams of the project
    • SAMP | Artistic team
      Bruno Homem | Músico
      Filipa Cunha | Música
      Inesa Markava | Diretora Artística de Performances
      Jesus Kristen | Músico
      Raquel Gomes | Artista Comunitária
      Ruben Santos | Músico
      Sofia Neves | Atriz
    • SAMP | Technical team
      Ana Figueiredo | Communication and Content Manager
      Cátia Gaio | Logistic and Financial Support
      Gabriela da Rocha | Museologist
      Henrique Chaves | Sociologist
      Lara Matos | Degree in Social Psychology
      Leonor Capricho | Graphic Designer
      Ismael Neves | Logistic and Financial Support
      Telma Pereira | Production
    • Texts
      Ana Figueiredo | SAMP
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Henrique Chaves | SAMP
      Maria Alzira | Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro
      Sofia Neves | SAMP
    • Photography credits
      Team | SAMP
      Gil de Lemos
    • Graphic design
      Henrique Martinowski
      Leonor Capricho | SAMP
    • Museology and museography
      Maria Alzira | Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro
      Ana Catarina | Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro
      Luís Santos | Museu de Aguarela Roque Gameiro
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
    • Exhibition set-up
      Cátia Gaio | SAMP
      Gabriela da Rocha | SAMP
      Inês Soares e Lorenzo Scodeller | Novonovo
    • Equipment design
      Paolo Martini | Novonovo
    • Sewing and shaping service
      Catarina Gomes
    • Insurance of the artwork
      LUSITANIA, Companhia de Seguros, SA
    • Specialised transportation of the artwork
      RNTrans – Grupo URBANOS
    • Technical support | Ceramic kiln
      Filipe Aguiar | CENCAL Alcobaça
      Vera Fortes | CENCAL Alcobaça
    • Acknowledgements
      Comunidade da Louriceira de Cima
      Sociedade Recreativa Louricense
      Centro de Artes e Ofícios Roque Gameiro
      Atelier de Tecelagem | Câmara Municipal de Alcanena
      Politécnico de Leiria
      União de Freguesias de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes
      ANAFS – Associação Nacional de Alistados das Formações Sanitárias

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