{"id":64880,"date":"2026-04-27T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/?p=64880\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:20:34","slug":"ericeiras-essence-captured-in-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/en\/ericeiras-essence-captured-in-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Ericeira\u2019s essence captured in art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photography:<\/strong> ARR<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s landscape, architecture, figures, culture or atmosphere, the H\u00e9lder Alfaiate Gallery encourages visual artists to take Ericeira as inspiration and submit their works for exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for this group exhibition will be the artist Paula Rego (1935-2022). Ericeira served as the setting for her artwork. The Portuguese painter grew up on a family farm in Ericeira and later studied in London. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/en\/nick-willing-ericeira-is-dame-paula-regos-most-powerful-life-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In 2017 AZUL &#8211; Ericeira Mag spoke with Nick Willing, one of her three children, about her roots in the region.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Ericeira is perhaps the most powerful memory that Paula Rego had in her life<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEriceira was the place that she loved being in as a child and the place where she had the happiest time in her life. It\u2019s the place that, as a child, she remembers most fondly, to where she moved to when she first got together with my father, had her first daughter and where she established herself as a great painter. Ericeira is perhaps the most powerful memory that she has in her life.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paula_rego_com_os_pais.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25197 aligncenter colorbox-64880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paula_rego_com_os_pais.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paula_rego_com_os_pais.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paula_rego_com_os_pais-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paula_rego_com_os_pais-600x788.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ericeiramag.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paula_rego_com_os_pais-441x580.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The application deadline for the Open Call is April 30th. Until then, artists can submit existing works of painting, drawing, photography, and illustration that reflect the village&#8217;s character.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery exhibition is scheduled to take place this Summer.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Call has Paula Rego&#8217;s work as inspiration mindset.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":25040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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