CAPE VERDEAN
CREATION

Routes
Exhibitions

This exhibition presents a selection of works from the collection of the National Centre for Art, Crafts and Design (CNAD). It is divided into two main moments: from the 1970s and 1980s, and since 2015.

In the first period, it is possible to find a set of pieces collected by the members of the former National Crafts Centre (CNA). These pioneers undertook extensive research on the islands, collecting works from the Cape Verdean community and creating, from a careful and respectful look at this national knowledge, pieces that sought to expand their typologies as well as demonstrate their creative potential. In the second period, the collection is built through the result of creative residencies, calls and acquisitions promoted in order to stimulate contemporary creation based on tradition.

In the difficult task of making a selection from among such a rich universe, composed of hundreds of works, it was decided not to follow a chronological order. From a time span of about 130 years, there were gathered pieces of different types, raw materials, techniques and places: from a ceramic utensil from the 1890s to the year 2021, the year of the latest pieces. This is an important heritage that remains safeguarded and is constantly being extended and renovated.

The common thread of the CNA, which unfolds in the current CNAD, has always been affirmation through culture, a mission directly reflected in this exhibition. The main objective was to create a mirror in which the people of Cabo Verde can recognise themselves and
be recognised, a mirror of a multifaceted, diverse nation, inherently rich in culture.

Statuettes, Tito Lívio Rodrigues, São Vicente, 1985. Modeled clay
© Diogo Bento

Passa Agu, Ana Marta Morgado Clemente, Santiago, with pottery from Associação Terra Cota, São Vicente, 2017.
Shaped clay
© Diogo Bento

Cloth band performed by Manuel Figueira
© Manuel Figueira

Manuel Figueira Gallery

CURATORIAL PROJECT

Adélia Borges & Irlando Ferreira

 

PERMANENT EXHIBITION

 

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CURATORIAL PROJECT. Adélia Borges, Irlando Ferreira

RESEARCH, MUSEOLOGY AND CURATORSHIP ASSISTANCE. Elisângela Monteiro
CURATORSHIP ASSISTANCE. Jaine Silva
EXHIBITION DESIGN. Ana Cunha - ACBD studio
ASSISTANT ARCHITECT. Nuno Almeida, Bruno Kenny Oliveira
GRAPHIC DESIGN. Ana Cunha & Gonçalo Santana - ACBD studio
ASSISTANT DESIGNERS. Soraia Eugénio, Karine Patrício
PRINTING. Imprintis
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION. Gonçalo Santana Ferreira & Vasco Barbosa - COLLECTIVEOFTWO,
with collaboration. Ângelo Lopes & Rita Rainho - Oficina de Utopias; Image. Edson Silva; Sound. David Medina; Voice over. Lisa Reis; Pre-Script. Adélia Borges; Files. CNAD; MUSIC EDITING. DJ Letra

WRITING. Adélia Borges
TRANSLATION. Ana Ban, Revisão. this is ground control
CONSTRUCTION Photography. Diogo Bento
EXECUTION. Oficinas Cláudio Freitas, Carpilux
INSTALLATION. Fernando Morais, Marcelino Santos, Benito Lopes, Aquiles Neves, Edivandro Spencer, Renato Delgado

 

 

LABELS AND OWNERS OF THE IMAGES
AND AUDIO FILES. Morabeza Records, Lusafrica, Radio France

CREATIVE RESIDENCIES.
Kutxi, 2017 - Albio Nascimento, Kathi Sterzig, Susana António (Coordenação) / PT
Tambor d’Ilha, 2019 - Eneida Tavares (Coordenação) / PT
Racordai, 2019 - David Monteiro (Coordenação), Gilda Barros, Karine Silva e Simão Zêgo / São Vicente, CV

OPEN CALLS.
Identidade – Interior das nossas casas, 2017 - Hugo Israel / PT (Coordenação) & Vanessa Monteiro / São Vicente, CV; Boka Panu – O padrão da panaria cabo-verdiana enquanto matéria criativa, 2018 - Rita Rainho e Vanessa Monteiro / São Vicente, CV (Coordenação), Simone Rodrigues; Repiká – Música como matéria criativa, URDI 2019 - Rita Rainho, Vanessa Monteiro (Coordenação), Paloma Estrela ; Lossguia – Mar na criação, URDI 2020 - Vanessa Monteiro (Coordenação / Coordination) & David Monteiro ; Salões Created in Cabo Verde Joana Campante / PT & CV, Risilene Fortes (Coordenação)

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.
Albertino Silva *28-11-1967, São Vicente; Ana Marta Clemente *20-08-1973-08-20, Portugal / Santiago; Ângela Brito *19-06-1974, Santiago / Brasil; Ângelo Lopes *20-11-1980, São Vicente;
Arlindo de Jesús Sequeira *30-04-1966, São Vicente; Arminda Lima (Arminda Maria Lima) *03-01-1943, Santo Antão; Associação Terra Cota, São Vicente; Atelier Djoy Soares, São Vicente; Atelier Mar, São Vicente / Santo Antão; Atelier Mota, São Vicente; Atelier Piká Pedra, São Vicente; Bela Duarte (Isabel dos Santos Duarte) *13-02-1940, São Vicente; Bento Oliveira *24-11-1973, São Vicente; Bertol (Bartolomeu dos Reis) *09-07-1950, São Vicente; Betchinha (Sebastião João Monteiro) *16-11-1957, Santo Antão; Beto (Adalberto Vieira da Graça) *20-01-195, Brava; Billy Wilson da Luz *14-06-1991, São Vicente; Calú (Carlos Andrade Silva) *07-05-1965, São Vicente; Carlos Emanuel dos Santos *05-11-1979; Carlos Gomes (Carlos Ferreira Gomes) *24-08-1962, São Vicente; Centro Regional de Artesanato (CRA), Praia, Santiago; Clementina Chantre *03-06-1953, São Vicente; Comunidade dos Rebelados, Santiago; Cooperativa Sulada, Santiago; Davitson de Almeida *11-12-1989, São Vicente; Débora Roberto*14-05-1983, São Vicente; Desidéria Gomes Almeida *04-06-1944, Santiago; Dindin (Arlindo Santos Fortes), Santo Antão *26-07-1974; Djei (Miguel João Fortes) *03-03-1957 + 20-06-2021, São Nicolau; Djoy Soares (Jorge Emanuel da Cruz Soares) *01-11-1967 + 23-03-2018, São Vicente; Eneida Tavares *01-01-1990, Portugal; Frénk (João Ramos Brito) *12-05-1952, Boa Vista; Gustavo Duarte *15-10-1952, Santiago; Helena Conceição de Pina *20/01/1978, Brava; Helena Moscoso *30-06-1983, Portugal / São Vicente; Henrique Tavares, Santiago; Ivandro Chantre Lima *26-02-1987, São Vicente; Ivone Ramos *07-09-1921 + 03-03-2018; Jacinto Lopes, Santiago; Joana Pinto *28-07-1957, São Vicente; João Fortes *05-08-1959 + 14-06-2020, São Vicente; Jorge Feliciano Fortes *03-05-1946, São Vicente; José Bernardes (José Bernardo Gomes Silva) *06/04/1970, São Vicente; José Cabral *30-12-1962, São Vicente; José Martins dos Santos *21-01-1970, São Vicente; José Miranda *08-04-1954, São Vicente; José Mota *02-05-1974, São Vicente; Joseph Lino *08-02-1978, São Vicente; Leão Lopes *1948, São Vicente; Lena (Maria Madalena Évora) *07-11-1972, Santiago; Leonardo Pereira *25-09-1935 (Santo Antão) + 06-12-2001 (São Vicente); Luís Baptista (Luís Neves Fonseca) *16-06-1975; Luísa Queirós (Maria Luísa Vieira Queiróz Figueira) *25-12-1941 (Portugal) + 09-07-2017 (São Vicente); Manuel David dos Santos, São Vicente; Manuel Figueira *01-11-1938, São Vicente; Marcelino Santos *02-06-1957, São Vicente; Margarida Melício, São Vicente; Maria Constância Sequeira,  São Vicente; Maria da Luz Conceição, São Vicente; Maria de Lourdes Lima, São Vicente; Maria Francisca Mota, São Vicente; Maria Silva Gomes, São Vicente; Mestre Baptista (João Baptista Fonseca) *17-12-1925 (Santo Antão) + 15-12-1997 (São Vicente); Mestre Pulú (Clarimundo Faria de Andrade), 05-1915 (Brava) + 29-04-1988 (Portugal); Miguel Augusto Rocha * 28-07-1963, Santo Antão; Nelson Fortes Tavares *05-04-1978, São Vicente; Nênê Vaz (Silvério Pereira Vaz), Santiago; Nha Lupinha, Santo Antão; Nhô Comandante (Emiliano Silva), Boa Vista; Nhô Damásio (Damásio Mendes Tavares) *c.1908 + 01-10-1997 (Santiago); Nhô Griga (Gregório João Lopes) *25-05-1899 + 13-02-1983 (Santo Antão); Oficina Lizardo - latoaria São Vicente; Oiá Plast – São Vicente; Reinaldo dos Santos Rodrigues *07-08-1988, São Vicente / Portugal; Rim (Pedro João Valério) *20-09-1959 Santo Antão; Risilene Fortes *18-01-1994, São Vicente; Rita Rainho *24-12-1986, Portugal / São Vicente; Simili, São Vicente; Simplício Gomes da Silva *08-03-1955, Santiago; Tito Lívio Rodrigues *23-09-1954 (Santo Antão) + 15-08-2014 (São Vicente); Toy D’ninha (António Maria Tavares), São Vicente; Vanessa Monteiro *14-07-1990, Portugal / São Vicente; Victor Fonseca *16-03-1994, São Vicente; Vlademiro Dias *10-11-1937, Fogo; Zeca Soares (José Marcos Soares) *27-03-1954, São Vicente; Zungueira Design & Comunicação, São Vicente