The InArt – Community Arts Festival returns with shows, films, discussions, workshops and masterclasses reflecting on community art as a movement that is the driving force for new artistic and human landscapes.

In this crossroads of languages, movements and people, InArt continues to discover artistic projects based on the diversity of the communities and presenting artists who, with their work, draw a bridge between the world and people, in a participative and plural art.

INART - COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL
6-7 and 25-28 June 2025
creative processes | laboratories | performances | talks | workshops

InArt - Community Arts Festival returns to reaffirm its commitment to inclusion and accessibility through the arts. In this edition, it will be a laboratory for research, experimentation and reflection, bringing together proposals that cross languages, movements, people and generations. Community and participatory art is seen here as the driving force behind new artistic and human landscapes.
This year's programme brings together artists with a common mission: to build bridges between worlds and people, through plural and inclusive art. Projects under construction and the results of artistic laboratories will be presented, inviting the public to accompany the creative process and contribute with their gaze.

The Festival kicks off on 6 and 7 June at the Teatro Meridional with Forme(s) de Vie, by the French company Shonen. On stage, three dancers and two performers with progressive loss of mobility (a ballerina and a former boxer) explore the question: ‘What gestures would you keep if movement became a challenge?'. In parallel, the company conducts a workshop on body communication, showing that there is language beyond words.
From 25 to 28 June, Teatro do Bairro will host the second part of the Festival, with exhibitions of Creation Processes and the results of Laboratories. Each day ends with talks between artists and the public, reinforcing InArt as a space for artistic sharing.
On 25 June, the programme opens with Nós Somos as Nossas Mãos, a transdisciplinary project by CiM - Companhia de Dança with CERCIAMA, AFIDance and Fundação AFID Diferença. Based on the question ‘what does it mean to be?', dance, visual arts, video and sound are combined in a collective investigation into artistic creation.
The 26th June is dedicated to the world of education with the presentation of Terra Prometida - A Escola Ideal, a laboratory developed by Manuel Henriques and a group of teachers in Lisbon. The resulting performance questions ‘what is the ideal school?', proposing a more human and creative school space through the body and voice.
On the 27th June, the focus is on the role of people with disabilities in artistic creation. The day begins with Cérebros, a solo by Nelson Moniz (CiM), which questions the boundaries between the individual and the collective. This is followed by the documentary Geografia Humana, by Pedro Sena Nunes, about the process of creating CiM's show of the same name. The day ends with Despacho, a laboratory by Aldara Bizarro that explores the relationship between body, space and movement.
The last day, 28 June, highlights proposals that directly involve different groups and communities. It begins with Movimento Visível, a laboratory that combines Portuguese Sign Language, spoken word and movement. Then, Ei Toire Linde!, by noé, brings together four male bodies on stage to propose a new look at masculinity. To close, Ana Rita Teodoro leads a conversation about Common Dreams, a show centred on tactile communication between two dancers, creating bridges with the creations presented throughout the evening.

The 2025 edition of InArt is structured around concerns and open questions, making the Festival a space for artistic and social incubation. At a time marked by intolerance, InArt continues its mission to promote inclusion through shared creative strategies and open dialogue, contributing to a society where art is accessible to all.