Barlos 2022

In 2022, Couto-Mixto teamed up with local cultural agents to promote an event that started from its headquarters, the Barlos Shopping Centre, and extended to adjacent areas in the city of Barcelos. Barlos, which takes its title from the place where it is located, establishes a bridge between Barcelos crafts and contemporary artistic languages. This initiative is organised by agents who understand artistic and cultural production as defining collective identity, and who see it as a tool for integrating and enhancing communities.

This first edition took place over a whole day in September 2022, between the Barlos Shopping Centre, Rua Dom António Barroso (Rua Direita de Barcelos) and Largo Dr. José Novais. It inaugurated co-operation movements between: the ‘o Galo’ Craftsmen's Association and Tasco Tableware (a project that brought together the handmade ceramics of Viana do Alentejo and contemporary design and illustration); the Cávado do Ave Polytechnic Institute and Barcelonian cultural agents; some contemporary artists and António Ramalho, great-grandson of the artist Rosa Ramalho, whose work served as inspiration for an exhibition with these creators. The event made it possible to achieve the project's objectives in an exceptional way, and was unanimously considered a success by the organisation, artists and audience, not only in terms of programming, but above all because of the possibilities and cross-overs that emerged from it.

Barlos 2022 was organised in collaboration with A Macho Alfa - Associação Cultural; Lovers & Lollypops; and Zoom - Associação Cultural.