Theme

ELIA Academy 2023 invited participants to situate themselves in the city of Évora. Explore the situatedness of this culture, heritage and place. Experience Portugal's Alentejo plain as a confluence of complex interwoven histories and artistic sensibilities. Bring your own perspectives and engage with this celebrated UNESCO World Heritage site as arts educators, students, practitioners and professionals. Reflect on how art is created now and how it is defining its value for the future. Take a moment to consider your place in time and space, and share what situatedness means to you.

ELIA Academy host, University of Évora, School of the Arts beckons you towards this unique hinterland which calls for contemplation, specific interpretations and responses. Here, participants adjusted to a particular form of slow living. Allowed themselves to decelerate and experience the landscape as education. Together, we aimed to explore new learnings that will inform our work environments, teaching practices, research and artistic investigations. Delegates took this opportunity at ELIA Academy 2023 to reflect on the past and present as we forge new futures together.

Thought lines:

• Discover new ways of transforming artistic practices, research and education grounded in the theory of 'situatedness'.
• Understand how we see and live in the world differently based on our past experiences and understanding of artistic, cultural and social contexts.
• Advance arts education, and pave new ways to build its future digitally, equitably, and sustainably.
• Define and promote sustainability in arts education.
• Step away from the hectic pace of present-day life and boost your creativity and well-being while challenging the established principles of today's education structures.

Photo Album

Browse below the moments captured in photos at the ELIA Academy 2023.

Aftermovie

Watch below the ELIA Academy 2023 Aftermovie.

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Together we explore

Pricing

From individual passes to institution packages, the ELIA Academy fee structure offers a variety of ways to participate. Our institution package is perfect for staff, teams and students who would like to join remotely online while also enabling two representatives to join in person in Évora. Choose an option to suit your needs.

Final registration deadline: 1 May 2023

For any questions regarding the registration and pricing, please contact ELIA Conference Manager Janja Škerget.

Programme

Creators of moments to reset

Environmental sustainability

The ELIA Academy is aligned to the SHIFT Eco-Guidelines for Networks. By implementing these guidelines in collaboration with its partners, ELIA is working towards achieving eco-certification by the end of 2023.

ELIA and the School of the Arts, University of Évora, are aware that large international events can have a negative effect on the environment due to the number of participants who will be travelling, eating, and producing waste. In order to reduce the environmental impact of the ELIA Academy, ELIA and the School of the Arts, University of Évora, will make greener choices in the organisation of the ELIA Academy 2023 and will continue to engage with participants about this topic.

ELIA and the School of the Arts, University of Évora, consider sustainability a very important issue, so several steps have been taken to lower the Academy’s impact on the environment and climate:

• ACCOMMODATION: Most recommended hotels are within walking distance from the venues.
• TRAVEL: Participants are encouraged to travel by train or bus to Évora, if possible. Walking, cycling, or public transportation should be used for travel within Évora. The University of Évora has 300 conventional bicycles and 200 electric bicycles. A number of these bikes will be available for event participants to use.
• FOOD & DRINKS: Local and seasonal catering will be provided at the event, and only tap water will be used. Wine will be provided by certified sustainable wine producers from the Alentejo region. Information about food and drink ingredients and their production will be shared with participants. We encourage participants to bring their own water bottle. Read more on Eating Sustainably in Évora, a conversation with Ana Telles, Dean of the School of the Arts, University of Évora and find out more information about the ingredients which will be used at the ELIA Academy 2023 in Évora here.
• MATERIALS: Printed materials and giveaways will be kept to a minimum. Please let us know in the registration process whether you need a printed programme. Participants are encouraged to bring their own tote bag in which they can keep conference materials.
• AWARENESS: To increase awareness about environmental sustainability, our sustainable actions will be communicated to our suppliers and partners. Before, during, and after the conference we will communicate and create dialogue with our participants to help us in co-creating a more sustainable event.

Accessibility information

Should you have any specific accessibility needs (such as transport assistance, support from a staff member, or a printed programme in large letters), or if you need help registering for the event and/or registering an assistant to accompany you, please contact ELIA Conference Manager Janja Škerget.

Host

The School of the Arts of the University of Évora is a dynamic structure committed to the development of creativity and innovation. Established as an autonomous organic unit in 2008, the School of the Arts has already come a long way. In fact, degrees in Theatre Studies, Music, and Visual Arts, to which Architecture would be added later, were projected and implemented at the University of Évora since the mid-1990s.

Through its formative offer in Architecture, Design, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts/Multimedia, the School of the Arts of the University of Évora strives to provide a continuous, systematised, and integrated learning process, preparing its students for the challenges of modern society, globalisation, and competitiveness. Its configuration, in terms of disciplines covered, is unique among Portuguese higher education institutions dedicated to the arts. Its faculty comprises some of the most renowned specialists in the artistic and scientific areas in which it operates; therefore, the school has affirmed its revered position in the past few years at the regional, national, and international levels.

Practical information

Accommodation

ELIA Academy 2023 participants are encouraged to book their accommodation in Évora as soon as possible. It is high-season for tourism in the region, and accommodation options are limited. Therefore, we advise you to book now! Most individual bookings can be modified or cancelled at a later date. A list of hotel options and booking info is provided here .

How to get to Évora