This initiative brought together venues from the Portuguese Network of Theatres and Cineteatros (RTCP) and the Portuguese Contemporary Art Network (RPAC). Luís Fernandes, Artistic Director of Faz Cultura, took part in the panel “RTCP and RPAC: Programming In and Between Networks”, representing gnration. The Faz Cultura delegation also included Joana Miranda, Executive Coordinator of Braga Media Arts, Sara Borges, Coordinator of Mediation and Participation, and Hugo Loureiro, Project Manager.

gnration, together with Theatro Circo—two cultural venues managed by Faz Cultura—were this year among the three highest-rated applications nationwide for RTCP programming support. Both venues had already been supported in the first edition of the programme. According to the draft decision announced by DGArtes, the applications submitted by both venues were selected for RTCP programming support for the 2026–2029 period.

This year, gnration also strengthened its position within the national contemporary art landscape, after two projects in which it is involved were proposed for RPAC support. As lead partner, gnration applied with the Summer Laboratories initiative, currently developed in partnership with Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática (Vila do Conde), CAAA Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura (Guimarães) and LAC Laboratório de Actividades Criativas. As a partner, gnration is also involved in the Delta project, led by Venha a Nós a Boa Morte (Viseu) in partnership with Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas (Ribeira Grande).

For the second time, this DGArtes initiative brought together representatives of both networks to explore and discuss shared practices and the specificities of RTCP and RPAC, creating a space for exchange and dialogue around new approaches to visual and performing arts. The event took place at Teatro Aveirense, a venue belonging to the RTCP, and at the Aveiro Museum / Santa Joana, part of the RPAC.

Among the meeting’s main objectives were reflecting on contemporary artistic creation in the fields of multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; fostering knowledge exchange and connections between artists, organisations and other visual and performing arts professionals; identifying new forms of cooperation between DGArtes, RTCP and RPAC in the areas of programming, artistic creation and national circulation; and developing shared strategies that can benefit the networks and their audiences in terms of access, participation, mediation and communication.

The programme included three panel discussions and a practical activity, featuring professionals from academia, research, artistic creation, programming, production, curatorship, mediation and communication.