Casa Mísia: new artistic creation space in Lisbon

10 Oct 2024

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The apartment where Mísia lived until the end of her life, in an imposing 18th century building, on Rua de Santa Catarina, in Lisbon, was transformed into a creative space for artists included in the Kees Eijrond Foundation - KEF residency program. Its purpose will also be to welcome cultural professionals who are passing through Lisbon for work. The property was acquired by KEF in a contract signed directly with the fado singer in 2022.

Moved by a strong sense of friendship and with the aim of keeping Mísia's memory alive, the president of KEF, Kees Eijrond, decided to keep the environment intact, with her books, paintings, records and personal objects and open the house to the public, with small guided cultural visits, in dialogue with her heirs: Sebastián Filgueiras, Isaac Barros and Rizério Salgado. Another aspect of the initiative will be to organize small concerts in the house in the future, as the fado singer wanted.

 

Hall of Casa Mísia

KEF's Artist Residency program offers complete freedom for artists to use their time at the house according to their own rhythm and interests. In addition to a property measuring around 140 square meters, fully equipped, the resident also has access to Mísia's personal library, with works in various areas of knowledge. The collection is an invitation to research and also to immerse yourself in the cultural universe of one of the greatest voices in Portuguese music.  

Casa Mísia was inaugurated at the end of September by David J. Amado, Jamaican-American choreographer, pedagogue and filmmaker, within the scope of pKEF's first artistic residency program, initially designed for a studio in Outeiro de Santa Catarina, where KEF's permanent representation in Portugal is based. Aimed at supporting artists in the process of writing projects in the most varied creative fields, the residency will also be occupied by Brazilian writer Bruno Ribeiro and Portuguese transdisciplinary artist Francisca Castro Neves. A new call will be released soon.