Invisible Cartographies — Residency for Neurodivergent Artists (Buinho, Portugal) — deadline 26 October 2026

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 26 OCTOBER 2026 The Buinho Residency program is designed for individuals from diverse creative and research backgrounds. Located in the Alentejo region of Southern Portugal, Buinho's creative hub was established with the support of a curatorial team with over a decade of experience organizing residency initiatives across Portugal. Since 2016 it has become a sought-after residency programme, thanks largely to its unique affiliation with the FabLab, which amplifies creative experimentation opportunities. We now offer two funded six-week residencies for neurodivergent artists at Buinho, Messejana, Portugal — 11 January to 21 February 2027. Invisible Cartographies (Creative Europe, 2026–2027) documents how schools, museums and public spaces are experienced by neurodivergent people, and turns that experience into maps that can change how those spaces are built and run. Its premise: neurodiversity is a value, not a deficit — we map with neurodivergent communities, not for them. The consortium brings together Veljko Ramadanović School (Belgrade, Serbia), FabLab Cuenca (Spain) and Buinho (Portugal). At Buinho, in the village of Messejana (Baixo Alentejo), two artists work with students of the Agrupamento de Escolas de Aljustrel, mapping the sensory reality of their school and the places they move through daily: sound, light, texture, smell, crowding. The resulting work is the artist's to shape, in any medium. The artist is the expert: the residency is a method of research, not outreach attached to it. Duration — six weeks, in person: 11 January – 21 February 2027 11–29 January: working with the school 1–10 February: studio and production time at the FabLab (school semester break) 11–19 February: final school sessions and a public presentation departure 21 February Artists must be present in Messejana for the full period. Support We provide both curatorial and production support to each artist, together with other events that compose the residency: artists