Visual arts workshop for children – illustration and drawing.
Target audience: children aged 6 and over.
Workshop open to all ages.

No prior knowledge required.
Materials will be provided on the day and at the event location.
Free participation, subject to venue capacity.

Pedestrian Area of Rua de Miguel Bombarda (near number 552)

Mariana Bento (Malva) studied graphic design at Escola Secundária Artística Soares dos Reis. She holds a degree in Visual Arts from ESAD.CR – Escola Superior de Artes e Design, and a postgraduate qualification in Illustration from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto.

In 2021, she was selected to develop a mural intervention on Rua da Restauração as part of the Porto Municipality’s Urban Art Programme. She collaborates with several projects based in the Miguel Bombarda Quarter, namely Ó! Galeria.

Mariana Bento invites Leonor Violeta to participate.

Leonor Violeta lives in Porto, where she works as an illustrator and graphic designer. She moved to Porto in 2010 to study Photography at Escola Artística Soares dos Reis and later completed a degree in Communication Design at ESAD Matosinhos.

She enjoys being surprised and exploring different approaches, themes, and media, though her work is mainly divided between cut-out/collage experimentation and digital illustration. A common thread in her practice is strong graphic composition, most often colourful. She collaborates with several projects based in the Miguel Bombarda Quarter, namely Galeria Cor Própria – Águas-Furtadas.

In 2021, she was selected to create a mural intervention on Rua da Restauração as part of the Porto Municipality’s Urban Art Programme. In 2023, she was selected to create an artwork for the Acoustic Shell at the Gardens of the Palácio de Cristal, as part of the Porto Book Fair 2023.