Activities

The CGAC's Activities and Pedagogical Department develops its programme with a primary goal: to bring art to society through the rigorous analysis of critical issues inherent in contemporary artistic activity.

Film seasons and conferences, workshops, seminars and concerts, make up the centre’s fundamental offer of activities, aiming to involve a wide range of audiences from the professional sector of the world of art and culture to an increasingly larger group of artists and fine art and history students, not to mention all those interested in the evolution of art and aesthetic reflection.

At the same time, the CGAC develops specific programmes for schools and colleges as well as guided tours, with the purpose of providing the various groups who come to the museum with the necessary tools to understand contemporary art and, from there, the world we live in.

If you would like to receive information on CGAC activities, you can request it by sending a message to the following email addresses:

 

21 January 2027 - 22 April 2027
Xoves de 18:00h a 19:30h

Sobre a arte do século XX (tamén sobre a do XXI) pesa un notable paradoxo: sendo o século máis impopular, é o máis popular dos séculos. Porén, a incomprensión arredor dos procesos de creación contemporánea na música non é un fenómeno exclusivo destes dous últimos séculos, senón que é algo histórico.

1 October 2026 - 3 December 2026
Thursdays, 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm

In this course, we will explore post-photography as an expanded field of practices, discourses and critical approaches to the production, circulation and consumption of images in the digital age.

7 February 2026 - 21 November 2026

FACE-TO-FACE FORMAT: Saturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. and 4.00 to 7.30 p.m.
ONLINE FORMAT: Friday 8 May from 6.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. and Saturday 9 May from 10.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Few topics are as transversal and present in education, art, and life as identity. This edition of Art in the Classroom invites participants to reflect on what defines, distinguishes, and unites us, to discover artistic references, and to explore identity through the tools of visual arts.

29 January 2026 - 21 May 2026
Thursdays, from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.

This course offers an engaging exploration of how different approaches to photography over recent decades have shaped the current landscape of the medium.

18 February 2026 - 25 March 2026
Wednesdays, 7.00-8.30 p.m.

 

Scenography has become one of the key elements in fashion shows, where major brands present their collections. These brands aim not only to attract the audience with their clothing but also with the spectacular shows that accompany runway presentations.

14 October 2025 - 16 December 2025
Tuesday from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.

The aim of this course is to offer a full analysis of the main currents, artists and issues that have shaped the history of art since the early nineteenth century till now.

Building on the foundations of the historical avant-garde movements and their origins, a study will be made of the aesthetic, conceptual and institutional transformations that have redefined what we understand as art today.

8 March 2025 - 22 November 2025

FACE-TO-FACE FORMAT: Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2.15 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
ONLINE FORMAT: Friday 25 April from 6 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. and Saturday 26 April from 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Life, school and art are in colour. It’s a key resource for reading and creating images; it’s part of the curriculum in all school stages and is a common axis that allows us to learn from different areas.

23 April 2025 - 11 June 2025
Wednesdays from 7.00 to 8.30 p.m.

Fashion is an important economic sector with an ever increasing presence in daily life: it’s on the street and in the media and forms part of recreational and cultural activities. Fashion is so omnipresent that it awakens in many of us the curiosity to find answers to the novel relevance it has gained in the 21st century.

28 January 2025 - 20 May 2025
Tuesdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

This course offers a pictorial journey from the emergence of the avant-garde artistic movements in the early 20th century to the appearance of postmodernism in the nineteen-seventies. A period that marked a radical transformation in terms of how photography was understood.