{"id":15156,"date":"2025-11-29T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/2025\/11\/29\/nativity-scenes-in-palma-on-display-at-loule-criativo-until-january-6th\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:19:58","slug":"nativity-scenes-in-palma-on-display-at-loule-criativo-until-january-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/en\/2025\/11\/29\/nativity-scenes-in-palma-on-display-at-loule-criativo-until-january-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nativity scenes in Palma&#8221; on display at Loul\u00e9 Criativo until January 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15156\" class=\"elementor elementor-15156 elementor-13721\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73cf5f12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73cf5f12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7c3fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f7c3fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Nativity scenes in Palma&#8221;, made by S\u00f3nia Mendez, an artisan member of Casa da Empreita, will be on display at Pal\u00e1cio Gama Lobo, in Loul\u00e9, until January 6th.<\/h2>\n<p>In this solo exhibition, S\u00f3nia Mendez presents handmade nativity scenes, where each piece translates the ancestral technique of the Algarve enterprise. The palm empreita, traditionally used in utilitarian objects, thus gains a new artistic expression, becoming a symbol of memory, spirituality and contemporary creativity. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to the preservation and reinvention of the palm empreita, a technique passed down from generation to generation, this artist \u00abdevelops pieces that cross utility and art, memory and innovation, keeping alive one of the most emblematic artisanal traditions of the Algarve\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The exhibition can be visited from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and on Saturdays, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. 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