Mostra de Artes da Palavra

MAP - Mostra de Artes da Palavra is a cultural project promoted in collaboration with the Municipality of Oeiras. Drawing on the transformative power of the Word - spoken, written or performed - MAP has established itself as a fertile territory for artistic crossroads and civic participation.

Created as an annual festival, MAP has evolved and broadened its horizons. Today, it presents itself as a continuous program, with regular activities throughout the year, with the Templo da Poesia (Temple of Poetry) and Parque dos Poestas (Poets' Park) as its epicentre, and radiating to other cultural facilities in the municipality. 

This expansion consolidates its role as a structuring project in Oeiras' cultural development policy, bringing communities, artists and audiences together through a plural, creative program that is deeply rooted in contemporaneity.

The festival is based on three main axes:

• Participatory and inclusive initiatives, with a strong involvement of local cultural structures, associations and libraries in the municipality, in a dynamic of proximity and co-creation;

• Showcase of performative creation around the Word, revealing emerging languages and promoting an encounter between different artistic disciplines;

• A platform for thought, reflection and debate, where the place of the Word and literary creation in today's world is questioned, contributing to the construction of a critical and active citizenship.
   

Throughout the year, MAP organizes regular initiatives - reading clubs, workshops for children and young adults, discussion cycles and literary debates, - and presents innovative formats such as an eloquence and oratory competition, a video poetry festival and other multimedia events. Each edition culminates in a more concentrated and festive moment, this year in September, reinforcing the project's visibility and celebrating the diversity of its audiences and proposals.

In 2025, MAP will celebrate its fifth edition with an extended program between March and December, with special emphasis on September 12, 13 and 14, when the Temple of Poetry, Parque dos Poetas, Oeiras Parque and Ruy de Carvalho Municipal Auditorium will host an intense celebration of the Word in all its forms.

MAP is therefore much more than a festival: it is a cultural ecosystem in permanent dialogue with the community, which aims to enhance the symbolic and artistic heritage of the municipality, stimulate contemporary creation and position Oeiras as a national and international reference in the promotion of the Word as a tool for creation, reflection and encounter.