Give your practice the time it keeps asking for.
For artists balancing their work with another career.
Creative practice →
Create · Connect · Belong
StartArt
Creative House.
Come for the work. Stay for the people. Leave something of yourself in the house.
4.9 on Google · 40 min from Porto
ART · PEOPLE · NATURE · ONE HOUSE
The Creative House
A house that becomes more itself with every person who passes through.
StartArt is made from time shared: ideas around the table, paint on the walls, a swim before dinner, a conversation that changes the work. This is not about starting again. It is about creating, connecting and belonging.
Two ways into the house
Stay for the practice.
Come for the experience.
01 · Stay
Art Residency
Protected creative time in a house run for you. Your room, meals and studio are taken care of, so your attention can stay with the work. No portfolio required.
- Length
- 1–4 weeks
- Season
- Feb–Oct
- From
- €490 / week
02 · Experience
Artist Workshops
Spend a day making alongside a practising artist: murals, canvas painting or photography. No experience needed. Materials and lunch at the long table included.
- Length
- One day
- Season
- Sep–Oct
- Price
- €100 / person
Who comes here
You don't need
to be an artist.
People arrive with a project, a laptop or just curiosity. Choose the stay that fits where you are.
Your art is serious. The house is warm.
For committed amateurs ready to go deeper, without the pressure.
Art retreat →Work well. Live creatively.
For remote workers who want focus, nature and real company.
Creative coliving →Life here
The work happens everywhere.
At the studio table. On a wall. Over lunch. Beside the river. The house is designed so focused practice and daily life can keep feeding each other.
Getting here
40 minutes
from Porto.
Fly into Porto and you are almost here. The house sits in Loureira, Vila Verde, a quiet village between Braga and the Peneda-Gerês mountains, with the Rio Homem at the end of the road.
Open in Google Maps →- Porto airport (OPO)40 min
- Braga15 min
- Rio Homem, on foot2 min
- Peneda-Gerês National Park1 h
The Journal
The people make the archive.
Meet the writers, muralists, photographers, teachers and curious people who have passed through StartArt. Read their stories, and what they say about the house.
Enter the Journal →In their words
4.9 / 5 · 112 Google reviews
★★★★★
Art grows in company
“This place really allows artists to meet, share ideas, and be creative together. The food is delicious, and the house is beautiful.”★★★★★
Work with perspective
“As a digital nomad, having the opportunity to work surrounded by nature in such an inspiring environment was incredible.”★★★★★
Room to create and rest
“Food was amazing, the bedroom was super comfortable, and I loved that there is so many areas inside and outside of the house …”Verbatim excerpts. An ellipsis marks where a review continues.
Read all reviews on GoogleLet's talk
Tell us what
you want to make.
Not sure which stay fits, or which dates work? Send us a message about your project, your idea or just your curiosity. We'll help you find your way into the house.
Start a conversationor write to marketing@startartresidency.com
