MUDAS.Museu joins the celebrations of April 25, launching a new pedagogical challenge, this time, for the creation of a comic strip, inspired by the work “Guarda Nocturno (GN)” by Joaquim Rodrigo. In this "workshop at home", participants are challenged to research the techniques of comics, to visit the Museum virtually and, as a family, to build a comics. 

Papers must be sent until May 5th to the e-mail: . The best works will be presented on the YouTube channel of MUDAS.Museu and also disseminated through the institution's social networks. The top two will be awarded. Compete! 

Participation instructions

• A painting is sometimes like a BD - a set / sequence of signs / images, accompanied or not by text, that tell a story materialized through images.
• In this workshop we challenge you to research the techniques of comics and, in families, make a virtual visit to the Museum (www.mudasmuseuvirtual.com), paying particular attention to room 5.
• Observe and analyze the work “Guarda Nocturno (GN)”, by Joaquim Rodrigo.
• Afterwards, talk a little with your parents and try to find out a little more about the history related to April 25, 1974. What was so important that motivated this celebration? Why is April 25th a date so celebrated by the Portuguese?
• Then, with the freedom that knowledge of the history of this day gave you and the careful observation that you made of the work “Guarda Nocturno (GN)”, by Joaquim Rodrigo, creates a small comic book story.
• Share with us your experience and the results you have achieved by sending to the e-mail: .
• We will share the best works on our YouTube channel and on the Museum's facebook.
• The two best works will receive a prize!

Credits: MUDAS.Museum of Contemporary Art of Madeira.