Dissemination

With their masks, the children symbolically “chased away the Winter Lord”, bringing to life an educational experience that combines tradition, creativity, and storytelling. Recently, the Museum welcomed a group of […]

As part of the cultural heritage valorisation activities promoted by the MASKS – Unveiling the Arts and Works behind the Masks project, the event “The Seeds of Persephone – The […]

The 33rd Valladolid Craft Fair Showcased Four Demonstration Workshops on Traditional Masquerades Organised by the Federation of Craft Organisations of Castile and León (FOACAL), with the support of Valladolid City […]

On March 28, 2026, professors Elena Freire Paz and Marta Veiga Izaguirre from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Lugo Campus) and M.ª Pilar Panero García from the University of […]

A NEW CONFERENCE under the “HANDS.MASKS.MAKERS” series by the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Romanian partner in our project, invites the local […]

The 11th ViboMask International Iberian Masquerade Festival turned the Ourense municipalities of Viana do Bolo and Vilariño de Conso into the leading showcase for winter masquerades from across the Iberian […]

On Sunday, February 22, 2026, the Italian village of Aliano (MT) hosted the final event of the Aliano Historical Carnival, with the collective wearing of masks and the parade of […]

With great satisfaction, on February 15th, various partners from the European MASKS project participated in the official presentation during the XII Mask Biennial - MASCARTE. Prof. Pilar Panero (University of […]

Members of Dona Flâmula – Associação para a Defesa do Património de Torre de Dona Chama, in the parish of Mirandela, invited the MASKS network professors on 15 February to […]

The Georges Dussaud Photography Center inaugurates the exhibition “Metamorfoses,” a dialogue between the poems of António Tiza and the black-and-white photographs of Paulo Nunes, dedicated to the winter festivals and […]

The mask in traditional culture fuses artistic creation and ethnographic value. The exhibition uses the image as a documentary tool to delve into one of the most distinctive expressions of […]

🎨 The group of sketchers BoSCQuexeiras visited the Museo do Pobo Galego to create their artworks inspired by the masks featured in the exhibition MASKS. Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho […]

🎭 A guided visit to the exhibition MASKS. Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho Rovira II was recently held, led by Professor Pilar Panero from the University of Valladolid, curator of […]

The Museo do Pobo Galego opened the exhibition MASKS. Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho Rovira II yesterday, Thursday, 29 January. This exhibition invites visitors to approach the world of masks […]

The MASKS team has published its first monographic issue in the journal Gazeta de Antropología. It explores masks, their practices, and the multiple intersections between art and anthropology, and is available […]

      Museo do Pobo Galego (Santiago de Compostela) 29 January – 26 April 2026 We are delighted to present the poster for the forthcoming masks exhibition, made possible thanks to the collection […]

We are pleased to announce that we are working to exhibit Romanian, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese masks from the collection generously loaned by Nacho Rovira to this beautiful and prestigious […]

António Tiza, together with the publisher Sabaria, specialized in translating works from Portuguese into Spanish, offers us his second book of short stories titled Pretérito imperfecto (Imperfect Past). After the […]

On September 20, the 2nd Gathering and Celebration of Masquerades of theProvince of Zamora was held in one of the MascaraZA federation villages that stillpreserves this tradition, Pobladura de Aliste, […]

The Crafting Europe Manifesto 2025 was officially launched on 22 May 2025 at Révélations, the International Biennial of Fine Craft and Creation, held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, in the presence of […]

Under the theme ‘Polyphonies. The cultural diversity of the territory’, this edition will explore the richness of cultural diversity in rural areas from multiple perspectives. An open and plural approach […]

The 14th edition of the International Gathering of Anthropological Masks, held on Sunday 1 June 2025 in Tricarico, Basilicata (Italy), combined spectacle and reflection. In the villetta comunale, the talk […]

As part of the 2024 International Exhibitions and Cultural Events Program at Amics per a la UNESCO Barcelona, the COOPERART exhibition was inaugurated on May 21, 2025. This new event […]

Professor Carmen Morán, a member of the MASKS team, delivered a keynote lecture at the prestigious University of Granada on the occasion of the celebration of their patron saint, Saint […]

“Masks, ancestral rituals, and the path to recognition” is the title of the round table featuring Georgiana Vlahbei (National Museum of the Romanian Peasant), M.ª Pilar Panero (University of Valladolid), […]

Javier Sáiz Ortega recreates with his paintings the photographs taken by Miguel Ángel Cruz Sánchez of masked individuals at their festivities and various masked events. The exhibition alternates between photographs […]

The exhibition, which opened on Thursday, March 13, at El Viejo Cárcel, is organized by AECT Duero-Douro, the Municipal Chamber of Torre de Moncorvo, the Iberian Mask Academy, and the […]

On Saturday 1st March 2025, the Sala Marino in Teana (PZ) hosted the Round Table ‘Tradition and innovation of contemporary Lucanian masks: the Teana Carnival’, organised by the Pro Loco […]

The documentary series aims to foster a greater and deeper understanding of these masked rituals in Castilla y León by designing an audiovisual project that records and catalogs a significant […]

On January 3rd the magic of Cucibocca comes to life! Here's what awaits you: Escape game to test your wits. Exhibition of Cucibocca clothing, to discover every detail of this […]

The Cultural Association Amanecer de Aliste of Riofrío de Aliste has republished the magazine that serves as a memory of everything that has happened during the year with its masquerade, […]

Carnival of Cádiz, heritage of Spain and humanity.7 and 8 November 2024. "Lequerica Hall", Constitution 1812 Building, UCA SECOND CIRCULAR Carnival is a festival that generates creativity, but, historically, it […]

Our partner, the Academia Ibérica da Máscara has organised an exhibition of Iberian masks in Lagoa (Algarve, Portugal) in the ninth edition of the event "Mercado de Culturas... à Luz […]

Between tradition and contemporaneity, Tricarico - a small village in Basilicata in the province of Matera in Italy - has been hosting the International Gathering of Anthropological Masks for 13 […]

The course will take place between Matera and the innermost area of Basilicata, with the possibility of attending lessons that in a first phase will take place in the City […]

Anthropomorphs masks are cultural and artistic objects used in different traditions and cultures for ritual, ceremonial, or even artistic purposes. These masks can have various meanings and purposes depending on […]

In the historical and at times modern Valladolid (Spain) the 12 partners - from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Romania - met to define the guidelines of the project "MASKS - […]