Cossoul Institution Rebranding by Senhor Paulinho

Located in Lisbon, Cossoul (Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul) is a private institution of public benefit, founded on September 7, 1885, by 47 music amateurs and admirers of Guilherme Cossoul, a 19th century Portuguese composer, cellist and founder of the volunteer firefighters in Lisbon. The institution soon expanded his activity to other areas of social and artistic intervention, having played a driving role in modern Portuguese theater. Cossoul’s current scope of action includes theatre, literature, visual arts, music, cinema, education and social integration through the arts, fostering various initiatives for all age groups. It hosts an independent publisher, Artefacto, a youth community wind band, Banda Juvenil Guilherme Cossoul, and an art gallery with the project ” balloon —