Promote the quality of the ARQUIPÉLAGO as an artistic and cultural space, as well as a space for knowledge, training, communication and social responsibility;
Develop a calendar of cultural events that encompasses all areas of the Arquipélago – Contemporary Art Center (visual arts, architecture, performing arts, cinema, design, multimedia, music, literature and fashion) in order to raise public awareness of contemporary art and culture;
Locate and contextualize the cultural identity of a territory and, in parallel, the local ↔ global;
Stimulate the national and international artistic creation and production;
Encourage creation in the Azores;
Internationalize contemporary arts;
Strengthen policies for the acquisition and dissemination of the contemporary art collection of the ARQUIPÉLAGO;
Promote multidisciplinary art projects with the involvement of the community;
Generate the loyalty of various audiences, both general and specialized, catering to their specific characteristics and needs;
Develop national and international multidisciplinary and multicultural projects that approach contemporary art and culture both in terms of artistic creation – artist-in-residence programs – and at the theoretical level – seminars and debates, contributing to training and to artistic practice and production;
Strengthen a communication strategy integrated in an international network;
Foster closer relations between the ARQUIPÉLAGO and national and international academic institutions and Azorean schools, activating the exchange of assets in order to enhance the production/editing of cultural and scientific values;
Cement an editorial policy according to the different operating areas of the Arquipélago and according to international standards;
Foster collaboration with different national and international public and private entities, with the aim of setting up networks, partnerships, sponsorships and funding to ensure the programmatic conceptual autonomy;
Turn the ARQUIPÉLAGO into a space of reference as an artistic meeting point, particularly for four geographic areas: Atlantic Islands, the Americas, Europe and Africa;
Cooperate with the external services and cultural activities of the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Azores so the different calendars of cultural and art events can be coordinated;
Contribute to the appreciation of the place/territory/landscape – Azores Archipelago –through a connection between arts and environment;
Demonstrate the importance of the ARQUIPÉLAGO as a product for cultural tourism.
