Experiência com ferramentas tangíveis na formação da imagem

This article presents the process of visual arts workshops conducted in a peripheral community of São Paulo within the framework of non-formal education projects. The action research carried out values, manual practices and the use of tangible tools in the creative process, adopting a critical approach to the predominance of digital technologies. The experience reported results from working with approximately seventy adolescents within a human rights and popular education project promoted by the Center for the Defense of the Rights of Children and Adolescents (CEDECA) Interlagos.