São Paulo gains new cultural center in front of Villa-Lobos Park

The city of São Paulo has just gained another cultural venue. Casa do Parque , designed by collector Regina Pinho de Almeida, is scheduled to open on March 23, when the exhibition Tensão relações cordiais will be held, curated by critic art Tadeu Chiarelli. The space will offer a high-quality cultural and educational program, with art exhibitions, workshops, lectures, debate cycles and special projects around art, culture and knowledge. Casa do Parque is located opposite Villa-Lobos Park. . The coordination of the cultural program is the responsibility of editor Paulo Werneck. For the inauguration of the cultural center, Tadeu Chiarelli presents his personal selection from Regina Pinho de Almeida's collection. Tension cordial relations presents works by 42 artists. The exhibition project by architect Pedro Mendes da Rocha transforms the Galeria do Parque into a "cave" ", which dramatically sheds light on each individual work. The opening activities of Casa do Parque include a series of debates, which will take place from March 25th. With the theme Dynamics of Contemporary Art Collecting, the talks are the result of extensive research developed by Nei Vargas da Rosa in Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and carried out with a scholarship granted by the Institute of Contemporary Culture (ICCo). Vargas made an X-ray of all the arts and crafts linked to contemporary art collecting. With 30 guests and five days of debates, always starting at 6 pm, the cycle will bring together exponents of Brazilian art institutions, collectors, representatives of public and private museums and foundations, lawyers, experts in insurance, financing strategies, gallery owners, publishers , advisers and other professionals.

In addition to the cultural program, Casa do Parque will offer a program of courses designed by visual artist and educator Claudio Cretti. Combining arts, botany, dance, design, architecture and cuisine, the program was conceived to make you think with your head and your whole body. , by combining, in a single course, artisanal techniques, traditional knowledge and innovative approaches to the artistic experience. The course schedule will begin in April. On March 23 and 24, to celebrate the opening of the works, Casa do Parque will promote an open day with two of these courses scheduled. Professors Uxa Xavier, from the Dançando Juntos project, and Priscila Vieira and Ariela Doctors, from the Comida & Cultura project , will welcome the neighborhood public and park visitors with free activities, open to everyone, for a weekend. The Galeria do Parque will be occupied by other projects in 2019: an exhibition by São Paulo artist Edith Derdyk is scheduled for the second half of the year. The exhibitions have a free educational service, aimed at visiting schools from all over the city, which will be dedicated to raising awareness the public for artistic experience, stimulating socio-emotional aspects in audiences of different ages and providing references for teachers and art educators. The Park House Service Opening: March 23, 2019 Address: 1300, ... Free Entry Access for people with disabilities Free Wi-Fi