Ana Paula Teixeira Alvares
Ana Paula Teixeira has worked for almost 7 years as a manager and producer in governmental cultural departments in the States of São Paulo and Goiás (BR). As a mid-level specialist, she had the opportunity to work with different areas, such as music, literature, cultural prizes distribution, and public calls.
She participated in different committees selecting projects of Art Festivals, Visual Arts, and Audiovisual pieces of varying formats for specific mediums. She helped to develop a systematic process of evaluation for some of the most prestigious artistic institutions related to the government (Osesp, São Paulo Companhia de Dança e Teatro São Pedro) with the intention to democratize their access to the public.
Her academic background includes a Master in Arts, Culture and Societyat Erasmus University (Rotterdam - NL), a course dedicated to observe and analyze good practices, public policy, management and other peculiarities of the field. While in Brazil, she became a specialist by PUC-SP in Art: Criticism and Curating, studied Photography and Cinema and completed her B.A. in Journalism at the Federal University of Goiás.
Since 2018 she has been developing her skills as anentrepreneurand an activist, with activities both in Brazil and in the Netherlands.