Centro de Arte de Nova Friburgo: transformações e interlocuções

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze using conceptions of cultural assets and heritage the historical-social detachment and approach between the Solar do Barão de Nova Friburgo (old residence of the Clemente Pinto family, built in the 1850 s decade) and the Centro de Arte de Nova Friburgo (C.A.N.F.) , located in the building s basement since 1961. The changes in the administration s structure of Centro de Arte are discussed, since its creation as a civil association up to its municipalization, in 1973, when it has begun to act as a cultural instrument, managed by the Divisão de Arte ( Art Department ) and also by the Divisão de Cultura da Secretaria Municipal de Educação e Cultura de Nova Friburgo ( Culture Department of the Educational e Cultural City Office of Nova Friburgo ). From historic research of the organization and consolidation of public policies to the cultural sector in national and municipal scenario and also from the methodological challenges on the research of popular arts and cultures, an analysis about Centro de Arte de Nova Friburgo s relevance is built, considering the town s artistic movement, taking as example the artistic production of the visual artist Geraldo Simplício, Nêgo