February 2012
Ministry of Culture launches National Culture System
On 2 March 2012, the Minister of Culture, Ana de Hollanda, will launch a program to support implementation of culture systems in states and municipalities. more >
January 2012
Art is also culture
Article by the President of Funarte, Antonio Grassi. more >
Creative Economy with Andrew Senior
On 7 February, the Ministry of Culture organises, through the Secretariat of Creative Economy a talk with the creative economy expert Andrew Senior. more >
Statistics of Brazilian Creative Economy
Measuring the numbers and data about Brazilian culture is one of the objectives of the Secretariat of Creative Economy. more >
Culture and Sustainability
The importance of culture in the pursuit of sustainable development was the theme of the seminar on "Culture and Sustainability, Road to Rio +20", held on 29 January in Porto Alegre by the Ministry of Culture. more >
November 2011
Creative Economy, digital content and development
Creative economy and digital content as part of development will be the theme of Code Arena that will take place on 23-25 November in Brasilia. The event is organised by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Plannig and the Federal District Cobre Technology in partnerhip with IPEA and forms part of the 2nd Conference on Development. more >
FUNARTE meeting on policies for the arts
Funarte - the National Foundation for the Arts began on 8 November in Rio de Janeiro, the First FUNARTE Meeting on Policies for the Arts with many artists, cultural producers and industry officials among the participants. more >
Ministry of Culture organizes a course on municipal culture system
More than one hundred people, including artists, cultural producers and managers, attended a short course sponsored by the Ministry of Culture (5 November 2011), on capacity-building within the process of creating a Municipal Culture System (Sistema Municipal de Cultura).more >
April 2011
EU And Brazil Launch Policy Dialogue On Higher Education And Culture
Better policy cooperation in higher education and culture will be the main focus of an official visit to Brazil next week (3-9 April) by Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. more >
March 2011
Reforma na lei de direitos autorais será retomada
A ministra da Cultura, Ana de Hollanda, disse ontem (6), ao chegar para o desfile das escolas de samba do Rio de Janeiro, que o projeto de reforma da lei de direitos autorais será retomado nos próximos dias. more >
The copyright law reform project will be taken up again
The Minister of Culture, Ana de Hollanda, affirmed yesterday, during her arrival at the parade at the Rio de Janeiro school of samba, that the copyright law reform project will be taken up again in the following days. more >
December 2010
Saindo, Juca estuda vida acadêmica
O ministro da Cultura, Juca Ferreira, não se mostrou contrariado com o fato de que sua sucessora, Ana de Hollanda, pretenda rever o anteprojeto de lei que muda o direito autoral no País. ‘Sei que é um governo de continuidade, e é normal que haja inflexões diferentes. Não tenho problemas com isso’, disse ontem ao Estado. more >
As He Comes Out from the Ministry, Juca Explores Academic Life
The Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, was not upset by the fact that his successor, Ana de Hollanda, pretends to review the bill that changes copyright in Brazil. ‘I know that this government is interested in continuity and that different inflections are normal under these circumstances. I feel alright about this’, were the words he gave to the newspaper Estado de São Paulo. more >
November 2010
XXXI Reunião de Ministros da Cultura do MERCOSUL
O ministro da Cultura, Juca Ferreira, fará a abertura da XXXI Reunião de Ministros da Cultura do MERCOSUL, neste sábado (20), às 9h, no Rio de Janeiro. Durante este semestre, o Brasil é o presidente pró-tempore do MERCOSUL. more >
31st MERCOSUR Ministers of Culture Meeting
The Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, will give the opening remarks of the XXXI Mercosur Ministers of Culture Meeting on Saturday, 20 November, at 9 am in Rio de Janeiro. more >
Um plano para a cultura: Congresso Nacional aprova diretrizes para política cultural
O Plano Nacional de Cultura (PNC) foi aprovado, por unanimidade, nesta terça-feira, 9 de novembro, na Comissão de Educação, Cultura e Esporte do Senado Federal e segue agora para sanção presidencial. more >
A Plan for Culture: National Congress approves guidelines for cultural policy
The National Plan for Culture (PNC) was approved, unanimously, last Tuesday, November 9, by the Federal Senate’s Education, Culture and Sports Commission and is now awaiting Presidential sanction. more >
Produção Cultural no Brasil entrevista Juca Ferreira
O Produção Cultural no Brasil entrevistou o atual Ministro da Cultura (2008 - ), Juca Ferreira, como parte de uma série de entrevistas com Ministros da Cultura. more >
Producão Cultural no Brasil interviews Juca Ferreira
Produção Cultural no Brasil interviewed the current Minister of Culture (2008 - ), Juca Ferreira, as part of a series of interviews with Ministers of Culture. more >
October 2010
Prêmio de Pesquisa em Cultura
Publicada no Diário Oficial da União a lista dos trabalhos acadêmicos contemplados. more >
Award for Cultural Policy Research
On October 26, the Ministério da Cultura published the final results of the Award for Cultural Research – Public Policies for Culture. more >
Fundos ProCultura: circo, dança, teatro, artes visuais e música
O Ministério da Cultura, por meio da Secretaria de Fomento e Incentivo à Cultura e da Funarte, acaba de lançar novos editais para a seleção de projetos de circo, dança, teatro, artes visuais e música. O investimento total é de R$ 48 milhões. O Prêmio ProCultura de Estímulo ao Circo, Dança e Teatro é o que conta com maior orçamento. Serão R$ 22,2 milhões para a premiação de 197 projetos nas categorias Produção Artística, Programação de Espaços Cênicos e Substituição de Lona Circense e/ou Acessórios. more >
ProCultura Funds: Circus, Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts and Music
The Ministério da Cultura, through the Secretaria de Fomento e Incentivo à Cultura and Funarte, launched new tenders for the selection of circus, dance, theatre, visual arts and music projects. The total investment is R$ 48 million. O Prêmio ProCultura de Estímulo ao Circo, Dança e Teatro has the largest budget. R$ 22,2 million will be destined to award 197 projects in the categories of artistic production, Programs of Performing Spaces and Replacement of Circus Tent (big top) and/or accessories. more >
Brazil to establish fund to boost presence in int'l publishing market
Brazil is establishing a fund to help promote the country's literature at international arena by encouraging translations of Brazilian literature works. more >
April 2010
Brazil Adheres to the Economy of Culture
The administration of culture in Brazil still follows the models set by Gustavo Capanema and Mário de Andrade. In contrast to France, USA and England, the country did not establish priorities for culture and tries to set limits between the State and the market. more >
Brasil adere à economia da cultura
A administração da Cultura no país ainda segue os modelos erguidos por Gustavo Capanema e Mário de Andrade. Ao contrário de França, EUA e Inglaterra, país não definiu prioridades para a Cultura e tenta estabelecer limites entre Estado e mercado. more >
February 2010
Programa Brasil Arte Contemporânea: Ministro da Cultura designa os membros do Comitê que irá elaborar políticas públicas para o setor
A Portaria nº 7, assinada pelo ministro da Cultura, Juca Ferreira, nomeando os representantes do Comitê Brasileiro de Internacionalização e Economia da Arte Contemporânea (CBIEAC), para um mandato de dois anos, foi publicada nesta quinta-feira, 11 de fevereiro, no Diário Oficial da União (Seção 2, página 11). more >
Brazil Contemporary Art Program: The Minister of Culture appoints members of the committee
Juca Ferreira, Minister of Culture, signed the document appointing, for a two-year period, the representatives of the Brazilian Committee for Contemporary Arts Internationalization and Economy (CBIEAC), past Thursday, February 11, published in the official gazette. more >
January 2010
Brazil’s 3.0 to go live at Campus Party
In 2004, the Creative Commons project in Brazil was launched. The then-Minister of Culture and Grammy Award-winning musician, Gilberto Gil applauded the efforts of these “freedom fighters of cyberspace” and endorsed the project as a way to solve copyright issues. Today, six years later, CC Brazil is unveiling Version 3.0 of the Creative Commons licenses. more >
December 2009
Bibliography on organized networks
It's hard to be in a university in the 21st century -- or much of anywhere in the 21st century -- and not recognize what Manuel Castells succinctly argues, that networks matter now. more >
September 2009
Ministry of Culture demands pro-lifers pay back money used for march
Brazil’s Ministry of Culture is demanding that pro-lifers who were involved in the Third National March for Life this past Sunday in Brasilia pay back the public funding they were given for the event. more >
July 2009
Reading for All 2009
The objective of the initiative for 2009 is to reach about six million readers, initially, in the communities of 21 cities, through the establishment of reading rooms. more >
Leitura para Todos 2009
Projeto quer alcançar mais seis milhões de leitores em 21 cidades de sete estados do país. more >
January 2009
MinC: destaques de 2008 e perspectivas para 2009
Mobilização ampla por mudança da Lei Rouanet e do Direito Autoral, ações do Mais Cultura, discussão sobre Plano Nacional de Cultura e criação do Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual, dentre outras realizações. more >
MinC: 2008 Highlights and Perspectives for 2009
Wide mobilization due to the transformation of the Rouanet Law and the Copyright Law, 'More Culture' actions, discussions on the National Culture Plan and the creation of the Audiovisual Fund, among others. more >
November 2008
Appointment of Funarte’s new President
Juca Ferreira, Minister of Culture, will appoint the actor Sérgio Mamberti as President of Brazil’s National Foundation for Arts (Funarte), on November 17th. more >
Posse na Funarte
Na próxima segunda-feira, 17 de novembro, o ministro da Cultura, Juca Ferreira, empossará o ator Sérgio Mamberti no cargo de presidente da Fundação Nacional de Artes. more >
August 2008
Gilberto Gil stands down as Minister of Culture
Brazil's Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, has announced that he is standing down from government to pursue his music career. more >
July 2008
Brazil musician leaves government
The Brazilian musician and Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, says he is standing down from the government to concentrate on his music career. more >
April 2008
Funarte’s President will participate in the First Culture Conference of Niteroi
The meeting aims to strengthen planning actions and dialogue processes in the cultural field more >
March 2008
First Ordinary Meeting of the National Council of Cultural Policy
On Tuesday, 25 March, the Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, and the President of the National Council of Cultural Policy, will attend the opening of the 1st Ordinary Meeting of the CNPC (National Council of Cultural Policy). The objective is to debate the Internal Statute of the Council and the general guidelines for the National Cultural Plan (PNC). more >
February 2008
Awake, aware and online
Speaking about the role of mass media in today's society, Gil offered a refreshing perspective on Internet rights, copyright and digital culture. more >
December 2007
National Council of Cultural Policy
The president of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, will participate in the opening ceremony of the National Council for Cultural Policy, next Wednesday, 19 December 2007. more >
November 2007
Brazil's Gilberto Gil to resign from government post due to health
Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil, founder of the 1960s Tropicalismo movement and a Grammy Award winner, will be resigning as his country's culture minister because of a serious health problem. more >
October 2007
The union of people for books
Culture minister Gilberto Gil, who participated yesterday in the release of the first book to belong to the South American - Arab Countries Library, in Brazilian capital Brasília, said that literature is an instrument to bring people closer together. more >
September 2007
Brazil's minister of culture calls for free digital society
Free culture advocate and Brazilian Minister Gilberto Gil said that digital technology offers a rare opportunity to bring knowledge to under-privileged people around the world and to include them in the political process. more >
March 2007
Brazilian Government Invests in Culture of Hip-Hop
An official government program that is helping to spread hip-hop culture across a vast nation of 185 million people. more >
December 2006
The World Cultural Forum Rio
A view of the World Culture Forum held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2006, from Felix Meritis Foundation Fellow Dragan Klaic. more >
November 2006
UN shows interest in supporting creative economy projects
The director of the SSC/SU (South-South Cooperation Special Unit), Yiping Zhou, stated yesterday (26) at the World Cultural Forum, that "the conventional form of thinking of business is not working. more >
June 2006
Flexible copyright to nurture a creative milieu
So closely is copyright associated with the phrase "all rights reserved" that some people have difficulty imagining any other system. But an unusual global alliance of artists, scientists and lawyers have been working to forge a "creative commons" that allows artists to decide which rights they want to retain and which they would rather share. more >
Opening address by Paulina Urrutia
In her opening address, iSummit 2006, Paulina Urrutia, Minister of Culture, Chile, stated that since the return to democracy Chile has developed a strong State policy to foster artistic and cultural creation. more >
April 2006
Brazil and England discuss the economics of creativity
Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, and the deputy minister of Foreign Relations of the United Kingdom, David Triesman, met in London on Tuesday to discuss the establishment of an International Center for the Creative Economy. more >
February 2006
Picasso, Dali paintings stolen from Brazil museum
Gunmen have robbed a Rio de Janeiro art museum of their most valuable paintings including a Picasso, Matisse, Monet and Dali, the Chacara do Ceu museum director said. more >
August 2005
Performers seek support for bigger cultural budget
Performers all across the country took to the streets, yesterday (10), in 12 Brazilian capitals, where they gathered signatures to encourage the government to increase the cultural budget. more >
June 2005
Evaluating the way Brazil invests in Culture
Brazil, like most Latin American countries, has been struggling to find an identity away from its colonial past. This struggle has not been easy. more >
February 2005
Brazil touts support for the arts
Brazil's culture minister, a musician who helped found the Tropicalia movement in that country in the 1960s, says his government's support of the local arts could help boost Brazil's economy. more >
April 2004
Lula To Open Amazonian Art Exhibit in Beijing
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will open an Amazonian art exhibit in the Forbidden City of Beijing during his visit to China late May. more >
December 2003
World Cultural Forum launches online portal
The World Cultural Forum, to be held in Brazil next year, has launched a new internet portal, designed as a virtual cultural centre. more >
January 2003
New job for a Brazilian pop star
When Brazil's new government took office on January 1, its culture portfolio went to one of the country's biggest pop stars for 35 years, the singer-songwriter and guitarist Gilberto Gil. more >
July 2002
Brazilians spin: remix music biz
Now, a group of musicians, software engineers, DJs, professors, journalists and computer geeks have decided to 'call for noise' against the current rules of copyright established by the music industry. more >
Rio's Theatro Municipal Scales Back Season Plans After Budget is Slashed
Rio de Janeiro's most important opera and classical music venue, the Theatro Municipal, has scaled back its plans for the current season, after the new state government cut its R$27 million (US$9.5 million) budget in half. more >
May 2002
A tilt toward the third world at the Sao Paulo Biennial
Physically, the Sao Paulo Biennial is the largest celebration of art in the world, exceeding even its better-known counterpart in Venice. But organising such a show has always been a process fraught with controversy and adversity, and the 25th biennial has proven no exception. more >
July 2010
VII World Congress of IDEA 2010
Live, Living Diversity! Embracing the Arts of Transformation! more >
May 2010
November 2009
Ibero-American Seminar on Musical Education and Social Inclusion
In Brazil and in other Latin American countries there has been an important growth, during the last decades, in socio-cultural programs that have music as their central axis. more >
Seminário Ibero-Americano de Educação Musical e Inclusão Social
No Brasil e em diversos países da América Latina há um significativo crescimento, nas últimas décadas, de programas socioculturais que têm a música como eixo de suas ações. more >
November 2007
Reinventing Democracy: Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion
Part of a research and reflection series, 'Pathways of Thought', this seminar aims to foster international debate on forces that are reshaping the relationship between culture and politics. more >
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