Felícia Leirner Museum and Claudio Santoro Auditorium Campos do Jordão (SP)
Felícia Leirner Museum and Claudio Santoro Auditorium, institutions from the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy from the State of São Paulo, were inaugurated in 1979, are located on a 35-thousand-square-metres area, inside one of the Atlântica Forest remnants, in Campos do Jordão (SP). Currently, they perform prominently in three elements: Visual Arvts, Music and Environmental Heritage. Both institutions offer an exclusive space for welcoming and receiving visitors as well as a free car park, also able to receive disabled people. Among the projects for the community, there are the “Chorinho at the Museum Series”, “Appointment with the Art”, the “Claudio Santoro Series” and the “Orchestra at the Museum Series”, among others. Since 2010, the management is done by ACAM Portinari, (Cultural Association for the support of the Casa de Portinari Museum), Social Organization of Culture, in a partnership with the State Government. Apart from the institutions in Campos do Jordão, ACAM also manages two museological units more, from the interior of the state, in a partnership with the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy from the State of São Paulo: Casa de Portinari Museum (Brodowski-SP) and Índia Vanuíre Historical and Pedagogical Museum (Tupã-SP), and still supports the actions of SISEM-SP (State Museums System).
Felícia Leirner Museum The collection of the museum gathers 85 sculptures by the artist, of bronze, white cement and granite, spread outdoors, by the own artist criterion, on the grass and along the edges of groves on the space of the garden which is shared with the Claudio Santoro Auditorium. The artworks show the artist’s passion for the nature and portray the set of her work that can be divided into five phases: Figurative (1950 to 1958), Heading Towards the Abstraction (1958 to 1961), Abstract (1963 to 1965), Organic (1966 to 1970) and Landscape Cutouts (1980 to 1982). The museum collection was considered one of the most important on this genre in the world, by the Sculpture Magazine, from the International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C. (USA), in 1987. In 2009, the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy from the State of São Paulo, through ACAM Portinari, started a preservation project for the artworks. The professional responsible was Júlio Moraes. The institution has a modern visual identification project, with a device signing the start of the visitation circuit and informative texts about Felícia Leirner and the creation of the institution, as well as the description of the works done by the artist. Each sculpture has an acrylic transparent sign, with the title, creation year, materials used and the phase that the work belongs. The collection has a permanent conservation program to avoid the objects get excessively bad-weathered, once they are exhibited over an open-air area.
Felícia Leirner The patron of the institution was born in Warsaw (Polland), in 1904. She came to Brazil, country that she “adopted” as her nation, in 1927. Her name is the Portuguese translation, from the Polish word “Fayga”, which means “bird”. Curiously, the passion for animals and the nature was a memorable characteristic of the artist’s Moved by the death of her partner Isai Leiner, in 1962, she changed the city of São Paulo for Campos do Jordão, to live in a simpler way, next to the nature. From 1978 on, she started to dedicate her last years to increase the collection that can be seen nowadays. In 1982, she concluded her production for the museum. After several works donated to the city, the sculptor linked her name, permanently, to the history of Campos do Jordão and the Brazilian plastic arts. She passed away in 1996, when she was 92 years old, at home, in São Paulo. Among her achievements are the acquisition of the Museum of Modern Art from Rio de Janeiro Prize, in 1955, and the Best Brazilian Sculptor Prize, during the Biennial of São Paulo, in 1963. In 1957, her sculptures were incorporated into the collections of the São Paulo Museum of Art (Masp) and the Museum of Modern Art from Paris (Georges Pompidou Centre), in France. Other international collections also received her works, such as Hermitage, in Russia, the Royale de Belgique, in Belgium, the Ein-Hod, in Israel, and the Belgrade Modern Gallery, in Serbia.
Claudio Santoro Auditorium Claudio Santoro Auditorium, which shares the space with the museum, is able to have an audience of 814 people. Its modern architecture mixes rustic elements to great glass-walls, which highlights the natural light and the environment landscape, not ignoring the worries about the comfort of the public. The institution also has accessibility equipment such as ramps, lifts for disabled people and adapted toilets. The stage has an orchestra pit, and in the offstage area, big dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms and a technical area. In the entrance hall, there is a lounge bar and a café/restaurant. This is also the house of the greatest and most important event of classical music in Latin America, the Winter International Festival of Campos do Jordão.
Claudio Santoro Claudio Franco de Sá Santoro was born in Manaus (AM), in 1919, and was one of the restless and versatile musician in his time. Prodigy boy, inspired creator and brilliant performer, dynamic organizer, playful pedagogue and restless researcher, he developed, nationally and internationally, an intense activity as composer, conductor, professor, organizer, manager, columnist, juror, Brazilian representative in conferences and international organizations, and special guest of several governments and foreign institutions. Santoro got countless prizes and badges of honour, and led several institutions and orchestras, among the most important from Brazil and from the world. He passed away in March 1989, in Brasília (DF), when he was leading the general rehearsal of the season, which would be a tribute to the Bicentennial of the French Revolution. His performing in artistic, educational and political levels was memorable and has influenced many generations. After his death, the Government of São Paulo decreed that the Auditorium in Campos do Jordão would be named as Cláudio Santoro.
Environmental Heritage The area, where Felicia Leirner Museum and Claudio Santoro Auditorium are located, is an important Atlântica Forest remnant. A study done in 2011, by the Monitoring Centre of the Itapequy Mountain (Cemasi), linked to the Development of the Research of the Agrobusiness (Fundepag), requested by ACAM Portinari, concluded that the place presents a rich biological diversity, which includes species of animals threatened with extinction, but demanding preservation and management necessities. The survey noticed the existence of at least 110 species of fanerogams plants and trees that measured about 25 metres high, including robust Araucárias, which make the landscape even more exuberant. As for the fauna, 92 species of birds, 19 of them particularly from the Atlântica Forest, and 10 species of mammals, were identified there. By having this survey as a base, the institutions can now target their environmental actions, strengthening themselves as partners of conservation unities and as references for the environmental communication about the region, integrating themselves to the mosaic of protected forests, management protection of biodiversity and recovering of degraded areas.
SERVICE: Felícia Leirner Museum e Claudio Santoro Auditorium Address: Av. Dr. Luís Arrobas Martins, nº 1880 - Alto da Boa Vista – Campos do Jordão (SP) – CEP: 12460-000 Telephone Number: (+55)(12) 3662.2334 Working Hours: from Tuesdays to Sunday, from 9.00 to 18.00 Admission: adult R$ 10.00 and student/senior R$ 5.00 - free on Sundays (check out our free policy at www.museufelicialeirner.org.br/expediente-e-ingresso) [email protected] www.museufelicialeirner.org.br FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/museufelicialeirner TWITTER: http://twitter.com/mfelicialeirner
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