The Fundação Nacional de Artes (National Arts Foundation), Funarte is a foundation of the Brazilian government linked to the

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. It operates throughout the national territory and is the agency responsible for developing public policies to foster the

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theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

, and

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Overview

It aims to encourage the training of artists, technicians and producers; the production, practice, development and dissemination of the arts; the development of research; the preservation of memory, and the formation of audiences for the arts in Brazil. To this end, Funarte grants scholarships and awards, maintains programs for the circulation of artists and cultural goods, promotes workshops, publishes books, recovers and creates collections, provides technical consulting, and supports cultural events in all Brazilian states as well as abroad. In addition, it maintains cultural spaces in

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, and

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, and makes part of its collection available for free on the Internet.

History

The first Funarte

It was created in 1975, still during the

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, by Minister Ney Braga to promote, stimulate, and develop cultural activities throughout Brazil. In the beginning, it was active in music ( popular and classical),

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and visual arts. At the time, it worked together with the National Institute of Folklore (INF), the National Foundation of Scenic Arts (Fundacen), and the Brazilian Cinema Foundation (FCB), all linked to the Ministry of Education and Culture, later renamed to

. In 1985, the foundation was chaired by cartoonist

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. Under the cartoonist's command, Funarte also acted as a

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(an agency for the distribution of newspaper strips and pastimes).

Original Funarte and second Funarte

When

Fernando Collor de Mello Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor ...

became president in 1990, he abolished all cultural institutions. In December of that year, he created the Brazilian Institute of Art and Culture (IBAC) - directly linked to the Secretariat of Culture of the Presidency of the Republic, which became a ministry sometime later. IBAC encompassed Funarte, Fundacen, and FCB. With the closing of Funarte, a new distributor of newspaper strips, Pacatatu, emerged. In 1994, the acronym Funarte replaced the acronym IBAC.

Presidents

* 1975-1981 -

José Cândido de Carvalho José Cândido de Carvalho was a Brazilian writer born in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 1914. His novel ''O Coronel e o Lobisomem'' (English: ''The Colonel and the Werewolf'') was the basis for a TV series and feature film. H ...

. * 1981-1982 -

Aloísio Magalhães Aloísio Sérgio Barbosa de Magalhães (November 5, 1927 - June 13, 1982) was a Brazilian graphic designer. He is considered a pioneer in the introduction of modern design in Brazil, having helped found the first higher design institution in the ...

. * 1983-1984 - Edméa Falcão (executive director). * 1985 -

Alves Pinto. * 1985-1989 - Ewaldo Correia Lima. * 1989-1990 -

Edino Krieger Edino Krieger (17 March 1928 – 6 December 2022) was a Brazilian avant-garde composer, conductor, record producer and musical critic. Life and career Born in Brusque, Santa Catarina, the son of the composer and band leader Aldo Krieger, he s ...

. * 1990-1992 extinct. * 1992-1995 -

Ferreira Gullar José Ribamar Ferreira (September 10, 1930 – December 4, 2016), known by his pen name Ferreira Gullar, was a Brazilian poet, playwright, essayist, art critic, and television writer. In 1959, he was instrumental in the formation of the Neo-Conc ...

. * 1995-2002 - Márcio Souza. * 2003-2007 - Antonio Grassi. * 2007-2008 -

Celso Frateschi Celso Frateschi (born February 9, 1952) is a Brazilian actor, director, author and politician. Biography Celso was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is affiliated with the Workers'Party and married the architect and set designer Sylvia Moreira ...

. * 2008-2010 -

Sérgio Mamberti Sérgio Duarte Mamberti (22 April 1939 – 3 September 2021) was a Brazil, Brazilian actor, filmmaker, painter, writer, and politician. Biography Sérgio Mamberti was born in Santos, São Paulo. He was a graduate of the School of Dramatic Ar ...

. * 2011-2013 - Antonio Grassi. * 2013-2015 - Guti Fraga. * 2015-2016 -

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. * 2016-2019 -

Stepan Nercessian Stepan Nercessian (born 2 December 1953) is a Brazilian actor and politician of Armenian descent. Nercessian was born in Cristalina, Goiás; his career began in the late 1960s, in the film ''Marcelo Zona Sul''. He also acted on stage and televis ...

. * 2019 - Miguel Proença. * 2019 - Dante Mantovani. * 2021 - Tamoio Marcondes. * 2023 - Maria Marighella.

References

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