Culturart Team

Coordenator Geral: Shirley Nunes
Edition and translation: Harriet Batey, Jessica Whitfield, Carol Beal and Patricia Klingl
Columnists: Amie Walker, Natália Revi de Santana, Patricia Nunes, Alba Cabral, Josie Cruz, Ari Sofianos,
Adantes Vieira, Fernanda Franco, Wellington Medeiros, Manoela Afonso, Greg Williams.
PR: Amanda de Almeida
Promotion/ Social Media: Raphaela Guimarães
Photographers: Schirley Amaral, Fernando Arroteia, Ric Pereira & Regina Mester
Designer: Natan Heber
Webmaster: Daniel Rodrigues
Videos: Kaw Regis, Felipe Lima.

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Founder & CEO : Shirley Nunes

Shirley has been involved with music since she was a child. During her teenage years she was always connected with language and art, volunteering and being involved in cultural projects. In the last 10 years, she started to sing professionally in 2006 at pubs in São José do Rio Preto/ SP/ Brazil. Before coming to London she participated in various projects (Maracatu band, Carnaval band, Function band…) and has begun to study teaching (2004-2008). After teaching in a public school in Brazil (2009), Shirley decided to study English in London. Since being in the city, she has once again become involved in many musical projects (Maracatu Project, Samba-reggae Project, Forró Project) and regularly sings MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) in various London venues. In 2010, she began writing for the Brazilian News about language and music and after Brazilian Post about What’s on,  on the magazine such as Brazil Etc. about Artists, Real ‘Events’ and Elondres.com ‘Tips of English’. As a result of her many experiences in both the UK and Brazil, in 2012 Shirley decided to found an organisation to help promote Brazilian Art & Culture what involves many educational and cultural projects, workshops and lectures from teachers, and independents artists.  This organisation is called Culturart.co.uk.

              EDITOR / TRANSLATOR 

Patricia Klingl (editor)

Jornalista com mais de dez anos de experiência em redaçāo e assessoria de imprensa. Especializou-se na cobertura do setor cultural, com enfoque em Cinema e Fotografia. Em 2008, concluiu um Master em Políticas Culturais na Universidade Paris Diderot, na França. Em setembro de 2013, instalou-se em Londres, onde tem pesquisado a diversidade cultural decorrente dos movimentos migratórios. Como resultado, publica o blog:  http://versodomundo.com  

Caroline Beal (editor)

Carolina Beal is a journalist and Media professional, having worked as a newspaper editor and TV producer. Furthermore, her work in Advertising and Press Relations agencies has helped her develop an interest in the digital world. 

 

 Translater: Harriet Batey

From a young age Brazil and its culture have fascinated Harriet, and when she had the opportunity to live in Rio de Janeiro during her undergraduate degree she jumped at the chance. There, she worked for local charity CIACAC, teaching English within two of the city’s favelas. After graduating she moved to Porto, where she again taught English and dedicated herself to improving her command of the Portuguese Language and is currently undertaking a master’s study at King’s College London’s Brazilian Institute. Here, her studies have focused around the development of Brazil in particularly from a politico-social perspective with emphasis on the context of Rio de Janeiro. She hopes to complete her thesis looking at the commodification of favela culture in September of this year and is looking forward to being involved in all aspects of Culturart.

 

  Translater: Jessica Whitefield

Jessica Whitfield is a freelance translator in love with lusophone cultures. She studied Hispanic and Latin American studies at the University of Leeds and spent a year living and studying in Porto. Since graduating she has lived in Lisbon and traveled across Brazil. Currently working at Amnesty International assisting the development of human rights campaigns for young activists, she hopes to move to Brazil in the near future.

 

 

 

 COLUMNISTS

Columnist: Al ba Cabral ( Culture/ Music)

Alba Cabral is a Brazilian musician, songwriter, cultural researcher of folk traditions. Graduated in Languages from University of São Paulo, Brazil and University for Foreigners of Siena, Italy. Alba has been living between Brazil and London since 2009, developing projects related to music education and Brazilian culture in schools, community centers and institutes in the UK. She also performs Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian music in bands / projects of her own and in collaboration with others musicians. Current blog of poetry and prose  www.lucedellamattina.blogspot. com

  Columnist   Adantes Vieira ( Theatre / Cinema)

Nuno (artistic name Adantes Vieira), is a Portuguese actor and performer who has lived in London since November 2011. His experience ranges from roles in Portuguese telenovelas. He featured in the independent feature length film ‘Além de Ti’, which has already been shown at various Portuguese festivals and is currently being shown at FEST’AFILM 5, the Festival for Luso-Franco Cinema in Montpellier receiving a few awards. Nuno spent a year and a half being involved in street performance for Med Jumping Comics, having done a performance in London for the launch of the German film ‘Bar 25’ in Shoreditch’s Village Underground Club. He is a tenor in the vocal group ‘Nossa Voz’ and sees music, writing and poetry as a form of freedom, liberation and a paradoxically conscious dream.

Amie Walker (theatre/ dance)

Amie is an actor living and working in London. Currently studying Portuguese her love of theatre and Brazil brought her to becoming a columnist for Culturart. Amie is passionate about theatre and dance and having performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the World Shakespeare Festival was exposed to International work that has informed her own practise as a performer as well as introducing her to the rich tapestry of Brazilian Culture. Learn more:  www.amieburnswalker.com     

 

Fernanda Franco ( Cinema)

She is an Award winner film festival PR with marketing & advertising, curatorship and event production experience. She graduated in Social Communications, in Brazil, before moving to London, in 2001. She holds two MAs, one in Film Theory (2006) and the second one in Producing and Screenwriting (2009) for Film and TV, both by University of Westminster. Since 2005, she has been working with various film events in the UK. She promotes both the UK Portuguese Film Festival and the UK Argentine Film Festival. She produces and promotes the Brazilian Film Festival of London, heading to its 5 ^th  edition in 2013, in partnership with BAFTA and sponsored by BNDES. In 2011, she was granted the Brazilian International Press Award. Fernanda is also a script consultant to Independent Film Festival of London and British Animation Film Festival and collaborates with various writers’ blogs. She is currently developing her own script for a TV series in Brazil.

  Josie Cruz (Turism/ Brazil)

Josie Cruz is a citizen of the planet as she calls herself. Living in London since 2009, has left her home in Brazil nearly eight years ago, abandoning her job and career. She lived in different countries around the world and learned three other languages along the way. Nowadays, she studies International Tourism Management and writes articles for different sources. She found her passion in tourism when worked as a tour guide in Rome and here she will bring the best of travel in Brazil and worldwide. 

 

Ari Sofianos ( Gastronomy)

Ari Sofianos originally comes from Greece, but has spent most of his life in London and also spends several months of the year in Brazil, which he loves. Ari is Chairman of the St James’s Branch of The International Wine & Food Society, Founder of the Greek Academy of Gastronomy and Associate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Gastronomy.  He is passionate about good food and wine and has written reviews for some of the best known restaurant guides in Europe.    

 

  Kamilla Fernandes ( Fashion/ Beauty / Entertainment)

Kamilla Fernandes is a Brazilian journalist born in Curitiba, who recently moved to London. Technique in Advertising by OPET College, graduated in journalism from the University expert in Positive and New Technologies of Journalism at PUC-PR, his specialty is the online journalism, which works with about seven years. He has experience both as a writer and as a publisher, in event coverage and administration of social networks. Between different areas of journalism for which has passed and still moves are: technology, food, behavior, culture, entertainment, travel, fashion and beauty. While London knows also describes his experiences in different vehicles aimed at the Brazilian public.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Photographer: Shirley Amaral  Shirley Amaral gained her BA from the Federal University of Espírito Santo in 2004 and has worked since 2000 as a photographer and graphics editor, in particular using Photoshop. In 2004 she opened a studio though decided to close it on moving to Prague in 2008, and then opened another when she moved to London where she still lives. She arrived in London in 2010 as a freelancer; she worked for a talent agency producing portraits. Currently, she works as a studio photographer and does freelance work for events.  Learn more:  www.schirleyamaral.com  

 

Photographer: Fernando BA Fernando B. Arroteia is a Brazilian freelance photographer based in London. He has great experience working for many years in human resources in big companies in Sao Paulo – Brazil. But, after moving to the UK in 2011, he decided to turn your hobby as a career, using his skills to deal well with people and the photographic skills reached with many courses/workshops/travels. Passionate about many kinds of photography, now he works with social events, parties, portraits and weddings. And he believes there are two essential items that makes a good professional photographer: talent and commitment. Check out his website:  www.fernandoba.com  

 

Regina Mester is a London based independent Photographer, Poet and Graphic Designer. She studied Graphic Design at Kingston University and participated in several Photography workshops in London and in Brazil.   Regina has been commissioned to shoot events commercially by various companies, schools, individuals as well as local Newspapers.   She is also the director of ‘ReMe Arts’ producing graphical patterns for canvas, clothing, accessories and photography.    Regina’s studio based “Scarf Photography” reveals a mysterious touch of sensuality within its evocative nature and her Photojournalism projects show a sense of spirituality with spatial detachment.

 

 

 

 

Patricia Nunes (Assistant,Columnist)

Pati Nunes   Pati Nunes has lived in London since 2008.She got a multifaceted profile, she is developing as producer at ADM Aztec Digital Media, she is involved with article, video and assistance.    

 

Natan Heber: Designer

Daniel Rodrigues: Webmaster

Video Producer: Kaw Regis

Video Producer: Felipe Lima