About Amanda Fonseca Tojal
MICRO-BIO
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Museologist and Museum Educator. Elementary school artistic education teacher (1980 -1986) and research of the Cultural and Artistic Collection of São Paulo State Government Palaces (1986-1988). Master's degree in Art-Education and PhD in Informatio...More
Museologist and Museum Educator. Elementary school artistic education teacher (1980 -1986) and research of the Cultural and Artistic Collection of São Paulo State Government Palaces (1986-1988). Master's degree in Art-Education and PhD in Information Sciences by the São Paulo State University Communication and Art School (ECA-USP). Consultant in Inclusive Cultural Accessibility and Educational Actions for Handicapped in Museums and Cultural Institutions. Art-Educator and Coordinator of Educational Programs for audiences with Disabilities at the São Paulo State Pinacotheca (2003-2012) and MAC/USP-São Paulo State University Contemporary Art Museum (1988-2003).Teacher at training courses on Communication Accessibility and Inclusive Educational Action in Museums and Cultural Institutions of São Paulo and other States in Brazil.Communication Accessibility and Inclusive Educational Action consultant in several Brazilian museums such as: Soccer Museum (São Paulo), Rio Art Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Tomorrow Museum (Rio de Janeiro), AfroBrasil Museum (São Paulo), Indian Vanuire Museum (Tupã, São Paulo), Science and Tecnology WEG Museum ( Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina), Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba,Paraná), Itaú Cultural (São Paulo), SESC Bertioga Wildlife Refuge (Bertioga,São Paulo), among others. Author of papers and articles on "Accessibility and Inclusion of Audiences with Disabilities in Educational and Cultural Institutions" published in guides, academic journals and congresses in Brazil and abroad.Curator of traveling exhibition "Sentir pra Ver(Feel to See): painting genres at the São Paulo State Pinacotheca", since 2012. Associate Director of Arteinclusão Consulting Company in Educational and Cultural Action, since 2003. See website: www.arteinclusao.com.br
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EXPERIENCE
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Arteinclusão Consulting Company in Educational and Cultural Action, Accessibility and Inclusion
- Associate Director
- 2003 to Present
EDUCATION
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São Paulo State University Communication and Art School (ECA-USP)
- Master's degree in Art-Education and PhD in Information Sciences
- 1999 to Present
Degree in Artistic Education by FAAP-Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado College (1980), Specialization in Museology by FESP/SP- São Paulo College of Sociology and Politics (1988). Master's degree in Art-Education (1999) and a PhD in Information Sciences (2007), both from USP-São Paulo State University. Selected to participate in the Programme Courants du Monde/France (2004),as an intern in Service Programs to Disabled Public in museums such as Louvre, Rodin and City of Science and Industry (Paris) and the Network of Municipal Museums of Strasbourg (France).
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