Cultural mediation: art, education and curatorship

on Valkyrie Prates

Dates: August 19, 26, September 02 and 09, 2026
Wednesdays
Hours: 18:30 am to 21 pm
Duration: 4 meetings
Audience: general interested parties
Investment: R$ 400,00 + fees

Online course
Live, via video conferencing platform
Recorded classes available for a limited time only
Includes certificate at the end
For Libras interpreter, request by email cursos@mam.org.br with 7 business days' notice.

This course addresses cultural mediation as a practice that connects art and education in institutional contexts through processes of participation, listening, and collective construction. Based on the notion of "doing together," it investigates mediation in different contexts: museum education, artistic creation processes, and curatorial work, understanding it as a relational experience that mobilizes audiences, activates repertoires, and produces meaning in public spaces.

Designed for educators, artists, curators, producers, and other arts professionals interested in artistic, curatorial, and pedagogical practices within the context of museum education, this course presents conceptual and methodological foundations for the development, recording, analysis, and evaluation of cultural mediation projects and proposals, paying attention to the ethical, political, and institutional dimensions involved.

Agenda

Lesson 1 – Cultural mediation between art and educationo

• Cultural mediation as a field between art and education.
• Doing it together: audiences, participation, relationship, and experience.
• Distinctions between mediation, teaching, and content transmission.
• Fundamentals of mediation: art, experience, and critical education

Lesson 2 – Cultural mediation in museum education

• Mediation in museums and cultural institutions
• Museum education and audience participation
• Listening, dialogue, and repertoire activation strategies
• Educational devices in exhibitions and public programs

Lesson 3 – Cultural mediation in artistic creation processes

• Artistic creation as a relational process
• The artistic-pedagogical approach: creation and learning.
• Collaborative practices and participation
• Meaning-making in shared processes

Lesson 4 – Cultural mediation and curatorship

• Curatorship as the construction of narratives
• Relationships between mediation, curation, and the public.
• Participation and dispute over meanings
• Ethical dimensions of mediation

Valquíria Prates

Valquíria Prates is a researcher, curator, and educator. She investigates the cultural mediation of visual arts and literature, with a career that integrates research, writing, curating, and education in museums, libraries, universities, schools, and other cultural institutions. She holds degrees in Literature and Pedagogy, a Master's degree in public accessibility policies from the University of São Paulo, and a PhD in Arts from UNESP, where she defended her thesis "How to do it together: art and education in cultural mediation." Her work articulates collaborative knowledge and practices of mediation in different territories and social contexts. Currently, she carries out projects with the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, the Moreira Salles Institute, the Roberto Marinho Foundation, the Inhotim Institute, and the Institute of Contemporary Art of Ouro Preto.

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