Category: Arts & Culture

Tati Vitsic is a Brazilian artist and designer based in New York, graduated with honors from the Fashion Institute of Technology and active in the international textile industry. In her first “Christmas Pop-Up Shop,” Tati will present “Pommy New York” – her design brand for prints. The show will feature original art and products with…

New York Fashion Week is one of the most iconic events filled with celebrities that the city has to offer. Hundreds of models, designers, and industry moguls flock to NYFW to see what Fall 2017 will bring. And for the Bridal Week at NYFW, many potential brides pay close attention to the silhouettes, embroidery, and…

It captivated Brazil when it was first published in 2000. It quickly became a best-seller, both for the gripping saga of the Werck Family, cursed supernaturally, and for the remarkable way the book came to be. The author Valéria Lopes received the epic story as a gift from her spiritual guide Andorra so that she…

In the 1980s, when the world reverberated with the shockwaves caused by AIDS, Brazilian artist José Leonilson (1957–1993) adapted the political discourse of the epidemic into a metaphysical rumination. His work offers a pantheon of symbols, poetics, and patterns, tracing in personal terms the odyssey of a disease that provoked fear, confusion, and panic. Americas…

apArt Private Gallery opened its doors in New York with the first Solo Art Exhibition “Terebintina” by Brazilian artist Marcello Serpa on October 5, 2017, in the Upper East Side, Manhattan.apArt is a private space where, through appointments, guests can appreciate, buy, or rent fine art, as well as meet and converse with the emerging…

Many times it is good for us to start reading a book without expecting anything from it, and that is exactly how I began Mystery in Chalk Hill by Susanne Goga, a release from Editora Jangada. Considering that I love stories set in other times, especially when it comes to the Victorian era, Susanne Goga…

The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts in New York is accepting applications for the Brazilian Literary Award for Young Talents. The aim of this contest is to encourage young writers who are children of Brazilian immigrants born in the United States or born in Brazil and moved to the U.S. as children and are currently…

A charming description of Santa Catarina was made by an American in the mid-19th century. He and thousands of fellow countrymen passed through Santa Catarina on their way to California in search of gold. And this is the story told in the book “A Caminho do Ouro – norte-americanos em Santa Catarina” by Jeff Franco…