DIALOGUES BETWEEN EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURAL POLICY IN BRAZIL

Abstract

The intersection between art and education permeates cultural policy in Brazil, so that educational actions are configured as a current phenomenon in cultural institutions. In this work, we aim to reflect on the interrelationships between fruition and pedagogical action in cultural policy through a bibliographic research that mobilizes both authors in the field of cultural policies (CANCLINI, 2019; URFALINO, 2015; RUBIM, 2011 and DURAND, 2013) as well as those who reflect on the overlaps between art and education (HERKENHOFF, 2008b; ZANINI, 2013b, 2013c; LARROSA, 2015; BISHOP, 2012 and HOFF, 2019). To this end, we approach the notion of cultural policy to highlight the links between educational actions and artistic events. Through examples of exhibitions and educational actions, such as the Bienal de São Paulo, the Bienal do Mercosul and initiatives such as the lecture-performance by Grada Kilomba, we discuss the sensitive evocation of certain educational actions, as well as the pedagogical concern of certain exhibitions. We realize, in our conclusions, that cultural policy in Brazil has a strong pedagogical character in its action and that it is not restricted to public service actions, but imbricated in artistic projects. The examples discussed also allowed us to show that the educational processes acted as part of the public's aesthetic experience.