
Incentive Projects
Art at the Pinacoteca Project
In 2024, the Benedicto Calixto Foundation Pinacoteca de Santos will carry out the project "Annual Plan of the Benedicto Calixto Foundation - Art at the Pinacoteca", approved by the Rouanet Law - Pronac 233045, with the following program: Art exhibitions, Courses and Cultural Workshops, Concerts and Choral Singing training with an incentive grant, Awards, Lectures, Social Counterparts with visits by students from the municipal school system.
With the main focus on providing access to cultural art, offering free activities of the utmost importance for the intellectual, social and cultural development of the city of Santos/SP and the region.


Curator: Antonio Carlos Cavalcanti Filho
Antonio Cavalcanti Filho studied Law at UNIDERP-MS from 2000 to 2004, studied English at IC MIAMI (2016), ILAC VANCOUVER (2017) and ILAC TORONTO (2018). Between 2002 and 2008 he worked as an artistic producer and curator of regional artists with exhibitions in Art Galleries and at MARCO - Museum of Contemporary Art in Campo Grande, MS.He worked as an art dealer at Dos Galeria, Guarujá, SP between 2008-2009 and in 2011 opened Cavalcanti Filho Escritório de Arte. Since 2011 he has been an independent curator at the Fundação Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto in Santos, SP, where he has had the opportunity to hold more than thirty major exhibitions.
Among them are: Aldemir Martins, Antônio Peticov, Claudio Tozzi, Ivald Granato, Caciporé Torres, Jô Soares, Sergio Regis Martins, Roberto Burle Marx, Romero Britto, Neno Ramos, José Zaragoza, Bia Doria, Fernando Durão, Lian Porise, Renina Katz, Flavio Rossi, Marangoni and Clovis Graciano.
In 2018 he took part in the curatorial reorganization and expography of the Benedito Calixto Collection. In 2019, she took part in the curation and/or production of the exhibitions by artists: Ewely Branco; Mirian Nigre; Andrea Araujo; Gersony Silva and Lucia Glaz, all at the Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto.
General Coordination of the Project: Leila Cristhiane Miranda Gazzaneo
With a degree in Business Administration, she currently directs and promotes artistic activities. Specialized in cultural project management, she has done a lot of work in the area of Production/Administrative Management in incentive law projects. In ten years of activity, her work in administration, production and agency has increased significantly in recent months.Due to her pioneering work, prioritizing 100% of her work on music, theater, opera and architectural book projects and representing Brazilian artists or those residing in the country, as well as the quality of her agents, Leila Gazzaneo has received invitations to curate projects in traditional music centers. In 2006 she was awarded the Lorenzo Fernández Prize for her role in the production of the XV International Winter Festival in Campos dos Goytacazes / RJ. Leila Gazzaneo's management and production work has shown her to be a professional with a market vision and sensitive to the aspirations of national culture
Currently - Financial administrative coordinator and producer of the following projects:
- Patterns - PROAC - São Paulo - sponsorship Atlas 2012/2013/2014
- Ingredients - PROAC - São Paulo - sponsorship Tok & StoK
- Utensils of Brazil _ PROAC - São Paulo - sponsorship Atlas 2013/2014
- Archaeological finds in Baixada Santista - PROAC - São Paulo - sponsorship Comgás
- Casas Moradas do Homem /2014 - sponsorship Aksonobel
- Chamber Music Project at the Academy/2014 - sponsorship Instituto Votorantim
- Projeto Códigos Urbanos/2015 - patrocínio Aksonobel
- Projeto Experimenta Portugal /2015 Lei Rouanet e PROAC Bruno Assami em São Paulo - Patrocínio EDP
- Projeto Concertos na Sociedade/ 2015/2016 PROAC Patrocínio Santher S/A
- Festival Internacional de Música de João Pessoa/novembro 2015 - Patrocínio BNDES
- Coordenadora Administrativa dos projetos de lei Rouanet do Instituto Sócio Cultural de Barretos.
- Projeto Trilhar 2022 - Sponsored by CTG Brasil
- Projeto Trilhar 2023 - Sponsored by CTG Brasil
- Projeto Arte na Pinacoteca 2023 - Sponsored by BTP Brasil
Executive Producer: Fábio Luiz Salgado
48 years old, born in São Vicente, he has been a professional musician for 30 years, with training in Classical Piano and Jazz. As a music teacher, he has been teaching for over 25 years, creating a Methodology for children, young people and adults.He began his studies at Colégio Itá Liceu Educacional, where he stayed until he went to university. With an academic degree in Computer Science from Santa Cecília University, he uses the most modern IT tools to add to music all the possible resources that technology offers, and the keyboard stands out as the ideal musical instrument for this activity. He has played in various bands, ensembles and musical groups in the region, as well as accompanying musicians for artists who have appeared on TV programs such as Raul Gil and working on the musical production of artists such as Marcelo de Nóbrega, son of the presenter Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega of SBT
He provides informative articles for specialized magazines (Home Studio, Teclado&Áudio and Playmusic). As well as individually developing his own work and performing solo as an interpreter, he also works as a music producer. He produces, records and masters CDs and DVDs for dozens of artists in the region in professional studios or mobile units. He prepared and took part in workshops on Music and Technology at FAAM (Faculdade de Artes Alcântara Machado), under the rectorship of conductor João Carlos Martins, in São Paulo.
He gave a similar talk at the Anhembi-Morumbi University in São Paulo. He devised and conducted the Computer Music Course held at Sesc Santos. He produced and directed the recording of audio and DVDs by various artists from the Baixada Santista region, including Banda Siryus, Sebastian, Priscila Suzuki and Trio Los Locos. He took part in the musical production, recording, arranging and producing the entire “Auto de Natal” show, a meeting of choirs promoted by Santos City Hall, for 4 consecutive years.
He adapted and carried out the audio project for the studio of TV Guarujá, in the city of Guarujá, , where he provides audio and video consultancy. He created, led and made possible the Course on Elaboration of Cultural Projects and Fundraising through Tax Incentives, held in São Vicente at the Cine 3D and in Santos at the Pinacoteca's Salão Verde (in the gardens).
He provides technical consultancy for the Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto, organizing events and preparing courses; she worked on the creation of the course “How to Understand Classical Music”, given by the composer José Antônio de Almeida Prado, and then gave the course “The Piano”, in partnership with and under the supervision of Eduardo Paulino; participated in the recording and mixing of the CD “Óleo Sobre Teclas”, released to commemorate the institution's Silver Jubilee and, in the now traditional “Encontro de Corais de Natal”, helped with audio engineering, voice-over and operation of the first editions and in 2011 worked directly on the general organization of the event.
Exhibitions
Choral Singing Incentive Grant
Guided tours
Lectures
Free Piano Course
Indigenous culture crafts workshop
Storytelling workshop
Literary event
Writing workshop
1st Benedicto Calixto artistic photography prize
Classical music performances

To find out more about the events, check out the full program.

In the media
Contribute to Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto
The Arte na Pinacoteca project, through the Federal Cultural Incentive Law, allows
individuals to contribute to projects and annual plans that have been approved.
According to the law, under code 41, individuals can donate a minimum amount of
R$ 300 and declare it in the complete form in the ‘Payments and donations made’ section.