Escolinha Municipal de Arte de Pelotas : memória, história e ensino de arte (1963/1998).

Abstract

This master thesis is entitled: “Municipal Little Art School of Pelotas: Memory, History and Teaching of Art (1963/1998), it is inserted in the Line of Research “Teaching of Art and Esthetical Education” of the Postgraduate Program in Visual Arts, Master’s Degree in the Federal University of Pelotas, RS. It is sustained in the necessity of knowing this history which was developed in the area of Education throughout 30 years of existence. It was an educational experience functioning since its beginning as a proposal based on Languages of Art. In its foundation was given the name Municipal Little Art School (Pelotas/RS). It is among the Schools which were based on the Art Schools Movement, emerging around 1952. This research aims at reconstitute, preserving and spreading, appraising the memory, history and the teaching of art of the Municipal Little Art School of Pelotas. It is expected that this research can contribute for the reflection of people, about the memory, history and teaching of art in Pelotas. The research was carried out following the qualitative approach having as research source the analysis of documents of the school database, images or records and interviews with some people who worked or studied in the institution or had some kind of relation with it. It is divided into three parts: Introduction, Historical and Political Context of Art-Education and the Municipal Little Art School of Pelotas. Due to scarce written resources about the methodology developed in the last 33 years of the institution, I had to use interviews with the protagonists who took part of this history, in order to collect information and images. The interviews contributed to construct the text of this thesis, but they were not used entirely but only throughout the text. I believe I had achieved my goals and this research could really contribute for the teaching of art. For further reading the main references were the following: RODRIGUES (1980); READ (1978; 1986); BARBOSA (1997; 1988; 1991); MEIRA (2003; 2010); VARELA (1980; 2001).