FestA! Festival de Aprender Offers 500+ Free Activities Across São Paulo Sesc Units

festival-fair · 2026-04-23

The second edition of FestA! – Festival de Aprender will occupy 39 Sesc units across São Paulo from March 2 to 4, offering over 500 free activities focused on technology and visual arts. Coordinated by professionals including Djamila Ribeiro, Paulo Bruscky, Amadeu Zoe, and Araquém Alcântara, the festival provides workshops, lectures, and hands-on experiences. While admission is free, some activities require prior registration or ticket pickup 30 minutes in advance. Fernanda Sanino of the Lumberjills woodworking and tapestry project highlights the festival's role in promoting manual skills. Specific workshops include creative basic woodworking at Sesc Santo André, landscape drawing on a boat in Bertioga with architect Carla Caffé, Japanese joinery techniques with designer Igor Hideki Hatanda at Sesc Pompeia, and a xerography workshop with artist Paulo Bruscky at Sesc 24 de Maio. The festival also aims to draw public attention to the diverse short-term courses and activities Sesc offers year-round.

Key facts

FestA! runs March 2-4, 2024.
Over 500 free activities across 39 Sesc units in São Paulo.
Activities focus on technology and visual arts.
Professionals like Djamila Ribeiro and Paulo Bruscky coordinate events.
Some activities require prior registration or ticket pickup.
Fernanda Sanino of Lumberjills emphasizes promoting manual skills.
Workshops include woodworking, landscape drawing, and Japanese joinery.
Festival highlights Sesc's year-round short-term course offerings.

Entities

Artists

Djamila Ribeiro
Paulo Bruscky
Amadeu Zoe
Araquém Alcântara
Fernanda Sanino
Letícia Piagentini
Carla Caffé
Igor Hideki Hatanda
Montez Magno
Mari Ra
Zé di Cabeça
Fabio Miguez
Adenor Gondim
Luciano Feijão
Ronaldo Domingues de Almeida
Nicolas Soares
Adriana Machado
Luciara Ribeiro
Naine Terena
Khadyg Fares
Tadeu Kaingang
Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Antônio Bispo dos Santos
Nêgo Bispo
Julio Bittencourt
Guilherme Wisnik
Daniela Thomas
Hannah Arendt
Marlene Barros
Betânia Pinheiro
Fábio Nunes
Júlia Martins
Claudia Alarcón
Adriano Pedrosa
Laura Cosendey
La Chola Poblete
Sandra Gamarra Heshiki
Santiago Yahuarcani
Colectivo Acciones de Arte
Damián Ortega
Sol Calero
Carolina Caycedo
Pablo Delano
Rosa Elena Curruchich
Manuel Herreros
Mateo Manaure
Jesús Soto
Deborah Paiva
Tadeu Chiarelli
Walter Benjamin
Iberê Camargo
Jasper Johns
Henri Matisse
Marie Laurencin
Nuno Ramos
Marcos Amaro
Russet Lederman
Olga Yatskevich
Miguel Del Castillo
Anna Atkins
Elizabeth B. Brownell
Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson
Annette Messager
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
Hiromix
Claudia Andujar
Maureen Bisilliat
Gretta Sarfaty
Vilma Slomp
Claudia Jaguaribe
Anna Mariani
Stefania Bril
Thalita Hamaoui
Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni
Rogério Medeiros
Catalina Bergues
Rafael Hayashi
Lázaro Roberto
Hélio Menezes
Ivald Granato
Maria Alice Milliet
Christian-Jack Heymès
Felipe Rezende
Claudio Cretti
Guilherme Teixeira
Andrea Brazil
Ana Avelar
Darks Miranda
Flávia Metzler
Ivan Cardoso
Yuli Yamagata
José Augusto Ribeiro
Hélio Oiticica
Zé do Caixão
Maria Noujaim
Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
Ludwig Riedel
Néster Rubtsov
Aimé-Adrien Taunay
Hercule Florence
Wilhelmine von Langsdorff
Antonio Florence
Francis Melvin Lee
Lalo de Almeida
Paula Sampaio
Miguel Chikaoka
João Pompeu
Mônica Guimarães
Moacir dos Anjos
Francisco Brennand
José Cláudio
Aracy Amaral
Cao Guimarães
Marcelo Silveira
Flavia Renault
Paula Borghi
Belony Ferreira
Paula Ramos
Mestre Didi
Ayrson Heráclito
Rodrigo Moura
Abdias Nascimento
Paulo Pedro Leal
Jean Boghici
Carlos Lacerda
Mônica Cardim
Alberto Henschel
Juca Rosa

Institutions

Sesc SP
Lumberjills
Sesc
Galeria Galatea Salvador
Nara Roesler
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
Midiateca Capixaba
Sesc Sorocaba
Capela João de Camargo
Clube 28 de Setembro
CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
Phi Projetos
Cinnamon
Governo do Brasil
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
Ateliê Marlene Barros
Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
Universidade de Aveiro
MASP — Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Janaina Torres Galeria
Museu FAMA
IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
Biblioteca de Fotografia
10×10 Photobooks
Getty Research Institute
Museo Reina Sofía
Rijksmuseum
New York Public Library
Paris Photo
Livraria da Travessa
Simões de Assis
El Espacio 23
Coleção Jorge M. Pérez
Galeria Estúdio Reverso
NND|Azeco
NONADA SP
DAN Galeria
SP-Arte
Casa de Cultura do Parque
Projeto 280X1020
Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
Lei Rouanet
banco BV
Laranjinha
Banco Itaú
Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
Instituto Hercule Florence
Documenta Pantanal
Centro Maria Antônia da USP
Império Russo
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Fonte
Carmo Johnson Projects
Itaú Cultural
Ilê Asipá
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Pina Luz
Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
PGHEA-MAC/USP

Locations

São Paulo
Brazil
Sesc Santo André
Bertioga
Sesc Pompeia
Sesc 24 de Maio
Salvador
Bahia
Vitória
Espírito Santo
Sorocaba
Nova York
United States
Tóquio
Japan
Mumbai
India
Pequim
China
Jacarta
Indonesia
Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais
La Puntana
Argentina
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Campo Grande
Mato Grosso do Sul
Itu
Recife
Pernambuco
Olinda
Zona Leste
Amsterdã
Netherlands
Los Angeles
Madri
Spain
Miami
Florida
EUA
Jardim Paulista
Vila Nova Conceição
Centro
Alto de Pinheiros
Boaçava
Vila Madalena
Bela Vista
Bom Retiro
Cidade Universitária
Porto Feliz
Mato Grosso
Grão-Pará
Amazônia
Pantanal
Algarve
Portugal
Recôncavo Baiano
Ilha de Itaparica
Fortaleza
Ceará
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Sul
Santo Antônio da Patrulha
Ipojuca
Sertão mineiro
Africa
Cameroon
France
England
Switzerland
Zurich

Sources

ARTE!Brasileiros — 2018-03-27
ARTE!Brasileiros — 2018-03-01