Equipe principal

Aline Zornoff is an architect and urban planner, with an MBA postgraduate degree in Art History, and professional experience focused on the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. She serves as Cultural Director of the Association of Conservators and Restorers of Cultural Heritage – ARCO.it (2025/2026 term) and has coordinated Studio Aline Zornoff since 2019, dedicated to conservation projects of movable and integrated heritage for public institutions, companies, and private collections.

She is also a member of the Tatiana Zanelatto Conservation and Restoration team, with a focus on mural paintings, and has carried out notable work at the Museum of Sacred Art of Curitiba (MASAC) and at the Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Wounds. Her professional activities include heritage inventorying and diagnostic projects of the built heritage, as well as academic research and publications. Her work has been presented at national and international events, including the 7th Luso-Brazilian Meeting on Conservation and Restoration (Lisbon) and ICOMOS AGA 2024 Brazil (Ouro Preto).

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Restoration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is currently a fellow at the Conservation Laboratory of the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation (LACRE – FCRB). Previously, she was a fellow at Funarte and worked at the Document Conservation and Restoration Service (SCRD) of the Archive and Documentation Department (DAD) at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. She has also worked with private collections, such as the archive of photographer Bel Pedrosa, consisting of photographs and negatives. She has a strong interest in paper-based and photographic collections.

She holds a PhD in Fine Arts – Art and Heritage Sciences, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Conservation and Restoration of Movable Heritage, focusing on easel painting. She also completed an internship in Preventive Conservation at the National Library of Portugal. She worked at the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (2009-2011), contributing to the management, preventive conservation and restoration of the region’s cultural heritage. She has participated in conservation-restoration projects in public and private cultural institutions, notably the 16th-century Main Altarpiece of Funchal Cathedral (2011-2014). She also collaborated with the Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal on collection care and temporary exhibitions (2015–2019). She is currently head of the Conservation and Restoration Service at the Casa-Museu Frederico de Freitas (Regional Directorate of Culture of the Autonomous Region of Madeira).

Museóloga graduada pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO (2008), Mestre em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ (2012) e pós-graduada em Conservação e Restauração de Bens Histórico-Artísticos pelo Palazzo Spinelli, Itália (2018). Atua como Técnica em Museologia no Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN) desde 2010, com ênfase em Conservação Preventiva de bens culturais móveis.

Claudia S. Rodrigues de Carvalho is an architect and urban planner, graduated (1985) and master (1997) from the FAU-UFRJ of Rio de Janeiro, doctor (2006) from the FAU-USP. She took specialization courses at ICCROM and at the Centre for Sustainable Heritage – University College London. She worked at IPHAN – National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (1984/1992) and at the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation (1992-2019) She is currently a professor in the Professional Master’s courses in Memory and Collections at FCRB and in Project and Heritage at FAU-UFRJ, and a researcher in the Research Group Preventive Conservation of Historic Buildings and Sites – FRCB (Leader. She is a member of the Scientific Council of the Theory and Philosophy Committee of ICOMOS – BRAZIL, the Conservation Committee and the Demhist of ICOM- BR, and the Core-Team of APOYOnline- Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas (APOYOnline).

Cristina Lara Corrêa has a technical background in the area of Conservation and Restoration (Instituto Técnico de Restauro Domingos Tellechea) with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts (FEBASP) and a specialization in Management of Public Cultural Policies (UnB) and Caretaking of São Paulo’s Built Historical Heritage (MAS-SP), master’s degree in Art History (UNICAMP) and candidate of PhD in Museology at ULusófona in Lisbon where she collaborates with MusaCine – Museology and Cinema Exhibition. Member of ICOM (International Council of Museums, Brazil), director of CLC Conservação Preventiva e Pesquisa, consulting partner of LUME, part of the Core Team of APOYOnline.

Director of Conservation and Restoration Services at the Regional Directorate for Archives, Libraries and the Book (DRABL), she has coordinated key areas dedicated to the preservation of the documentary heritage of the Autonomous Region of Madeira since 2004. She holds a Master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration from the University of the Arts London – Camberwell College of Arts. She is a member of the organising committee of the Regional Meeting on Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage – Madeira, an annual event that promotes the exchange of professional experiences, technical debate and continuous professional development within the field. She also acts as a technical consultant for national and international institutions.

PhD student in Museology and Heritage at the Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences. Master’s degree in Information Science from the Postgraduate Program in Information Science at the University of Brasília. Bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Restoration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Editor-in-chief of Revista Desvio. Researcher-scholar at Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation. Student Member at the IIC, ANCIB and DEMHIST- ICOM. Volunteer collaborator / Content producer for social media on heritage education at the Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas (APOYOnline).

Bachelor’s degree Conservation of archaeological heritage. Worked in Norway (Museum of Cultural History), Chile, and Argentina (Freelance) and Bolivia (Tiwanaku-WHS, Delaveris Conservaciones Consulting Company), Saudi Arabia (RCU and JHD). Experience in conservation and management of collections, and archaeological sites with earth and stone structures working with indigenous communities. Lecturer in preventive conservation at universities, for public at large and indigenous communities. Development of conservation principles, policies, guidelines and regulations. Research project on packing materials from the local Bolivian markets, with Oddy tests. Research and conservation project with Swiss Cooperation in Bolivia; rediscovering pre-Hispánic earthen building technique; Chullpawawa. Volunteering for APOYOnline Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas since 2020 as Core team member and Coordinator for the Spanish Translation Team, Member of Red PROTERRA.

Josefa completed her undergraduate studies at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, earning a degree in Arts and Humanities with a focus on art history, heritage studies, and conservation. She then pursued a master’s degree in Principles of Conservation at University College London, graduating in 2022. Currently, she works as a preventive conservator at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago, Chile. Her main areas of interest include First Nations, community engagement in conservation decision-making, and integrating sustainability into conservation practices, especially within the Latin American context.

Lénia Fernandes has a M.A. in Conservation and Restoration from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, specializing in photograph and paper objects. She is currently pursuing a PhD in the same institution on the topic of colour slides in Portuguese collections. She previously worked as a photograph conservator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (2014-2016 and 2021-2022) and the Nederlands Fotomuseum (2016-2021). Her professional experience is also connected to institutions such as the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (2012-2014), HTW-Berlin (2011), the Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira (2009-2011) and the Image Permanence Institute (2007-2008).

Nathália Pamio Luiz é doutoranda em Museologia com bolsa de pesquisa Cátedra UNESCO ULHT "Educação, Cidadania e Diversidade Cultural" (Universidade Lusófona - ULHT, 2019-2021). Membro fundador da LUME - Associação de Cultura e Patrimônio. Voluntária na Produção Executiva da Trienal de Arquitetura de Lisboa (2019-2020). Produtora Executiva na Base7 Projetos Culturais (2013-2018). Mestre em Museologia (ULHT, 2020). Especialista em Gestão Cultural (PUC-SP, 2016) e Ensino de Arte Especial e Inclusivo (Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 2015). Pós-graduado em Produção Cultural (FAAP, 2014). Bacharel em Fotografia (Centro Universitário SENAC, 2011).

Undergraduate student in Conservation and Restoration of Movable and Integrated Cultural Heritage at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Currently, she is an APOYOnline intern, supported by the Mellon Foundation, responsible for the creation and development of the association’s Image Portal, focused on managing its digital photographic collection. She was previously an intern at the Laboratory for Conservation and Restoration of Graphic Documents (LACRE) at the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa (FCRB), where she strenghtened her knowledge in paper conservation and restoration. She also has an interest in artistic photography and photographic conservation.

She holds a Master’s degree in Preservation and Management of Cultural Heritage of Science and Health from Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz) and a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Restoration of Movable and Integrated Cultural Heritage from the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She coordinates the Special Projects at APOYOnline, with support from the Mellon Foundation, and serves as Cultural Director of the Association of Conservators and Restorers of Cultural Heritage (ARCO.it), and works as a conservator-restorer specializing in sculpture, mural paintings, and integrated heritage. She is also a fellow of the Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development in Health (FIOTEC), collaborating on the PRESERVO Project: Fiocruz Collections Complex.

Teresa has been Senior Conservator and responsible for the conservation and restoration of the drawings and prints collections, the implementation of some Preventive Conservation programmes and research in the field of engraving at the National Museum of Ancient Art since the end of 2021. Previously, she worked as coordinator of the Collections Service at the National Library of Portugal since 1997. She has collaborated with various institutions in the conservation of their collections of graphic documents and runs training courses in preventive conservation for professionals from libraries, archives and museums. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Restoration with a specialisation in Graphic Documents (1993), a degree in Specialised Higher Studies in Art Expertise (1995), a Master’s degree in Heritage Studies (2013) and a Master’s degree in Documentation and Information Sciences (2019). She is currently studying for a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science- Museology.

Apaixonado por arte e todas as suas expressões, Yazmin estudou Belas Artes na Universidade do Panamá. Dedica-se às técnicas de impressão e as ensina há 15 anos (gravura, serigrafia e outras). Trabalhou por 10 anos na oficina do artista Carlos Cruz Diez como restauradora de obras de arte e objetos patrimoniais. Participou de vários cursos e seminários de arte e conservação. Atualmente, é conservadora e restauradora sênior no Museu do Canal Interoceânico do Panamá. Em 2023, ela foi bolsista na Reunião Anual do American Institute for Conservation em Jacksonville, Flórida, onde apresentou um pôster.