Inaugurado a 2 de Junho de 2006, é composto por uma equipa de quatro Conservadoras Restauradoras formadas na área de Papel e Livro: Clara de Sousa Rocha a trabalhar desde 1993; Marina Afonso Moura desde 2005, Rita Horta e Costa desde 1998 e Vera Guedes M. Fontes desde 1999.
- Obras tridimensionais (biombos, globos, leques em papel, entre outros).
Preparado e habilitado para deslocações em brigadas, o atelier SalvArte disponibiliza-se para desenvolver projectos no âmbito da Conservação Preventiva em arquivos, reservas, bibliotecas, museus e quaisquer outros locais.
Trabalhamos em interdisciplina com outras áreas.
Who are we?
We are a team of four Conservators Restaurateurs of paper and books. Together we started Atelier SalvArte on the 2nd of June of 2006. Clara de Souza Rocha has been working in this area since 1993; Marina Afonso Moura since 2005, Rita Horta e Costa since 1998 and Vera Guedes M. Fontes since 1999.
Conservation and Restoration works are developed for private collections, private art investors and public Institutions. On these almost 5 years we have provided our services to a large range of clients including Grão Vasco Museum, Fundação Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro, Museu do brinquedo,Jorge Welsh Gallery, Câmara Municipal de Tavira and Leiloeira Cabral Moncada.
So far our work has included many renown Portuguese artists such as Nadir Afonso, Almada Negreiros, Vieira da Silva, C. Pinheiro, Cargaleiro, amongst others. Atelier Salvarte is well equipped for working on a range of paper conservation and restoration areas such as:
- Paper from small to big sizes (drawings, watercolors, engravings, wall paper and other artistic techniques). - Historic books, art books, ancient books, documents from public and private archives. - Tridimensional art as folding screens, globes, paper fans, amongst others).