Americo Castilla
Fundación TyPA - Theory & Practice of the Arts. Argentina Director
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Based in Buenos Aires, Fundación TyPA - Theory and Practice of the Arts, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting reflection and contact between cultures, establishing links that facilitate the acceptance of diversity, and promoting positive changes in Latin American museums. Since its founding in 2004, it has organized workshops and conferences, conducted and published research, provided consulting and organized collaborative networks to support the region's cultural production and its circulation around the world. In recent years, TyPA has concentrated its activity in the field of museums, contributing to their potential as a platform for citizen action. We believe that museums have the potential to echo the problems of the contexts in which they are immersed and promote positive values for a better social coexistence. Some noteworthy programs include the TyPA Lab on Museum Management, created to train a new generation of museum leaders in Latin America; and Reimagining the Museum, a conference with professionals from all over the region organized in collaboration with the American Alliance of Museums.