FACILITY

The culture as rights

Since 2009, Redes da Maré has managed the Herbert Vianna Cultural Arena (formerly Herbert Vianna Municipal Cultural Canvas), a facility of the Municipal Secretary of Culture. The organization oversees the programming of the space, providing art, culture, and leisure activities for children and youth in Maré. The Arena has become a reference in the region, evolving into a space for education and learning.

The Herbert Vianna Cultural Arena was reopened in November 2023, as part of the Rio de Janeiro Cultural Canvas recovery program by the City Administration ("Culture of Tomorrow"). Throughout a year of construction, various itinerant activities were carried out for Maré's children and youth.

The programming is free and diverse, attracting around 1,600 people per month.It includes concerts ranging from rock to metal, samba sessions, forró, carnival block, film screenings, film club, June festivals, children's shows, theater and musicals, vacation camps, as well as daily cultural activities for the local population. Notable activities include workshops in literacy, music, robotics, capoeira, skate, dance, cooking, storytelling, cultural production, and environmental education.

Located at the intersection of the communities of Baixa do Sapateiro, Nova Holanda, and Nova Maré, the Maré Arena beats with the expression of the right to art and culture in peripheral territories, attracting residents from different areas and breaking invisible but enormous barriers to circulation between Maré's favelas.

Congress Talking about Public Security for Children and Adolescents in Maré, August 2022.

Arraiá da Lona, 2022.

CULTURAL EVENTS

• Cine Rabiola: Film screening for the youth audience.

• Lona Cultural Cinema Club:Film screenings followed by discussions for adults biweekly in the Normal Space in the first half of 2023. Schedule information on social media.

• Lona goes to the Street: Circulation activities in the city and cultural spaces for Herbert Vianna Cultural Arena visitors.

• Through Access:Activity for the youth audience aiming to foster circulation in public spaces in Maré, breaking symbolic borders of circulation for children, adolescents, and young people, and promoting encounters between individuals from different areas of Maré.

• Favela Rock: Rock festival at the Maré Arena, aiming to strengthen the alternative rock scene in Maré.

• Lona Música Livre: Musical events aiming to strengthen musical scenes in Maré.

• Other shows: Production of shows and cultural events through partnerships with artists, encompassing multiple artistic languages.

• Quintal do Bira: Visual arts exhibition gallery. The exhibition "Passa a visão" will be open until January 2024.

The Maré Arena also has a significant presence on social media, and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it offered its workshops in video format through Facebook and Instagram.

WATCH THE VIDEOS OF OUR WORKSHOPS

MARÉ DE CAPOEIRA

FAVELA ROCK

MARÉ LONGBOARD:
ASSEMBLING A SKATE

MAIN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

#Municipal Popular Library Jorge Amado – Inside the annex building of the Arena, there is a reading and activity space with a collection of over 5,000 books for loan and consultation. It is one of the few Cultural Tents in the municipality with an active library, also serving as a meeting point. Instagram:@espacoleitura.jorgeamado

#Pé de Livro: Storytelling Workshop – Activity promoted by the Arena team to encourage reading among children who frequent the space. The activity takes place every Tuesday from 3:30 pm to 5 pm at the main gate of the Arena while the facility is under construction. It helps children develop cognitive and social potential through literature.

#Author/Book of the Week: – A conversation about reading, books, and authors – An initiative of the Jorge Amado Library to bring the children's audience closer to authors. This activity also promotes meetings with local authors to give visibility to their work, strengthen the representation and inspiration of local authors, and promote a culture of creative economy, amplifying artistic practices in favela territories.

#Maré Longboard Workshop – Held in partnership with the Maré Longboard collective, which works to expand the potential of adolescents and young people in the Maré favela complex. Through skate and longboard workshops, the project addresses topics such as urban mobility, city access, rights, and urban arts. Tuesday, at 4:30 pm - age range: 10 to 16 years.

#Maré de Capoeira – Initiative of the Maré Arena with the Maré de Capoeira collective, aiming to expand the motor, cognitive, musical, and social potential of children in the Maré favela complex through playful capoeira and popular culture activities. The classes are also an opportunity to discuss racial relations and the valorization of Afro-Brazilian culture. Thursday, from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm - age range: 6 to 10 years.

#Panderolando:Percussion workshop – Initiative of the Herbert Vianna Cultural Arena in partnership with the Panderolando Maré collective, aiming to democratize access to music through percussion. In the workshops, students study rhythms such as samba, forró, funk, jongo, and others from Brazilian musical culture. In addition to developing musical potential, the workshops propose discussions on access to culture and religious racism against Afro-Brazilian religions. Thursday, from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm - age range: 12 to 16 years.

In the area of territorial development,the Herbert Vianna Cultural Arena, in addition to collaborating with local collectives, neighboring schools, and the audience of the Maré Olympic Village, also supports organizationsin the territory, such as Residents' Associations, Luta pela Paz, and Observatório de Favelas During the pandemic, it also served as an operational base for local mobilizations, such as Health Connection and Vacina Maré, and Vacina Maré facilitating COVID-19 testing and mass vaccination.

The Arena is also a space for the development of other projects by Redes da Maré, such as:

#Not One Less -Education Axis project that strengthens non-formal education actions, offering daily workshops in literacy, robotics, music, and welcoming children who are out of school or having difficulty returning. The purpose is to reinforce the bonds between students, families, and public schools in the region. Among the activities currently taking place are: robotics classes, pedagogical complementation, art education, and musical practice.

Service: Monday to Thursday - 3:30 pm to 5 pm (8 to 10 years) | Monday to Thursday - 5 pm to 6:30 pm (10 to 12 years), at the temporary address: Rua 17 de fevereiro, Paróquia Jesus de Nazaré (Parque Maré)

#Write Your Future - Literacy project for women in Maré, from the Education axiswith the challenge of educating residents who have never established a continuous relationship with school knowledge and learning processes, as well as ensuring the entry or resumption of their school trajectories. The project has seven classes in six spaces of Redes da Maré and local partners, such as the Arena.

Classes: one class from 10 am to 12 pm, Monday to Thursday

#Maré of Rights - –Project of the Right to Security and Access to Justice Axis, offering support and assistance with free consultations by lawyers, social workers, and psychologists. Residents can be attended to in person, based on distributed tickets, on the days and times indicated, and also have access to this support through Redes da Maré's WhatsApp: (21) 99924-6462.

Free service:, Thursdays, from 9 am to 12 pm (Nova Maré)

Team

Coordinator: Lidiane Malanquini

Producer: William Oliveira

Financial Management: Sandra Ciqueira

Librarian and Administration: Sandra Santos

Secretary: Yannick Menha

Communications Assistant: Igor Mello

Pedagogical Assistant: Larissa Cunha

Workshop Facilitators:Rodrigo Maré, Diego Reis, and Rudson Bigode

Co-management: City of Rio de Janeiro - SMC

SPONSOR

City of Rio - Municipal Secretary of Culture

INSTITUTIONAL AND LOCAL PARTNERS

Residents' Associations of the 16 favelas of Maré

Panderolando Maré

Maré de Capoeira

Maré Longboard

People's Palace Projects

Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage

4ª Coordenadoria Regional de Educação (4ª CRE)

Maré Sobre Saltos

Galpão Bela Maré

Vila Olímpica da Maré

ADDRESS

Rua Ivanildo Alves s/nº – Nova Maré

Phone: +55 (21) 3105-6815

OPENING HOURS

Monday to Friday:10 am to 6 pm

Saturday:1 pm to 5 pm

CANVAS CONTACT

E-mail: lonaherbertvianna@redesdamare.org.br

WhatsApp from Redes da Maré: +55 (21) 99924-6462

Facebook: @LonaCulturalDaMare

Instagram: @lonadamare

The Maré Arena now has a space for rehearsals and events for artists and collectives. Just get in touch with the team.

HIGHLIGHTS

2021

In the first semester, we continued virtual workshops on our social media platforms. | COVID-19 testing in partnership with Fiocruz, SAS Brasil, and Health Connection, at the Arena Maré space | We started the skateboard workshop in partnership with the Maré Longboard collective. | Affective cartographies workshop in partnership with "Rolé Carioca" | Children's participation in writing children's books for the "Writers for the Future" project, in partnership with the Lima Barreto Library | Realization of the first virtual Favela Rock with the participation of the Maré Juanita band, in an incredible live celebration of International Rock Day, reaching over 650 views.

2020

Virtual workshops by the Arena’s networks and support for the "Maré says NO to Coronavirus" campaign. | Live events and support for local artists in writing projects for grants. | Continuation of partnerships with the Not One Less, with artist Laura Taves, in the process of creating and installing a panel of tiles painted by children, as well as a word search activity and video call on COVID-19 prevention with participants and educators from Not One Less, production of “Chega de Racismo" music video, among other actions.

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2019

Capoeira and Percussion Workshops, in addition to regular actions in partnership with the "Not One Less" project. | Continued partnership with the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage with cultural exchanges. | Start of Women's Literacy; Highlight for the meeting on Popular Culture with presentations by local groups.

2018

Regular workshops from the "Not One Less" project. Highlight for the continuation of the Favela Rock event. Art and education activities with children and artist Rita Wainer; October Journeys in partnership with EAV; construction of the artistic intervention "Leite de Pedra" with Matheus Rocha Pitta.