Priscila Arantes is the Technical Director and Curator at Paço das Artes in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

1. Why are you personally on Twitter?

Twitter is great to get know about museums´s activities in general and to engage with people with similar interests.

2. Why did your museum registered to the MW?

Paço das Artes is an institution dedicated to contemporary art. In addition of being an exhibition venue, the gallery is also a place geared towards promoting courses, lectures, workshops, conferences, hearings and residency programs. Participating of Museum Week is a possibility of spreading news about our activities to all kind of audiences and also to know more about what is going on in the art world. Paço das Artes wants to be in constant dialogue with followers and visitors.

3. Which Twitter accounts do you recommend for people interested in Arts, Museums, Science…?

We´d like to recommend Sao Paulo State Secretariat of Culture (@culturasp) and Museu da Imagem e do Som´s accounts (@mis_sp), as well as Paço das Artes (@pacodasartes).

Interview by @MarDixon and @benben71