Américo Castilla / Argentina
President and founder of Fundación TyPA, Américo Castilla is a lawyer and visual artist. Director of the Cultural Program of Fundación Antorchas (1992/2003). National Director of Heritage and Museums of Argentina (2003/2007) and Director of the National Museum of Fine Arts (2005/ 2007). Teaches the Doctoral Seminar on Culture and Management Policies at the National University of La Plata. Co-chair of the World Conference: Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture, Salzburg 2011. As a visual artist he represented Argentina in biennials such as San Pablo and Paris, and received, among others, the First National and Municipal Awards on Etching. Since 2013 he is the Academic Director of the TyPA Lab on Museum Management.
ORGANIZATION: Fundación TyPA
SHORT BIO: President and Founder
WEBSITE: http://www.typa.org.ar/en/
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