Cultural Policy
Culture and knowledge are also a priority to the Chamber. Therefore the institution houses many events covering a wide range of artistic, intellectual and historical manifestations, particularly related to the Brazilian culture. The Chamber´s architecture and inherent work also promotes the Brazilian cultural heritage.
The Main Building, for instance, is. There we find the great Black Hall, a a common area for both houses used for official receptions, formal events and exhibitions. Adjacent to the Black Hall main entrance there is a wall with a saying carved on it. It's a piece of President Juscelino Kubitschek's speech delivered at the signing of the bill transferring the capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia, in the late 50’s. Next to the Black Hall there is the Noble Room. On weekdays, the Noble Hall is restricted to visits by Head of State or government officials and courtesy calls on the Speaker of the Chamber. In the room, there's a stained glass panel by Marianne Peretti, a wooden blue panel by Athos Bulcão and it's furnished by Ana Maria Niemeyer's and the Barcelona chairs designed by the architect Mies Van Der Rohe.
Adjacent to the Ulysses Guimarães Plenary Chamber (the floor), the Green Hall is the location of several pieces of art by well-known Brazilian artists such as the blue and white tile panel Ventania ("Gale") that can be seen all across the room; Muro Escultório (a green partition piece) by Athos Bulcão; Fragmento de Anjo ("Angel Fragment") by Alfredo Ceschiatti; the stained glass panel called Araguaia (the name of an important river of the region); and the panel painted by Di Cavalcanti specially to the Chamber.
The Chamber also has another space for reflexion and social values development: the Cultural Space – symbol of the artistic and intellectual freedom of expression. The Cultural spaces promotes book launching, ballet presentations, plays, reading and poetry reading, lectures, political debates, cultural events among other cultural manifestations.
The Cultural Center is a multiple and democratic space that answer to different requests on events. There's a calendar of events and to participate the citizen submits his quest filling a form sheet available on the Internet a year in advance, preferably till October. The requests are analyzed according to objective criteria.
