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Events

 

"Cordelinho" (Small Cordel) book, woodcut cover by Ciro Fernandes

Machado de Assis Award

Brazilian Academy of Letters

ABL awarded the artist Ciro Fernandes for the ilustrações of the book Cordelinho, together with its writer Chico Salles, in the Children's and Youth Literature category. It was the first and only ABL award for an illustrator. 

Message from Carlos Drummond de Andrade to artist Ciro Fernandes

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

From poet to o artist

The message of one of the major poets of Brazil is old but priceless and very affectionate.

by a friend. 

Book's cover of Ciro Fernandes
luthier artist Ciro Fernandes

well-illustrated literature

Ciro Luthier

Books make part of the story of Cyrus
Approved by Turibio Santos

Ciro has a special involvement with books.

Own works  have already been released as "Os Bichos que sei Fazer"; and ;"Sonho de Papel";. Ciro also produces all the visual programming, cover art and illustrations for well-known writers such as Gilberto Freire, Raquel de Queiroz, Autran Dourado, Ivan Bichara, José Candido de Carvalho, Ana Maria Machado, Assis Ângelo, among others, 

Turibio Santos, internationally renowned guitarist, approved the guitar produced eng

 Ciro in his visit to the artist's studio. 

Facade of the Municipal Library Orígenes Lessa de Lençois Paulistas with logo created by artist Ciro
Escultura monumento Catedral dos Pássaros do Uirauna do Ciro Fernandes

Ciro creates the symbol BMOL

Orígenes Lessa Municipal Library
in Lençois Paulistas

Cathedral of the Birds

city of Uirauna na Paraíba

After creating countless book covers for the writer and friend

Orígenes Lessa, Ciro presents the city of Lençois with a creation da logo BMOL. Cidade do Livro, as it is known, has the largest Public Library in the interior of Brazil with 120,000 volumes. Número greater than its population.

Inauguration of the Catedral dos Passaros monument in Uirauna, which was attended by local entities and especially by Antônio Ramos, musician of the Orquestra Municipal de Recife.

Artista plástico Ciro Fernandes no programa ABZ do Ziraldo na TV Brasil
Director of MNBA Monica Xexéo talking about the work of artist Ciro Fernandes

ABZ do Ziraldo

Ciro with friend Ziraldo

Ciro participates in ABZ do Ziraldo, a program on Sunday da TV Brasil, in which cartoonist Ziraldo encourages the habit of reading by interviewing Brazilian writers. Ciro showed his illustrations in a very special episode.
 

Vários cordeis com capas de xilogravura do Ciro Fernandes

twine

From the northeast to the cords

Ciro illustrated several cordel covers with stories that are always remarkable in our daily lives. Some controversial themes were portrayed by his writer friends, such as the emergence of topless on the beach. 

Cover of the CD Zé Ramalho by artist Ciro Fernandes

Ciro and 20 years of Zé Ramalho

Fellow countrymen

Ciro present with his art in the 20-year work of singer Zé Ramalho, called Antologia Acústica. 

A fantastic work of the singer presented with illustrations by Ciro.

Plastic Artist Ciro Fernandes in his atelier

In the Atelier

The artist

The artist's studio located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro always welcomes visitors interested in discovering his beautiful works of art.

Monica Xexeo

Curator of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (National Museum
of Fine Arts)

"Ciro is one of those joys that we have in the life of being able to share and frequent both in the Museu  as in his Atelier."

Ciro Fernandes em sala ensinando a arte da xilogravura

Attending to schools

New generation

Ciro in the classroom, teaching and learning with the new generation. Classes and lectures are perfect for learning plastic art. Several techniques can be approached, such as woodcut.

Capa e ilustrações de Ciro Fernandes no livro Cancioneiro de Ferreira Gullar

Ferreira Gullar

Song lyrics written by the poet

With cover and illustrations by Ciro no livro de Ferreira Gullar gains musical brilliance from compositions created by the poet for renowned composers and singers, such as Villa-Lobos, Caetano Veloso, Paulinho da Viola, Milton Nascimento, among others.   

facade of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes

Exposure

National Museum of Fine Arts

The artist's solo exhibition took place at the MNBA

Ciro Fernandes. The museum received visitors from all regions of Brazil to appreciate the artist's engravings.

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