About this webinar:
Aligned with the idea of proposing a sustainable model of heritage management, as established in the ReInHerit project, the purpose of this webinar is to provide guidance and tips on basic principles of sustainability for professionals working in museums and cultural heritage sites. This webinar will clarify ideas on the concepts of museum and sustainability, leading to a better understanding of the role of the 21st-century museum and its challenges and opportunities to create more public value in the context of social and environmental sustainability. Through effective guidelines and recommendations, the webinar will help to encourage cultural heritage professionals to implement sustainable practices in their daily museum management.
Speaker:
Jaime López
Jaime López is co-founder and managing director of "Arte Sostenible", a non-profit cultural association based in Barcelona, focused on artistic and educational projects conceived from a social and environmental sustainability approach. He currently focuses his professional activity on education, museum and art consultancy, career guidance, and management of sustainable visual arts projects. He holds a (BA) degree in Art History and a (MA) in Museology from the Complutense University of Madrid. He has previously worked as a cultural manager, teacher, art curator, and museologist in relevant museums and educational institutions such as the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Fine Arts Circle in Madrid, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Complutense University (Faculty of Fine Arts), and the "I Art" - Art & Culture Business School in Madrid.
