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Daniel Benito Goerlich

Professor of art history and cultural and artistic heritage conservation at the Universitat de València. In 1981, he won the Senyera Prize in Historical Research for his work on the aspects of Eclecticism in Valencian architecture between 1875 and 1925. He has written various books and articles on architecture and other subjects relating to the history of culture and the arts.

Ester Alba Pagán

Professor of the Faculty of Geography and History. BA in Geography and History, and PhD in Art History from the University of Valencia. Tenured lecturer in art history. Her research focuses on the field of the artistic image, the representation of power from the perspective of visual studies and the point of view of gender, art criticism, museum studies and cultural heritage. She has successfully completed two six-year research periods.

Francesc Martínez Sanchis

Journalist and historian. BA in History and PhD in Journalism and Communication. Head of the Museu del Palmito d’Aldaia (MUPA) and the Aldaia Town Council Office for the Promotion of Valencian. Part-time lecturer in journalism at the University of Valencia. In the past, he has worked for the newspapers Levante-EMV and El País, as well as Ràdio 9. Member of the Horta Sud District Studies Institute, Spanish Communication Research Association and Catalan Communication Society.

María Lourdes Tamborero Capilla

BA in Art History from the UV with award for excellence and 3rd national award. MAS in Art History from the UV. Official tourist guide. Recipient of a research grant in the Art History Department at the UV and a museum studies grant at the Museo Arqueológico in Sagunto. She has worked as a conservator at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts and been employed as a senior technician in the field of cultural heritage, museums and exhibition didactics by various institutions and firms.

María Roca Cabrera

BA with Honours in Fashion Design from the University of Southampton (1993) and BA in Art History from the University of Valencia (2013). She currently holds a pre-doctoral grant as a member of the training research staff with the Government of Valencia and is a member of the task force for the project VALuART Valencia (GIUV2015-224). She has also curated two exhibitions dedicated to the history of fabric design (2014 and 2016).

María Teresa Abad Azuaga

Art historian, Master’s in Conservation and Cultural Heritage Management. Specialist in historical documents and cultural project management, her professional career has focused on heritage promotion and didactics. She has been involved with the Museu d’Història de València (MhV) from its creation phase down to today. She has published several monographs related to Valencian heritage with journals in this subject area.

Liliane Cuesta

After completing her education in art history and museum studies at the École du Louvre and Paris IV-La Sorbonne, Liliane Cuesta Davignon joined the Museum Curator Corps in 2005. She is currently responsible for the education and communication department at the Museo Nacional de Cerámica de Valencia. Member of ICOM and CECA. She is the author of several works and has taken part in various projects around museums, gender and sexuality.

Aneta Vasileva Ivanova

BA and MA in Art History from the University of Valencia. She has been involved in various projects and publications focusing on a gender-based approach to analysis of contemporary artistic expression, including De-constructing Identities: the image of the woman in modernity, 2016 and Space, Gender, Memory, 2017. She is part of the winning project in the CMCV competitive process around gender rereadings, 2017.

Ricard Huerta

Ricard Huerta is a visual artist and lecturer in art education at the University of Valencia. Researcher at the University Institute for Creativity and Educational Innovations, editor of EARI Educación Artística Revista de Investigación, director of the Specialized Diploma in Art Education and Museum Management, and Museari. President of AVALEM, the Valencian Association of Museum and Heritage Educators.

Clara Pérez Herrero

BA in History with a concentration in Archaeology (University of Valencia), Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre and Education (University of Valencia) and Master’s in Museum and Heritage Management (CEU Cardenal Herrera University). Founding partner of Darqueo Estudio y Difusión del Patrimonio S.L. Teaches on the Master’s in Museum and Heritage Management (CEU Cardenal Herrera University). Since 2014, director of the Museu Comarcal de l’Horta Sud Josep Ferrís March.

Eugenia Soler Palomares

BA in Art History from the University of Valencia. Master’s in Museum Studies from the Technical University of Valencia. Founding partner of the company Entralart Iniciativas Culturales, dedicated to museum and didactics management, design and exhibition since 2003. She has worked with several museums and iconic heritage spaces in the Valencian Community. In recent years, she has concentrated on education and didactics at museums and artistic and cultural institutions. She creates educational itineraries and routes within and around museum spaces.

María Hernández-Reinoso

Master’s in Art History and Visual Culture, Master’s in Secondary Education from the University of Valencia. Official tourist guide. Master’s in Marketing. Doctoral student in the Art History Department at the University of Valencia. She has taught at the Gandía International Centre and the Government of Valencia Tourism Centre (CdT). She has worked at IVAM and completed a work placement at Centro el Carmen, Centro Cultural Bancaja and the Museo de Cerámica in Paterna. Member of the Gender and Visual Culture Collective at the University of Valencia. Part of the task force for the project VALuART Valencia (GIUV2015-224).

Mónica Bolufer Peruga

Professor of early modern history (UVEG) specializing in sociocultural history and the history of women in the early modern period, particularly the 18th century. She has published the books Mujeres e Ilustración. La construcción de la feminidad en la España del siglo XVIII (1998), Amor, matrimonio y familia (1998, with I. Morant), Antonio Ponz: Viaje fuera de España (2007) and La vida y la escritura en el siglo XVIII (2008), as well as coordinating various collective works.

Ana García Palacios

BA in Art History from the University of Valencia, Master’s in Documents and Books, Archives and Libraries from the University of Seville. Holds a Professional Certificate in Local Tourism Promotion and Visitor Information. Accredited as an Official Tourist Guide by the Valencian Community. Hired on several occasions to provide services at the Museo de Cerámica de Manises. Current grant-holder at the MCM as part of the Manises Town Council’s postgraduate work placement programme.

David Gimilio Sanz

BA in Geography and History and PhD in Art History from the University of Valencia, with a thesis on academic painter José Vergara Gimeno. Specialist in Valencian art at the Museu de Belles Arts de València. Author of, among other things, various publications on the museum’s painting and sculpture collections. Currently the scientific director of the new museum plan for the Museu de Belles Arts de València.

Ernesto Manzanedo Llorente

Archaeologist. BA in Geography and History (Prehistory and Archaeology) from the University of Valencia in 1992. Master’s in Advanced Historical, Artistic and Geographic Research Methods and Techniques from the National Distance Learning University (UNED) in 2014. Since 2008, head of the Paterna Municipal Archaeological Service and director of the Museo de Cerámica de Paterna. Author of several books and articles on Valencian medieval ceramics..

Javier  Fernández Martínez

BA in Art History (UV) with award for excellence and Master’s in Art History and Visual Culture (UV/UJI). Former member of the Education Department at the IVAM (Institut Valencià d’Art Modern) and the Pepita Lumier art gallery. Involved in various exhibition projects (‘Genaro Palau’ project, CIC-IVAM). Currently holds a position as research staff in training with the Art History Department (UV), contributor to the journal MAKMA, member of the VALuART research group and president of the PANGAEA Association of Young Researchers.

José Manuel Garrido Sancho

BA in History from the University of Valencia, Master’s in Cultural Heritage from the University of Valencia. Since 2010, he has worked at the Museo de Cerámica de Paterna, carrying out archaeological inspection, education, guided tours, and management and administration duties.

Noelia Pacheco

BA in Art History (UV). Inter-university Master’s in Cultural Management (UPV-UV). Official guide for the Valencian Community. Works on heritage promotion through art education and didactics. Has been involved with various Valencian institutions and cultural centres, including the Centre del Carme de Cultura Contemporània, San Miguel de los Reyes Monastery and the Museo Municipal de Cerámica de Paterna, among others.

Paco Estellés Castelló

Diploma in Social Work, specializing in Socio-Cultural Education. Has worked in these areas since 1995 in Youth Services and Social Services for the Paterna Town Council, publishing the experience ‘Playing at Being an Association’, 2004 Association Prize from the Valencian Community Youth Council. Since 2010, he has developed and coordinated education for the Museo de Paterna, ‘playing’ with the museum’s pieces and galleries in order to contaminate them with the citizenry.

María del Mar Amat de la Flor

BA in Geography and History with a concentration in Art History from the University of Valencia. Expert in library science, archival studies and documentation. Grant holder with several institutions to complete her training in documentation and collection management. Research grant holder at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, an institution with which she has worked since 2000. Part of the team drafting the new museum plan for the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia.

Tono Vizcaíno Estevan

BA in History and PhD in Archeology from the Universitat de València. He has participated in archaeological projects in Greece, Italy, Morocco and Spain. He has worked as evaluator in Competitive Research Projects for the European Research Council. Since 2017 he is a fellow at the Pedagogical and Exhibitions Unit of the Museu de Prehistòria de València. He develops his professional activity in the field of cultural heritage management and studying the relationships between archeology and society.

Eva Sanz Gisbert

BA in Geography and History with a concentration in Art History from the University of Valencia. Tutor on the work placement programme at the University of Valencia and teacher on the local training programme for the Valencia Provincial Council. Since 1999, conservator at the Museu de la Rajoleria de Paiporta, where she is responsible for management, exhibition coordination, publications and educational activities.

Adrià Besó Ros

Lecturer at the Department of Art History and Director of Cultural Heritage at the Universitat de València. From its creation in 1996 until 2013 he was director of the Museu Comarcal de l’Horta Sud Josep Ferrís March. His lines of research focus on some manifestations of cultural heritage related to the landscapes where they are integrated, such as popular architecture, industrial architecture and public works heritage.

Irene Llàcer

Historiadora, especialista en arte contemporáneo, su interés pivota entre la investigación en arte moderno contemporáneo y su relación con los públicos, el diseño y la coordinación de proyectos de mediación o el comisariado y la gestión de exposiciones. Es graduada en Historia del Arte y licenciada en Historia por la Universitat de València, egresada del Máster Oficial de Estudios Avanzados en Historia del Arte y Máster en Arte Actual: Análisis y Gestión por la Universitat de Barcelona. Ha diseñado proyectos de mediación y de públicos para museos como el IVAM, Es Baluard (Palma), Bombas Gens Centre d’Art, MuVIM o el Museu de la Música de Barcelona. Es miembro fundadora del colectivo Equip351 y actualmente es técnica de Educación y Programas Culturales del IVAM.

Javier Benlliure

Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Valencia. Specialist in Management of Cultural Institutions and Heritage, and Museum Director at José Benlliure Historic House Museum since 2017. In recent years he has focused his work on museum management and curating. He has written several articles and books on the Benlliure family and other Valencian artists of the era.