Hello and Welcome!
I am Raquel, a multi-passionate person with an academic background in science (conservation and restoration) and a passion for education and communications. Throughout my career I have supported cultural and educational institutions worldwide in studying, preserving and promoting art and cultural heritage with a focus on translating complex topics into accessible information using various media and platforms.
I am originally from Portugal where I trained as an art conservator (MA), specializing in textiles. As I have moved around the world I have worked on major art collections in various countries, most recently at the Freer|Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC (USA). I am currently based in Switzerland where I continue to develop scholarly work and projects on object-based learning with cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary approaches. At the same time, I run my own small creative business BeanStalkStudio.
Scroll below to know more about the 3 pillars of my professional and academic profile and examples of my work and projects.
RESEARCH & Publications
'Beholding a work of art, we discern a universal message that goes beyond the constrains of space and time. Though they may do so in different ways, science, history, and art thus unitedly express the basic human desire for knowledge and out constant search for universality along the road of progress'
- Enrico Ciliberto -
EDUCATION
& Communications
'Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family'
- Kofi Annan -
PROJECTS & Initiatives
'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel'
- Maya Angelou -
Let's Imagine, Create and Be Happy!