Tamara Crespin was born in 1999 and works in the Bom Retiro neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. She serves on the board of Casa do Povo, writes on memory, culture, and Jewish art for AJLA (Arte Judío Latino-americano), and researches the territorialization of Jewish communities through the strategy of the eruv.
Academic Training
Special student, Graduate Program in Modern Languages and Translation — FFLCH/USP
Affiliated with the Center for Jewish Studies
Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Planning — Escola da Cidade
Exchange semester at UNAM, Mexico City, 2022
Thesis: Jewish-Diasporic Perspectives on Place (advisor: Thiago Benucci)
Undergraduate research grant — Escola da Cidade
Advisor: Joana Barossi · City Writing: Methodologies, Appropriations and Urban Translations
Secondary School — Colégio Rio Branco
Primary School — Colégio Iavne
Professional Experience
Content correspondent
Arte judío latino-americano (AJLA)
Education Analyst and project manager in Brazilian Judaism
Instituto Brasil-Israel
Communications and editorial assistant
Escola da Cidade
Art director and illustrator
Juão Vaz Design
Editorial, proofreading and translation assistant (Spanish-Portuguese)
Terremoto Magazine
Graphic designer and cover designer
Temblores Publicaciones
Curatorial and collection assistant
Museu Judaico de São Paulo
Art assistant
Gabinete Gráfico
Communications assistant
Studio Renata Moura
Independent graphic designer and production designer
Artist assistant
Adriana Rizkallah
Layout designer
Escola da Cidade
Graphic design work for
Arq.Social · Bloco Klezmer do Bom Retiro · Bom Retiro em Festa · Carnaval das Culturas · Casa do Povo · Congregação Israelita Paulista · Dada Duo · Escola da Cidade · Estudio Cambara · Estrela Nova · Figo de Agosto · Gaê · Instituto Brasil-Israel · Kobbi Gallery · Kwakou Press · Marina Pérez · Monstro Bom · Sadot Antepastos · Sinergia Animal
Cultural productions for
Bloco Klezmer do Bom Retiro · Carnaval das Culturas · Casa do Povo · Círculo de Reflexão sobre Judaísmo Contemporâneo · MOV CIP · Museu da Imagem e do Som · Sala Projetos · Shabat Clube
Other Experience
Community manager
Shabat Clube — Shabbat dinners for LGBT+ Jewish people
Member of the Advisory Board
Casa do Povo
Coordinator of Institutional Development
Hineni | FISESP — LGBT+ inclusion committee of the Jewish Federation of São Paulo
Coordinator and content curator, Circle of Reflection on Contemporary Judaism
Casa do Povo
Curator and cultural programmer
Sala Projetos
Producer and communications coordinator
Bloco Klezmer do Bom Retiro
Editor and proofreader
Revista Prática Urbana
Editor-in-chief
Revista Empena — Escola da Cidade
Continuing Education
Netivot Community Leadership Program
Union for Reform Judaism
Ma'avar Program — Community leadership development
FISESP — Federação Israelita do Estado de São Paulo
Práxis Training — Active and socioemotional learning facilitation
Electi
Ten Exercises in Academic Stretching
Patrícia Lino
Strange Verbal Forms
Flávia Péret
I Wrote a Book — Now What?
Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
Architecture and Thought in Latin America
Emilio Canek — UNAM
The Artist as Editor
Letícia Lampert
Critical Thinking in Architecture
Cristina Vaccaro — UNAM
The Word as Laboratory
Joana Barossi
Photography and the City
Tuca Vieira
Writing the City
Flávia Péret
Narratives of Graphic Design
Guilherme Falcão
Foundations of Graphic Design
Celso Longo and Daniel Trench
Art History and Collage
Priscila Sacchettin
Awards
Nas estações do metrô — poetry chapbook
Lapes Edições / Unifesp
Petartes
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
[Honorable Mention] Plastificarte
[Honorable Mention] Poster Competition — Design Award, Museu da Casa Brasileira
Exhibitions
Estúdio Deriva: Japan
Japan House, São Paulo
Estúdio Deriva: Japan
Architecture Gallery, Escola da Cidade
Expo-FAUD
Events
2nd International Seminar for Jewish Museums and Art Professionals of Latin America
Museu Judaico de São Paulo
4th IBI no Campus Symposium
Instituto Brasil-Israel
Launch of chapbook Nas estações do metrô
Lapes Edições
3rd IBI no Campus Symposium
Instituto Brasil-Israel
1st International Congress of Jewish Studies
Center for Jewish Studies — USP
14th Undergraduate Research Conference
Escola da Cidade
Todo-mundo book art fair
Temblores Publicaciones
13th Undergraduate Research Conference
Escola da Cidade
Research Groups
Coordinator, Study Lab Jewish Experiences in Brazil
In partnership with IBI no Campus
Coordinator, Study Lab Being Jewish in Brazil: Community and Identity
In partnership with IBI no Campus
Participant, Study Lab Contemporary Judaism
Coord. Andréa Kogan — Politics, Behavior and Media Lab, PUC-SP
Coordinator, Study Lab Being Jewish in Brazil
In partnership with Congregação Israelita Paulista
Coordinator, LGBT+ Knowledge Journey
In partnership with Hineni and Congregação Israelita Paulista
Participant, Circle of Reflection on Contemporary Judaism
Casa do Povo
Estudio Deriva: Japanese Architecture
Escola da Cidade
Jogo Oásis de Mobilização Cidadã, Ocupação Mauá
Languages
Portuguese (native) · Spanish (advanced) · Hebrew (intermediate) · English (intermediate) · Ladino (basic)
Software
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
Autocad, Sketchup
Word, Powerpoint, Excel