São Paulo Art Critics Association
The São Paulo 'Art Critics Association or APCA' is an organization established in 1956 in São Paulo that honors the best in the Brazilian fields of stage acting, music, literature, film, television, plastic arts, and radio.
History
In 1951, eight theater critics created the Associação Paulista de Críticos Teatrais, which would become the São Paulo section of the Associação Brasileira de Críticos Teatrais. In 1956, the APCT disassociated itself from the ABCT, becoming an autonomous entity and creating an award destined to the theater. In 1959, the APCT also began to count with the classical music critics, who, in the same year, also had an award organized by the institution.In 1972, a restructuring of the APCT led to the inclusion of critics from other artistic areas: visual arts, cinema, literature, popular music, and television. With this increase in its scope, the institution gained the name Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte and also expanded its awards, which became known the following year as Prêmio APCA and encompassed all areas with professional critics associated with the entity. Other areas followed: Dance and circus in 1973; children's theater in 1979 ; radio in 1980; architecture in 2010; and fashion in 2015.
Currently, APCA is located at the headquarters of the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of São Paulo, where it holds meetings with its members.