What We Do

Create and produce content in digital, audiovisual, and printed format

Produce artistic projects and events from inception

Design the programming, audience development and communications

Secure sponsors and partners from private individuals to corporate institutions as well as public funding

We began in January 2012 as a publisher of ideas, bringing together in a single structure the conception, production and editorial development. We've created unprecedented content, with the aim of captivating national and international audiences. The main setting and material for these projects were the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. In particular, the Show me Lisbon project, was a precursor for its timing since it was launched at a moment when the increase in tourism had already taken off but the City was still far from the popularity it has reached today, representing the first insider's guide to Lisbon.

Our major projects in content creation and publishing were Show me Rio, Show me Lisbon and Lisboa Convida Brasil, which in 2014 was merged with the Lisbon City Hall guides: Lisbon Shopping Destination.

For eight consecutive years since 2015 and to the present day, Café Pessoa has been in charge of the local coordination of the ARCOlisboa Contemporary Art Fair, developing and implementing the parallel program (general public, guests and collectors) in liaison with Lisbon City Council and cultural institutions, organising an extensive week-long programme of cultural and social events, as well as securing sponsorship and establishing official partnerships and coordinating services for guests during the fair´s private visits.

Furthermore, we have coordinated Portuguese artistic commissions to the city of Toronto such as Vhils and Bordallo II, with public art productions that are now artistic icons of the city.