Margarida Tengarrinha, António Feu, Helder Mendes and José Gameiro are the first four honorary members appointed by the Group of Friends of the Museum of Portimão (GAMP).
The decision was approved this Friday, the 9th, in the General Assembly, by the members of GAMP, unanimously and by acclamation.
Only the former director of RTP and diver Helder Mendes, as well as the scientific director of the Museum of Portimão, José Gameiro, were present at the ceremony.
According to the statutes of the Statutes of GAMP, honorary members are «personalities and entities of national or international renown, whose notable action is in accordance with the objectives of the GAMP association».
Margarida Tengarrinha, founding partner and vice-president of the General Assembly of GAMP, was distinguished with this status "for her example of a life of resistance and great personal sacrifice for the cause of freedom and for the defense of the rights of the most vulnerable".
«In the cultural and civic field, in addition to having the Museum’s first temporary exhibition -“Metamorphoses”- at its inauguration, his journey linked to the visual arts, teaching, research, the history of the region is very relevant. ».
«Her gesture, as a donor of several works of art by herself and by Algarve painters, such as Samora Barros, to the Portimão Museum, demonstrates a particularly meritorious and altruistic intervention, thus fulfilling the objective of this designation proposal as honorary member”.
António Feu is the current president of the General Assembly of GAMP. «In addition to his notable sports career in the most varied modalities, he has a strong connection to this museum and its former factory, as an active and dynamic industrialist of the “Sociedade Feu Hermanos”, for his intense collaboration in the development of historical knowledge, in particular of canning activity".
«As part of its contribution to enriching the collections and cultural heritage of the Portimão Museum, special mention should be made of the important donation of the documentary “O Jogo da Sardinha”, produced at its factories in Santo António and São Francisco, on display at the core “ Industrial Life and the Challenge of the Sea” from the main exhibition: “Portimão: Territory and Identity“».
As a founding partner of the Group of Friends of the Museum of Portimão, António Feu «an illustrious citizen, is a strong reference for our association, fulfilling all the characteristics for this designation».
The third honorary member is «the former director of RTP, the historian Helder Mendes, for his relevant contribution, with particular emphasis on the knowledge of the maritime and underwater heritage, not only of the estuary of the River Arade, but of the Algarve and the whole country. ».
«His gatherings held here “Os Barcos do Rio Arade“, “Almadrava – A Tuna Fishing”” and “Homens na Falésia” were excellent examples of this and authentic history lessons».
«Equally relevant was the offer of his documentary “Os Barcos do Arade”, during the dredging of the 70s and shown in the exhibition nucleus “Rio Arade: a Gateway to the Mediterranean”, as well as the donation of a Roman amphora recovered by him in the our underwater context, currently deposited in the Museum and enriching the archaeological collection».
«In addition to the various national and international cinematographic distinctions e.g. in the European Union Nature Documentaries Contest, Helder Mendes is for all these reasons worthy of this designation as an honorary member».
The fourth honorary member is José Gameiro, the current scientific director of the Portimão Museum and one of the main people responsible for the creation and installation of this Museum, inaugurated on May 17, 2008».
«Considered by APOM-Associação Portuguesa de Museologia as “Museologist of the Year 2022”, he has always been linked to national and European museology, as a member of the Board of the Portuguese National Commission of the International Council of Museums ICOM Portugal, being invited in 2011, after the attribution of the Council of Europe Prize in 2010 to the Museum of Portimão, to integrate the Jury of the European Museum of the Year Prize and the Council of Europe Museum Prize, having been appointed president of the said Jury between 2015 and 2018».
«He belongs to the Coordinating Group of the RMA-Rede de Museus do Algarve and is a member of the Section of Museums, Conservation and Restoration and Intangible Heritage (SMUCRI) of the National Council of Culture, having been invited as a personality of recognized merit».
The General Assembly of GAMP, which took place in the auditorium of the Museu de Portimão, also served to unanimously approve the Plan of Activities and Budget for the year 2023, as well as an amendment to article 15 of the Statutes, allowing members to directors may be elected for more than three consecutive terms.
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