ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM
NOORA MÄNTY & CARLA FERREIRA
NOORA MÄNTY
Producer and Awards Coordinator at Encontros da Imagem International Photography and Visual Arts Festival (Portugal)
Director Galeria da Estação
Noora Mänty is a Finnish curator, cultural producer, and visual artist based in Portugal. With a background in photography and over a decade of experience in the arts, her work focuses on curatorial practice, cultural management, and collaborative visual storytelling across disciplines and geographies.
She currently serves as Gallery Director at Galeria da Estação in Braga, where she oversees curatorial programming, institutional partnerships, and a diverse public programme ranging from exhibitions to workshops and live events. She is also a producer and awards coordinator at Encontros da Imagem Festival, one of Europe’s leading photography festivals.
Noora’s approach to curatorship is rooted in accessibility, experimentation, and cross-cultural dialogue. She is especially drawn to projects that create space for underrepresented voices and reimagine how art can exist within the public sphere.
Spoken Languages: English, Finnish
CARLA FERREIRA
Vice-President: Encontros da Imagem Association
Director & Executive Producer: Encontros da Imagem International Photography and Visual Arts Festival (Portugal)
She has a degree in Photography from the School of Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar and a master's degree in Curatorial Studies from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra. She completed her training in photography and cultural production with parallel programmes. She began collaborating with Encontros da Imagem - International Photography and Visual Arts Festival in 2015, producing and supporting exhibitions, joining the team and the Cultural Association the following year. In 2021, she joined the Board of the Association as vice-president, as well as the Festival.
Spoken Languages: English