Mia Ribeiro Alonso
About Me



Mia Ribeiro Alonso is a Berlin-based creative professional with a BFA in Creative Writing from Pratt Institute. She brings considerable experience in editorial content creation, project coordination, and collaboration across disciplines. Mia has contributed to renowned publications like Arts of The Working Class and has worked with and assisted independent reputable publishers like Fonograf Editions.

Her work spans writing, curation, and community engagement, including co-founding Velvet Zungue, a Berlin-based collective leading interdisciplinary art workshops. 

As well as proving to be adaptable in different settings and objectives, she has been commissioned to design, write, and edit projects such as a student handbook for Pratt Institute's Berlin exchange program.

Alonso's interests include music writing, literature, fine arts, curation, graphic design, and much more. Blending her passions into cohesive, impactful projects.



Contact



miaralonso99@gmail.com

@miah.alonsoh

www.linkedin.com/in/miaalonso





Resume 


Education

Creative Writing BFA
Pratt Institute



Experience 

Service and Event Managament Assistant
Café Zart (Café/bar & community event space),
Berlin, DE
Jan 2025 - Present

Videotechnic, Archival, and PR Internship
DEFA Stiftung,

Berlin, DE
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025

Contributor and Assistant
Arts of The Working Class
Berlin, DE
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024

Freelance Writer
Culturala Journal
Dec 2022-Sep 2023

Editorial Assistant (remote)

Fonograf Editions
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022



Published Works

Reels of Erasure - GDR Cinema and the Berlin Story of Urban Change (Article in print issue n.38)
Arts of The Working Class x Architects4THF
Sept. 2025

Talk To Your coworkers - interview w/ labournet.tv (online)
Arts Of The Working Class, Oct. 2024

Chapter I : Workers' Summer - labournet.tv x Arts of The Working Class (online)
Aug. 2024

Out 2 4get - Short story
Culturala Journal 
Mar. 2023



Projects and Commissions

Workers' Summer - labournet.tv x Arts of The Working Class  
Aug.-Oct. 2024


Velvet Zungue collective & workshops
Since 2023

Student Handbook - Pratt In Berlin
Pratt Institute's Pratt In Berlin 2022  



Writing and Graphic Design
Portfolio
      
               

Writing



 

REELS OF ERASURE: GDR Cinema and the Berlin Story of Urban Change
Arts of the Working Class • Issue 38 • Choreography

Sept. 2025


Talk To Your Coworkers - An interview with labournet.tv
Arts of the Working Class • Online

The interview spans from the role of archiving in workers’ struggles to the urgency of finding ways to educate each other as workers, and a bit of the behind the scenes of the collective. Published in Arts of The Working Class Oct. 2024.

10/21/2024


CHAPTER I - Workers' Summer: labournet.tv x AWC
Arts of The Working Class • Online

Brought together by a shared interest in making visible workers’ history and labor’s current struggles, AWC in cooperation with labournet.tv, a collective and an online archive of films from labor movements worldwide, has selected a variety of films addressing current and historical working conditions, migration fluxes, and forms of self-organization.

09/08/2024


Out 2 4get
Culturala• Issue 2 • Digitalization

Speaking on how overwhelming modern digitalisation can be the fictional short “Out 2 4get” is a cheeky account of a night out in the city amongst friends. In the story, the protagonist ponders on the omnipresence of technology and the ensuing scarcity of human tenderness a she wanders through different spaces.


This article explores the impact of corporate dominance on Brooklyn's live music scene, highlighting how DIY and independent venues struggle to compete against monopolistic companies like AEG and Live Nation. Interviews with Todd P., a veteran promoter, reveal that large corporate interests prioritize data mining and profit over creativity, leading to the decline of local acts and community-driven spaces. The piece underscores the urgency of preserving DIY and independent venues, which foster artistic innovation and community, in contrast to the homogenized, profit-driven model of corporate music venues.


11/12/2019





Graphic Design



I see combining graphic design with writing as both a creative challenge and an engaging exercise. In today's age of social media and constant visual communication, this fusion serves as a powerful tool to capture attention and bring writing and prose to the forefront in an impactful way.





Promotion for Events commissioned by Café Zart





Promotional Flier for Velvet Zungue Collective

 


Berlin Handbook for Pratt Institute’s Pratt in Berlin




Graphic Design with Writing





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