TANDEM – Cultural Managers Exchange Turkey – European Union aims at establishing long-term collaborations between cultural organisations from Turkey and the EU countries. Call for applicants for the Partner Forum to take place in İzmir on 11-14 June, 2015 is open. Deadline: 22 April, 2015 For more information on the call check out their website. … Continue reading
Held in Paris and Nantes, France, between 26 March and 3 April 2015, this bilingual seminar is being offered by France’s Ministry of Culture and Communication within the framework of its training programmes, implemented by the Maison des Cultures du Monde. It will be held in French, with English translation. The seminar will bring together … Continue reading
Yes, but The Artful Project is more than a nice and curious coloured ice-cream van, it is in fact an online gallery that offers a curated selection of affordable art works. The van is the gallery’s physical space and it materialises their mission of making art accessible to everyone: Because we also believe that “art makes … Continue reading
Why is art valuable? Is it for artistic qualities, social reasons or economic factors? Is it just because it elevates our souls? Because it can “transform the world”? Because it grants a notion of prestige? Is art a form of human cultural development, an investment, a commodity or a luxury item? Might it be a … Continue reading
Have you ever thought that “art can cure” or that at least it can help to do so? Under this lines we present a series of references, projects, organisations and experiences which illustrate that already undertaken experiences have had amazing and positive results using the healing powers of art: 1. More Hospitals use the Healing Powers … Continue reading
How people learn, what they know and how it influences their personality, their behaviour and their position in society, is examined from various different perspectives. With a focus on Eastern Europe, “Creativity Exercises” presents historical and contemporary artistic projects that experiment with alternative forms of learning. The exhibition, workshops and lectures look into the inquiring … Continue reading
“We’ll go to the moon together!”- that’s what artists and cultural workers promised to the inhabitants of Metropoliz, a squat and cultural project in a huge former slaughterhouse in the eastern part of Rome. Willing to create a common “act of imagination” in this particularly diverse community, Space Metropoliz was much more than just the … Continue reading
