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
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Seminar: “Cultural institutions in the service of urban and territorial development” in France
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
An affordable art gallery on wheels!? Introduccing: The Artful Project.
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
About the value of art
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
The healing power of art
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
Creativity Exercises – Exhibition opening in Leipzig October 17, 2014
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
Impressions and Reflections about the film „Space Metropoliz“
“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
“Between the Lines” : a format for Teaching and Learning on Performance Art
For some Řehlovice is just a village in Czech Republic. For others it is a universe full of creative experiences. Since 2008 a group of students is traveling each year to Řehlovice in Czech Republic to attend the course on Performance Art conducted by Prof. Marie-Luise Lange and BBB Johannes Deimling. This six days course … Continue reading
Creating lasting partnership
One of the aims for the CAfE Grundtvig project was to create a partnership among organisations dealing with contemporary art and adult education. During the final meeting in Rehlovice we decided we are satisfied with the results and feel more trust. to cooperate in the future. A few weeks later a few Grundtvig partners met … Continue reading
What is public space to you? #PublicSpaceis
The European Cultural Foundation is running an online campaign for people to share their vision of what public space is. See more here. To participate: Share (in any language) photos, films, words, drawings and sounds that respond to your own vision of what public space is (or could be). On any social media platform, tag your … Continue reading