IFACCA Announcements in June 2004
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ENCOURAGING ARTISTS INTO POLITICS
Thomas Tresser, Lead Organiser of the Creative America Project, has asked the IFACCA network for information on programs that encourage artists to engage in the political process. The Creative America Project is such a program. It aims to encourage artists and creative professionals to vote, to run for political office, and to engage more in 'the conversation about the place of creativity in the life of the nation'. For a description of the Creative America Project and its activities, Click here. Mr Tresser asks: 'I would like to know of similar efforts in other countries, as well as learn about and contact any artists who hold elective office.' If you can help in any way, please email him at tom@creativeamerica.us. more >
IFACCA TO PARTICIPATE IN WORLD CULTURAL FORUM
IFACCA has been invited to participate in the World Cultural Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, from 26 June to 4 July 2004. The Forum aims to provide a platform for reflecting on and discussing global issues of arts and culture and policy, and to offer new forms of international cooperation. Participants at the Forum will discuss a variety of issues of cultural policy, globalisation, cultural diversity, and arts and culture support. more >
IFACCA NETWORKING IN EUROPE
Risto Ruohonen (Chair) and Sarah Gardner (Executive Director) participated in the 'Networking the Arts' conference on 20-22 May hosted by the Arts Council of Ireland in Cork to mark the Irish Presidency of the EU. The conference, which focussed on issues of artists mobility, was attended by 60 people for 28 countries. A report on the conference written by the Director of the Centre for Creative Communities, Jennifer Williams, can be found in the Centre's newsletter No.14, Interchanges. more >
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