IFACCA Announcements in July 2007
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Asian Chapter meets in Mongolia
Delegates from IFACCA members across six Asian countries will gather in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, this week for the fourth IFACCA Asian Chapter meeting. Hosted by Arts Council Mongolia, and chaired by Lee Suan Hiang, CEO National Arts Council of Singapore, the meeting will provide a chance for delegates to present updates on initiatives in their countries, to discuss IFACCA initiatives such as forthcoming mini summits and the World Summit in South Africa, and to consider special projects for possible development by the Asian Chapter. Other activities will include a reception to meet Mongolian arts leaders, visits to key Mongolian culture agencies, and a nomadic culture tour. more >
IFACCA at World Creativity Summit
In partnership with the The World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE), IFACCA has helped facilitate the inclusion of several government arts policymakers in the World Creativity Summit, which concluded in Hong Kong yesterday. Over 100 invited delegates attended the Summit which aimed to bring together outstanding innovators from the realms of education, arts, science, policy making, industry and journalism into intimate dialogue to design strategies and partnerships to advocate the creative pedagogies of the 21st century. The founders of the WAAE are the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA), International Society for Music Education (ISME) and International Society for Education through Art (InSEA). more >
ACORNS improvements
In parallel with the website upgrade, we are also improving the production and distribution of the ACORNS e-bulletin. From 10 August, we will be producing ACORNS ‘in-house’ so from then all your suggestions for news, publications, events and jobs will need to be sent to a new email address - more details on this in coming issues. more >
Get ready for a new ifacca.org
On 16 August we will launch the preliminary (Beta) version of our new website...and behind the scenes there will be a big new database! In the six years since our first site went live, we have added vast numbers of reports, events, news items, contacts etc. Every item ever published in ACORNS is available on the site. The new database will streamline the management and improve access to that wealth of information. However, we can’t achieve it all ‘overnight’ so please bear with us over the next three months while we make the finishing touches. We will continue to experiment with additional features in the coming year. more >
IFACCA appoints Research and Project Officer
After nearly five years with the same three full-time staff here in Sydney, we are delighted to welcome Natasha Eves to the IFACCA secretariat. Natasha will be researching and writing ACORNS items, coordinating IFACCA events and assisting with our varied research activities. Natasha comes to IFACCA from the Australia Council for the Arts where she was a Project Coordinator. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Languages) from the University of Sydney, part of which was undertaken at the Sorbonne University, Paris, and speaks French, Italian and some Spanish. She is currently studying toward a Master of Media Practice and is an accomplished trumpet player. Natasha will start a 12-month contract with IFACCA on 23 July and we welcome her to our team. more >
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