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January 2008
New Directions: Imagining the Future of Arts Education
Forum attendees will participate in usual forum activities and will also have the opportunity to visit the 2008 NAMM Show, a global trade-only gathering of the music industry that features 1500 exhibitors and 85,000 music industry visitors. more >
Stuttgart CULTURE Open 2008
The concept of Stuttgart CULTURE Open will utilise the opportunities of clear key topics for a unique exhibition experience. Culture will be staged in a lively form in an attractice and carefully predefined exhibition architecture more >
February 2008
Ticketing & CRM: A Box Office Headache or A Marriage Made in Heaven?
The conference starts with training sessions with a variety of ticketing providers and will also feature a trade show to allow system demonstrations and comparisons so you can really get under the bonnet. more >
Communities and Memories – a global perspective
The third UNESCO International Memory of the World Conference: Planning is progressing for the conference which looks back on the achievements of the Memory of the World programme and forward to its sustained growth, wide acceptance and importance. more >
Creative Nation, cultural summit
This unique three-day summit will be a platform for exploration, discussion, and debate of pertinent issues in the context of the development of Creative Scotland. more >
Nurturing Creativity: Contrast - Challenge - Change
The 2008 conference of International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA) Europe is entitled 'Nurturing Creativity: Contrast - Challenge - Change'. more >
Journeys of Expression VII
Celebrating the Edges of the World: Tourism and Festivals of the Coast and Sea. more >
March 2008
Teaching Cultural Policy
The CRC workshop aims to discuss the teaching of cultural policy from a broader perspective of cultural systems than the national one. more >
The Value and Importance of Art in Health Care
On March 7, 2008, leaders in the fields of art and science will convene at The Museum of Modern Art to discuss how health care organizations and cultural institutions can promote diverse and stimulating environments that culturally enrich our hospitals, patients, and care givers. more >
La OEA consulta la sociedad civil
La OEA llevará a cabo el evento Cooperando con la Sociedad Civil, en el que representantes de la sociedad civil podrán hacer aportes a los temas principales de la agenda interamericana y a su relación con la juventud y la promoción de los valores democráticos. more >
The OAS is consulting civil society
The OAS will carry out a week-long process of consultation called Partnering with Civil Society, in Washington D.C. on March 10-14, 2008. more >
Cultural Observatories and Cultural Information and Knowledge
The European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers, ENCATC is holding a round table as part of its activities organized in the framework of the ENCATC working group on “Cultural Observatories and Cultural Information and Knowledge?”. more >
International Forum on the Creative Economy
This International Forum will include keynote speakers, presentations, lectures, and other activities aimed at examining recent evidence on the arts and cultural sector as an important engine of economic growth. more >
Creative Economy Report and Creative Africa Initiative
The quadrennial ministerial conference of UNCTAD will be enlivened by a weeklong 'Creative Africa' festival highlighting the continent's contemporary art, music, dance and fashion more >
Biennial of Caribbean Contemporary Dance
The first Biennial of Caribbean Contemporary Dance will undoubtedly be a Meeting that will allow strengthening cultural bonds among Caribbean nations. more >
Bienal de Danza Contemporánea del Caribe
La Bienal de Danza Contemporánea del Caribe, es un evento de gran formato con la presencia de más de veinte países del Caribe insular y continental. more >
Arts Advocacy Day
The 2008 National Arts Action Summit more >
The Arts, and the Innovation Agenda
A one-day workshop to discuss how the Arts sector can respond to the new Government's innovation agenda. more >
April 2008
Urban policies and cultural development: planning as strategy
The objective of the seminar is to explore the relation between urban strategic planning and local policies for culture. more >
International Conference on Educational Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalization
The conference aims to assess the role of educational leadership and educational systems in assisting communities with diverse cultures to seek cooperation, coordination, and networks in order to compete and function effectively in this age of globalization. more >
public art 360: symposium from seven perspectives
This one and half day symposium presents the functional and aesthetic interaction between public art and professional design disciplines, private development, and government. more >
Casa de las Americas Musicology Award and International Colloquium of Musicology
Casa de las Américas (House of the Americas) summons the 11th edition of the Musicology Award. On occasion of this 11th edition it is also summoned the 5th International Colloquium of Music more >
Premio de Musicología Casa de las Américas y V Coloquio Internacional de Musicología
La Casa de las Américas convoca a la oncena edición del Premio de Musicología Casa de las Américas. Con motivo de esta XI edición del Premio de Musicología, se convoca al V Coloquio Internacional de Musicología. more >
Intercultural Relations in Multicultural Societies
This inter-disciplinary conference aims at exploring the challenging nature of multicultural societies specifically the Iranian one from different perspectives. more >
Compulsory Happiness: A Symposium on Cultural Promotion in Dance
A symposium to discuss how best to promote dance audiences. more >
Society for the Arts in Healthcare's 19th Annual Conference
Embracing Our Past, Shaping Our Future: 21st Century Innovations more >
International Conference on African Culture and Development
A conference looking at how to harness the potential of African arts. more >
Thinking Sideways, Moving Forward
How might Arts Administration educators encourage their students and their peers to "think sideways" in response -- to adapt the insights of other industries and disciplines toward the advancement of the arts? more >
May 2008
Intercultural Cities Conference
As part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the Intercultural CitiesConference, will look at migration, diversity and urban life in a freshway. more >
The Caribbean International Conference on the Cultural & Creative Industries
The NCF will be hosting the Caribbean International Conference on the Cultural and Creative Industries in order to stimulate discussion at the level of policy, programming and successful case studies. more >
Arts, Territories and the New Cultural Economy: Culture, a key asset in urban and regional development?
This meeting sees the convergence of recent theoretical and empirical works, from diverse social science and humanities perspectives, that question the place of the arts in new forms, or strategies, of development of territories by culture. more >
Arts and Territories: towards a new cultural economy?
Main themes include: 'articulation of public action, arts and territories' and 'arts in the cultural ecosystem of territories'. more >
International symposium on cultural policy trends and challenges in Western countries: Call for Papers
The objectives of this symposium are to explore the diversity of political/cultural relations and the issues and challenges in cultural policy, as they present themselves within Western societies. more >
Art Changing Attitudes Toward the Environment
A United Nations seminar on how art can serve as a catalyst for incorporating environmental values into social, economic, and political realms. more >
Achieving the Freer Circulation of Cultural Artifacts
The Salzburg Global Seminar, Schloss Leopoldskron, will convene its 453rd Session “Achieving the Freer Circulation of Cultural Artifacts” from May 9-14, 2008 in Salzburg, Austria more >
New Paradigms, New Models – Culture in the EU External Relations
The conference will focus on the role of cultural cooperation in EU foreign relations and other EU policy objectives more >
From Rust Belt to Artist Belt
Community development professionals working in “Rust Belt” cities will meet to discuss how we can re-position our region as an ideal environment for artists. more >
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association
The conference will feature plenary sessions on New York and Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Law and Minorities. more >
Preservation of cultural heritage and local community development, History, Identity, Heritage and Memory
The objective is to exchange the latest ideas and practices on culture and heritage preservation as it relates to community development in both developed/developing environments. more >
June 2008
Convergence of Art and Science: Global Health Perspectives
The 6th Annual Global Health Research Conference looks at connections between art, creativity and health. more >
Inaugural Conference on the Inclusive Museum
At this time of fundamental social change, what is the role of the museum, both as a creature of that change, and perhaps also as an agent of change? more >
Culture meets economy
The conference will focus on culture and creativity as location factors, placing the non-metropolitan areas in the centre of attention. more >
Exploring Cultural Perspectives
The objective of this conference is to address the realities of culture from an experiential perspective rather than the theoretical applications that are sometimes misleading. more >
Culture and Consequence: The role of ethics in the arts today
A one-day conference for discussion of some of the key ethical issues emerging for the arts and cultural sectors. more >
The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity
The conference theme is ‘The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity: Preliminary report and legal challenges in meeting the objectives in economically resource-poor countries ‘ more >
ISPA International Congress
This Congress will seek to address the dynamic relationships that form when diverse creative forces come together. more >
Arts Education: Taking Stock of the Future
This one-day symposium will engage participants in an interactive discussion of major advances in arts education that have occurred since the Arts Education Partnership was founded and in recommending areas of focus and actions needed to advance the field in the future. more >
Creating Value: Between Commerce and Commons
Second information bulletin: Updated call for papers, Registration and Accommodation details more >
Communicating the Museum
Building a comprehensive communication strategy has become vital for the success of any organisation. more >
IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society
The conference organisers are calling for full and exploratory papers, abstracts and ideas addressing the ISTAS 08 theme: Citizens, groups, communities, and information and communication technologies (ICT). more >
Heritage and Culture: Challenges and innovation in public policy and practice
This study programme will consider topics such as policy reform, cultural tourism development, funding strategies, community heritage and intangible heritage, site management, and sustainable development as well as innovative approaches to heritage and culture in the modern world. more >
July 2008
International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference
Key themes for the Conference include: Globalization and the spirit; Indigenous spiritualities; The spirit of music; Cultures of reconciliation; Storytelling. more >
The role of culture in local development strategies
The objective of the seminar is to explore the relation between urban development strategies and the local policies for culture. more >
Culture et stratégies de développement local
Le séminaire vise à explorer la relation existante entre les stratégies de développement urbain et les politiques locales pour la culture. more >
How Are We Doing? Managing Culture and the Arts in Ireland, 2008
The conference will enable practitioners to reflect on their management environment, as well as the skills, training and lifestyle issues that affect arts and cultural managers in contemporary Ireland. more >
Regions of Culture – Regions of Identity
The question arises whether and how regions can be described from a cultural perspective and distinguished from each other. more >
Wolf Trap's National Summit on the Arts and Environment Webinar
Arts leaders from across the country are invited to log on for a vital webinar and discover why the arts are the next crucial tool in our fight to save the planet, and how to help advance this dynamic work. more >
Media and Global Divides
The congress addresses relationships between media and contemporary global divides, be they historical or emergent phenomena. It will explore the pivotal yet under-researched roles of the media with regard to today’s global inequalities. more >
Arts Leadership - Leading In Creative Contexts
Arts educators, leaders and researchers should note that the conference includes a special stream specifically aimed at leadership in the arts sector - "Leading in Creative Contexts". more >
Confluences: International Conference on Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
Confluences' programme combines a series of testimonials, discussions on cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue and presentations of relevant artistic initiatives. more >
Re-imagining Special Education through Arts Education and Arts Therapy
Special education through the Arts delivers a sensory approach to learning assisting students to move from the non-verbal to the verbal, from being an observer to a participant and to fully awaken student potential. more >
Seminario sobre Identidad, gestión y política cultural
El seminario orientado al perfeccionamiento de los agentes del Estado en temáticas inherentes a la gestión cultural. more >
Seminar on Identity, Cultural Policy and Administration
This seminar seeks to improve government officials’ abilities in cultural policy and administration. more >
Third International Conference On The Arts In Society
The special theme of this year’s Conference is art as communication. more >
August 2008
La Conferencia-taller internacional Arte-Polis 2 amplía su fecha límite de recepción de propuestas
Su objetivo es compartir conocimiento y experiencias acerca de temas actuales, buenas prácticas y políticas resultantes de la relación entre comunidades creativas y la construcción del espacio. more >
Creative Communities and the Making of Place: Sharing Creative Experiences
The aim of Arte-Polis 2 is to bring together academics, community leaders, local government officials, policy-makers and professionals from different regions of the world concerned with the quality of life and livelihood of creative communities in both urban and rural settings. more >
The International Conference and Workshop Arte-Polis 2 Extends the Deadline for Abstracts
Its objective is to share international experiences and knowledge regarding current issues, best practices and policy implications on the relationship between creative communities and place-making. more >
Creative Societies/Cultural Industries/New Humanities?
The study of culture—of the significance, meaning, and value of its various expressions and products—has traditionally been the domain of the humanities. more >
Understanding Conflicts - Cross-Cultural Perspectives
An international, interdisciplinary research conference on the diversity of conceptions and cultural images of conflicts. more >
Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness: Regional Perspectives
The theme encapsulates a number of different aspects that are topical and relevant not only for Liverpool but also across the whole of Europe. more >
9th International Conference on Urban History
The biennial conferences of the European Association for Urban History provide a multidisciplinary forum for historians, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, art and architectural historians, economists, ecologists, planners and all others working on different aspects of urban history. more >
September 2008
Webinars
Committed to improving our performance but can’t always meet in person? Presented by trusted field experts, Americans for the Arts webinars are flexible enough to meet your demanding schedule and affordable enough for multiple use. more >
4th Annual Conference 2008: Cultural Citizenship
This conference seeks to explore the inter-relationships between citizenship and culture and their contemporary social, cultural and political significance in a number of different contexts. more >
Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging
Call for Papers
This multi-disciplinary project seeks to explore the new and prominent place that the idea of culture has for the construction of identity and the implications of this for social membership in contemporary societies.
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'Diversity unites'
Intercultural work in European cities – experience, concepts, perspectives. The culture office of the city of Dortmund is organising an international conference to present and discuss different concepts of the intercultural work in local communities. more >
Community, Health and the Arts 'Vital Arts - Vibrant Communities'
Today there is increasing awareness that the arts play a crucial role in improving the health and social wellbeing of communities. more >
Journeys and their perambulations: inquiries in artworlds and organisations
We invite participants to bring modes of discussing approaches to inquiry about aesthetic processes. In particular we wish to focus on the nature of place in these worlds. more >
Fourth Art of Management and Organization Conference
The aim is the exploration and promotion of the arts (in the most inclusive sense) as a means of understanding management and organization(al) life more >
Turning The Tables. A two-day conference exploring the progression and future of community and participatory arts in the UK
The conference will explore what we currently need and what issues affect us as a sector. It will explore the pressures that we are under and the possibilities which are on offer. more >
Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique
This conference will present and discuss the most advanced and exciting research on digital content creation, its socio-cultural contexts and educational consequences. more >
International Social Capital Conference
The conference will discuss the issues associated with social capital, social inclusion and social cohesion, bringing together social scientists, economists, policymakers, social workers and the widest spectrum of the involved players to explore the social cohesion issues arising in society. more >
Sustainable City and Creativity, Naples 2008
The aim of the Meeting is to analyze in depth principles and practices of the creative city for the formulation of policy lessons and recommendations able to contribute to the building of a creative city. more >
16th General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium of ICOMOS
The 16th General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), to be held in Quebec, Canada, on 29 September - 4 October 2008 under the title The Spirit of Place Between the Intangible and the Tangible, calls for papers. more >
ELIA's 10th Biennial Conference
The focus of the conference and that of its various themes stem from issues that concern us all; the all-encompassing focus will be the future role of higher arts education institutions and the relationship of those institutions with our changing societies. more >
October 2008
2008 Regional Arts Australia Conference "art at the heart"
Proposals are being sought from artists and those who work in the arts, including volunteers, with ideas for presentations, exhibitions, displays or performances. more >
National Arts Development and National Arts Marketing Conferences
Two Overlapping Conferences, One Theme: “Relationships Built to Last: Creating Communities of Audiences and Donor-Investors.” more >
Call For Papers ArtsHealth Symposium #1
Associate Professor Graeme Sullivan from Columbia University is a keynote speaker and other keynote speakers will be announced soon. In response to Reflections on Arts and Health, the Steering Committee especially welcomes proposals that address 'Revealing the Body' and 'Healing Arts' more >
Artists in Dialogue, Transforming Communities
Res Artis 11th General Meeting. Join us in Amsterdam to explore the diversity of international residency programs, meeting colleagues from throughout the world and a wide range of Dutch initiators. more >
Arts and the New American City – You draw the map!
The 2008 Grantmakers in the Arts conference will convene in Atlanta. The landscapes of the new South will provide diverse opportunities to explore familiar and unexpected themes, crossing the borders of Arts and Community Development, Arts and Social Justice, Arts and Cultural Literacy. more >
2nd Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum: Call for abstracts
The Forum 2008 will focus on “Cross-cultural, qualitative approaches to cultural policy research”. more >
Cross-Cultural Communication in the World Heritage
A conference that aims to show the place and role of cross-cultural communication in education and global heritage. more >
2008 Creative City Summit
Dialogue sessions will be held on the topics of Community Engagement, Special Events, the Arts and Economic Development, Intercultural Communications, Cultural Infrastructure and Public Art. more >
Social Theory, Politics & the Arts: Call for Papers
STP&A is an international and interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, policymakers and practitioners that highlights current and conceptual issues in the development of cultural policy, theory, and arts administration practices in the United States and abroad. more >
ENCATC Annual Conference and General Assembly
16th ENCATC Annual Conference and General Assembly “Intercultural dialogue and project management: New training programs in a context of major challenges”. more >
Globalization of Culture
The main objective of the Forum "Globalization of Culture" is to provide understandings of theoretical and practical aspects of Globalization of Culture. By initiating a multidisciplinary discussion from different points of view conference will ensure the broad scientific insights of these phenomena. more >
The Big Question: The Changing Role of Research in Bidding for, and Measuring the Impact of, Large-Scale Cultural Events
Impacts 08 will jointly host the latest in the Arts Research Digest's series of interactive events, 'The Big Question: The Changing Role of Research in Bidding for, and Measuring the Impact of, Large-Scale Cultural Events'. more >
The Big Question: Arts Research Digest Interactive Event
An interactive day for looking at the changing role of research in bidding for, and measuring the impact of large-scale cultural events. more >
Culture Action Europe/ EFAH 16th General Assembly and Annual conference
We hope to bring some central European cultural debates to the Mediterranean and broaden all of our horizons: the discussion will turn around the question of how can we deepen the European cultural conversation to involve all actors concerned, as well as our Southern neighbours? more >
Intercultural Dialogue Policies at a Local Level
Interacció 2008 seeks to reopen the debate on diversity and interculturality, convinced that the new dimension of the phenomenon demands a response from local authorities. more >
November 2008
Arts, Culture and Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values in Economic and Sociological Perspective
A conference that will bring together disciplines of Sociology and Economics to investigate multiple social and economic dimensions of art and culture and to develop interdisciplinary dialogue. more >
IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting
Zurich will host the autumn meeting with the conference topic of 'misunderstanding'. more >
Priming the Pump
The 2008 National Arts Marketing Project Conference. The 2008 conference now features three session tracks: Arts Marketing, Arts Fundraising, and the Integration of Marketing and Fundraising. more >
The 9th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference 2008
The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for international educators, scholars, researchers, industry professionals, policy-makers and graduate students with opportunity to explore and discuss issues in the topics on culture, tourism business and management. more >
Creative Clusters 2008
We are delighted to announce that Creative Clusters 2008, which takes place for the first time in Scotland, will be looking at the creative economy from the point of view of the world's smaller nations and regions. more >
Challenges of Intercultural Dialogue in Performing Arts
From 20 to 22 November, La Scena Club situated in the old district of Bucharest, will be the place to be for cultural actors interested in exchanging experience and ideas about 'Challenges of Intercultural Dialogue in Performing Arts'. more >
Corporate Investment in the Arts
CultureBusiness will focus on, and debate, the vital financial and legal aspects of partnership. more >
December 2008
Picture this...Young children and the arts
This international two-day conference, organised in collaboration with Children in Europe partners from across Europe, will consider the significance of the arts (encompassing all art forms) in learning, social and emotional development and communication. more >
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