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January 2010
Sixth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
The Conference will work in a multidisciplinary way across the various fields and perspectives through which we can address the fundamental and related questions of sustainability. more >
10th Cultural Diversity in Music Education Conference: The cultural aesthetics of teaching
Increasingly, scholars are turning their attention to the development and use of culturally appropriate pedagogies that match the music they chose to teach. Tensions between ways of teaching, what happens when music travels to new teaching and learning settings, the outcomes of mismatches between culturally developed learning styles and teaching methods in music, how teachers adapt methods to suit learners from different learning backgrounds - all of these are issues on the agenda if music education is be truly culturally diverse. more >
February 2010
Havana Book Fair: Huge Deployment of Culture
With 2009 just coming to an end, Cuban culture welcomes the New Year with the launch of 5 million books in the upcoming Havana International Book Fair, running February 7 through March 7, with its main venue the Morro Cabaña Complex. more >
PEOPLE: The Human Face of the Box Office
People help deliver the service of live performance in a variety of roles from the usher to the artist to the person behind the bar after the show and many other supporting roles. The staff in your box office are often the first point of contact for a patron and hopefully .. not the last! more >
Cultural Trends: a 'golden age'?
Reflections on new labour's cultural policy and its post- recession legacy. Call for papers. Conference to be held in London, November 2010. more >
The sea of creativity
Perspectives of Creative Industries in the Baltic Sea Region. more >
Creating Cities: Culture, Space, and Sustainability
The conference Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability, which will take place from 25 to 27 February 2010, investigates the forces that shape the conditions of urban development and the creation of cities in comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. more >
March 2010
Literature in Abu Dhabi - international book fair
The authorities in the United Arab Emirates have announced that they intend to turn Abu Dhabi into a publishing hub for the Arab world. more >
The economic slowdown and the future of local cultural policies
Les Rencontres Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting. more >
Good for the soul - Arts Council of Wales ‘Arts in Health and Well-being' Conference 2010
Have you ever wondered how the the arts can benefit the patient experience? ‘Arts in Health and Well-being' conference will offer you the answers. Held at the Wales Millennium Centre on Thursday, 4 March 2010, the conference will highlight the importance and benefits of the arts for patients receiving medical care and for the wider population. more >
The African Indigenous Knowledge Systems Summit
This summit will explore various issues to do with indigenous knowledge. more >
National Arts Marketing and Development Conference
As we enter a new decade, what new marketing and fundraising strategies must we adopt to not only survive, but thrive? Which ones that aren’t working well will we need to throw out? What paradigms shifts will be required of us to keep apace of the revolution in the way people are seeking cultural experiences? more >
Funding Culture, Managing the Risk: limits and opportunities for development cooperation
The Culture Sector of UNESCO is organizing an online discussion to analyze and challenge the perception of risk in funding the cultural and creative sectors in developing economies. more >
Financement de la culture et gestion des risques : limites et opportunités pour la coopération au développement
Le Secteur de la culture de l’UNESCO organise une discussion en ligne afin d’analyser et de mettre en question la perception des risques liés au financement des secteurs culturels et créatifs dans les pays en développement. more >
II Seminario Internacional de Políticas Culturales Locales
Tiene por objetivo crear un espacio de diálogo, intercambio y reflexión en torno a experiencias locales y abordajes teóricos, vinculados a la planificación de políticas culturales locales. more >
Second International Seminar on Local Cultural Policy
It aims to create a space for dialogue, exchange and reflection on local experience and theoretical approaches, linked to local cultural policy planning. more >
Art and Social Justice Conference
Durban University of Technology and Art for Humanity invite you to a three day international conference on Art and Social Justice. more >
Higher Education and the Creative Economy
The conference aims to explore issues and research questions emerging in both academic and policy arenas in reference to the relationship between Higher Education and the Creative Economy. more >
Celebrating 25 years of the European Capital of Culture
2010 marks the 25 year anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture, which were launched in 1985. On 23-24 March 2010 the European Commission will be hosting a celebratory event and strategic conference to mark the event, to look back at the achievements of the past 25 years, and to reflect strategically on its legacy and impact. more >
From the Margins to the Core?
International conference bringing together museums, heritage, cultural and community organisations, to explore equality and diversity in all its aspects. more >
Arts Activated Conference 2010
The Arts Activated conference provides an opportunity for those passionate about the arts and disability sectors to come together to explore, debate, discuss and connect ideas and practice. more >
European Forum for Cultural Industries
Organised by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and International Trade of Barcelona, the forum will be the ideal prologue to the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Culture of the European Union that will also be held in the Catalan capital on 31 March. more >
April 2010
Conference on applied interculturality research (CAIR)
The first conference on Applied Interculturality Research will be held in Graz, Austria from 7-10 April 2010. The main thematic focus of cAIR10 is the application of interculturality research, understood to mean any constructive exchange, interaction or dialogue between theory and practice in any area of interculturality. The deadline for paper proposals is 31 August 2009. more >
Le Pari de la Méditerranée - Staking the Mediterranean
COPEAM Conference is the occasion for the Euro-Mediterranean audiovisual operators to meet, to exchange, to set up concrete projects and to focus together on the challenges of the Mediterranean media sector. more >
Experts meeting: arts and health
To enhance the contribution of art and culture to health and well-being is a very topical issue which will be explored in this meeting of experts. more >
Le Pari de la Méditerranée - COPEAM
La Conférence de la COPEAM est l'occasion pour les professionnels de l'audiovisuel euro-méditerranéen de se rencontrer, d'échanger, de réflechir ensemble sur les enjeux de l'audiovisuel méditerranéen et de construire des projets concrets. more >
Human Rights and Cultural Diversity Policies
Human Rights and Cultural Diversity Policies – core issues at the Zurich Public Compendium Forum. more >
Challenging the curriculum: exploring the discipline boundaries in art, design and media
The 2010 cltad international conference will focus on curriculum design in art and design Higher Education meeting the challenges of changing times and demands. As old discipline structures are eroded, new liaisons are emerging. more >
Forum on Europe’s Macro-Regions
The Committee of the Regions invites interested regional representatives, experts and other stakeholders from existing and emerging “macro-regions” to discuss issues related to strategy development and implementation and other themes of common interest. more >
IETM Spring Plenary Meeting in Berlin
After having tried Plans A and B from Capitalism to Communism, from the market economy to protectionism, from surrealism to post-modernism, the democracies in which we live are looking for new ways of getting out of this so-called crisis. more >
Journeys of Expression VIII
Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events in Copenhagen. more >
Claiming Creativity: Art Education in Cultural Transition
In partnership with Columbia College Chicago, ELIA announces a joint international symposium that adresses the role of the arts and its "claim to creativity", in relation to other forms of creativity and society at large. more >
Oracle Seminar in Luxembourg
Oracle is about two questions: what type of cultural projects are needed to enable bottom-up, edge-in social innovation, and how do we design them? more >
Research Meeting of the European festival Research project (EFRP)
Under the theme: “Artistic festivals with a social and intellectual agenda” the symposium will be organized in association with and at the Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University. Deadline for submission for proposals is 1 February 2010. more >
Performing Arts Training Today
Participation is invited to the international conference on Performing Arts Training Today, open to performers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training, offering an opportunity for performers, performing arts educators and teachers to demonstrate their methods and techniques. more >
Dance Day 29 April 2010
On 29 April, as every year since 1982, the Dance Day, an initiative of the International Dance Council CID, UNESCO, will be celebrated all over the world by the international community of dancers and dance enthusiasts. more >
Buying into heritage: gift shops at heritage attractions
This one day workshop will explore what gift shops are doing at heritage attractions. Why are there gift shops? What do visitors do in them? What do they buy? And what do gift shops to do for heritage sites? more >
Museum Next
A one day conference about where museums, technology and audiences meet, With a line up of speakers from some of the world's top museums and galleries. How are they using technology to keep up with audience expectations? How are they using the web to build deeper relationships? How are they using technology to meet their wider objectives? more >
International Society for Contemporary Music
This year Sydney is hosting the 2010 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)World New Music Days Festival from 30 April to 9 May and in doing so heralds the first time in the 88-year history of ISCM that the prestigious event will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. more >
May 2010
Farewell to the same-for-all principle
Panel discussion the departure from the principle of spreading funds evenly to as large a number of recipients as possible. more >
International Seminar Culture and Development
The Seminar's primary target will be to encourage the agents responsible for cooperation in partner and donor countries, and in International Organizations, to integrate culture in their development policies. more >
Social Capital in Practice
The Social Capital Foundation invites papers for the TSCF 2010 International Conference entitled Social Capital in Practice, to be held in Mellieha, Malta. more >
17th Biennale of Sydney
The 17th Biennale of Sydney will be presented free to the public from 12 May until 1 August 2010. more >
Seminar Arts, migration and intercultural dialogue
Art Aspects, based in Berlin, will organize two seminars in the island of Lanzarote with the aim to stimulate exchange in the cultural sector on the issue of migration in Europe and to identify possible solutions through a creative and practical approach. more >
International Festival of Cultural Diversity and World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
The celebration of the World Day of Cultural Diversity is meant to underscore not only the intrinsic value of specific cultural productions, but also and above all the fertility of their diversity. Together, they remind us that humanity’s fundamental wealth lies in its diversity. By bringing out what is primordial to the human condition, art is a catalyst for the building of peace in the minds of men. more >
From Cultural diplomacy to cultural co-operation?
During this debate Rod Fisher will share his research on an analyse of whether there was evidence of a paradigm shift in EU Member States cultural relations with third countries away from traditional cultural diplomacy policies to more strategically focused international cultural co-operation (i.e. policies that were less encumbered by foreign policy agendas). more >
Alcultur Meeting 2010 (Zaragoza, Spain, 19 – 22 May)
Organised by Cultideias, a Portuguese institution that operates in the field of culture and cooperation, the Alcultur meetings provide a platform of contacts and formal and informal relationships between projects, people and culture-related organizations. more >
Cultural Diplomacy Conference: “Redefining The Role Of Culture In The 21st Century”
The conference seeks to open opportunities for the Department to share ideas and exchange knowledge with prominent thinkers on Cultural Diplomacy and further interact and debate with local and international experts to benchmark best practices with a view to formulate a National Policy that will guide South Africa’s international cultural engagement. more >
Art.public.tourism.
Artwork is now often used in place marketing, but does public art attract tourists? Do artists share a language with destination managers? How can artists, art managers, destination managers and tourism promoters work together? Is what is good for art also good for tourism? And what kind of publics do art and tourism produce? more >
Seoul Educators Workshop 2010 in Alliance with Lincoln Center Institute
The Seoul Educators Workshop (SEW) 2010 in alliance with Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education (LCI) is a professional-development project with an international scope. more >
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010
The International Symposium 2010 will explore the challenges that lie ahead and the complex relationship between culture, international relations, and globalization over the next two decades. more >
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010: Culture, Globalization and International Relations over the next Two Decades
This international symposium is organized by the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin in the framework of 2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. It is one of the world’s leading conferences in the fields of international relations and cultural studies. more >
International Cultural Connections: The Times, They Are A’Changing
Save the Date for an exciting two days of presentations and panels by some of the top cultural officials of Chile, China, and Britain, as well as alums of OSU’s Arts Policy and Administration Program working in the field of international cultural relations. more >
La Segunda Conferencia Mundial sobre Educación Artística: “Arte para la sociedad, Educación para la Creatividad”
La UNESCO y la República de Corea se complacen en invitarlos a participar en la Segunda Conferencia Mundial sobre Educación Artística que se realizará en Seúl del 25 al 28 de mayo de 2010. more >
Second World Conference on Arts Education
This conference in Seoul aims to promote and to reinforce the value of quality arts education for all, in developing a capacity for creativity in the 21st century for youth and all generation. more >
2nd World Conference on Arts Education
The second UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea and co-organized by UNESCO, builds on the work of the successful 1st World Conference held in Lisbon in 2006.Leading experts from around the world exchange their valuable vision on Arts and Education to highlight the significant role of arts education within and outside of the school environment, as well as to further advocate the importance of arts education to the international community. more >
Conference on « History, Memory and the Rapprochement of Cultures »
The Conference « History, Memory and Rapprochement of Cultures» is organized in the framework of 2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. It helps revisiting the concept of the rapprochement of cultures, in the light of great moments of dialogue, but also of tragedies that marked history and collective memory to understand the conditions for a better living together. more >
Framing a competitive future: The creative and knowledge economy in European cities
Policy-makers and researchers are giving growing attention to creativity and innovation as drivers of urban development. Around the world, metropolitan regions are undergoing a transformation from an industrial-based to a creative knowledge economy. more >
June 2010
World Heritage and Tourism: Managing for the Global and the Local
This conference to be held in Quebec City, Canada, seeks to explore a series of critical and fundamental questions being raised by the various 'owners', managers and local communities involved with World Heritage Sites in relation to tourism. more >
ISPA 2010 Zagreb Congress: Globalisation and Identity
Two times every year international arts leaders convene in one location to exchange and develop ideas, strengthen and nurture relationships, and rejuvenate their passion for the arts. more >
European conference “Shortcut Europe 2010: Cultural policies and social exclusion”
For the second time the Fonds Soziokultur e.V. is organizing an international event in the series of European conferences named Shortcut Europe. more >
Forum for Young Leaders on Cultural Policy
The UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity, UKCCD, together with our partners, the Global Policy Institute, City University and the U-40 Programme, is bringing together a special event to inform young and upcoming cultural leaders on Unesco’s groundbreaking Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 2005. more >
The future of Cultural Work
Papers are invited on conditions of creative/cultural workers; freelancing, ‘free’ and co-creative labour, cultural work and critical socio-spatial politics; work, exclusion and marginality; the role of creative and cultural work in economic and cultural policy; cultural work and 'cultural diplomacy'; impacts of technology and ‘convergence’, the creative nation post-recession/post-election. Deadline: Friday April 9th. more >
16th International Conference on Cultural Economics
The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) invites you to attend its 16th international conference on cultural economics in Copenhagen on June 10-12, 2010. The Call for Papers has just started. more >
The future of music in the digital world
With access to music now just a click away for most of us, very few of the tried and tested ways of accessing music remain unchanged. Can we, or should we, attempt to predict the future? Have we even begun to deal with the present yet? more >
Cultural Diplomacy in Africa: A Forum for Young Leaders
The network conducts ongoing activity aimed at supporting development and strengthening relations between different countries and cultural groups within Africa, and between African and external partners. more >
IVth International Congress of Cultural Heritage and Cooperation towards Development
Call for papers for the IVth International Congress of Cultural Heritage and Cooperation towards Development. “Cultural heritage and the new settings for development” is the title of this edition of the Conference. The deadline for the submission of papers is set at 31 December 2009. more >
InSEA European congress 2010
The InSEA (International Society of Education through Art) European congress 2010 in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland, offers an artistically and intellectually inspiring meeting in a fascinating context. more >
Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit
The 2010 Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit will celebrate, connect, and prepare leaders to create their own dynamic future for the arts in America as a united field. more >
Half-century Summit
The 2010 Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit will celebrate, connect, and prepare leaders to create their own dynamic future for the arts in America as a united field. more >
17th Rendezvous of Banlieues d'Europe : 17th public debate
Banlieues d'Europe invites you to attend a public debate on the Place of Culture in the Europe of Tomorrow, with Frédéric Jambu, Director of the Association for European and International Development, and General Delegate to the EUROMEDINCULTURE(s) network, Jean Hurstel, and Louise Ferry, Parliamentary Assistant of Malika Benarab-Attou, Member of the European Parliament . more >
International Summer School 2010 in Economics of Art and Culture
The courses examine the relationship between culture and economics, the link between creativity, arts, and business, and bridge the knowledge and experiences of people involved in specific cultural sectors. more >
Heritage and culture: Challenges and innovation in policy and practice
The programme is designed mainly for senior policy-makers and experts working in government ministries and agencies and in non-governmental organisations concerned with the funding and promotion of heritage conservation and culture. more >
4th World Forum on Human Rights
In a world in crisis, what about Human Rights? From June 28th to July 1st, 2010, the international actors of human rights get together at the world Forum on human rights in Nantes (France). more >
Third International Conference on the Inclusive Museum
The Museum conference invites museum and culture professionals, and interested scholars, to explore the current and future role of the museum in this era of tremendous global change. more >
July 2010
Audiences: keeping the old, finding the new
Communicating the Museum conference will be hosted in the prestigious venues of the Imperial capital: the Kunshistoriches Museum. This 10th anniversary conference will review the fundamentals of communication with leading experts. more >
Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society
This intensive program offered in English will compare creative approaches and practices from diverse fields ranging from industry and arts to science. more >
Japan Association for Cultural Economics Conference 2010
With a view to hosting the biannual conference of the Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI) to Japan in 2012, this Research Conference will welcome papers in English from international researchers, both based overseas and those residing in Japan, contributing to discussions and exchanges of ideas on various issues in the field of cultural economics as widely defined between Japanese and international participants. more >
Arts as Cultural Diplomacy: A Forum for Young Leaders
Arts have a unique role in cultural diplomacy; Whether visual arts, literature, film, music, dance or theatre they have the power to transcend political borders and cultural barriers. The arts can appeal to universal feelings, thoughts and ideas that everyone can understand, but also can be specific to certain times, places and political climates. more >
Global Events Congress IV: Events and Festivals Research: State of the Art
This conference will take stock and to add insight by enabling connections to be made between different aspects of the currently rather fragmented festivals and events research landscape. By bringing together the researchers from across the world, the event will encourage the creation of new research partnerships. more >
VII World Congress of IDEA 2010
Live, Living Diversity! Embracing the Arts of Transformation! more >
Management on information and cultural policies: summer course
The course aims at presenting documentary techniques of collection, processing, recovery and information transfer needed for cultural and heritage management. more >
Third Arte-Polis International Conference on Creative Collaboration and the Making of Place: Learning from Shared Creative Experiences
Call for Papers - Abstracts due 22 February 2010. Building on the successes of the first two Arte-Polis international conferences in 2006 and 2008, Institute of Technology Bandung is pleased to present Arte-Polis 3, an international conference with the theme "Creative Collaboration and the Making of Place: Learning from Shared Creative Experiences". more >
Arte-Polis 3
Arte-Polis 3 will consist of an international conference and national design competition with the theme "Creative Collaboration and the Making of Place: Learning from Shared Creative Experiences". more >
August 2010
Call for participants: International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation (ASSiST)
The first International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation (ASSiST) is planned for August 2010 in Bulgaria, in the beautiful Balkan mountains. The theme of the first edition of the summer school will be: Walking and Places: building transformations. more >
Creative Places 2010
Creative Places 2010, which takes place on 15 September at Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit, will look at the role culture can play in making local communities better places to live and work in the current economic climate. more >
The New School launches 'How obscene is this?' program on arts funding.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Congressional decision to require the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to consider "general standards of decency and respect" in awarding grants, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) presents How Obscene is This?, a program about censorship and arts funding.
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10th Pacific Arts Association International Symposium
The Pacific Arts Association Conference, will be held for two days from 9 -11 August 2010 and aims to benchmark several policies devoted to the study of all the arts of Oceania. more >
PAA's 10th International Symposium
Pacific Art in the 21st century: Museums, New Global Communities, and Future Trends. more >
Open Dialogue XII
Convening artists and cultural workers reflective of our pluralistic society to inform and advocate for democratic cultural policies. more >
Oceanic Conference on Creativity and Climate Change – Oceans, Islands and Skies
The conference will bring together writers, artists and environmental activists in providing an alternative culture of determination of responses to issues like climate change. more >
ISEA2010
ISEA2010 is hosted by Medienwerk NRW in the context of RUHR.2010, European Capital of Culture and will take place in the cities of the German Ruhr region (Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg) from 20 - 29 August 2010. more >
Curso Taller Gestión de las Políticas Culturales Públicas en Países de América y Europa
Las políticas culturales son uno de los instrumentos político sectoriales básicos y fundamentales para el desarrollo cultural de los países. Su gestión adquiere un papel cada vez más relevante en un mundo globalizado, en el marco de la protección y promoción de la diversidad de las expresiones culturales. The official seminar language is Spanish. more >
The 6th International Conference for Cultural Policy Research iccpr 2010
The 6th International Conference for Cultural Policy Research iccpr 2010 will be held in Finland. ICCPR2010 theme "Truths, Taboos and Myths of Cultural Policy" refers to the ways in the field of cultural policy takes place and positions itself in praxis and research. more >
Practice to Policy 2010 – Barriers to Transformation
This meeting will examine how the relationship between electronic culture and the broader cultural sector is changing, and how commercial and non-commercial/cultural organisations interrelate. The meeting is held as part of the 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art. more >
Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability
LEAD 2010 presents us with an opportunity to look back upon the past 10 or 20 years to see how our work to eliminate barriers and create welcoming, accessible and inclusive cultural experiences has ensured that people with disabilities and older adults can exercise their civil and human rights. more >
Junction 2010: Connecting the future
Junction 2010, the seventh biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference, presented in partnership with Tasmanian Regional Arts and the host community Launceston, is set to unleash an explosion of ideas and creativity. more >
Law and culture: meaningful legal pluralism in the Pacific and beyond
The question of how to make law operate effectively whilst remaining culturally appropriate is critical for all Pacific islands. more >
September 2010
Environmental change - cultural change
The conference will seek to gain new insights into the potential role of environmental literature, film and other media in generating environmental knowledge. more >
Conference: 'Culture and the policies of change' (Brussels, 6-7 Sept 2010)
The Council of Europe, in partnership with the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), Culture Action Europe, the Budapest Observatory and International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), is organising an international conference focusing on the theme of "Culture and the policies of change". more >
Culture and the policies of change
There has been limited debate on the practical implications for national and local cultural policy-makers and practitioners of the shifts that have been occurring and which may increase in relation to public policy for culture. more >
Assessing the Societal, Political and Economic Benefits of Arts & Culture
In addition to looking at the history and development of the field of cultural diplomacy and its contemporary application across the world, the forthcoming Academy Session will focus on the societal, economic, and political benefits of arts and culture. more >
International Arts for Education symposium
The aim of the symposium is to promote exchange between and networks of international actors in the area of arts education on an academic, practical and political level. Arts for Education! generates public awareness for the topic of arts education, thus showcasing the great social importance of education and cultural work aimed at encouraging the creative independence of children and young people. more >
Conocer los públicos de la cultura (Knowing the Publics of Culture)
El objeto de estas jornadas se enmarca en un proyecto más amplio que pretende por un lado propiciar una reflexión en profundidad sobre los procesos de internacionalización de las organizaciones culturales y, por otro, profundizar en el conocimiento compartido sobre los públicos de la cultura. more >
Changing Europe, Changing Arts #1
Annie Fletcher, curator with Charles Esche, of the exhibition Be(com)ing Dutch assesses the legacies and impact of the two year (2006-2008) research project both within the museum and in the wider cultural context. more >
Economics of the visual arts
The symposium Economics of the Visual Arts is intended to bring together experts from the field of cultural economics, to discuss key issues of economics of the visual arts: arts markets and art auctions, copyright in the visual arts, economics of museums, policy and non-profit issues in the visual arts, labor market in the visual arts, etc. The topics will form guidelines for the lectures, performed by renowned experts from the field, coming from all over the world, mostly from countries where cultural economics has gained prominence in the past decades. more >
Local cultural policy: Re-thinking local cultural policy: new identity and new paradigm
Call for papers. The overall theme of the conference “Re-thinking local cultural policy: new identity and new paradigm” can be seen as one of the interesting, challenging and provocative topics in the local development area. It should also be counted as one of the fundamental topics for the local development in general and cultural studies in particular. more >
The Drum Cafe 2010 Peace Arts Festival/Conference
The Drum Cafe 2010 Peace Arts Festival/Conference aims to create a safe space for all Kenyans and their international guests to value the importance of culture as a tool in conflict resolution and culture’s vital role in maintaining peace in local communities, nations and throughout the world. more >
Creative Communities 2
‘Creative communities’ is a phrase that appears in a wide range of government policy and strategy documents, commissioned reports and academic texts. more >
National Arts Policy Roundtable
The goal of the Roundtable is to create actionable policy recommendations for both the public and private sectors to consider in advancing the topic. more >
International conference on contemporary arts and art history
The conference will be divided into the following three main areas: Contemporary Art Scenario; Art Administration & Economics of Art & Design; Art History Of the Twentieth century South Asia . more >
Performing the World 2010: Can Performance Change the World?
The theme of this year’s conference is: “Can Performance Change the World?”. With this theme, we ask performance activists and scholars to reflect on and address the political aspects of their performance work; at the same time, we invite social change activists to reflect on and address the performance aspects of their political activities. more >
October 2010
Representations of European Identity
Paper and/or panel proposals are invited for a 3-day multi-disciplinary international conference on representations of European identity entitled Europe in its Own Eyes / Europe in the Eyes of the Other. more >
Can I google it? Knowledge, competence and skills in the cultural field in 2020.
The 18th ENCATC Annual Conference and General Assembly will be organised in Brussels next 6-7-8 of
October in the framework of the Belgium Presidency of the European Union Council.
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4th Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum
Younger researchers who are exploring aspects of Cultural Policy at a European level can too easily be or feel isolated, especially when the outcomes of their work are expected or predicted to have a real impact on future developments. more >
Culture Action Europe Conference
The Culture Action Europe conference has a long established tradition as the key focal point for cultural operators, civil society, experts and policy makers to come together and debate key issues at stake for Europe’s cultural life. more >
The Time is now!
The conference will inspire, argue and debate what choices we make now and how they will alter the landscape of future EU policies for culture. more >
Culture and the Making of Worlds
To explore the role of culture–the symbolic context in which choices and actions acquire shared meanings ‐as a medium for building “worlds.” Cultures are analyzed in terms of their capacity to help shape the pasts and futures of contemporary societies. more >
Korea Arts Management Service holds 6th Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS)
The 6th Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS), held by Korea Arts Management Service (ISPA member organization), will take place from October 11 to 15, 2010 in Seoul. more >
Audience Creation
Dr Neil Kotler will present an International Online Seminar on the theme of Audience Creation in Museums on Wednesday 13 October. more >
Fourth Annual Conference of the UNIVERSITY NETWORK of the EUROPEAN CAPITALS of CULTURE
Call for papers and presentations from universities and other institutions of higher education that are a member of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture and Compostela Group of Universities and/or are located in cities which are, have been, or will be designated European Capitals of Culture. Submission deadline: 1 April 2010 more >
Cultural Policy: Quo Vadis?
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 >
Changing Europe, Changing Arts #2
In a series of four public sessions chaired by columnist-author Bas Heijne, EUNIC Netherlands will examine how cultural diversity is manifesting itself within today’s sector. The focus is especially on the grey area between the community arts and social arts on the one hand and high art on the other hand. more >
2010 World Crafts Council
The World Crafts Council in collaboration with the Handicrafts Association of Zambia and in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Zambia will be hosting the 2010 World Crafts Council 1st Africa Assembly Art and Crafts African Exhibition and Tourism Marketing Workshop. more >
11th ELIA Biennial Conference
Five perspectives on the role of the Arts and Higher Art Education could be addressed in the framework of the 11th ELIA Conference and feed the different symposia and discipline sessions. more >
11th ELIA Biennial Conference
ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts announces a call for papers (deadline 14th December) and presentations for its 11th Biennial Conference, to be held in Nantes, France in October 2010. more >
Taking Part: arts, culture and civil society
This major international and multidisciplinary conference seeks to engage with questions regarding the role of arts and cultural activity in civil society. more >
Taking Part
Call for papers: The conference will share research findings and foster dialogue and debate on issues such as could the arts and culture be working together with third sector organisations in order to face inequalities or if participation in arts and cultural activities is the powerful catalyser for civic engagement. more >
November 2010
II Workshop en Economía y Gestión de la Cultura/ II Workshop on Cultural Economics and Management
Os invitamos a participar en el II Workshop en Economía y Gestión de la Cultura / II Workshop in Cultural Economics and Management, que tendrá lugar los próximos días 4 y 5 de Noviembre en la Facultat de Economia de la Universitat de València. more >
'My City's Still Breathing'
This symposium will gather local, national and international experts from a wide range of disciplines to deliberate and debate the current and future relationship of art and design to city-making. more >
International Council of Museums Conference 2010 : Museums for Social Harmony
The 22nd General Conference of the ICOM will be held from 7th to 13th Nov, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The theme of ICOM is “Museums for Social Harmony”. more >
Call for Papers: 11th International Joint World Tourism Conference
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 cultural tourism. more >
Third International Conference on African Culture and Development
The Golden Jubilee celebrations of 17 African countries were considered in choosing this year’s theme which is; “Post Independent Africa: Cultural imperatives for development.” more >
The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing
Call for papers: The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing - 2nd Annual International Arts and Health Conference. The conference will present best practice and innovative arts and health practice and programs, examples of effective healthcare promotion, methods of project evaluation and data from scientific research. more >
Dates set for the VII Euro-American Campus on Cultural Cooperation
The next Euro-American Campus on Cultural Cooperation will take place this year from 30 November to 3 December, in Gran Canaria. The Campus is aimed at creating a space for exchange and discussion for cultural agents and cultural networks interested in international cooperation. more >
December 2010
Ready to change
Culture as a factor of economic and social innovation in the Mediterranean space: Towards new solidarities in a changing Europe. more >
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