Arts and culture policy-related news from online news services. Subscribe to our newsletter, ACORNS. To alert us to international news please email us.
Show year: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Latest International News:
Rosen launches children's manifesto
Action for Children's Arts, an umbrella body for arts organisations, has launched the UK's first Manifesto for Children's Arts. more >
The Greek cultural industry is bankrupt
Greece has great potential in cultural industries: with minimal investment its performance would be very good. But the Ministry won’t be able to negotiate the acquisition of the necessary resources. more >
Main results of the informal meeting of Ministers for Culture
Christine Albanel, French Minister for Culture and Communication, brought together her fellow EU ministers for an informal meeting in Versailles on 21-22 July. more >
500 researchers at Albanian culture seminar
The International Seminar on the Albanian Language, Literature and Culture, in Prishtina from August 18 to 19, will gather 500 people from over 90 countries to present research work on albanology. more >
Campbell issues equal cultural funding promise
The Minister for Culture Arts and Leisure, Gregory Campbell, has vowed that Ulster Scots and Irish cultural outlooks will receive parity of funding while he is in office - whether people like it or not. more >
Artists to develop child-art protocols
Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, has written to the Australia Council and Screen Australia, asking them "to develop a setof protocols to address the depiction of children in works, exhibitions and publications that are recipients of government funding". more >
Innovation Strategy: Music Service Corps
We should create a national service corps for musicians and artists to work in public schools and underserved communities. more >
Pacific Arts Festival hours away from opening
The 10th Festival of Pacific Arts opens tomorrow in Pago Pago, American Samoa, with a diverse range of art forms on show and a number of symposia focusing on issues in arts and culture. more >
Investing in local talent
To the small band of resident artists currently operating out of the UAE, there’s little by way of the kind of grants, awards or incentive-based prizes that fuel art scenes worldwide. more >
Buyer beware
The law protecting cultural heritage is no longer serving the interests of Aboriginal artists, the international promotion of Aboriginal art, or the market. more >
Cutting through black and white
If one seriously wishes to address the failure of transformation in the arts, hammering on about how the industry reflects the broader South African reality is a soft target. more >
Arts policies
An editorial looking at New Zealand's arts policy landscape in the lead-up to the 2008 general election. more >
Govt committed to promoting Pakistani culture, talent, creativity
Minister for Culture Sherry Rehman has said that the government was committed to institutionalising and promoting Pakistani culture, talent and creativity. more >
China bans entertainers who "offend sovereignty"
Overseas entertainers will be banned from the Chinese mainland if they are deemed to have "offended the country's sovereignty" during performances, says China's Ministry of Culture. more >
Debating Aspects of Cultural Dynamism
Habineza Joseph, Minister of culture and sports "Culture dynamism has always been useful in changing and admitting new and positive elements." more >
The international who's who in cultural policy, planning and research >