National Arts Agency News in May 2005
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Links between architecture and disability to be explored online
A new project initiated by Arts Council England Inside will explore the relationship between disability and architecture by looking at the responses of disabled artists. more >
Agencies merge to form major new arts marketing agency
The merger of three separate agencies from south and west Wales sees the creation of a major new arts marketing agency. The merger came as the result of an initiative proposed by the Arts Council of Wales initiative and backing from local authorities. more >
Art helps to strengthen links between Spain and Morocco
The ministers of Culture for Spain and Morocco have jointly announced a new cultural program entitled “The time of Spain in Morocco and Morocco in Spain 2005”. more >
Asialink and Australia Council share a dance with Japan
Asialink, in partnership with Australia Council, has selected five outstanding Australian choreographers to develop new collaborative works in Japan over the next two years. more >
France prompts EU Council to act against incitement to hate
Under pressure from France, the Council of Ministers for Culture and Communication has mobilized to combat the broadcasting of television programs inciting racial hatred originating in countries outside European Union. more >
National Endowment for the Arts benefits from budget increase
An amendment to increase funds for the National Endowment for the Arts by $10 million has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. more >
New initiative announced for traditional arts in Ireland
Ireland’s traditional arts community has been allocated funding to the value of €3 million in 2006, representing a four-fold increase on the level of funding in 2005. The funding was announced in conjunction with the Arts Council’s decision to implement a new three-year initiative for the traditional arts. more >
Culture Ministers in South East Europe sign charter
The Belgrade based BalkanKult Foundation, reports that a Culture Ministers from South East Europe Culture have signed a charter to form a new council. more >
Seychelles unveils new cultural policy
Seychelles Minister for Local Government, Sport and Culture, Sylvette Pool, has launched a Cultural Policy for the Republic of Seychelles. more >
All Tuned Up and Ready to Go
The Scottish Arts Council 2005/06 Tune Up series of live music tours is will give audiences across Scotland the chance to experience music from Rajasthan, Guinea, Japan and France as well as some of the best music from Scotland and the UK. more >
Americans for the Arts to provide web survey service
Americans for the Arts has launched a web-based survey research service aimed specifically at its members in the arts sector. more >
Arts Council Support Helps Fire Up Public About Clay
Europe’s leading potters and ceramic artists recently gathered to exhibit their work at ClayArt 2005 at Llanrhaedr Hall, Denbigh. The event, which featured an extensive and exciting variety of new works, was supported by a £7,559 grant from The Arts Council of Wales. more >
Creative New Zealand sponsored awards acknowledge broadcast arts journalism
At the 2005 Qantas Media Awards held in Auckland on 20th May, broadcast journalists were acknowledged for their contribution to New Zealand arts journalism. more >
Euro Ministers attend meeting for a cultural Europe
Fifteen European Ministers of Culture and more than 500 artists and cultural movers and shakers came together for the “Meeting for a Cultural Europe" on 2nd and 3rd May at the Comédie-Française in Paris. more >
Independent career development supported by new Visual Arts program
Following extensive consultations with artists across the country, the Canada Council for the Arts has approved a new program that changes the way grants are awarded to visual artists. more >
Key NEA program expands
The National Endowment for the Arts initiative, Shakespeare in American Communities, is growing its ranks, with the number of arts companies involved rising from 21 to 35 across 12 months, and a corresponding education program launched. more >
NEA Announces International Exhibitions Advisory Committee
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the members of its newly formed Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions. more >
New literature translation initiative from NEA
Following a successful pilot initiative, developed with the Embassy of Greece, the National Endowment of the Arts has launched the NEA International Literature Awards to support increased access to quality foreign literary work in translation. more >
New Zealand decorative arts wins a national home
The New Zealand Government has approved nearly $2 million to safeguard works by the country’s leading 20th and 21st century decorative artists. more >
Welsh local arts expenditure revealed
A new survey conducted by The Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Local Government Association illuminates the extent, and the reach of partnership funding to support the arts across the region. more >
Minor literature in search of recognition
Pro-Helvetia sponsored translations offer the hope of international sales to Romansh authors who otherwise find themselves 'living off crumbs.' more >
New Zealand prepares for inaugural international human rights film festival
A film festival, organised by the Human Rights Network of Aotearoa New Zealand, will bring documentaries and dramas to the big screen in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. more >
Pro Helvetia Supports Romansh Writers With Translations
Pro Helvetia has been working to promote Switzerland’s minority language writers by providing opportunities for translations to introduce writers working in Romansh to an audience beyond Swiss borders. more >
Romania Announces New National Fund for Culture
Romania's Ministry of Cultural and Religious Affairs has announced the formation of a new national fund for culture. more >
Cultural Cinema Consortium announce funding for Art House Cinema
The Cultural Cinema Consortium - a joint initiative of the Arts Council and the Irish Film Board - have announced that capital investment, funding valued at €750,000, each has been offered to two cinema venues - Solas in Galway and the new Light and House@Smithfield development in Dublin. more >
NEA Announces 2005 Grants For Arts on Radio & Television
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced that it will award nearly $3.85 million through 47 grants in the Arts on Radio & Television Grants category. more >
NEA plan to create teacher models
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the first 12 recipients of its inaugural Teacher Institute Awards, part of a broader plan to forge workable models for arts education in the United States. more >
New Arts RiPPA released
The Australia Council for the Arts has released the 20th edition of Arts RiPPA: Arts Research in Progress or Planned Across Australia. This digest profiles over 90 arts and cultural research projects currently underway across Australia. more >
Twelve new members elected to Aosdána
Twelve new members were elected today to Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland, bringing its total membership to 210. more >
£1.4 million to help artists enrich ‘culture-poor’
Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson and Scottish Arts Council Chairman Richard Holloway have announced an ambitious National Lottery-funded £1.4 million project to enable artists to take their work into communities. more >
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