National Arts Agency News in October 2008
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40th anniversary celebrated by Arsis
The latest issue of the Arts Council of Finland's Arsis magazine takes a glance at that institution's 40-year-old history. Beyond that, some members of the Central Arts Council present their visions on what the future of the arts will look like in 2018. Other features include a report on multicultural aspects in the arts in Finland. more >
Conclusion of the Second Argentinean Culture Congress
The Second Argentinean Culture Congress that dealt with culture and development concluded on October 19th at San Miguel de Tucumán. More than 3,500 people from all over the country participated. more >
Concluyó el II Congreso Argentino de Cultura
Con la participación de más de 3.500 personas de todo el país, el domingo 19 de octubre cerró en San Miguel de Tucumán, el Segundo Congreso Argentino de Cultura, dedicado a debatir sobre cultura y desarrollo. more >
Ground-breaking exhibition tells stories of people with disabilities
Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Ms Ntombazana Botha, invites members of the media to a launch of an exhibition of artefacts by people with disabilities. The exhibition will feature photographs from a coffee table book called, Look at me. The book tells disabled South African women’s stories. more >
New director of communications at the DCMS
Jane Cooper, currently at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, has been appointed Director of Communications at the DCMS. She will take up her post early in the new year. more >
ARSIS 3/08 celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Arts Council of Finland
The Arsis magazine 3/2008 takes a glance at the 40-year-old history of the Arts Council of Finland. In the editorial Chairman Hannu Saha predicts the future, too. more >
More visit its art galleries
The number of visitors to the country's art galleries has increased by 50 percent in 2007 compared with the year before, as evidenced by new statistics from the Cultural Council. The increase is above all as a result of increased visits from kindergartens and schools that have nearly doubled over the last year. more >
Arts Council support Launch of Lyric Education Programme
This exciting new project will engage with and encourage young people to participate in the arts, through four pilot projects in primary and post primary education. more >
Arts Council Welcomes New Creative Industries Innovation Fund
Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Gregory Campbell, MP MLA along with Roisín McDonough, Chief Executive the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and other funders, today (17 October) launched the Creative Industries Innovation Fund. more >
Display of Art Statement from Arts Council of Wales
Arts Council of Wales welcomes the Minister's announcement about the future display of visual art in Wales. more >
Jan Åman new member of the Cultural Council Board
The government has today appointed Jan Åman to the new member of the Cultural Council board. He replaces thus Johan Staël von Holstein, who left the Board in September. Jan Åman is executive director of the Color Factory, an art gallery in the south of Stockholm. more >
Ministry of Culture gives 408,000 euros to 30 projects of short films
The Ministry of Culture, through the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) has granted aid amounting to 408,000 euros for 30 projects of short films in the second phase of the call for the year 2008. more >
Ministry of Culture gives more than half its budget to public institutions
The Culture Minister, Cesar Antonio Molina, today presented data from his department's budget for 2009, staffed by 922.8 million euros, 5.23 million euros more than in 2008 (0.57% increase). More than half (607.1 million) will go to public institutions including the Museum del Prado and Reina Sofia, INAEM, ICAA, and the National Library. more >
National Council on the Arts Convenes for 165th Meeting
The National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), will meet in a public session on Friday, October 31. This session will be Chairman Dana Gioia’s final meeting with the Council. more >
Scotland Live 2008 Launch
Culture Minister welcomes thirty international arts promoters to sample the best of Scottish theatre and dance. more >
U.S. and U.K. Cultural Agencies Sign Memorandum of Understanding
At a joint conference, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding to foster scholarly collaboration and research in the humanities. more >
Australia Council is partner in $4.7m boost to new arts research
The Australia Council for the Arts will be an industry partner in three prestigious arts-related research projects funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). more >
Australia Council reaffirms commitment to arts in education
The governing body of the Australia Council for the Arts has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the creative arts in the national education curriculum. more >
Free Theatre Initiative
A two-year pilot programme offering free theatre tickets to under-26-year-olds has been announced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). more >
Intercultural Ireland Conference
To mark Ireland's contribution to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Martin Cullen T.D. is hosting a concert and conference in Leuven to discuss and show case intercultural dialogue in Ireland in the arts, culture, audiovisual, sports and tourism sectors. more >
Artists to benefit from Resale Royalty Right
A resale right for Australia's visual artists is expected to be in place by 1 July 2009, Arts Minister Peter Garrett said today. more >
Arts Council comments on its Budget allocation
The Government has allocated a grant of €75.7 million to the Arts Council for 2009. more >
Arts marketing resources for research hub
A range of arts marketing resources are now available from the Australia Council's research hub. more >
More than 10,000 people across Ireland in choirs - report
Singing in choirs is one of Ireland’s most popular arts activities, with more than 10,000 people in 400 choral groups right across the country, a new report from the Arts Council reveals. more >
South East celebrated the launch of the Cultural Olympiad
The Cultural Olympiad is a four-year programme that will highlight the country’s diversity by using both culture and sport to create works and events that will bring people and places together, encourage audiences to take part, involve and inspire young people, welcome the world to the 2012 Games and create a lasting legacy. more >
Arts for All - community engagement plan
The arts will play an ever stronger role in fostering Singapore’s sense of community and national identity while raising Singapore’s hip quotient as a global arts city, with the launch of the Arts For All – Community Engagement Plan by the National Arts Council (NAC) more >
Speech by Senior Minister at Singapore International Photography Festival
The speech by Senior Minister at the opening of the Singapore International Photography Festival. The biennial festival is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, and provides a platform for Southeast Asian photographers to showcase their works and discover emerging talent. more >
Acclaimed singer awarded Gaelic Ambassador of the year at mod 2008 launch
Julie Fowlis, the acclaimed traditional singer and instrumentalist is the first recipient of the Scottish Government's new Gaelic Ambassador of the Year award (Tosgaire Gàidhlig na Bliadhna). more >
General Manager appointed at the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage
HE Dr. Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage in Qatar appointed Dr Saad Thamer Al-Humaidi as General Manager for the Minister's Office. more >
Meeting on the development of national cinema
Under the auspices of the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin, a meeting was held on the development of national cinema. From 2010 the state will allocate 4 billion rubles a year to promoting the film industry. more >
Newly reopened Palace of Fine Arts
The inaugural event for this building which is considered to be the most important cultural centre in the Dominican Republic will will be chaired by President Leonel Fernández and attended by various personalities and cultural leaders from different countries. more >
TB death Mamadou Diouf: Culture in mourning
Mamadou Diouf, a brilliant technical adviser in the office of the Minister of Culture had struggled against diabetes for several years, and finally secumbed on Friday 3 October 2008. more >
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