Creative Partnerships: Intersections between the arts, culture and other sectors
Description
D'Art report 41:Creative Intersections: Partnerships between the arts, culture and other sectors
The objective of the research project was to look at the ways that artists are working in diverse settings (from communities through to the commercial sector) and the nature of partnerships ('intersections') that exist between the arts and other sectors. It also looked at the ways that governments at all levels (local, national, international) initiate, support or influence such relationships through policies or programmes.
A preliminary version of this report was published as a discussion paper for the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture held in Melbourne, Australia, on 3-6 October 2011. The Summit was attended by 501 delegates from 70 countries and the outcomes of the keynotes, panel and roundtable discussions that took place at the Summit, together with feedback to the discussion paper, has been now been incorporated. In addition to the information gathered through the questionnaires and interviews, this report presents a bibliography and list of web-based resources, a catalogue of organisations working across sectors, and an extensive selection of inspiring practices in the field. The report contains many quotes from respondents, some of which are presented anonymously by request.
The report covers four key areas. The first is a general review of creative intersections and the types of sectors where these intersections occur, based largely on the information gathered from the respondents and Summit delegates and the material uncovered by desk research. The second is a perspective on the structural aspects of partnerships prompted by the information and vision provided by the experts consulted. The third summarises the policies and programmes undertaken by the funding bodies surveyed, and the fourth identifies elements and themes for further research and discussion.
We would like to thank all respondents and Summit participants for their valuable contribution to this report and the Australia Council for the Arts for its support for this research and 5th IFACCA World Summit of Arts and Culture.
For further information on the Summit, please visit www.artsummit.org
Publications
Report on the Access of Young People to Culture in Ibero-America
Interarts and the Proyecta Cultura network have just released a report entitled Acceso de los jóvenes a la cultura en Iberoamérica: Tendencias, obstáculos y experiencias (“Access of Young People to Culture in Ibero-America: Trends, Obstacles and Experiencies”), which results from a research project undertaken in 12 Ibero-American countries in 2011. more >
Linking the Arts to Environment and Sustainable Development Issues
In 2010, ASEF commissioned research to investigate good practices connecting the arts to initiatives tackling environmental sustainability issues in a number of Asian countries. Titled Linking the Arts to Environment and Sustainable Development Issues, the research project aimed to carefully document case studies that can not only provide inspiration for networking and collaboration between Asia and Europe in this area but also aid policy making and planning. more >
New NEA research report shows potential benefits of arts education for at-risk youth
At-risk students who have access to the arts in or out of school also tend to have better academic results, better workforce opportunities, and more civic engagement, according to a new NEA report, The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies. The study reports these and other positive outcomes associated with high levels of arts exposure for youth of low socioeconomic status. more >
Music and health care
The paper begins by exploring a core premise of the Musical Connections Program: that music can have a transformative impact on people’s lives. more >
Culture in development cooperation: cultural sectors in sustainable development policy
The purpose of development co-operation in the field of culture is to strengthen the cultural sector and resources in partner countries and promote active social participation and economic development. This work is integrally linked with promoting human rights, improving intercultural understanding and good governance. Cultural freedom and diversity are also development targets in their own right. more >
Art in Prisons: a literature review of the philosophies and impacts of visual art programs for correctional populations
This review was commissioned by Arts Access Australia to examine evidence for the value of visual arts programs in Australian prisons and their impact on adult inmates. more >
Council conclusions on the role of culture in combating poverty and social exclusion
3046th Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council meeting, Brussels, 18 and 19 November 2010. more >
Greening the Arts
Think pieces for a zero carbon future and a survey of sustainable arts practices. more >
The Creative Economy and Culture at the Heart of Innovation Policy
The creative economy and culture have emerged as an important element in regional competitiveness and innovation activities. This can be seen in the strategies and programmes of the European Union as well as Finland’s national strategies and programmes and as practical measures. more >
Art and culture for well-being
The aim of the Art and culture for well-being programme is to promote well-being and health by means of art and culture and to enhance inclusion at the individual, community and societal levels. more >
The bubbles or the boiling pot? An ecosystemic approach to culture, environment and quality of life
For the diagnosis and prognosis of the problems of quality of life, a multidisciplinary ecosystemic approach encompasses four dimensions of being-in-the-world, as donors and recipients: intimate, interactive, social and biophysical. more >
News
Ministry of Culture supports cultural events with the inauguration of the Foundation Factory
Inaceremonytaking place on the fourth anniversary ofthe fire in the nightclubFactory, officials met relativesand friends ofthose killed inthe tragedyon April 19th, 2008.
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Talented Musicians Implored to Campaign Against Maternal Deaths
Speaking to the 'Daily News on Saturday' in an exclusive interview recently the Tandabui Health Access Tanzania (THAT)/Afya Radio CEO Joseph Kavit challenged artists during the seminar to address crucial issues on health especially maternal deaths. The one-day seminar was organized by THAT/ Afya Radio to enlighten the artists on crucial issues relating to maternal health. more >
Arab video games have a socio-cultural mission
The Middle East has one of the fastest growing communities of online gamers in the world, and demographics mean this is likely to remain true for many years. more >
Culture and young people in Latin American development
The annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank deals with the positive impact of culture in the socio-economic development of young people in Latin America. more >
Minister sees benefits of art therapy
“The Arts and art psychotherapy can play an important role in a person’s wellbeing and the healing process” Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage, Huw Lewis. more >
Culture and Sustainability
The importance of culture in the pursuit of sustainable development was the theme of the seminar on "Culture and Sustainability, Road to Rio +20", held on 29 January in Porto Alegre by the Ministry of Culture. more >
Raising Spirits: Second Roundtable Seminar
SOS Malta, Mater Dei Hospital, VOICES Foundation, Malta Council for Culture and the Arts and the Malta Cancer Foundation invite you to the second Raising Spirits half day seminar with the aim of bringing together stakeholders to discuss an Action Plan that will introduce regular Artistic and Creative Activities in Maltese Healthcare Settings. more >
5th World Summit on Arts and Culture Wraps Up as Chile Takes the Baton for 2014
The 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture concluded yesterday, generating a range of international initiatives to support arts practice and policymaking in Australia and internationally. more >
From Motherwell to Melbourne
Creative Scotland Chief Executive Andrew Dixon has arrived in Melbourne, to present the innovative Motherwell College Inspiring Change project to a gathering of international delegates from the world’s creative and cultural agencies. more >
5th World Summit opens next week!
With over 80 speakers from around the world, and close to 500 delegates from 75 countries, the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture, and the associated IFACCA events which kick off on Sunday, will make for a stimulating and engaging week in Melbourne. more >
2 week countdown to Australia's first World Summit on Arts and Culture
The Australia Council for the Arts and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), co-hosts of the 5th World Summit on Arts & Culture, are gearing up to welcome leading arts delegates from across the globe to Melbourne on 3 October 2011. more >
Raising Spirits
A half day seminar was held at Mater Dei Hospital with the aim to incentivise various stakeholders on a national level to explore ways and means of developing and increasing volunteering in healthcare, particularly through an artistic and creative approach in order to enhance patient recovery and community wellbeing. more >
Art and culture meet in Wrocław
The event, sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and held under the aegis of the Polish EU Presidency, hosted over 100 interdisciplinary projects with over 300 artists under the theme of 'Art for Social Change.' more >
Nasa hopes novel mission will take science fiction to new frontiers
A new collaboration is set to pair authors and scientists to produce a series of science-based novels to inspire the explorers and inventors of the future. more >
When two tribes meet: collaborations between artists and scientists
Science and art are often considered opposites – so what happens when top practitioners in each field collaborate? The results, finds Stuart Jeffries, can be seismic. more >
Community Arts Behind the Walls
In the current issue of CultureWork, Grady Hillman chronicles his experience visiting the Oregon State Correctional Institute (OSCI) with a cohort of university faculty, graduate students, and community arts leadership. more >
Freedom to Create Prize Opens 24 March
The annual Freedom to Create Prize celebrates Courage and Creativity and artists who use their talents to build social foundations and inspire the human spirit. more >
Über Lebenskunst: Initiative for Culture and Sustainability
One of the greatest challenges we face no matter where we live is ensuring a sustainable way of life through global justice and social reform. How can or should we live to avoid destroying our livelihood? How can we learn to change our mindset? And how do we transfer knowledge into action? Is future viability a cultural technique which can be developed and practiced? What might the "art of living" (Lebenskunst) look like in the 21st century? more >
Collaboration Grants
Collaboration Grants supports independent cultural organisations working together across borders and disciplines. more >
The United Nations recognizes the role of culture for development
On 20 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on culture and development, which emphasizes the important contribution of culture for sustainable development and for the achievement of national and international development objectives, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). more >
Arts and health policy and strategy
The arts and health policy and strategy document outlines the Arts Council's support and understanding of arts and health and the values that underpin it's approach to arts and health practice. It also outlines strategic actions for the five year period 2010-2014. more >
John Maeda: Innovation is born when art meets science
The technology and design guru argues that for invention to occur, scientists must embrace the art world. more >
Culture a driver for development and the achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals
Culture has a key role to play in reaching the development goals, concluded participants at a roundtable discussion opened by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the Millennium Summit in New York on Tuesday 21 September 2010. more >
Los ministros de cultura, por la cultura y la inclusión social
Los máximos responsables de Cultura de Iberoamérica firmaron el domingo 12 de septiembre un acta de compromiso bajo el lema “Cultura e Inclusión Social”, y sentaron las bases para el IV Congreso Iberoamericano de Cultura. Además, se realizó un foro abierto de ministras y ministros de Cultura de la UNASUR y el COSECCTI. more >
Ministers of culture in favour of culture and social inclusion
Ibero-America’ highest cultural authorities signed an agreement on Sunday 12 September entitled “Culture and Social Inclusion”, and laid the foundations of the IV Ibero-American Congress on Culture. An open forum of Ministers of Culture members of UNASUR and COSECCTI also took place. more >
Launch of Music against poverty contest
Today, the European Commission launches the European Music Contest calling young Europeans, between 15 and 25, to submit a song expressing support to the fight against poverty in the world. more >
Business sees arts as good creative partners
There is much potential for the arts to capitalise on the benefits they offer business, according to a new survey of corporate decision makers. more >
Culture-based creativity as a tool for development
The Competitiveness Council - composed of European Affairs, Industry or Research Ministers - adopted ‘Conclusions on Creating an innovative Europe’, recognising culture-based creativity 'as an important tool for competitiveness, growth and quality of life for citizens' and as a 'vital driver of innovation in sectors such as the cultural and creative industries'. more >
Blessed are the geek
The Australia Council has dispatched a crack troop of techies to reboot the nation's arts organisations. more >
Freedom to Create exhibits in Afghanistan
An exhibition of photo-documentary works from the 2009 Freedom to Create Prize tours to the Queen’s Palace complex in Bagh-e-Babur (or Babur Gardens) in Kabul, Afghanistan. more >
UNESCO invites project proposals on peace and dialogue
UNESCO is calling for project proposals within the framework of The Power of Peace Network (PPN). Submitted projects should be related to the promotion of peace and dialogue, have realistic objectives, and be technically feasible. more >
The 2010 Freedom to Create Prize: now open for nominations
Freedom to Create announced the opening of the nomination process for this year’s prestigious Freedom to Create Prize. Participants from all creative fields are being encouraged to enter the international US$ 125,000 prize. Established in 2008, the Freedom to Create Prize is a celebration of the courage and creativity of artists around the world who use their talents to promote social justice, build the foundations for open societies and inspire the human spirit. more >
Geeks open gateways for the arts
The Australia Council for the Arts has matched tech-savvy geeks with nine selected arts organisations to help them explore a new world of digital possibilities. more >
Freedom to Create launches new website
The new website, www.freedomtocreate.com, is an online portal to the organisation's grant-making, investments and the Freedom to Create Prize. more >
China to boost cultural tourism
Cultural tourism in China is facing a golden opportunity for development with favorable policies and growing demand, a senior official said here Sunday. more >
Creative potential of the nation at the service of the Motherland and people
The issues relating to fulfilling the specific tasks set by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to workers of culture and art were put on the agenda of the meeting at the Palace of Mukams of the National Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan. more >
More funding for Arts & Business
Funding of £50,000 is to be made available to increase the number of businesses engaging with the arts. more >
2009 Orient Global Freedom to Create Prize: International Prize for Artists on the Frontlines Enters Second Year
Those artists who work on the Forgotten Frontline to promote social justice and inspire communities have just under one month to submit their entries in this year’s Orient Global Freedom to Create Prize. more >
New arts and health initiative for Scotland
A new initiative in arts and health has been launched in Scotland, with the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Patricia Ferguson announcing ArtFull. more >
Events
Arts & Health - Call for papers
This conference is an initiative of the ENCATC Arts and Health Thematic Area and is organised by the Cultural Management Degree Programme, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. The deadline for paper submissions is 31 May 2012. more >
Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel
As an expression of culture, a form of intangible heritage, a signifier of place, and a marker of moments, music provides an important and emotive narrative for tourists. more >
Cultural Entrepreneurship Conference: Ethics, Finance and Politics
Ethics, Finance and Politics, the second conference in the Cultural Entrepreneurship series, will bring clarity to those nebulous notions of ethics and sustainability, explaining in the process how ethics can be applied to business and political processes and also to the world of finance. more >
Culture solves conflicts? Cases of performing arts cooperation in the Palestinian territories
Can art have an impact on a conflict situation that seems insoluble? Is it possible to foster peace through performing arts? The violent conflict in the Palestinian territories has become a part of everyday newsfeed. At the same time a wide range of international collaborations and art projects are supporting a vital cultural scene as part of what has been described as cultural intifada, an uprising where art and culture are an alternative for frustration and violence. more >
Sustainability in Theater: People, Planet, Profit, Purpose
This event will address the question “How can we tangibly change the way we run our theaters to ensure we survive and have a significant positive impact on our environment and community?” more >
Radius of Art
Experience from international artistic and cultural projects offers clear evidence of their relevance for the processes of democratization and the development of civil society. more >
Arts and Health Seminar
On the occasion of the 19th Annual Conference in Helsinki of ENCATC (European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres), the ENCATC Thematic Area ”Arts and Health” will join forces for a debate about the art, culture and cultural management in the context of health. more >
4th IMC World Forum on Music
Speakers and participants from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, the Arab world and the American continent will meet to discuss the correlation between music and social change. more >
Conference 2011: Dialogues
A Northern Arts and Science Network one day arts and science conference. This conference will provide an insight into the varied types and modes of discourse and conversations that are currently emerging from combinatory areas of arts/science research and collaboration. The conference will ask the core question: How do collaborations of arts and science manifest themselves? 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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
International Arts and Health Conference
Arts and Health Australia is convening an international arts and health conference, The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing. The Conference will explore best practice policy, programs and research across primary care, community health, healthcare promotion and medical humanities. more >
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