Jane Chu, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, USA.

New 10-part series of Arts Leaders Talk launched

As part of the ongoing series of Arts Leaders Talk videos, IFACCA is delighted to publish a set of new videos recorded at last year’s World Summit on Arts and Culture in Valletta, Malta.

Ten leaders of arts councils and ministries of culture from around the world present, in two or three minutes, their views on effective leadership in the culture sector, the future agenda for the arts sector, their inspirations, and the value of IFACCA to their organisations.  

The leaders giving their personal perspectives on leadership in the arts include:

Jane Chu, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, USA

Simon Brault Director and CEO Canada Council for the Arts

Gretta Gaspar, Administrator, National Arts Council of Namibia

Jozef Kovalcik, Director, Slovak Arts Council

Dennis Marita, Director of Culture, Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Solomon Islands

Chandraguptha Thenuwara, President, Arts Council of Sri Lanka

Bilel Aboudi, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia

Janet Archer, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland

Albert Marshall, Executive Chair, Arts Council Malta

Ivan Petrella, Ministry of Culture, Argentina

IFACCA's YouTube channel also provides links to videos from IFACCA's World Summits in 2009, 2011 and 2014 and other IFACCA projects.