MEMBERS NEWS FROM WE ARE MORE  NEWSLETTER #13 (MAY 2013)

NEMO – NETWORK OF EUROPEAN MUSEUM ORGANISATIONS

“We are museums” conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, 6-7 June 2013

“We are Museums” is a NEMO partner conference that looks at the potential and dimensions of innovation and creativity that can help museums grow. The conference will aim at answering the following questions: How can museums become more integrated in people’s daily life, how are digital tools helping museums become more open and connected?

CULTUUR-ONDERNEMEN

Training Artists for Innovation  

The EU project Training Artists for Innovation has published its final publication: New Competencies for New Contexts. It describes the need for new competencies for artists to work successfully inside companies and public organisations.

CEATL - EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF LITERARY TRANSLATORS' ASSOCIATIONS

New surveys on the situation of literary translators in Europe

CEATL is currently performing new surveys on literary translators' working conditions, training and education, visibility, and legal status. The outcomes are expected in 2014.

LAF - LITERATURE ACROSS FRONTIERS

New online resource and iPhone application

LAF has launched a new website which includes a redesign of Europe's trilingual review of international writing - Transcript (launching with a focus on Armenian literature) - plus news, features and information resources for people in the field of international literature. LAF and Comma Press have also launched a multilingual application for iPhone - Gimbal - that guides readers around cities using short fiction from around the world. 

ENCC - EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CULTURAL CENTRES

Project Fair Aarhus, Cultural Centre Godsbanen , 6-8 June  2013

EENC will organize a Project Fair on the theme of cultural production in European Cultural Centres, and with the aim to provide both food for thought and a hands-on experience for all participants. The program combines spoken, intellectual input with practical, hands-on experience through 14 different workshops.

ON-THE-MOVE        

Recommendations for the online public consultation about short-stay Schengen visas

The European Commission - DG Home Affairs is revising the EU visa code and has opened a public online consultation to improve the procedures for obtaining short-stay "Schengen" visas. On-the-move encourages artists and organizations to answer the consultations by 17 June and provides background information and recommendations on its website.

EUBO - EUROPEAN UNION BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

A new CD and a new Orchestra in 2013

As the new CD Pure Handel is released, 25 fresh young musicians from 15 EU countries become the new EUBO 2013 with more than 35 international concerts programmed for this year.

RESEO - EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR OPERA AND DANCE EDUCATION

New publication: AMAZE ME - Opera for Young Audiences in Europe

The publication, published by RESEO, presents a kaleidoscope of European productions showcasing the diversity of this rapidly developing artform.

CULTURE & DÉMOCRATIE

Journal 29 of Culture & Démocratie 

The 29th issue of the journal of Culture and Democratie deals with the following question : In a context where everything seems dominated by market principles, does free culture embody an alternative or is it rather an illusion?

ROCE - RED DE ORGANIZADORES DE CONCIERTOS EDUCATIVOS

ROCE Meeting 2013: "The audience: music and community", Barcelona, 8, 9 and 10 July

The ROCE meeting will explore thematics such as: New public at cultural spaces; What is the public?; Who headed our communication efforts, training and emotion; The audience, origin and current; Parallel Lives: other audiences, a community; The educational function in culture; How to build valid initiatives today.

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL

3rd European Forum on Music

The EMC hosted its 3rd European Forum on Music together with the Scottish Music Centre from 18 to 21 April 2013 in Glasgow. You can find an overview of the conference, descriptions and presentations of the various sessions as well as photos on the EMC’s website.

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL

Sounds #8 now online

Sounds in Europe, the EMC’s annual magazine has been published. Issue #8 features an update on the EMC’s fields of activities, project descriptions from its member organisations, an interview on cultural policy with Xavier Troussard and Ann Branch, a policy map that shows legislative measures with a positive impact on music activities in the different European countries and much more.

THE ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND

New Call for travels grants

The Roberto Cimetta Fund, for artistic mobility in the EU-Arab zone, will launch the third 2013 open call for travel grants from 1^st to 30^th June 2013. The deadline is 30 June 2013. Results will be announced on 1 September 2013.

AMI – AIDE AUX MUSIQUES INNOVATRICES

Festival Mimi, Iles de Frioul– Marseille, 4 - 7 July

AMI will organize a four night festival of innovating music, a musical travel for one of the most important events of the European Capital for Culture.

ONDA – OFFICE NATIONAL DE DIFFUSION ARTISTIQUE

Destination Brussels - Performing arts in public spaces, Brussels, 4-6 September 2013

The Brussels’ Destination, organised by VTi - Flemish Institute for the Performing Arts, Het Theaterfestival and Kaaitheater, aims at stimulating reflection about the role of (performing) arts and culture in public space.

TRANS EUROPE HALLES

Ens Toca! Reclaiming Public Space Through Culture, Sant Boi, Spain, 13-15 June 2013

The Ens Toca! conference focuses on the alternative cultural models offered by independent spaces created by the citizens, analysed through the stories of several grass-root initiatives used as case studies.

EUROPEAN FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION (EFA)

EFA launched The Festival Academy; deadline Atelier EDINBURGH 2014 approaching

Recently, EFA launched The Festival Academy, which offers training formats for festival management to young festival makers worldwide. The next opportunity will be the Atelier EDINBURGH 2014 (3-10 April 2014); the application deadline is 30 June 2013.

Partners news

AESTHETICA MAGAZINE

Call for Entries: The Aesthetica Art Prize 2013

The Aesthetica Art Prize 2013 is now open for entry, offering both budding and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider, international audience. The competition invites all artists to submit imaginative and innovative work that pushes the boundaries of their chosen medium. Prizes include up to £1000 in cash, a group exhibition and editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine, which has a readership of 140,000 worldwide. Categories for entry are: Photographic & Digital Art, Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture, Painting & Drawing and Installation & Performance. Deadline for entries is 31 August.

MEMBERS NEWS FROM WE ARE MORE  NEWSLETTER #12 (MARCH 2013)

OPERA EUROPA & RESEO
Joint conference on Citizenship, Vienna, 4-7 April 2013
In line with the 2013 European Year of Citizens, the discussions at Opera Europa’s and RESEO’s joint conference will deal with the place of art and culture, and opera in particular, in today’s society. Should each European citizen have the right to opera, the most European art form? How can culture contribute to shaping tomorrow? How should our institutions adapt to better face what awaits?
 
KUNSTEN ´92
Analysis: effects of budget cuts in Dutch culture
Kunsten ’92 asked a number of specialists from all parts of the culture sector to investigate the effects of the cuts on the system as a whole. A translation of the summary is available in English.
 
DSI Swinging Europe
ArtEpi Green Performing City
DSI Swinging Europe is one of the driving forces behind the ArtEpi project. ArtEpi is a moveable micro-city organized around a series of sustainable, environment- and resource-conscious building activities. The project involves artists and scientists.
 
TILLT
Creative Clash conference at Goethe institute in Brussels, 19 March
On the occasion of the project's final conference in Brussels, TILLT will launch, together with partners from all over Europe engaged in artistic interventions, the Creative Clash: European Network for Artistic Interventions.

ON THE MOVE
Charter for a sustainable and responsible cultural mobility
On the Move recently launched a new online toolkit for cultural professionals, funders and policy-makers willing to respect social and environmental standards whenever they practice, fund or support cultural mobility.
 
CULTUUR-ONDERNEMEN/CULTURE-ENTREPENEURSHIP
Presentation of handbook on Training Artists For Innovation on April 9 in Brussels
In the handbook Training Artists For Innovation - competencies for new contexts, Cultuur Ondernemen presents competencies that today's artists need and explains how to set up trainings for artists to implement artistic interventions in organisations successfully.
 
EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL
3rd European Forum on Music in Glasgow, Scotland, 18 - 21 April 2013
The Forum, organized by the EMC, will be hosted in the UNESCO City of Music, Glasgow, which particular history of regeneration through music and culture will be reflected in the conference by two main topics: Europe and the western socio-economic model is in crisis– what role can music play? And the Particular example of Glascow with the 1991 nomination as European Capital of Culture that set the start for Glasgow’s regeneration through culture.
 
ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND
Open call for travel grants
The Roberto Cimetta Fund recently launched the second 2013 open call for travel grants. The deadline is 31 March 2013 and applications can be submitted in Arabic. Results will be announced on 1 June 2013.
 
Partners:
 
ENCATC
New issue of the Journal of Cultural Management and Policy
The objective of the ENCATC Journal of Cultural Management and Policy is to stimulate the debate on the topics of cultural management and cultural policy among scholars, educators, policy makers and cultural managers. The Journal is based on a multidisciplinary perspective and aims at connecting theory and practice in the realm of the cultural sector.
 
COMIX4 Project
The COMIX4= COMICS FOR EQUALITY Award, lead by Africa e Mediterraneo, is a project and competition funded by the European Union open to comic artists with a migrant background from all 27 EU member states, EFTA countries and countries that have applied for / are in the process of EU-membership (Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, FYRM, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo). There are 3 categories: The fight against racism, Stories of migration and Stereotypes. An author may submit a maximum of three comic stories per category Six prizes of 1.000€ each will be awarded as part of the competition: three prizes will be assigned by the jury and three prizes will be awarded by website users. Deadline is 30^th of June 2013.

TANDEM–Cultural Managers Exchange Turkey–European Union 2013-2014
TANDEM–Cultural Managers Exchange Turkey–European Union aims at establishing long-term partnerships between cultural organisations from Turkey and the EU countries. TANDEM Turkey-EU is targeted on engaging participants in an intense international collaboration process, including placements and realisation of a shared interdisciplinary project. TANDEM starts with a Partner Forum in May 2013 in Turkey. Deadline to apply 24 March.
 

MEMBERS NEWS FROM WE ARE MORE  NEWSLETTER #11 (DECEMBER 2012)

EUROPEAN FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION (EFA)
New EFA publication: Inside/Insight Festivals. 9 Festival Directors – 9 Stories
In “Inside/Insight Festivals”, co-produced with CultureLink Singapore, nine renowned festival directors share their insights into festival making in the past decades and invite for a journey of artistic and thought-provoking encounters around the globe.
 
ON THE MOVE
Artists' mobility and Schengen visas: a step forward
Results and recommendations from OTM's November workshop, attended by OTM members, external experts and European Commission - DG EAC and DG Home.
 
IETM International network for contemporary performing arts
Publication Everyday Innovators, Innovative Work Practices in the
Cultural Sector
Everyday Innovators is a free publication commissioned by IETM and researched by Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. that proposes practical examples of innovative work practices in the European cultural sector.
 
IETM International network for contemporary performing arts
IETM Spring Plenary Meeting in Dublin, 11-14 April 2013
IETM’s next Plenary Meeting will take place in Dublin from 11-14
April 2013. The meeting, organised with Project Arts Centre is also open to non-member participants.
 
EUROPEAN THEATRE CONVENTION
Young Europe 2 Premiere in Oslo and Netherlands
The premiere of ‘Ik, ich, I’, the latest ETC Young Europe 2 co-production is at Det Norkse Teatret, Oslo, 22 February, and at De Toneelmakerji, Amsterdam, 13 March.
 
EUROPEAN THEATRE CONVENTION
Young Director’s Forum, New York
The first ETC Young Director’s Forum was held in La MaMa, New York, on 3-4 December and involved workshops and discussions with young European and established US directors. 
 
BANLIEUES D'EUROPE
European conference  - Visions of (In)Tolerance in Europe today -
Lyon, France, 24-25 January 2013
Banlieues d’Europe organises a conference within the framework of the project - ACCEPT PLURALISM. The project is about tolerance and acceptance of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in contemporary Europe. The main findings of the research undertaken across Europe by 15 Universities in relation to tolerance and intolerance practices in school and in political life will be presented.
 
DSI SWINGING EUROPE
EU Report: Stepping into the Future
DSI Swinging Europe in Denmark prepared a report from the “Next Step” EU conference debating the future of culture in Europe.
 
ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND
Report on Roberto Cimetta Fund's exchange platform in Beirut
The exchange platform, called "Madarat", took place on 21st November 2012. For more details visit the website, read about Istikshaf Regional Policy Agenda/RCF's new ethical charter/Marietje Schaake's (MEP) video message. RCF's website also provides a link to a report on the seminar entitled "International Artistic Mobility and Territorial Diplomacy".
 
PERYPEZYE URBANE
Call for papers – Interculturalism, Education and Borders from the perspective of cultural policies
S28 Mag is the bimonthly web magazine of Perypezye Urbane, a UE- oriented Italy based cultural organization, with two main purposes: to advocate an exchange between nations and cultures and to invite discourses and discussions on big issues related to cultural policies. The mag launches a call for papers (with a payoff of 120 euro) for the column entitled “User generated culture”.
 
THE BALTIC SEA CULTURE CENTER
Metropolis Is Okey Festival /  Festiwal Metropolia Jest Okey, 26-30 December 2012
Metropolis Is Okey is an annual festival created by the Baltic Sea Culture Centre joining three cities: Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia to showcase local art - music, literature and fine arts, with exclusive focus on dance theatre.
 
EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL
3rd European Forum on Music and EMC Annual Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 18-22 April 2013
The EMC together with the Scottish Music Centre will organise the 3rd European Forum on Music, entitled Re-generating Europe through Music, which will take place ahead of the EMC Annual meeting.
 
MANIFESTA
Manifesta Journal #16 – Regret and other back pages
The Manifesta Journal is an international journal that focuses on the practices and theories of contemporary curating.  The new edition of the Manifesta Journal – MJ#16 is now available.  The MJ is a project of the Manifesta Foundation.  
 
OPERA EUROPA
Vienna Conference, 4 - 7 April 2013
Opera Europa and RESEO combine forces to present their biennial spring event on the theme of Citizenship: the right of European citizens to participate in culture in the fullest sense.

 

MEMBERS NEWS FROM WE ARE MORE  NEWSLETTER #10 (OCTOBER 2012)

CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS, BRUSSELS (BOZAR)

Roundtable with President Barroso, artists and intellectuals from the cultural world
On 17 September 2012, the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels (BOZAR) and the European Commission co-organized a roundtable with its President, José Manuel Barroso, and 20 renowned artistes and intellectuals from the cultural world. Three main topics were discussed: the impact of the financial crisis on European citizenship and the notion of European identity, what artists can do for Europe, and what Europe can do for artists.

CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS, BRUSSELS (BOZAR)
Seminar: Funding for the Arts in challenging times, 28 November 2012, Brussels
With reducing public subsidies for the cultural sector and governments offering less fiscal incentives for giving, how will European Arts and Cultural institutions survive in the future? Key speakers from the EU institutions, the cultural sector and the private sector will participate at the event.

CREATIVITY, CULTURE AND EDUCATION (CCE)
Launch of Professional Training Programme
CCE is launching a professional training programme, beginning with a ‘Where Next For Creativity?’ conference in Sunderland on 16 November 2012.

MEMBERS NEWS FROM WE ARE MORE  NEWSLETTER #9 (JULY 2012)

RELAIS CULTURE EUROPE
Final publications of the Sostenuto project
Following the final press conference of the INTERREG IV B Med project Sostenuto – Culture as a factor of economic and social innovation that took place in Brussels on 21 June, the final publications, presenting the results of the project, are now available online. 

ELIA (EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF INSTITUTES OF THE ARTS) 

ELIA (EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF INSTITUTES OF THE ARTS)

ETC - EUROPEAN THEATRE CONVENTION 

TRANS EUROPE HALLES 

CULTURE ET DÉMOCRATIE 
The 25th edition of the “Journal” published 
The 25th edition of Culture et Démocratie’s publication deals with European cultural policy. It opens the debate while providing numerous points of view.

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL
Seminar on Development Goals for European Music Education, Budapest, 18-20 October 2012
On 18-20 October, the EMC  will co-organise a seminar called “From Seoul via Bonn to Budapest – Development Goals for European Music Education: Access, Quality and Social Challenges” together with the European Music school Union in the Palace of Arts in Budapest, Hungary. Deadline for registration: 15th September 2012.

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL
Capacity Building Workshop, Limassol, Cyprus, 28 September–1st October
On 28 September – 1st October, the EMC will organise a capacity-building workshop for music organisations in the Mediterranean.

BANLIEUES D'EUROPE
19th Banlieues d'Europe Network meeting, Turin,  21-23 November
For its 19th meeting entitled « The Role of Culture Faced with the Rise of Nationalism in Europe Citizens’Resistance! », the Banlieues d’Europe network will tackle the challenge of examining the place and the role of culture as a form of citizen’s action and participation faced with the issues of social cohesion that question geographical frontiers as well as frontiers of imagination.

EUROPEAN FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION