June 2011
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Palace Of Culture (Istana Budaya)
The Istana Budaya or The Palace of Culture (1999) is Malaysia’s main venue for all types of theatre including musical theatre, operetta, classical concert and opera from local and international performances. Istana Budaya is aimed to raise the standard of the performing arts, to develop artistic excellence in theatre, to popularize high quality theatre productions, and to develop a higher sense of artistic appreciation. Read More
National Arts Academy (Akademi Seni Kebangsaan)
The National Arts Academy is an institution of higher learning established in 1994 by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism. Among the courses that have been offered are: script writing for stage drama, script writing for television, acting, appreciation of traditional music, contemporary dance, choreography, make-up and costume. Read More
National Art Gallery of Malaysia
The National Art Gallery of Malaysia (Malay: Balai Seni Lukis Negara) was established on August 28, 1958, by Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. The gallery is also a statutory body and an agency under the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Tourism of Malaysia.
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Sutra Dance Theatre Malaysia
The Foundation encompasses Sutra Dance Theatre – where new choreography is crafted and performed; Sutra Academy – where future dancers are trained; Sutra Gallery – where visual artists exhibit their works. All of these activities are concentrated in the premises of Sutra House , the Foundation’s nerve centre. Read More
Valentine Wille Fine Art
The Valentine Willie Fine Art gallery (1996) wants to represent the best of regional work, from the historically important to the cutting edge, while also working with regional institutions and independent initiatives on touring and offsite projects. The gallery believes that education and exchange are key to raising awareness… Read More
Tabs Creative Projects
Tabs Creative Projects was formed in 2000 aimed at using the arts to develop and nurture links between government bodies, corporations and arts practitioners.Tabs is particularly interested in programmes and projects in the areas of Arts in Education and Arts for Health. Read More
+Wondermilk Art Gallery
+Wondermilk art gallery is a lo-fi art space with a focus on young contemporary artists, showcasing talents that would not normally fit into the more mainstream art scene and whose urge to create goes beyond the boundaries of style and tradition. Read More
Singapore Art
SingaporeArt.org is an online art resource catered for the Singapore Arts Community.SingaporeArt.org engenders creative tension by providing a platform for informed discussion on the visual arts in Singapore. Read More
Venice | 41st International Theatre Festival | workshops call
Call for applications for 6 workshops at the 41st International Theatre Festival in Venice (10th > 16th October 2011) Read More
Art Outreach
Art Outreach is a new art appreciation initiative and community development project. This non-profit organisation provides systematic, in-curriculum, art education for the community and aims to create an art literate society from grassroots level and to stimulate community-wide participation in the arts. Art Outreach was founded in response to… Read More
Leopold Museum
The LEOPOLD COLLECTION is one of the most important collections of modern Austrian art in the world. The more than 5,000 masterpieces collected by Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold over five decades were consolidated by Rudolf Leopold in 1994 with the assistance of the Republic of Austria and the National Bank of Austria into the LEOPOLD MUSEUM PRIVATE FOUNDATION. Read More
Swedish National Heritage Board
The Swedish National Heritage Board is the agency of the Swedish government that is responsible for heritage and historic environment issues. Its mission is to play a proactive, coordinating role in heritage promotion efforts and to ensure that the historic environment is preserved in the most effective possible manner. Read More
Wiener Konzerthaus
The Wiener Konzerthaus represents a living, evolving tradition, coloured by the spirits of its artists and the enthusiasm of its audiences. Anyone entering the building can immediately feel the vitality that has characterised it during the 90 years of its existence. The Konzerthaus does not view itself as a historic temple but rather as a platform for a type of art which, at every rehearsal and at every concert, seeks to be re-invented. Read More
International Ballet Association Luxembourg
The International Ballet Association Luxemburg was created in 1990 and has the objective to organise cultural manifestations, luxemburgish or international and more particularly the International Dance Competition of Luxemburg, which has become a major international event in Luxembourg and across the borders. Read More
Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
The Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW) is a network of theatres in Vienna and one of the most active musical producers in Europe. The music metropolis of Vienna is famous as a city of musicals worldwide. Every tenth Viennese attends the productions of the VBW once a year. In Vienna, the VBW have about 500,000 patrons per annum. Since 1993 more than 6 million people have seen licensed productions of the VBW abroad. Read More
European Institute of Cultural Routes
The European Institute of Cultural Routes has been installed in Luxembourg since July 1997 and, since 1998, it has been in charge with ensuring not only the continuity but also the development of the cultural routes programme of the Council of Europe. Read More
Europa Museum Schengen
The Europa Museum houses a permanent exhibition of the work by American Matt Lamb, an artist dedicated to the promotion of peace, tolerance and love throughout the world. The Europa Museum also displays temporary exhibitions by other artists from around the world. It is dedicated to the promotion of peace through the exchange of ideas with artists supporting this vision. Read More
Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation (SCCF)
The aim of the State Culture Capital Foundation (SCCF) is to promote a balanced development of creativity in all the branches of art and preservation of the cultural heritage in the country in conjunction with the guidelines of the state cultural policy. The SCCF does not deal with any commercial activities. The SCCF announces and administers culture projects’ competitions, allots life long grants for culture and arts workers for their life achievement in development of culture and art and gives financial support to short term educational, creative or scientific travels abroad. Read More
Centre for Arts Management and Information (MMIC)
MMIC is the organizer of Sculpture Quadrennial Riga – the major annual European scale visual art event in the Baltic countries – European Space (2004) and Dictatorship of the Majority (2008). One of the main interests of MMIC is exchange of cultural knowledge and experience among different countries and cultures, thus creating new impulses for creation of emotionally, philosophically, aesthetically, socially significant artworks. Read More
Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
The Prince Claus Fund’s objective is to expand insight into cultures and to promote interaction between culture and development. The Fund views culture as being an end in itself and not as a means. The Prince Claus Fund selects projects and programmes on the basis of quality, originality, engagement and development relevance. The Fund works in spaces of need located mainly in DAC listed countries (primarily in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean). Read More
Planning, Strategy, Evaluation and International Relations, Ministry of Culture Portugal (GPEARI-MC)
Planning, Strategy, Evaluation and International Relations Ministry of Culture is committed to ensure technical support to defining policies, planning strategies and elaborating operational guidelines, implementing international relations, ensuring an appropriate coordination with financial programme and to proceed to global assessment of the obtained results. Read More
Portuguese Cinema and Audiovisual Institute (ICA)
The Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, I. P. (ICA, I.P.) was established in order that, in the approach of the cinematographic and audiovisual sector and in the support to the creation, production, exploitation and dissemination and other activities in the area of cinema, would take into account the new forms and opportunities of production and distribution or broadcasting of cinematographic works. Read More
Sprengel Museum Hannover
Opened in 1979, the Sprengel Museum Hannover, with its comprehensive Collection and diverse programme of temporary exhibitions, ranks among the major art museums of the 20th and 21st century. The organisation of the exhibitions is one of the exceptional qualities of the museum. Special mention must be made of the spaces devoted to individuals such as Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Léger, Max Ernst, Emil Nolde, Paul Klee and Max Beckmann. Read More
Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music (LGNM)
The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music (LGNM), the Luxembourg section of the International Society for Contemporary Music, was founded in 1983 by a handful of composers, performers, teachers and followers of contemporary music. Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music (LGNM) collects and disseminates information on Luxembourgian composers and their works, national music organisations and competitions as well as events and other news relevant to the field of music. Read More
International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC)
IAMIC – The International Association of Music Information Centres is a world-wide network of organizations that document and promote the music of our time and was founded in 1986. IAMIC currently supports the work of 39 member organizations in 37 countries (2010). Read More
Centre for New Media Culture (RIXC)
The Centre for new media culture in Riga – the RIXC is the joint effort of a number of independent local cultural groups working in the fields of new media, art, film, music, youth culture and the social projects. The aim of the centre is to bridge the traditional gap between ‘high’ and popular culture and the divisions between various youth, sub- and minority cultures. The RIXC intends to become a meeting place for different types of culture on local and international scale. Read More
Felix Meritis – European Centre for Arts, Culture and Science
Felix Meritis is an independent European centre for art, culture, science as well as an (inter)national meeting place in Amsterdam. In Felix Meritis art, culture, philosophy and politics are matters of everyday life. It continues the values of the Enlightenment that led its founders (40 citizens) to erect one of the grandest buildings on the Keizersgracht with Holland’s oldest purpose-built concert hall (opened in 1788). Read More
Centre for Contemporary Art – Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw
The Centre for Contemporary Art is a place for the creation and documentation of art in all its forms. It develops a diverse programme through exhibitions, performances, presentations of visual theatre, concerts of contemporary music, screenings of experimental films, video art, shows and creative workshops as well as various interdisciplinary events. Creative education is also a main focus of this organisation initiatives. Read More
Hivos – Arts and Culture
Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organisation inspired by humanist values. Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos seeks to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world in which citizens have equal access to the resources and opportunities for their development. And where they can actively and equally… Read More
La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale)
The Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) – currently presided over by Paolo Baratta – has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organising international events in contemporary arts. In Venice, it organises international events in the field of the contemporary arts that are amongst the most important of their kind in the world. Read More
