Since its creation in 2003, LOOP in Barcelona has consolidated itself as the international meeting point specialised in moving image art. LOOP is an art fair: LOOP Fair, a city festival: SCREEN Festival, and a platform for professional debate: LOOP Studies.  LOOP is an innovative space for interaction between galleries, artists, distributors, collectors, curators, museum directors and the public.

LOOP Studies 2013 (22-25 May) is On Collaboration with 3 days of innovative round tables and professional case studies organised by LOOP and Universitat de Barcelona.

REGISTER BY 20 MAY for a place on this interesting course!

Facing the systematic dismantling and redefinition of public policies, the severe reduction of public funds and the changing work paradigm in the field of cultural production; the current context requires new attitudes and a new way of understanding the work of agents in the field of cultural production.

Firmly rooted in the question What about collaboration? This year’s LOOP STUDIES, with the University of Barcelona, will present 3 days of round tables and professional case studies, aiming to shine a light on new horizons of creation, production and administration built around the concept of collaboration. LOOP STUDIES will explore, discuss, imagine and conceptualize common strategies (from self-managed practices to institutions) and create a space to think about methodologies that can be ethically relevant in the arts, socially sustainable and politically appropriate in the current context.

Presenters from: Spain, France, China, Finland, Germany ++

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LOOP Fair takes place 23-25 May and presents and ambitous showcase of artists films selected by the LOOP committee and presented by their galleries. Check out the programme.

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LOOP SCREEN Festival takes place 16-25 May and is The Moving Image City Festival with a huge range of activities and events across the city.

Don’t miss the Ambassador’s Song by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas (Lithuania):

Celebrate the power of Stories and Storytelling @ Mahasarakham University in North East Thailand, on 1-3 February 2013. SEAMEO SPAFA will run an Art of Story-telling Workshop training for teachers and students.

Thailand’s First International Story-telling Festival takes place at Mahasarakham University 1-3 February.

The event comprises the following planned activities:

• 2 keynote addresses
• 11 master class workshops on various aspects of folktales and the art of story-tellingand more
• Two Story-telling Showcases
• Story sharing and swap
• One Story-telling Concertby traditional and international Story-tellers
• A Story-telling Contest of Budding Story-tellers
• A folktale-based picturebook contest
• One story-telling concert by international story-tellers and award winning story-tellers

Workshop/Training: 1-3 February 2013 (3 days)

Workshop description: This is the first of two workshops on the art of Story-telling planned as components of SEAMEO SPAFA’s project on “Stories from Southeast Asia’s Revealed”under the Centre’s 6^th Five-Year Development Plan (2012-2016).  The first workshop was scheduled for early 2013; however, upon being informed by Mahasarakham University that it would host Thailand’s 1^st International Story-telling Festival in February 2013, the benefit of reaching a much wider audience by joining forces with Mahasarakham University has resulted in making this workshop a part of the said festival.

Background Information: The inclusion of story-telling techniques in teaching methodologies, regardless of the discipline, is quietly but quickly gaining currency as its benefits are now being recognized by educators in many fields.  The problem is that most people feel inadequately trained to use story-telling as a teaching tool.  The Art of Story-telling Workshops would seek to begin to address this perception, and provide training for teachers at secondary and tertiary levels.  Although stories have always been around, many are not recorded because they belong to predominantly oral traditions.  The Art of Story-telling workshop would seek to record stories previously not found in print, that emanate either from people themselves or from material sites displaying visual depictions that tell a story or are in fact representative of a historical, archaeological, or social story.

Objectives

1. Train teachers and students in the art of story-telling
2. Record oral stories that are not found in print.
3. Highlight the importance and significance of traditional stories through story-telling performances

Target Group/Beneficiaries: At least 300 participants comprising teachers, students, story-tellers, and the general public.  Participants will include at least 20 ASEAN youths with interest and commitment in maintaining and revitalizing folktales and the art of story-telling, 100 MSU students, 10 international story-tellers, 20 traditional story-tellers, 50 educators, and 100 school teachers and children, and interested persons.

Collaborators

• The Pure Thai Project, Mahasarakham University’s International Affairs Division, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty, Mahasarakham University
• The Research Institute of Northeastern Arts and Culture, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
• The Central University of Jharkhand, India

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DUENDE & The Arshinagar Project & The Kattaikkuttu Sangam

“Self-With-Others” – Ensemble Physical Improvisation

March 11 – 18th 2013, The Kattaikkuttu Sangam, Tamil Nadu, India

A rigorous programme of training.

A committed group of artists.

A village in Tamil Nadu, Southern India.

A centre dedicated to traditional and contemporary performance training.

A meeting of Indian and international performers.

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DUENDE & The Arshinagar Project & Theatre Garage Project

Macbeth in the Mountains

A two-week, intensive, residential, physical performance workshop in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas – leading to a sharing of work in the mountains and in Delhi.

April 6th – 23rd 2013

The workshops will take place at the Empty Space. Empty Space is the workbase of the Theatre Garage Project, located deep inside the Himalayan forest near Ramgarh-Nainital/Uttarakhan.

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Potential applicants are invited to apply EARLY!

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Arts on Location announces a 5 Days Intensive Khon (Thai Mask Dance Drama) Workshop from 17-21 December, 2012 at The College of Dramatic Arts, Bangkok, aimed at international performing arts practitioners.

Arts on Location is delighted to announced that the application is now open for artists from all parts of the world to take part in the annual 5 day Intensive Khon Workshop, led by the great and nationally renowned masters of the prestigious College of Dramatic Arts, Bangkok. Designed for artists who have little or no knowledge of Thai theatre, this workshop is a skill-developing as well as a cultural programme aiming at performance artists and theatre practitioners, who have a strong interest in gaining good grounding and insightful knowledge in the art of Khon within its cultural environment, and context.

About Arts on Location
Arts on Location was established to promote and encourage the evolution of traditional Thai performance arts as well as other Eastern theatre traditions in local and international context. Through intercultural activities, educational practice, as well as performance creation and presentation, Arts on Location aims to create programmes which will serve as platforms for international artistic exchange, and dialogue.

About Khon
Khon is one of the most influential traditional performing arts of Thailand and has survived to this very day side by side with a variety of other traditional Eastern theatre practices, such as Noh theatre, Beijing Opera and Kathakali drama. These Eastern theatre traditions have inspired many internationally renowned artists such as Peter Brook, Ariane Mnouchkine and Eugenio Barba to develop their own unique style and innovative theatrical vocabulary at an international level.

5 Day Khon Workshop for International Artists

Suitable for Theatre/ performance art practitioners, namely dancers, actors, physical theatre performers, directors, choreographers and drama/performance Students (Undergraduates & Postgraduates) Arts on Location has organised this workshop in Bangkok for participants, who wish to experience and train in this traditional theatre form “on location”, in order to discover the cultural context and environment in which this theatre practice was born and developed. Arts on Location’s anthropological approach aims at providing not only a high quality theatre workshop but a well-rounded cultural experience as well.

About The College of Dramatic Arts Bangkok
The College of Dramatic Arts, founded in 1934, is the first national institute of education in Thailand, which functions officially as an arts college with an emphasis on the performance arts. The college has since produced many nationally renown artists, and masters of traditional Thai performance arts, and continue to maintain high level standard of training to date, providing education from elementary up to post graduate level.

Date: 17-21 December 2012

Fees: 8,000 Bhts ( about 160 GBPs, 200 Euros, 260 USDs.)

Minimum number of participants: 10

For More information, please visit, www.artsonlocation.net or send an email to info@artsonlocation.net Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arts-on-Location/151421578286549 Member page http://www.facebook.com/groups/31946669895/

To apply, please send in your CV, and a letter with your statement of intention to application@artsonlocation.net

Deadline for application 16 November, 2012

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The Substation proudly presents the third edition of the HAO Summit – a professional development, mentorship and networking ‘retreat’ programme for young arts and cultural workers in Southeast Asia. The brainchild of The Substation’s former Associate Artist Khairuddin Hori, the first edition of HAO was presented in 2008 and the second edition in 2010.

The HAO Summit plugs a gap in the Southeast Asian art scene: recognizing that while the art scene has undergone a boom in recent years, there remain few professional development opportunities for arts and cultural workers to help them cope with an expanding, changing, and globalizing arts sector.

Unlike a regular conference, each HAO Summit revolves around a particular concept, emphasizing open dialogue, experiential learning, peer-to-peer learning and being inspired to think outside the box.

The theme of the HAO Summit 2012 is Culture Sub Culture, a framework which will explore how geography and landscape have shaped people’s cultural expressions and how these have evolved over time – from forgotten moments in history, hidden sites such as the Radin Mas neighbourhood rich in historical and cultural resonances, to today’s urban subcultures.

Key facilitators for the HAO Summit 2012 are: Khairuddin Hori (artist & curator), Audrey Wong (Programme Leader, MA Arts & Cultural Management, LASALLE College of the Arts & former Nominated Member of Parliament for the Arts), Marco Kusumawijaya, (Former chairman of the Jakarta Arts Council and Director, Rujak Center for Urban Studies, Indonesia) and Shahrul Jamili Miskon (artist from Malaysia and a HAO alumnus from 2008 and 2010).

HAO Summit is also supported by the National Arts Council and the Lee Foundation.

HAOcamp @ The Substation
Held in conjunction with the summit is HAOcamp, a freestyle conference platform that allows HAO Fellows and the public to present, dialogue or simply listen to creative concepts and ideas related to notions of culture and subculture. HAOcamp is also a platform for the public to pitch project ideas or engage in conversation with participating HAO Fellows. The event is held on the 4th of August at The Substation.

Source: The Substation

On the occasion of the 17th edition of the French Film Festival presented by the Embassy of the Republic of France highlighting a retrospective in his honor, acclaimed auteur Olivier Assayas visits the UPFI Film Center for a master class at the Videotheque followed by a special screening at Cine Adarna on Thursday, 7 June 2012.

Master class starts at 1 p.m. with the premier state university’s film majors and other interested participants from the professional film community.

Screening at 3 p.m. hallmarks “HHH, Un Portrait de Hou Hsiao Hsien” – the master filmmaker’s profile of one of the leading players of Taiwanese New Wave. A great connoisseur of Chinese cinema, Assayas has known Hou Hsiao Hsien since 1984 and is credited for bringing Chinese cinema to Western attention.

Admission for both master class and special screening is free on a first-come-first-seated basis. The UPFI Film Center is on Magsaysay corner Osmena Avenues, University of the Philippines Diliman. For details, please call 9262722 or go to http://filminstitute.upd.edu.ph/

Source: UPFI Film Center

The Turin School of Development in Italy announces a Masters programme in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development. Applications invited – course starts October 2012.

Cultural activities are a major contributor to national development, job creation and social cohesion. The master in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development aims to impart the necessary competencies and skills to participants in the conservation and promotion of World Heritage Sites as well as in the conceptualization of sustainable projects designed around a wide spectrum of cultural activities in the fields of natural and cultural heritage, creative industries, museums and tourism.

The Programme provides a solid foundation in a variety of cultural economics topics and the value chain of cultural and natural sites. It explores in detail the economic, social, institutional and legal considerations that govern the diverse categories of UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites.

The Programme also puts emphasis on strategic management competencies for the preservation and promotion of these sites as well as on monitoring the efficacy and adequacy of site management plans and associated cultural projects.

The Master is designed by the University of Torino , the Politecnico di Torino , the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

ICCROM, as intergovernmental organization dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage, and SiTI, as a research institute on innovation and socio-economic growth, are associated with this initiative in their respective areas of expertise. University Paris 1 Sorbonne -Pantheon and the Macquarie University of Sydney – Australia, two top universities in the international panorama, are partners of the Master.

The International Research Centre on the Economics of Culture and World Heritage Studies (Category 2 Centre Turin) under the auspices of UNESCO founded by Professor Santagata is also associated with the Master. This centre is located at the Venaria Reale World Heritage Site in Turin, allowing students to visit and study this beautiful palace.

Deadline for application:

There are two deadlines for submitting applications. There is an early bird deadline of 3 June 2012, and a final deadline of 2 September 2012.

Course Structure:

The Master will take place from 15 October 2012 and is divided into three major learning cycles.

The first cycle will be conducted through a distance learning component that will start on 15 October 2012 and will end on 21 December 2012.

The second cycle, from 28 January 2013 to 22 May 2013, is a face-to-face learning period that will be held in Turin, Italy, at the International Training Centre of the ILO. Class attendance is compulsory for the entire period.

The third cycle, from 23 May 2012 to 30 September 2013, will be a research and study period during which the students may attend internships activities and are expected to finalize their final project.

More information on how to apply

The Centre for REsearch in ARts and Economics (CREARE) organises the 4th edition of the International Summer School in Cultural Economics led by professor Arjo Klamer, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The courses examine the relationship between culture and economics, the link between creativity, arts, and business, and bridge the knowledge and experiences of scholars and practitioners involved in specific cultural sectors.

For the 4th edition of the International Summer School three courses are offered aiming to advance knowledge in cultural economics and its application to practice. The courses examine the relationship between culture and economics, the link between creativity, arts, and business, and bridge the knowledge and experiences of scholars and practitioners involved in specific cultural sectors.

Cultural Industries and Creative Economy  

17-21 July, Amsterdam – Application deadline: May 21st

Value of Culture - on the relationship between Economics, Culture and Arts 

22-30 August, Amsterdam – Application deadline: June 18^th

The Cultural Economics Perspectives of Cultural Heritage and Museums 

20-24 September, Amsterdam – Application deadline: July 23rd

Find yourself in the company of interesting and curious participants like yourself, artists and practitioners, and inspiring and knowledgeable faculty. Experience a unique method of learning that builds on the experience and questions that you take to the program, that brings you up to speed with the latest insights and shows how you can apply those in your own work. Become part of an international community of graduate students, academics and cultural entrepreneurs interested in applying and developing the cultural economic perspective. The Centre for REsearch in ARts and Economics (CREARE) organises the 4th edition of the International Summer School in Cultural Economics – three courses are planned. Apply now.

The Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders will provide a unique learning opportunity for “next generation” cultural leaders. Taking place in Salzburg, Austria, Oct 27 – Nov 1 2012, early application for the limited number of bursaries for outstanding candidates from developing countries is strongly advised.

The Salzburg Global Seminar and National Arts Strategies will launch an annual leadership development forum for young cultural leaders from around the globe in October 2012. The Salzburg Forum will provide a unique learning opportunity for “next generation” cultural leaders from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The goal of the forum will be to help young practitioners improve their leadership skills to enable them and their organizations to thrive in a field characterized by rapid change, uncertainty, and limited resources.

Each year, the Forum will bring together fifty young leaders from a variety of cultural institutions around the globe for leadership training focused on core competencies and themes such as: team-building, risk-taking, innovation, mentorship, technological savvy, collaboration, articulation of mission, stamina, involvement in civil society, managing relationships, and future vision. The carefully crafted program will mix theory and practice and will draw on the knowledge and experience of recognized international experts, who will join panels and facilitate workshops during the five-day gathering

The participants will have a minimum of three years of professional experience and be approximately 25 – 35 years old. They will come from all continents and represent a broad spectrum of cultural expression and artistic endeavor – from dance, music, and theater to visual media, museums, and festivals. The participants will remain connected with each other and will also be encouraged to connect virtually with each year’s forum. The Salzburg Global Seminar, known for its global convening power, will team with National Arts Strategies, a non-profit US-based organization specializing in leadership development in the cultural sector. The intention of the annual forum is to strengthen the leadership capacity both of individuals and of the field as a whole, while at the same time enhancing international understanding and cultural exchange through a vital, new global network of young cultural leaders.

This session is being conducted with support from the Edward T. Cone Foundation

Please note:

Conference fees vary depending on the financial circumstances of an individual applicant.

The conference is fully residential, with board and lodging included in the fee, from dinner on the opening day until breakfast on the departure day. Travel to and from Salzburg is not included.

For a very limited number of outstanding early to mid-career applicants from developing countries, Salzburg Global Seminar and its partners cover travel as well as session fees. Our aim is to bring together a unique mix of people and strongly encourage individuals from all parts of the world to apply.

More information on Salzburg Global Seminar.

The London Book Fair Market Focus initiative is a key opportunity for UK and international publishers to liaise with their foreign counterparts, and seek out and capitalise on new business partnerships.

In 2012 the China Market Focus and the associated cultural programme will place a spotlight on contemporary China authors and China as an important publishing arena.

China Market Focus 2012 at The London Book Fair presents four professional publishing seminars covering the latest developments and opportunities for publishers within the China Market, and a chance to network with Chinese colleagues.

Seminars are free to attend for LBF ticket holders but are organised on a first come, first seated basis until room capacity is reached. Sessions fill up quickly so please arrive in plenty of time to avoid disappointment.

PROGRAMME

Monday 16 April
China and Europe Publishing Forum
Theme: Growth, Co-operation, and Development in International Publishing

Tuesday 17 April
China-UK Digital Forum
Theme: New trends and new products in digital publishing in China and UK.

CLT & ELT Publishing Dialogue
Theme: Synergies and Differences between CLT (Chinese Language Teaching) and ELT (English Language Teaching) Publishing.

Wednesday 18 April
Professional Publishing Forum: Cooperation & Win-win

See full programme