Artwatch Africa - Arterial Network

Artwatch Africa - description

Artwatch Africa aims to assert, promote and defend artist rights and freedom of creative expression for artists and cultural practitioners in Africa. Artwatch Africa is premised on the understanding that freedom of expression is an essential condition for creative practice in the arts, and that to promote freedom of expression is to advance democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms on the continent. Within a broad definition of artist rights Artwatch Africa also addresses equitable access to resources and opportunity, provision of infrastructure, legal support mechanisms, copyright and intellectual property, cultural diversity, and culture in formal and informal education systems. AIMS 1. To empower artists and cultural practitioners. 2. To influence government thinking and society perceptions around artist rights, firstly as an extrapolation of human rights and in terms of relevant conventions, and secondly, for the establishing of an enabling environment for democratic arts practice in Africa. Artwatch Africa is active across the continent working through its four programme areas of training, advocacy, research in partnership with Arterial Network members and local organisations.   Through workshops, seminars, public activities, stakeholder engagements, media presence and the establishment of monitoring and information dissemination systems, Artwatch ...