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August 2009
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| THE ARTERIAL NETWORK |
August 2009 | NEWSLETTER Dear #Firstname# Welcome to the August newsletter from the ARTerial Network, an informal, dynamic network of individuals, organisations, donors, companies and institutions engaged in the African cultural sector. The Network was formed to support the effectiveness and growth of the African arts and culture civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa. |
| Table of contents |
| I. What’s new with the ARTerial Network? Arterial Network biannual conference 20-21 September 2009 World Summit on Arts and Culture II. Calls for projects/Invitations Call for Funding Projects-Pro Helvetia Cape Town Hivos Culture Fund: Rolling deadline Calling for bids to host the 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture in 2013/14 III .Conferences Registrations Open for 3rd IMC World Forum on Music Reminder: ICACD 2009 Reminder: Third World Culturelink Conference THE ECONOMY OF CREATIVITY WORKSHOP 9 to 10 September 2009 IV. Cultural events 4th Documentary Film Festival DOCKANEMA, 11 to 20 September 2009 in Maputo 13th Poetry Africa Ismailia International Film Festival V. Contact us |
| What’s new at the Arterial Network? |
| Arterial Network biannual conference 20-21 September 2009 |
At least 75 delegates from more than 25 African countries are expected to attend the second Arterial Network conference scheduled for 20-21 September 2009 at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg. It is likely that this number will be supplemented by up to 50 more Africans living in South Africa as well as South African delegates. For more information, write to Margerie@arterialnetwork.orgThe aims of the conference are to extend the Network’s footprint on the continent, to map a programme of action as a civil society partner based on the Nairobi Plan of Action on Cultural Industries adopted by AU Ministers of Culture in Algiers last year, to consolidate the Network organizationally and to prepare for participation in the World Summit on Arts and Culture that runs from 22-25 September, to help ensure that the Summit leaves a significant legacy for the African creative sector. A series of meetings of other organizations will take place at that time too including the Board of Art Moves Africa (who provided funds for a number of delegates to travel to the conference and Summit), ASSITEJ and U40, a network of people engaged in the arts on the continent and who are younger than 40! |
| Word Summit on Arts and Culture |
| “Meeting of Cultures: Creating meaning through the Arts” is the theme of this year’s triennial Summit, a project of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). In keeping with the themes and background of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, the keynote sessions, panel discussions and roundtable sessions have been structured to include a diversity of opinion and perspectives with more than 45 speakers drawn from all regions of the globe. Arterial Network delegates have been granted discounted registration fees to attend the Summit. One of the proposed concrete outcomes of the Summit for Africa is that a chapter of IFACCA be established on the continent with national arts councils and other public funding agencies combining in such a structure and thus forming another continental partner with which to engage in developing the arts and creative industries. For more information about the World Summit, see www.artsummit.org |
| II. Calls for Projects/Invitations |
| Pro Helvetia Call For Projects Funding |
| Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts Council, is inviting applications for grants to support Art projects that are innovative, professional and contemporary, from the Southern African region (all SADC countries south of Congo DRC) to happen in 2010. The fund is provided through the last year of the 5th mandate that Pro Helvetia executes for the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC, 2008-2010). Disciplines include Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Theatre, Literature, Film and Documentary, etc. Pro Helvetia does not support the publication of books or the production of films. Applications for projects conducive to the following objectives should be submitted: a. building capacity of independent arts organizations b. improving quality, visibility, and distribution of Southern African professional contemporary arts c. creating new or strengthening existing regional arts networks Especially regional exchange between countries of the region is encouraged. Finally, Pro Helvetia Cape Town, through its SDC mandate, also accepts applications for Artists in Residence within the Southern African region. Deadline: 30 September 2009 Please see more detailed info, and download and carefully read the different application forms at www.prohelvetia.org.za |
| Hivos Culture Fund: Rolling deadline |
The Hivos Culture Fund, set up in 1995, supports independent artistic initiatives in developing countries that are accessible for a wide audience and have national and international appeal. The Hivos Culture Fund works in such areas as production, exchange, marketing, distribution, and capability increase. In order to be eligible for funding the applicant organisation needs to operate in Hivos countries or regions, and its objectives need to be in line with general Hivos policy and sectoral priorities. It should be a secular (i.e. not religion-related) organisation and a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Country locations funded in 2009 include: Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Timor Lorosae, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The objective of the Hivos Culture Fund is to support independent artists, initiatives, and organisations that reflect critically upon social developments, contribute to the development and further professionalism of the cultural sector, ensure a wide dissemination of cultural products, and realise an equal exchange between artists, both nationally and internationally. Contact: info@hivos.nl |
| Calling for bids to host the 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture in 2013/14 |
| IFACCA, 30 July 2009 IFACCA is inviting expressions of interest to co-host the 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture in 2013 or 2014. The aim of the World Summit is to connect people and to promote networking. More information can be found at www.ifacca.org or www.artsummit.org . |
| Meetings and Conferences |
| Registrations Open for 3rd IMC World Forum on Music |
The International Music Council (IMC) will have its 3rd IMC World Forum on Music under the title “Access to musical diversity’’ in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation of the Tunisian Republic. Forum will also include a session that is specifically dedicated to Arab music. Furthermore, the WFM program will serve the achievement of the musical rights. In the framework of the Forum, the IMC will hold its 33rd General Assembly. The 1st IMC World Forum on Music took place in Los Angeles, October 1-3, 2005. The 2nd IMC World Forum on Music was staged in Beijing, October 11-14, 2007. Contact: wfm@imc-cim.org |
| Reminder: ICACD 2009 |
| Registrations for the 2nd International Conference on African Culture and Development (ICACD 2009) being held in Accra, Ghana November 15th to 18th 2009 are now open. Over 120 submissions were received from the Call for papers and Presentations – confirmed International guests will include: Dr. Elise Huffer, Human Development Program Adviser, Culture Secretariat of the Pacific Community, based in New Caledonia. Dr. Seth N. Asumah, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Professor of Political Science, Chairperson, African Studies Department and Political Science Department State University of New York College at Cortland, USA. Please visit www.icacdafrica.org to access information and details about the Conference in French and English. Registration can be done online or the registration form can be printed and either faxed or posted to the ICACD Secretariat office. The conference will be presented with English and French as the official working languages and the conference website www.icacdafrica.org is now available in the two languages. Enquiries in French can be directed to: Bonaventure Yameogo Email: bonaventure.yameogo@yahoo.fr or on phone +226 70 29 33 56. |
| Reminder: Third World Culturelink Conference |
| Organised under the theme: Networks – The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century, this conference will take place in Zagreb, Croatia from13 to 15 November 2009. The conference is envisaged to bring together Culturelink Network's members, researchers, professionals, and many others who perceive networking as one of the most intriguing phenomenon of contemporary culture. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Culturelink/IMO, P.O. Box 303, Vukotinovićeva 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; tel.: +385-1-4877490; Fax: +385-1-4828361; E-mail: clinkconf@irmo.hr Link: http://www.culturelink.org/clinkconf.html |
| THE ECONOMY OF CREATIVITY WORKSHOP 9 to 10 September 2009 |
| This meeting is founded on the hypothesis that- There is a funding gap between creators and investors – why does it exist? This question is the first step into an exploration where participants aim to mitigate the funding gap by bringing together stakeholders from among public and private investors, together with entrepreneurs and creators within the creative industry. Stakeholders will define the problem concretely from their experience and knowledge, and identify and propose solutions. In other words, the meeting, rather than offer a ready-made solution, will facilitate stakeholders to jointly address the question. The exploration is being organised by The GoDown Arts Centre (Kenya); Nätverkstan Culture in West (Sweden); Mangowalla Ventures (Sweden) and their funding partners. For more information contact: Joy Mboya: joymboya@iconnect.co.ke |
| Cultural Events |
| 4th Documentary Film Festival DOCKANEMA, 11 to 20 September 2009 in Maputo |
| 4th Documentary Film Festival DOCKANEMA, 11 to 20 September 2009 in Maputo DOCKANEMA will once more enliven the city of Maputo in September with a documentary feast, and we are all invited! Dockanema is part of functional partnerships among African festivals that are gaining some space in the world cultural panorama and share the same goals. This is the case of the launch of the DOC - ACP project – with the Real Life Film Festival (Ghana), the Zanzibar International Film festival (Tanzania) and the African Film Festival of Tarifa (Spain) to give greater visibility to documentary production in the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries. Contacts: Marta Lança Coordenadora comunicação e imprensa do DOCKANEMA Festival de cinema documentário Av do Zimbabwe 1348 tel/fax: 21 497140 Email: info@dockanema.org/ martalanca@gmail.com Mobile+258 845492989 (moz)+351 964878330 (pt) |
| 13th Poetry Africa |
| More than twenty poets, predominantly from South Africa and elsewhere on the African continent, will participate in the 13th Poetry Africa international poetry festival in Durban from 5 to 10 October 2009. The extensive week-long programme includes performances, readings, music and book-launches Monday to Friday at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre (University of KwaZulu-Natal) with a festival finale at BAT Centre on Saturday 10 October. Day activities include seminars, workshops, open mic opportunities, and school visits. A schools poetry competition will also take place. For more information on the festival, please contact the Centre for Creative Arts on +27 31 260 2506 or +27 31 260 1816 or visit our website: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za |
| Ismailia International Film Festival |
| 10-17 October 2009 Ismailia International Film Festival for documentary and short films takes place every year in Ismailia (Egypt) to promote an intercultural dialogue for a deeper understanding of others by presenting their creative works to the audience and to encourage filmmakers of documentary and short films to continue. 13th edition of Ismailia International festival for Documentary & Short films which will be held from 10-17 October 2009. For more info: egyptianfilmcenter@hotmail.com or egyptian.filmcenter@gmail.com |
| V Contact Us |
If you wish to contact the ARTerial Network or if you received this newsletter second hand and would like to be on our database write to: info@arterialnetwork.org and for further information, visit www.arterialnetwork.org and www.artsinafrica.com . Tel: 27 (0) 21 465 9027 The ARTerial Network Union House, Second Floor 25 Commercial Street Cape Town 8001 South Africa |
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