The Arterial network to Facilitate Participation of African Journalists at the Highway Africa Conference
October 2009
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| I. What’s new with the ARTerial Network? Steering Committee to meet Cultural Policy Seminar Arterial Network Country Representatives II. Calls for projects/Invitations Competition 2010 ArtAction Funding: Rolling Deadline Call for application: contemporary African art galleries in and out of Africa Arts Collaboratory Programme Azalaï Programme 2010 - Support Programme for arts projects in the region of Sahara/Sahel VISAs for Creation/ Africa Fringe Registration for Productions for the 2010 National Arts Festival of South Africa is Open UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme 2010 HOOK UP TO THE POWER OF AFRICAN POETRY III. Cultural Events and Meetings The National Festival for Arts and Culture “NAFEST” of Nigeria 10 to 18 October, 2009 2nd International Conference on African Culture and Development: Accra, Ghana,November 15th to 18th 2009 IV. Others Plan for a Botswana National Arts Institute V. Contact us | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I What’s new at the Arterial Network? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steering Committee to Meet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The newly-elected Steering Committee of the Arterial Network is scheduled to have its first meeting in Nairobi at the end of November. The Secretariat is currently preparing plans and budgets based on the recommendations arising from the Arterial Network conference held in Johannesburg in September 2009. Members will elect a Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson from among themselves. The Steering Committee comprises the following members: North Africa: Salma Said (Egypt) and Khadija el Bennaoui (Morocco); East Africa: Joy Mboya (Kenya) and Sarah Nsigaye (Uganda); West Africa: Tade Adekunle (Nigeria) and Igo Diarra (Mali); Central Africa: Telesphore Mba Bizo (Cameroon) and Patrick Mudekereza (DRC); Southern Africa (Mulenga Kapwepwe (Zambia) and Filimone Meigos (Mozambique). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cultural Policy Seminar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In response to the need identified at the Conference for local experts on cultural policy, a two-day seminar is being planned for 20-25 delegates (including Steering Committee members) prior to the Steering Committee meeting, also in Nairobi. It is intended that each region will be represented by 2-3 delegates to this seminar that will deal in greater depth with international, regional and national cultural policy instruments. One aim of the seminar is to develop Arterial Network positions on particular cultural policy matters and a second aim is to develop experts who can represent civil society perspectives on such matters in local and global forums. Individuals who have an interest in cultural policy, who are prepared to participate in regular reading groups, on-line discussions and preparation of documents, are invited to apply to attend this seminar. Please forward your name, resume and a motivation of no more than one page as to how you could add value and/or benefit from such a cultural policy seminar. These are to be sent to florence@arterialnetwork.org by Friday 30 October 2009. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arterial Network Country Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the Conference, 28 country representatives were elected or appointed to help develop an Arterial Network presence in their respective countries, to collect and distribute information relevant to the activities of the Arterial Network and to coordinate its activities until a formal national structure elects its leadership.
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| II. Calls for Projects/Invitations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMPETITION 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Playwright's Forum of the International Theatre Institute ITI /UNESCO presents the COMPETITION 2010 New submission deadline is 30th June 2010 The International Playwrights' Forum of the International Theatre Institute/ ITI, with its biennial competitions, encourages the writing of plays. For this competition, the International Playwrights' Forum will be looking at one of the painful issues of the contemporary world: the problem of exile and refugees, migration and identity in the world that is not ours. The theme of the competition is therefore Refugees/Exile/Identity/Migration. Playwrights are invited to submit plays that deal with this issue in the contemporary world where hundreds of millions of people are displaced for political or economic reasons or through more serious violence between communities. For competition rules and more information visit: www.playwrightsforum.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ArtAction Funding: Rolling Deadline | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ArtAction, a Foundation established by the Singapore based investment group "Orient Global", accepts on a permanent basis applications to support arts projects in developing countries. All arts and culture domains are covered and the financial support can go from 30.000 up to 100.000 US$. ArtAction only funds organisations which are registered charities. They do not award grants to individuals or for-profit organisations. ArtAction awards grants in the following six sectors: Health Education Social Harmony Designs for Life Urban Regeneration Freedom to Create. For more information: www.artaction.com T: + 65 6210 5560 F: + 65 6210 5589 E: info@artaction.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Call for application: contemporary African art galleries in and out of Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Application deadline: December 1, 2009. After the great success of FOCUS09 in June 2009, FOCUS is setting out to launch its second edition! FOCUS10 is designed to present and connect the vibrant African art scene to the world.Conceived as a cutting-edge complement to Art Basel (June 16-20, 2010), the fair showcases galleries representing African artists and welcomes publishers, institutions and other cultural actors involved in the creative African network. FOCUS10 is aiming to create a show with a sharp curatorial vision. In this respect, we encourage galleries featuring artists from Africa and its Diaspora to apply for the show with a specific project. In a global context where African galleries remain largely marginalized from mainstream art fairs, FOCUS10 will provide African artists, galleries and art professionals a unique platform during the world’s most important art fair. Galleries can download the application form and guidelines from http://focus10.ch/index.php/en/exhibitor/application. All galleries will be considered on the merit of their application and their exhibition concept for FOCUS10. For further information, visit FOCUS10 or contact: Christoph Schön: cs@focus10.ch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts Collaboratory Programme: Rolling Deadline | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts collaboratory offers support to organisation, programme and to specific projects that enhance the cultural entrepreneurship of organisations. The programme supports independent visual artist’s initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who can apply? •Your organisation is independent and flexible. •Your organisation works from the artistic practice. •Your organisation operates transparently and has sufficient financial and administrative capacity. For support over € 10.000, a legal representative of the organisation is required. For Guidelines proposals check: http://www.artscollaboratory.org/cultural_entrepeneurship Or contact: Hivos Att. of Juulke Brosky j.brosky@hivos.nl T + 31 (0)70 276 55 00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Azalaï Programme 2010 - Support Programme for arts projects in the region of Sahara/Sahel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Programme for artistic training, creation support and distribution of art works and artists intended for artists from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Chad, and Tunisia. It is designed to contribute to regional cooperation and the mobility of artists within the area and it supports projects involving a minimum of 3 countries in the region. Deadline: 15th November 2009. Link: http://www.culturesfrance.com/afrique-caraibes-en-creation/appels-a-candidature/po23.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visas for Creation / Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The programme is aimed at African artists in the field of visual and performing arts, living in Africa and who would like to develop a specific creative project in France or in another African country than their own. Deadline: 1st November 2009. Information and applications available in French, English and Spanish at: http://www.culturesfrance.com/afrique-caraibes-en-creation/appels-a-candidature/po23.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fringe Registration for Productions for the 2010 National Arts Festival of South Africa is Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fringe Registration for Productions for the 2010 Festival is open. You can download the form and Info Booklet from the National Arts Festival website www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/fringe. From 15 October, The festival organisers would have loaded all venue drawings and tech specs onto the Festival site so people can go online and check venue specs before filling in their preferences. They will also be adding advice docs, the budget calculator, examples of artwork etc. to the site so keep an eye on it! The closing date for registration is 15 January 2010. Please note that venues and performance slots will be allocated on a FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED basis, so the earlier you register, the more likely you are to get the venue and dates you have requested. Visual artists and film-makers need to request their forms and info booklets from Kate– email kate@nationalartsfestival.co.za | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNESCO has announced a call for applications for the 2010 UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists. As an implementation instrument of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the programme promotes the mobility of young artists through sojourns in art residencies abroad so as to foster creativity and cultural diversity. It recognizes the important contribution of artists in the creative process and their central role in nurturing the diversity of cultural expressions. Artist-in-residence bursaries are being offered in institutions around the world in the following three fields: visual arts, creative writing and music. To consult the list of bursaries being offered for 2010 please visit the UNESCO website at www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg. There, you will find direct links to institutions and full instructions on the application requirements and necessary dates. For all questions or enquiries please contact UNESCO via email at Aschberg@unesco.org. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HOOK UP TO THE POWER OF AFRICAN POETRY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Badilisha! Poetry X-Change ° produced by the Africa Centre°, is an international poetry project based in Cape Town, South Africa. For the past 5 years poets from around the world and across the African continent have been featured at the Africa Centre’s annual festival engaged with wider audiences and local poetry networks via dynamic interactions in the form of workshops, discussions and multi-media collaborations. Badilisha! Poetry X-Change is now proud to announce a brand new dimension to the live poetry project. They are soon to launch Badilisha! Poetry.com, an online poetry radio station which will produce weekly podcasts of poets from Africa and the Diaspora. The blog will also facilitate relevant poetry discussions and open the way for continued conversation amongst poets featured on the podcasts, greater exposure of the work of African poets to the world and to each other. Weekly shows will be presented by South African writer and performance poet Malika Ndlovu. BadilishaPoetry.com aims to encourage, expose and celebrate the work of African and Diaspora poets, answering to the need for an Africa-centred platform where these African voices and works from all over the globe can be accessed and enjoyed, as well as serving as a networking space for these artists within and beyond the literary arena. Badilisha is inviting poets to submit recordings of their work to BadilishaPoetry.com for podcasting. Although the site will only be active from end November 2009 they are researching and connecting with the wealth of African & Diaspora poets in advance, to ensure that we have a steady flow of rich and diverse voices and styles represented. For Submissions Guidelines and more information contact: Email: malikan@africacentre.net or presenter@badilishapoetry.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| III Cultural Events and Meetings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The National Festival for Arts and Culture “NAFEST” of Nigeria 10 to 18 October, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The National Festival for Arts and Culture “NAFEST” also known a the “Unity Forum” is a yearly festival organized by the National Council for Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation. The 23rd edition of NAFEST comes up from Saturday, the 10th to Sunday the 18th of October, 2009 in Minna, Niger State with the theme: Culture and the Challenges of our time: Cultural Industries and Wealth Creation. It has amongst its objectives the following: an avenue for talent hunt; avenue for display of creativity, exchange of ideas, skills and technique acquisition and development; Avenue for promoting much cherished value of common understanding, peace, love and national unity; Avenue for celebrating, the best of our collective heritage. Link: www.ncac.gov.ng. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd International Conference on African Culture and Development: Accra, Ghana,November 15th to 18th 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Board of the Secretariat for the 2nd International Conference on African Culture and Development has decided to program the forthcoming Conference as a Roundtable. “We are very excited at this development and believe that this decision will best facilitate a strong and engaging dialogue between the presenters and the participants. It also means that numbers will be limited and I encourage you to register as soon as possible as places are filling fast”, said Hon. Appiah-Kubi Founder and Chairman for the Secretariat and spokesman for the Board. “We have confirmed speakers from Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Eretria, Angola, Nigeria, and the USA. There is a crafted balance of artists, academics, film makers, cultural activists, researchers and policy makers – there will also be many young voices that have messages of great importance. We are committed to ensuring that ICACD 2009 is an interactive dialogue that seeks action and recommends strategies to address the theme of Culture and the Millennium Development Goals,” added Appiah-Kubi. The program for ICACD 2009 will feature formal lectures and papers, group discussions and debates, spoken word performance, film screenings followed by lead discussions, dance and theatrical performance, visual arts displays and interactive forums. Culture will be at the heart of ICACD 2009 process and presentations. People are encouraged to visit www.icacdafrica.org & <http://www.icacdafrica.org/french> to register. For more information please contact: tony@icacdafrica.org or +233 54294 3833. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VI Others | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plan for a Botswana National Arts Institute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Botswana currently has no training institution dedicated to the arts. Nor does it have a theatre. It is the mandate of the Botswana Society for the Arts to provide both of these, through a public/private partnership. Detailed design of the theatre and performing arts facilities are now complete, and are awaiting funding to be constructed. A Strategic Plan for the creation of the Botswana National Arts Institute (BNAI) has recently been completed. It is the result of an EU-funded consultancy undertaken by Jeremy Avis and Ruth Stewart between May and July 2009 for the Botswana Society for the Arts. It provides both a clear statement of the reasons why the Institute is so needed in Botswana at this time and a clear step-by-step plan of action through which the Institute can be realised on the ground. The Strategic Plan contains both a broad analysis of the importance of the Creative Industries to developing economies generally and a statement of the specific positive impact the BNAI will have on Botswana’s own economy and society. The plan also defines the Vision, Mission and Objectives of the BNAI along with detailed descriptions of its management structure, programme of courses and activities. Finally a detailed timeline, budget and fundraising processes are also offered. It is available on request from BSA. The BSA is looking for funds to realise this project, which will be of great significance both to Botswana and the region. For further information please visit www.bsa.org.bw or email info@bsa.org.bw (Secretary: Jane Swartland) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
