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European Members Score High at Pinnacle
Awards
By Jeroen Mourik, Executive IFEA Europe At the 2006 IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards in Ottawa Canada, members of IFEA
Europe did very well this year. Gold - International Festival Lent (budget $750,000-$1.5 Million) Gold – Ortel Terra Festival by
Ducos/ACR (Budget $250,000-749,999) Silver - Ortel Dunya Festival by
Ducos/ACR (Budget $250,000-749,999) Silver - Rotterdam Festivals (Budget
Under $250,000) Gold – Rotterdam Festivals (Budget
Under $250,000) Bronze - Rotterdam Festivals (Budget
Under $250,000) Friday
13 October is the last day
that you can register at the special Sweat Rate for WOMEX 25-29
October, Sevilla Spain. By Steven
Wood Schmader, CFEE By Jeroen
Mourik By William
O’Toole Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water…
By Jackie
Wartanian, IFEA Middle East & Southwest
Asia You are invited to
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| 4NEWS HEADLINES | |||
IFEA Europe  NewsfeedSend your news to our News Editor at news@ifeaeurope.com . Cultural
Management in Changing Environment The
Department of Culture of Tartu City Government invites you to the
international cultural management conference Cultural Management in
Changing Environment on 23-24 November 2006 in Tartu,
Estonia.
09/10/2006 Why We Need
European Cultural Policies Nina Obuljen, the
first winner of the Cultural Policy Research Award (2005), completed her
research project and has just published her book 'Why We Need European
Cultural Policies'. Nina identifies elements of cultural policies that
might have been affected - directly or indirectly - by the EU enlargement.
Download pdf format at www.eurocult.org/uploads/docs/356.pdf 06/10/2006 New Book on
Culture in the Balkans The
role of the arts and culture in the European integration of the Balkans
was the main theme explored by the ECF's Balkan Reflection Group. A new
publication, The Heart of the Matter, offers expert analysis and
reflection from the ten personalities (artists, intellectuals, cultural
producers and political experts) engaged in this
exercise.
04/10/2006 Call for
applications: CESTA Festival of International Interdisciplinary
Collaborations Deadline: 15 Nov 2006 WASTE - CESTA’s 12th Arts Festival of
International, Interdisciplinary Collaborations calls for submissions from
artists in all disciplines. The event takes place in Tabor, Czech Republic
in August 2007. 02/10/2006 This
new festival will showcase talented but little known African bands from
around the world and present traditional music and dance from the "Draa"
valley. The festival takes place at the legendary stop-off point of the
north-bound Sahara camel caravans - Zagora in Morocco. The festival offers
accommodation in luxurious Bedouin tents. Although supported by the
Moroccan Government the organisers receive no financial assistance and
thus maintain a fully independent festival. 04/10/2006 GIFT Festival
Celebrates 10th Anniversary The
10th edition of the Georgian International Festival of Arts in Honour of
Mikhail Tumanishvili (GIFT)takes place from 15-29
October.
02/10/2006 Culture
Portals: A New Era of Cooperation 2nd
Culture.mondo International Roundtable, 20-22 October 2006, Dubrovnik,
Croatia. The objectives of this 2nd International Roundtable are to
consider how, as cultural portals, we respond to our users' and
stakeholders' needs, to explore new avenues of cooperation and
information, and to share how we measure the success in achieving our
respective goals. 29/09/2006 filmutea.com:
film, TV, theatre, dance and music A
Spanish website for professionals, listing artists and independent
companies.
28/09/2006 The
perception and role of culture in the EU is gradually changing. Whereas,
in the past, the question was what Europe could do for culture, there is a
growing recognition that culture lies at the heart of the European project
and has a unique and indispensable role to play. It is therefore
increasingly necessary to also ask what culture can do for Europe. The
Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) is preparing a
Communication on culture which seeks to address these issues. Please visit
their website and participate in the consultation. 27/09/2006 A
video-film festival in Paris 4-12 November 2006. 22/09/2006 Central and
Eastern European Performing Arts Market, London, Nov
21-22 The
first Central and Eastern European Performing Arts Market (CEEPAM) will be
held in London as part of the FEEAST festival. It will be an open
platform, encouraging networking among culture professionals involved in
producing and presenting international performing arts. 22/09/2006 Music & the
New Musicians conference, Glasgow, 8-10
Nov Music
& the New Musicians is an international showcase and conference on
music for young people, to be held in Glasgow on 8-10
November.
20/09/2006 Call for
applications: Appledore Visual Arts
Festival Appledore Visual Arts Festival (May 31 - June 3, 2007, Devon, UK)
is inviting artists to submit proposals for: - events - residencies -
festival photographer - drop-in workshops - school art project Contact
fionasmermaids@netzero.net 19/09/2006 Bucovina's
International Week of Arts Meetings between artists, literary readings, exhibitions,
workshops, screenings etc. (18-24 October, 2006, Suceava city,
Romania)
19/09/2006 4th Monaco
International Dance Biennial - 7 to 16 December
2006 Once
again, this international festival and its accompanying professional forum
will be prolific, overflowing with artists’ projects. For the 2006
edition, the festival has been placed under the sign of the Medusa. Just
as contemporary dance becomes more interesting as the eye learns to see
beyond conventions and pre-conceived notions, so we hope to guide the
spectator toward unknown universes where artists shall be their
guides.
08/09/2006 Call for Entry
- Festival of new film and video ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2006 - Festival of new film and video
Festival - Serbia will take place December 6 - 10, 2006 organized by
Academic Film Center of SCCC. Films and videos can be sent untill October
25. www.alternativefilmvideo.org 01/09/2006 Call for
contributions - What makes festivals
sustainable? European Festivals Research Project workshop, Le Mans (France), 18
November 2006 Research contributions are being sought for a one-day
workshop being organized by the European Festivals Research Project
(ERFP). The workshop will be hosted by ‘France Festivals’, as part of its
own 2-day colloquium entitled Les nouveaux territoires des festivals. For
more information, please contact Katarina Pejovic
(kata@mur.at). 02/08/2006
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