IN THIS ISSUE

News from the Focal Point

Hommage to René Rizzardo

Calls for Entries and Applications

1.   International Fund for Cultural Diversity Call

2.   Festival HAIP10: NEW NATURE

3.   Über Lebenskunst Project - Call for Future

4.   NEU/NOW Festival

5.   Cultural Cooperation Grants

6.   Ecole du Magasin - Session 20: Call for Application

7.   Artists In Residence 2011 Programme Of Kulturkontakt Austria

Educational Programmes, Courses and Workshops

8.   Master of Public Art Studies Program: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere

9.   Diploma and Doctoral Courses at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

10.   Transart Institute: MFA Creative Practice

11.   Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts Fine Arts Postgraduate Programme

International Conferences and Festivals

12.   International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010

13.   Symposium of Visual Culture and National Identity

14.   Daming Palace and the Tang Dynasty: National and International Perspectives

15.   The Best in Heritage

Projects

16.   Saint–Petersburg Children's Foundation "Assistance"

New Books and Publications

17.   Culture as a Tool for Development: Challenges of Analysis and Action

18.   Intercultural Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights Protection

19.   Excited Atoms - An Exploration of Virtual Mobility in Performing Arts

20.   Dutch Mountains

21.   FUTUREtakes

Hommage to René Rizzardo

On Wednesday, 7 April 2010, René Rizzardo, one of the leading French and world experts on cultural policy, passed away. René Rizzardo devoted his entire career to questions concerning the decentralization of culture and the establishment of a cultural policy which promotes the principles of democracy. He was one of the first thinkers of cultural decentralization. For him decentralization was the primary challenge of development. >>>

1.   International Fund for Cultural Diversity Call

The 2010 call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity is now open, to support projects and activities that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector in developing countries. It is intended to facilitate the introduction of cultural policies that protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and strengthen the corresponding institutional infrastructure. >>>

2.   Festival HAIP10: NEW NATURE

The submission deadline for the 4th international Multimedia Festival HAIP 2010, to take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 23–26 November 2010 under the title of New Nature, has been prolonged until 9 May 2010. >>>

3.   Über Lebenskunst Project - Call for Future

On 21 April 2010 the two-year program "Über Lebenskunst" will get underway with the Call for Future which marks the start of this project aiming to convincingly bring together culture and sustainability. Application deadline is 24 May 2010. >>>

4.   NEU/NOW Festival

ELIA announces the second edition of the NEU/NOW festival, to be held withinin the frame of the ELIA Biennial Conference in Nantes, France, presenting the most exciting and creative NEU artistic talent NOW emerging across Europe and beyond. The deadline for nominations is 1 June 2010. >>>

5.   Cultural Cooperation Grants

The UCLG Committee on Culture announces a call for proposals based on the Agenda 21 for culture, aimed at countries in Africa, Ibero-America and the Mediterranean, for cities and local governments which are direct or indirect members of United Cities and Local Governments - UCLG. The deadline for projects to be submitted is 22 June 2010. >>>

6.   Ecole du Magasin - Session 20: Call for Application

Based in Grenoble, L'Ecole du Magasin (Centre national d'art contemporain) is a ten-month international curatorial training programme that specializes in the coordination of artistic and exhibition-related projects. Applications are accepted between 1 April 2010 and 30 June 2010. >>>

7.   Artists in Residence 2011 Programme of Kulturkontakt Austria

In 2010 KulturKontakt Austria is carrying on with its established and successful artists-in-residence programme, offering two arts awards in cooperation with the Henkel CEE company, the only comprehensive art promotion prizes for the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian region. Application deadline is 9 July 2010. >>>

8.   Master of Public Art Studies Program: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere

Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, announces the extension of its application deadline to the Master of Public Art Studies Program at USC: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere to 10 May 2010. >>>

9.   Diploma and Doctoral Courses at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

The Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG), Germany, offers diploma and doctoral (undergraduate/graduate) courses in Media Art, Exhibition Design and Scenography, Art Research and Media Theory, Product Design, and Communication Design. Deadline for applications is 15 April - 31 May 2010. >>>

10.   Transart Institute: MFA Creative Practice

Transart Institute calls for applications to its MFA Creative Practice, an international masters program for working artists with summer residencies in Berlin, winter residencies in New York and one-on-one advisement during two academic years. Application deadline is 1 June 2010. >>>

11.   Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts Fine Arts Postgraduate Programme

The Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris calls for applications for the Fine Arts Postgraduate Programme of its Research Program La Seine, starting in October 2010. Deadline for applications is 7 June 2010. >>>

12.   International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, announces its International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010, to be held in Berlin, Germany, 23–30 May 2010 under the title Culture, Globalization, and International Relations over the next Two Decades. >>>

13.   Symposium of Visual Culture and National Identity

University of Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum will hold a symposium on Visual Culture and National Identity in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 10-11 June 2010, aiming to explore the notion of national identity in specific relation to visual culture, art history and the visual arts. >>>

14.   Daming Palace and the Tang Dynasty: National and International Perspectives

Oxford Archaeology, the University of Oxford and the Daming Palace National Heritage Park announce the first international conference, to be held on 18-20 September 2010, in Xi'an, China, under the title Daming Palace and the Tang Dynasty: National and International Perspectives. >>>

15.   The Best in Heritage

The Best in Heritage is an annual presentation of the best museum, heritage and conservation projects, to take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 23-25 September 2010, showcaseing cases studies and in-depth presentations of the most successful projects internationally. >>>

16.   Saint–Petersburg Children's Foundation "Assistance"

The Saint–Petersburg Children's Foundation "Assistance", working in the field of children's art and creativity programmes for 20 years, is seeking a partner /co-producer for its forthcoming long-term Multidisciplinary Children (Family) Cultural, Entertainment / Festival project. >>>

17.   Culture as a Tool for Development: Challenges of Analysis and Action

Edited by Florent Le Duc, this bilingual publication is the result of the project of the Awareness Raising on Culture and Development in Europe (ARCADE) in partnership with the French National Centre for Training of local and regional civil servants (CNFPT). >>>

18.   Intercultural Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights Protection

The report analyses the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in terms of the promotion of cultural diversity, as championed by the Council of Europe particularly through its White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue (2008). >>>

19.   Excited Atoms - An Exploration of Virtual Mobility in Performing Arts

The new On-the-move study by Judith Staines, entitled Excited Atoms - An Exploration of Virtual Mobility in Performing Arts, is freely available online. >>>

20.   Dutch Mountains

This new international magazine focuses on the Dutch culture within the borders of the national state as well as outside its borders. Dutch-born artist and those who came to the Netherlands and embraced it as their home country, express their views on Dutch culture. >>>

21.   FUTUREtakes

FUTUREtakes, bringing professions, disciplines, and cultures together to explore future scenarios and the cross-cutting implications of social trends, technology advances, and policy decisions, currently accepts articles for its fourth trans-cultural thematic issue, to be published in early September 2010. >>>

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