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UK artists Ben Judd and Declan Clarke take up residencies through the Triangle Arts Trust Latin American network
In 2007, the London-based artist Ben Judd, who works in video and photography,has beeninvited totake up a residency atLugar a Dudas, in Cali, Colombia. London-based Video artist Declan Clarke has alsobeeninvitedto go to Simple/Kiosko, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The residencieswill contribute to the programmes of exchange and artistic development run by these artists-led organisations, and aim to provide a period for research, networking, and development of artistic practice. Triangle Arts Trust manages several artists' Fellowships as part of Arts Council England's International Fellowship Programme.

January – March: “Creative Cambodia, Recycling everyday materials”, Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture
Through photographs, video footage and the display of objects, this exhibition shows examples of how people in Cambodia make new use of everyday materials. By transforming available resources such as empty plastic and metal containers, second hand fabric, engines, and rubber tires, new tools and objects are crafted for use in daily life. The purpose of the exhibition is to describe and understand the process of generating the ideas more then to make a fetish of the objects themselves, thus emphasizing the ingenuity and resourcefulness within a living culture.

“Creative Cambodia” is part of an ongoing Reyum research and documentation project entitled “Tools and practices: Change and continuity” which began in 2000. For more information on this exhibition, please contact REYUM: reyum@camnet.com.kh, or 855 23-217-149

Presentation 'GuestRoom # 5 Prins Claus Fonds' at Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
GuestRoom is a series of presentations in Museum “Het Domein” in the town of Sittard, in the center-south of The Netherlands. In each Guest Room, art institutions are given an opportunity to present themselves in original ways. The Prince Claus Fund is hosting GuestRoom #5.

The Prince Claus Fund Film Grant for a 2007 CineMart Project
For the seventh consecutive year, the Prince Claus Fund is happy to announce the presentation of the Prince Claus Fund Film Grant of € 15,000 to a 2007 CineMart project. The Grant will be announced on 31 January during the CineMart Closing Night Party at Club Rotterdam (Wilhelminakade 699,Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam).
The Prince Claus Fund Film Grant is awarded to support the first creative phase of the development of a film production. CineMart is the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
An international jury of professionals covering different fields of the film industry will select a CineMart project by a filmmaker from Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean.
This project will be chosen for its innovative qualities and excellent concept. The jury is chaired by Emile Fallaux, who is the editor-in-chief of the Dutch weekly
‘Vrij Nederland’ and a member of the Prince Claus Fund Board. The objective of the Prince Claus Fund and the International Film Festival Rotterdam is to highlight a filmmaker, who inspires both his or her own community and other filmmakers. The Prince Claus Fund would like to congratulate Paz Encina (Paraguay), the recipient of the 2005 Prince Claus Fund Film Grant, on the completion of her film
‘Hamaca Paraguaya’, which will be screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on 30 and 31 January and on 1 and 3 February 2007.

Cultural Emergency Response conference now downloadable on-line
On the occasion of the conference the Prince Claus Fund launched its 14th Journal: Culture is a Basic Need. Culture is a Basic Need is dedicated to raising awareness of the issues revolving around cultural emergencies and to reflecting on the importance of culture for the psychological survival of people in disaster situations.

16TH VIDEOBRASIL, change dates to October 1 through 25!
The relationship between contemporary art and cinema—and the desire to disrupt paradigms that turn them into market- and industry-oriented practices—lies at the core of the 16th Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival. “The idea is to shed light on works and artists that surpass the established practices and formats to explore new limits,” says curator Solange Farkas. The curatorial framework applies to the entire Festival programme, including the Southern Panoramas competitive exhibition, and unfolds into subthemes such as expanded cinema, and the meaning of projected image in contemporary times. The 16th Videobrasil will take place October 1 through 25, 2007, at SESC Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, and is a production of SESC São Paulo. The deadline for submission of works to the competitive exhibition has been extended until April 20. Works will be accepted that have been produced from May 2005 onwards by artists b orn in countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. The selected works will be announced in July. The Entry Form and regulations for the 16th Videobrasil are available on www.videobrasil.org.br  

APAC receives a grant for revising and writing a catalogue of more than 10 000 pages of music and texts from the time of the former Jesuit Reductions in America, which were copied and jealously kept for over two hundred years by the Moxo Indians, who live in the department of Beni, Bolivia. The manuscript was gathered in the parish archive of San Ignacio de Moxos. The grant comes from the Western Ontario University in Canada - institution that presented this project to Government of Canada. All together, eleven projects were presented for the competition. Only two of them were selected and given financial support. A group of students will study the manuscript, provide its inventory and prepare a catalogue of its contents. The team who intervene in the project is composed by two musicologists, two historians, two translators (from the local languages to Spanish), three native Moxo technicians, one national coordinator and a number of Canadian students; all under leadership of Rev.Piotr Nawrot, musicologist and artistic director of the International Festival of the Renaissance and Baroque Music in America, Misiones de Chiquitos, which every two years is organized by APAC. The administration of the Project will be executed by APAC and San Ignacio de Moxos Parish.

January: International coach attendance at MYSA
Two coaches from MYSA, Gabirel Njoroge and Salim Ali, arrived in January 2007 for a period of 6 months to pursue TCII Certificate (equivalent of UEFA-B coaching licence). They expect that the two trained staff will boost the number of instructors in MYSA to a total of 4 instructors with a UEFA-B Licence and their experience will help improve the Mathare Premier League teams. This is a joint activity between MYSA, the Prince Claus Fund and the Dutch Football Association.

Gabriel Njoroge is the National under 23 Head Coach and Mathare Youth FC, the youngest side in the Kenyan Premier League.

Salim Ali is the assistant coach of Mathare United FC and also the coach of Mathare United under 16 at the Norway Cup last summer.

KNVB Diploma Certification
Mr. Piet de Jong, an instructor from the Dutch Football Association will be in the country from the 26th of January to the 3rd of February to conduct a trainer-Coach III Diploma Course. This will be an equivalent of a Preliminary UEFA-B certificate. It will be the first one of its kind in the country and we hope to advertise and conduct more courses at this level in future both to MYSA Coaches and Coaches from all over Kenya. A trial period where two courses would be held by mid-June will be implemented. Exact dates of the courses are yet to be decided as discussions are still on between MYSA and KNVB.

MYSA Female Coaches
A total of 20 female players from the MYSA Senior Girls Professional team are currently undergoing a refresher course on the basic Level in preparation for a main course which will be conducted by a Dutch Female Instructor from KNVB in the second week of February.

This will help improve the standards of female coaches in MYSA and improve their confidence.

MYSA Male Coaches
9 Coaches who are being prepared for TCIII are also undergoing training in MYSA Komarock headquarters. They will be basic course instructors on the beginner coaches training programmes currently being developed in MYSA.

The coaches have been involved also in the organization and discussion of the Academy year-plan of activities and drawing of the Academy’s up to 2010 plan.

1,3, 4 February 2007: Dutch premiere of Compagnie JANT-BI’s new piece in Amsterdam
Jant-Bi will finish the rehearsals for a new choreography titled Waxtaan. The foundations of this piece were laid with a 30 minutes choreography for the Prince Claus Awards Presentation in December 2005.

Following a residency in a theatre in Annemasse  - France during the middle of January 2007, the company will tour this new piece in France, Holland and Luxemburg till the end of March 2007.

‘Bintou Were’, un Opéra du Sahel, world premiere February 17th 2007
The Sahel Opera, which is based on an idea by HRH Prince Claus, will be given its world premiere on 17 February 2007 in Bamako, Mali.

The story of ‘Bintou Were, un Opera du Sahel’ describes Bintou Were’s journey through the Sahel on his way to a better life in Europe. On 13 December 2006 the Stars of the Sahel Opera have given a performance during the presentation of the Prince Claus Awards at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.

February 2007: Supersudaca workshop in Mexico
Supersudaca will be organising a workshop in Mexico titled “Riviera Maya = Development with no limits?”

February 2007 in Buenos Aires: Launch of the 1st  Sudapan Architecture & Urbanism International Competition for the improvement of territories affected by mass tourism.
A partnership project between Supersudaca and the Prince Claus Funds. (soon at www.sudapan.org) Support has also been generously awarded by the IAAC, Barcelona.

February 2007 in Buenos Aires-Talca Supersudaca meets regularly to debate about a new magazine of architecture and urbanism of Latinamerica. For now called SUSU MAGASCENE.
A partnership project between Supersudaca and the Prince Claus Funds.

February – September 2007 in Montevideo-London: Launch of portal for scouting 100 talents of architecture in the countries that lack most representation of the so called South.
A partnership project between Supersudaca and the Prince Claus Funds. The pool of talents will also serve as a network base for the magazine: SUSU MAGASCENE

 

Sahel Opera, World premiere in Bamako, Mali

Guestroom #5 at Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands

Prince Claus Fund Film Grant at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands

Waxtaan by Jant-Bi

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