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Prince Claus Fund Network Newsletter

(e-mailed on 8 December 2006)

In this first edition: Two new network partners… Partners ask for help and advice… news and activities from around the world… Pictures…

Prince Claus Fund Network News

This is the first “experimental” edition of the bi-annual PCF network partners newsletter. The next number is scheduled for March 2007. All comments, ideas, criticism… are welcome

Two new partners are joining our network as of January 2007: The Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture from Cambodia and the University Centre for Arts and Drama from Rwanda. They will be present at the PCF awards and the committee meeting.

Triangle Arts Trust and Jant-Bi’s partnerships have been extended.

APAC will be hosting the next network committee meeting from 25th till the 30th of April 2007 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia during their bi-annual Theatre Festival.

Can you help?

Martin Mhando of ZIFF welcomes all suggestions for ZIFF 2007. Next year’s edition of ZIFF is on the Celebration: Of Waters and Dreams. All suggestions of new (recently produced) films from countries of the Dhow region (India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, The Philippines, Yemen, Oman, Iran, The Emirates, Egypt…) are welcome.

Until March 2007, Videobrasil 16th edition is open to submissions. For more info...

The Prince Claus Fund welcomes your suggestions on people working in the visual arts and/or design for the Latin America visit that the Fund is organising with the Mondriaan Foundation. For more info…

Shahidul Alam welcomes lists, contacts and introductions to good African and Latin American photographers to submit work to www.majorityworld.com

Supersudaca would like the network partners’ help on the following issues:
- Contacts of environmentalist in Mexico or Cuba
- Contact or recommendations of a popular culture expert in the Caribbean
- Contact or recommendations of indigenous groups in Yucatan or Dominican Republic
- Contact of architect, intellectual or photographer familiar with Kazakhstan
- Contact of graphic artist in Ceuta or Morocco

What's new?

December 2006: Exhibition of Furniture Art at the Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1st – 2nd December 2006: 20th anniversary of MYSA, Nairobi, Kenya

1st – 13th December 2006: Supersudaca workshop in Havana, Cuba

11 December 2006: Opening of ''Bridge, The Visual Language of Reza Abedini'' at Platform 21, Amsterdam Netherlands

13 December 2006: Presentation Prince Claus Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands

14th December 2006: Cao Guimaraes Open Studio, Gasworks, London, UK

December 2006: Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie, Gasworks, London, UK

10th - 16th December 2006: Ecole des Sables at the Monaco Dance Forum in Monaco

December 2006, 50 Senegalese artists at the Ecole des Sables

December 2006: “Bolivian Baroque, Volume II” CD

December 2006: Supersudaca wins international social housing competition

January 2007: “Photography of Hill Children of Bangladesh” by Mahmud at the Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh

13th – 21st January 2007 “Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom”

23rd January 2007: Opening exhibition “Cambodian Creation”, Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

January 2007, “Sites of Memories: Mwalimu Nyerere”, Nairobi, Kenya

Beginning 2007: Premiere of “Bintou Were”, a Sahel Opera

February 2007: 1st Sudapan Architecture and Urbanism International Competition, Buenos Aires

1,3, 4 February 2007: Dutch premiere of Compagnie JANT-BI’s new piece,  Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam

9th February 2007: Lecture at the Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

23rd February 2007: Lecture at the Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

February 2007: Supersudaca workshop in Mexico

5th – 31st March 2007: MYSA photo exhibition at the Go Down Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya

9th March 2007: Lecture at the Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

First semester of 2007: the creation of Videoteca, by Videobrasil

Starting from March 2007, SESC monthly Videobrasil Meetings

March 2007: Touring of Play Des Espoirs, University Center of Arts and Drama, Rwanda

March – April 2007: Triangle Arts Trust residencies in Beijing, China

2nd – 30th April 2007: Shootback video and photo exhibition at the Goethe Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

23rd April 2007: Exhibition “Vat Painting in Cambodia”, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

19th – 29th  April 2007: The International Theatre Festival “Santa Cruz de la Sierra”