Prince Claus Fund Network News
After a great network committee meeting in December 2007 in Amsterdam, the members have agreed that the next network committee meeting will take place at the Ecole des Sables in Toubab Dialaw in Senegal. The dates that have been agreed upon are the frist week of June 2008.
For the minutes of the meeting… (pdf)
New procedure for the next network partners
As discussed during the committee meeting, a new procedure is being tried out for the future network partners. A call for proposal has therefore been sent out to 31 organisations in Latin America, Northern and Central Africa and Central Asia.
After a first deadline, the Prince Claus Fund will research the received application forms. A second selection will then be made. This selection will be sent out to the no-cost extension members of the Network Committee who will have the role of advisers for the two 2008 partners.
In 2007, the partnerships with APAC, Jant-Bi, Komunitas Utan Kayu and Triangle Arts Trust have ended. We are nevertheless very happy that these partners have asked to continue being part of the Network committee on a no-cost basis.
We would like to congratulate Germaine Acogny for having been selected by the African magazine “Jeune Afrique” as one of the 100 personalities who “make” Africa.
Can you help?
Prince Claus Fund needs a list of organisations in your networks to which it would be useful to send out publications to.
Please contact J.Elzein@princeclausfund.nl
The Arab Image Foundation (AIF) is gathering books for its library which will be accessible in its Research centre as part of the PCF network partnership. It is expected to launch the Research centre late spring 2008.
The AIF has today a small research library that is composed of over 500 publications on photography and photographic conservation as well the existing photographic collection of the AIF which is composed of over 200,000 images. The envisaged expanded AIF research centre will not only focus on the artistic practice of photography but will also offer the public a space to research other aspects such as funding, training and residency opportunities for artists and researchers.
If you have catalogues or publications related to photography or to funding and residency opportunities, we would be very interested in receiving them in order to make them accessible to the public. We can send in exchange some of our publications.
And also if you are in contact with photographic institutions in your country or cultural institutions dealing with archives and photography we would be very interested in being in contact with them to propose the exchange of publications.
Thank you!
Please contact zen@fai.org.lb
APAC invites you to votre for the BBC best recording – Music awards 2008 in which APAC’s Bolivian baroque CD is featured.
To vote http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/awards/choral.asp?id=848
Jant-Bi requests your help for fundraising for a new 10 weeks professonal workshop for dancers from all over Africa that will take place in March. jant-bi@sentoo.sn
40 students from 21 different countries have been pre-selected. Jant-Bi "only" has to raise the money and like every time its a big challange. So if you have an idea (which might be new for us) who to contact for small or big money, please let us know.
What's new?
ZIFF 2008 FESTIVAL THEME: CULTURAL CROSSROADS
ZIFF is currently in the depth of developing it's 2008 Festival Program.
It is propitious that the EU and ZIFF share a similar theme for the year 2008. Our theme for 2008 ZIFF is Cultural Crossroads.
Read More...
January, Pathshala ran a workshop on "Reporting on Climate Change" conducted by Alison Morley the chair of the department of photojournalism of the International Centre of Photography in New York.
Other tutors included Jay Mason, Norman Leslie, Duncan Barnes, Andrew Biraj and D. M. Shibly. This involved students from Edith Cowan University in Australia and students of Pathshala teaming up to do stories over five weeks in various parts of Bangladesh. The students will show their work at the University of Liberal Arts on the 29th 30th and 31st of January. The event will be inaugurated by Doug Foskett, the Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
February 1, Pathshala in Bangladesh will be celebrating its tenth year http://www.pathshala.net/
February 3 – 13, Tour of Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivian Choir for The Netherlands/ London, and CD Recording, with the support of the Prince Claus Fund.
Arakaendar Choir, which means “Old”,is a project of APAC. Read More...
Palestinian refugee camps: From a photographic dialogue to the preservation of a cultural heritage at risk
The activity will be developed by a young Lebanese-German photographer by the name of Yasmine Eid
Sabbagh. The three-part project is being developed initially in Burj el Shemali, a camp located in the South
of Lebanon. At this time, AIF proposes to support and build upon the existing Burj el Shemali workshops.
It is envisaged that such a project could eventually be developed in other camps once the first part of
the project has been completed. Full article... (pdf file)
February 14, results of the Sudapan competition. This competition is part of the Prince Claus Fund – Supersudaca partnership. It has had the participation of candidates from 77 different countries.
February 1 – 15, Supersudaca members will be giving a workshop related to arquitectura directa at the Universidad Polytechnica de Puerto Rico with 4th year architecture students.
For the report of the last Supersudaca arquitectura directa workshop in Curacao… (pdf file)
MYSA youth win scholarships to study and play in Norway
Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday 17 January 2008 - Christian Bwamy and Joanes Muingi, two top Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) youth leaders flew out on Tuesday to start a media and communications study in Norway. Read More...
Prince Claus Fund/Mondriaan orientation trip to Bangladesh, India and Dubai
The Prince Claus Fund and the Mondriaan Foundation organise an orientation trip for art professionals from the Netherlands and from other countries. Read More...
RESIDENCY of the URBAN BUSH WOMEN from New York at the ECOLE DES SABLES in Toubab Dialaw for the creation and in preparation of the touring of “Les Ecailles de la Mémoire”
7 wonderful Afro-American dancers from New York (all women, as the name indicates) joined our company in Toubab Dialaw for an exciting rehersal period of 4 weeks to work on a common choreography directed by the two artistic directors, Jawole ZOLLAR and Germaine ACOGNY. Read More...
Opportunities within the Triangle Arts Trust network…
