Prince Claus Fund Network News
No newsletter in August
As summer is coming up (although it does not seem to be the case here in the Netherlands…), Joumana will be on holidays from the 13th of July till the 5th of August. Therefore there will unfortunately not be a newsletter in August. The next issue will be in September, hope you will be able to wait for that long!
Reserve your dates for the Prince Claus Awards ceremony and the Network Committee meeting
This year the Prince Claus Awards ceremony is scheduled for the 12th of December 2007. The idea is to schedule the Network Committee meeting on the 10th of December, in order to have more time than last year and not be too tired after the ceremony. Please reserve your dates.
Please send any themes that you think of for the next committee meeting to Joumana J.elzein@princeclausfund.nl
Can you help?
The International Film Festival Hannover is accepting submissions until August 1, 2007
Focusing on the new generation of producers, the International Film Festival Hannover www.up-and-coming.de is accepting submissions until August 1, 2007. Works by artists of up to twenty-seven years of age will be accepted. Preference will be given to works that “push the boundaries between media, technologies, people, styles, traditions, and genres.” The festival will take place from November 22 to 25 in the German city. Solange Farkas, curator of the Videobrasil and director at the Bahia Museum of Modern Art, is a member of the jury board.
Request for nominations for the 2008 Prince Claus Awards before the 1st of September
Through its annual awards, the Prince Claus Fund seeks to highlight excellent achievements and outstanding contributions in the field of culture and development. Recognising your status in this field, the Fund would be honoured to have your assistance in the nomination of individuals, groups or organisations you consider suitable for a Prince Claus Fund Award in 2008. For more info...
Residency opportunity at Gasworks – Deadline for application: 30 July 2007
The Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) is teaming up with Gasworks International Residency Programme to offer a fully funded three month residency and research placement for an artist not based in the UK. The residency is scheduled for 1st October 2007 - 20th December 2007
http://www.gasworks.org.uk/residencies/detail.php?id=314
Call for applications to participate in the ‘art in the forest’ Kenya - Deadline for applications is 15 August 2007.
The second of its kind, this year the two week International Forest Workshop hosted by the Kuona Trust, part of Triangle Arts Trust, looks to invite the Kenyan community to “re-look” the issue of deforestation in the hope of re-igniting a desire to keep these sites healthy and alive. Interested artists are invited to submit an application with six images of most recent work, an updated c.v. and a letter of intent to Michael Soi on smichael@kuonatrust.org . Artists are expected to support their own travel to Nairobi and should organise their own medical and travel insurance. Accommodation, food and transport within Nairobi will be provided by organisers of the workshop. The workshop will take place at Ngong Forest Sanctuary in Nairobi from the 24 September to the 6 October 2007. Visit www.kuonatrust.org for more information about more opportunities available at Kuona Trust.
What's new?
23rd June, Lida Abdul, the Afghan video and performance artist has received the Prince Claus Award
On Saturday, 23 June 2007, the Afghan video and performance artist Ms Lida Abdul will be presented with the Prince Clause Award at the National Museum in Kabul. For more info...
Chiquitanos’ voice, a new book edited by the Editorial Fund of APAC
This book is the result of an investigation done by local researchers. They were trained in a workshop funded by AVINA Foundation and managed by APAC. The book narrates the stories of five communities in the Chiquitos region as told by their inhabitants. It also has five chapters which provide an academic framework for the stories told by the Chiquitanos.
Munim Wasi
Munim Wasif, Pathshala Alumni and photographer for DrikNews has won an Honourable mention at the National Geographic All Roads Programme
Shahidul Alam’s radio interview on KPFK
http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=1577
Doli Akter
Doli Akter, the rural photographer who obtained a scholarship at Pathshala in Bangladesh
http://www.dolibd.blogspot.com/
MYSA to participate in the East Africa Cup
Five Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) teams depart today for the East African Cup competition in Moshi, Tanzania. For more info...
11th July, launching of the international competition Sudapan / Endless strips in Buenos Aires at 19:00 at the Cultural Center of Spain
The competition is organized by Supersudaca and is one of the ongoing projects developed with the Prince Claus Funds network partnership program.
http://www.cceba.org.ar/evento/evento.pl?evento=461
7 – 21st July 2007: Shatana Workshop – First Triangle Workshop in Jordan
The workshop will take place in the historic village of Shatana. The residencies and work spaces are set in historic stone houses and churches situated between olive and oak trees. Shatana has a population of approximately 150. Shatana is about 70 kilometers away from the capital Amman.
http://www.makanhouse.net/shatana
13th –15th July 2007: Launch of Triangle Arts Trust’s book – Beijing,
On the occasion of a conference on Artists Run Spaces in China, Triangle Arts Trust will be launching its first major publication charting 25 years of activities across the world. For more info...
August 6th to September 29th: First open workshop for dancers from all continents at the Ecole des Sables, Toubab Dialaw/Senegal
Germaine Acogny, the artistic director of the Ecole des Sables, would like to inform you about a new exciting event : After 6 professional workshops of 3 months each exclusively for dancers from all over Africa between 1998 and 2006, this year and for the first time the Ecole des Sables opens its doors for a 2 months workshop for dancers from all continents : so, about 20 dancers from outside Africa will join 15 African dancers to meet each others to discover and live the richness, variety, complexity and specific energy of traditional and contemporary African dances.
For more information please send us an email to : Jant-bi.acogny@wanadoo.fr;
www.jantbi.org
Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera
The European premiere of the Sahel Opera has taken place in Amsterdam during the Holland Festival June 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Muziekgebouw aan het IJ. The reactions of the audience were very positive. . For more info...
July, Workshop for female theatre professionals, Sokan Theatre, Ouedraogo Abdoulaye Ablas, Ivory Coast supported by the Prince Claus Fund
During the past decade a new generation of contemporary drama writers has emerged who’s work animates the theatrical scenes of today. . For more info...
May 2007 – April – 2008, Theatre Play by Théâtre Horizon, Youssef Raihani, Tetouan, Morocco supported by the Prince Claus Fund
Despite having a growing following, theater is still to be developed in Morocco. Only 3% of Moroccans see a play during a year. The Ministry of Culture has just enough of a budget for 365 theatre evenings a year, meaning one play per evening in the entire kingdom of Morocco. Theater Horizon advocates for fulfilling a growing need for a new theatre that opts for cultural exchange, opening up towards others and referring to tolerance. . For more info...
Associação Cultural Videobrasil, Artistic residencies
Associação Cultural Videobrasil will promote, in 2007, two meetings for Brazilian and foreign artists and institutions that offer artistic residency programmes. . For more info...