Prince Claus Fund Network News
We would like to welcome our new Network partner Compagnie Falinga from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Etienne Minoungou will be representing the organisation during the Network Committee meeting. read more information on Compagnie Falinga
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Calender of events for the awards ceremony and its side programme
Programme for the Network Committee meeting
For all matters relating to tickets, hotels and visas please contact Karlijn Jonker k.jonker@princeclausfund.nl
The paragraph on Network Partnership for use on all our websites
An open, mutually beneficial exchange based on respect and trust. That is the core of The Prince Claus Fund’s Network Partner Programme. Each year the Fund invites two cultural organisations with their own established networks in Asia, Africa, Latin America or the Caribbean to become Network Partners for 3 years. The partners and the Fund build a relationship through working together on innovative activities, giving advice, inspiration and support and sharing the experience of their networks.
The Prince Claus Fund is moving
As from the 10th of November, the new contact details of the Prince Claus Fund will be:
Herengracht 603
1017 CE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31.20.344.91.60
Fax: +31.20.344.91.66
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Mediamatic Travel -BOARDING CALL2009
In January 2009 Mediamatic Foundation, in collaboration with Partizan Publik, will open the very first Do It Yourself Travel Agency. Mediamatic Travel will facilitate trips to the contemporary cultural scene worldwide. Contemporary Culture is produced in many places where the general audience just imagines civil war, pyramids, famine or cheese. Mediamatic Travel will connect local operators in the arts to professional visitors from abroad and peers. The goal is to enhance visibility and promote collaboration.
We’ll use 3 main channels: a global on line network, a shiny travel catalogue and an exhibition in Amsterdam, Mediamatics home base.
Mediamatic Travel will be an art project itself: utilising embedded tourism to achieve a global sensory network for creative innovation. Among our first batch of destinations are Cairo, Damascus, Novosibirsk, Tbilisi, Beirut, Kabul, Durban, Dubai, Nairobi, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Mexico City, Gaza City, Istanbul, Tirana, Prague, Kyoto, Detroit and Rio de Janeiro.
We are looking for key people around the world to work with us on this project. If you live in a city so exciting worth showing off, there are a number of different ways in which you can participate in Mediamatic Travel. Linking into the global cultural underground, with a climbing level of involvement, you could become a friend, an agent, a guide or operator. read more
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MYSA Community libraries promotes and develops reading culture in the community
When you walk in the Mathare slums and neighboring areas, you will meet young boys and girls walking to and from their respective homes to different learning institutions to add a little knowledge and skills to shape their future lives.
Lack of space and a high-quality environment for studies due to limited space has been the major challenge to our youth in the slums. Most of this youth share their one small house which accommodates more than five family members and serves as a Bedroom, living room and kitchen.
It is as a result of all this that MYSA came up with the new and bright initiative of establishing community libraries that are free to all with an aim of building a healthy nation through promoting and developing a reading culture in our community. read more
MYSA and Samsung electronics in partnership
The Mathare Youth Sports Association and Samsung electronics have entered into a partnership that aims to use football to inspire kids from underprivileged areas to realize and nurture their talents and to achieve their dreams in life.
The partnership under the name of Next Hero campaign will support the improvement of several soccer fields across Eastlands area in Nairobi as well as the purchase of much-needed football equipment. The climax of the campaign will see close to 10,000 youth participate in the NextHero Inter-provincial Girls Tournament and the Next Hero MYSA Championship supported by the Campaign. read the
Fact Sheet on the NextHero Football Campaign
Watoto Wana-Say Festival at the MYSA Community Centre
At the MYSA Headquarters in Komarock, children from 16 MYSA zones between the age of 4-17 arrived early for the start of what will be a six days of education, fun and exchange of ideas during the Watoto Wana-Say festival which is organized by the MYSA’s Haba Na Haba project. By the better part of this morning more than 600 kids had flocked at the Mathare Youth community centre in Komarock to participate in the annual event. During this morning session’s Haba Na Haba featured its usual enterprising groups including Hip Hop rappers, Dancers, and the acrobatic group’s before participants dispersed to different well stationed tents for different activities which includes: Computer Lab, Art, Modeling and design, Hip Hop, Dance and Drama, Music lab, Radio, First Aid, Music Instruments and Journalism. read more
Norway Cup Champions jets back to the country
The Mathare youth who put Kenya into limelight again in the world largest youth tournament in the world, the Norway cup arrived back into the country. The team received a hero's welcome at the airport by MYSA Director for sports culture and community service Henry Majale, the MYSA staff and youth and their parents. The MYSA teams brought the prestigious Norway cup with them and other trophies from different tournaments in Norway and Holland respectively. read more
October 9th – November 5th Exhibition at Reyum Institute for Arts and Culture
“Through our eyes” an exhibition of 12 Cambodian artists, for more information www.reyum.org
Arthub is delighted to support a new educational initiative, Asia Art Forum
Asia Art Froum is a dynamic series of lectures, featuring respected members of the Chinese contemporary art world discussing the emergence and historical development of Chinese contemporary art and its cultural institutions, as well as issues pertaining to the collection and market of Chinese art.
For the first time, this dynamic and fast changing period of Chinese art history will be unpicked and laid out, enabling a steady assessment and understanding of these extraordinary developments. Taking 1978 as its starting point the course will move forward chronologically focusing on key movements, specific groups and significant exhibitions that form the backbone of this startling rise in Chinese contemporary art. To date, Beijing has always been the focus of any study of contemporary Chinese art history, this course will redress the balance, shifting the focus to include the significant role played by Shanghai&r squo;s artists and art scene.
Fostering direct encounters with leading members of the Chinese contemporary art world, the program offers a privileged access to first-hand information on subjects relating to the Chinese contemporary art history and the collection of art. The forum encourages the exchange of ideas by means of guest lectures and personal contact with the lecturers and other guests, and will provide a unique opportunity to art professionals, collectors and enthusiasts to study the history of Chinese contemporary art. read more on the programme and the speakers
ZIFF joins a new partnership: Cinetoile partnership network
ZIFF has recently joined another network of film distributors in the South and North working towards invigorating the promotion of African movies by strengthening the capacity of the players on the ground and to make it accessible to an ever increasing public. The project rests on the concept of a traveling cinema and on the potential of movies to contribute to intercultural dialogue. read more
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