Pedagogy of Community and Cultural Rights - 20:20 Vision
What: a facilitated international study programme
Where: Palanga, Lithuania during its EU Presidency
When: October 1-6, 2013
An open call for community activists and artists!
The intention is to work with organisations to establish a new way of working together. Participants will also commit to a follow—up by delivering and critiquing progress of the new platform. The week-long self-managed process will be facilitated by artway of thinking, a Venetian arts collective led by Federica Thiene and Stefania Mantovani. Niall Crowley will act as an advisor giving inputs on equality and rights.
We now seek to identify activists and artists from community and statutory organisations working in the field of family, community and culture. This may include community workers and artists, local authority arts offices and centres, cultural institutions and other development organisations.
The participants will be able to:
-Gather and orient leading activists/artists at organisation level committed to re-forming a vision for community art;
-Interrogate how cultural rights can generate new energies and effect transformation in communities;
-Confront blockages to do with re-imagining and sustaining connections;
-Exchange strategies whereby culture contributes tactics that challenge stark inequalities;
-Self-manage a set of actions focused on a 20:20 vision.
The cooperative process will be
Deadline:
March 31, 2013 – Express clear organisation commitment to participate to
April 30, 2013 final deadline for application
Pedagogy of Community and Cultural Right is eligible for part funding under the EU Grundvig In-Service Training Action.The cost for the 6 day week long workshop is €690.00 and accommodation and full board is €590.00Further information:
Gillian Keogan –
The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Statement of Strategy 2011–2014 provides an important policy orientation for the arts plans of cultural institutions and local authorities.Blue Drum argues the need for explicit targeting of low income families and communities.In 2013, we will be providing details of new County Arts Plans as they become available and offering advise as to how Family Resource Centres can access the advise and support of the Arts Officers.
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Leitrim Arts-Strategy-2012-2017
South Tipperary Art Strategy 2011-2014
Cork Arts & Cultural Strategy 2011-2015
Waterford Arts Plan 2011-2016
Kildare Arts Plan 2012-2016
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Arts Development Policy 2011-2014
Kerry Interim Phase 2013-2014 [prior to incorporation into the Corporate Development Plan in 2015]
Mayo Arts Plan 2010-2016
We will also try to develop a set of cultural rights indicators to help us read plans in the context of intentions, results and external evaluation.We see the context for Community Art work in Ireland to day is important Read [+]
Also, we need to view actions in the light of the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions. Read [+]