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E-Culture-Fair 2010

The E-CULTURE FAIR 2010 will be showcasing innovative projects in the fields of creative industry, research, education and media art at the Dortmunder U. It is the first step of the envisaged long-term cooperation between three partners: Virtueel Platform (NL), BAM (BE), and medienwerk.nrw (DE).

Between August 23rd and 25th, the fair will be open from 10:00 - 20:00 h at the Dortmunder U.

Management Topic: Technology & Multimedia
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Jul 20, 2010

CREATIVE CITY NETWORK OF CANADA RELEASES PUBLIC ART TOOLKIT

The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) released a toolkit on public art today. The Public Art Toolkit was developed to assist local governments, arts, cultural and heritage organizations with the management of public art. The Toolkit is intended as a how-to guide when planning a public art program or evaluating an existing one, and contains resources for the management of public art projects.

Management Topic: Marketing & Communication
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor on Jul 02, 2010

Creative Networks and the City

Towards a Cultural Political Economy of Aesthetic Production

Creative Network and the City

This book offers a fundamental contribution to the literature on the creative industries and the knowledge-based economy by focusing on three aspects: urban spaces as key sites of capitalist restructuring, creative industries' policies as state technologies aimed at economic exploitation, and the role of networks of aesthetic production in inflecting these tendencies. It simultaneously goes beyond these debates by integrating a concern with the cultural and aesthetic dimensions of the creative industries. As such, the book is relevant to researchers interested in the transdisciplinary project of a cultural political economy of creativity and urban change.

Bas van Heur (Dr.) is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Management Topic: Policy & Research
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Jun 24, 2010

Soft factors in regional development with an emphasis on culture, creativity and innovation

The conference will be organized on June 24 and 25, 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and held in Old Arena - a club for culture and information 2015.

Management Topic: Policy & Research
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on May 13, 2010

China's Cultural industry seeks financial support from banks

The Ministry of Culture held a teleconference with representatives of government, financial institutions and major creative enterprises on April 14 to encourage financial support for China’s emerging cultural industry.

The Ministry, along with the CPC Publicity Department, People’s Bank of China, Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), General Administration of Press and Publication, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), were following up a March 19 instruction to the financial sector to provide financial support to the cultural industry.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on May 09, 2010

GREEN PAPER - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries

The objective of this consultation is to gather views on various issues impacting the cultural and creative industries in Europe, from business environment to the need to open up a common European space for culture, from capacity building to skills development and promotion of European creators on the world stage. The responses to the consultation will inform the Commission and help it ensure that EU programmes and policies involving cultural and creative industries are "fit for purpose".

Management Topic: Policy & Research
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on May 09, 2010

SUMMER SCHOOL ON MANAGEMENT OF CREATIVITY

This two-week intensive program is offered by HEC Montréal and the University of Barcelona, in collaboration with ESADE and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Discover and experience two of the most creative cities in the world.

Montreal : July 2nd to 9th & Barcelona : July 10th to 17th

Management Topic: Education & Development
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor on Apr 06, 2010

UK Government raises curtain on £600,000 Creative Bursaries Scheme to help talented graduates find work in the arts

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Culture Minister Margaret Hodge today announced a two-year grants programme to provide at least 40 internships with established arts companies for graduates from low-income backgrounds. The initial £600,000 programme will begin in September and be managed by the Jerwood Foundation.

The pilot scheme announced today will make it easier for talented creative young people, with an arts degree, to find jobs in a market where unpaid internships are common, and those from low income backgrounds are often at a disadvantage.

Management Topic: Policy & Research
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Mar 25, 2010

European Forum on Cultural Industries

Casa Llotja de Mar, 29 and 30 March 2010

The European Forum on Cultural Industries is a meeting place at which to discuss cultural industries within the framework of the Spanish presidency of the European Union. In this framework, the European Commission will present the general lines of the Green Paper on Cultural and Creative Industries and professionals and companies from the sector will discuss future challenges that the sector envisages.

Management Topic: Policy & Research
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor on Mar 17, 2010

Second FOMECC Honduras call for cultural and creative entrepreneurs

On February 19th the Casa de Cultura de Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras, in the framework of the “Promotion of Creative and Cultural Industries (FOMECC)” project, organised a public launch of the second call for cultural and creative entrepreneurs. The session included two speeches and the presentation of the results of the first FOMECC Honduras call which has enabled the development of business ideas for seven cultural entrepreneurs, ranging from crafts to performing arts management.

Management Topic: Miscellaneous
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Mar 11, 2010