Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna, one of three on the shortlist for European Capital of Culture 2019 that lost out when an international jury decided to recommend Plovdiv, is considering appealing against the decision, local media reports said. The city is waiting to see the written motivation of the
Since its inception, culture has been at the heart of UCLG’s agenda, as can be demonstrated by the adoption of the Agenda 21 for culture, the Policy Statement and the inclusion of culture in UCLG’s advocacy efforts related to the Post-2015 Agenda, including the activities of the Global Taskforce. The
Even though the UK is selected to deliver an European Capital of Culture only in 2023, cities should already be thinking of bidding to obtaining this title. Nicola Greenan talks here about the need for any bid from the city Leeds. She is chair of Leeds Music Trust, an organization
One of the world’s largest artistic carousels with giant puppets spun in Western Bohemian Plzen in early September. That is how the city, famous for the production of beer, started its transformation into the European Capital of Culture 2015. The project, which starts January 17, will offer more than 50
Collaborating with surrounding towns, the village of Ruidoso and all of Lincoln County, a state program could bring ideas, money and exposure to the area. Building Creative Communities is part of a state initiative, the Arts and Cultural District designation, with the goal of revitalizing communities through arts, culture, tourism
As a successful outcome of being European Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool will now provide the blueprint for how the whole country should use arts and culture. This in order to boost young people’s chances and regeneration under a Labour government, said Harriet Harman, the party’s deputy leader. She
Cyprus’ cultural development ranks highly among the government’s priorities, President Nicos Anastasiades assured,addressing on Friday evening the opening of the ‘Pafos Aphrodite Festival’, organized for the 16th consecutive year. ‘For this purpose we are promoting a series of further measures, with the first one being the restructuring of the management
Millions of people will enjoy free access to thousands of historic and cultural sites, many of which are normally closed to the public, in 50 countries throughout September as part of the annual European Heritage Days. The European Heritage Days is a joint initiative of the European Commission and Council
The independent selection panel responsible for assessing the Bulgarian cities competing to be European Capital of Culture in 2019 has recommended that Plovdiv should be awarded the title. The other three cities short-listed after the initial selection round in December 2013 were Sofia, Varna and Veliko Turnovo. The formal nomination
Submissions are invited for a forthcoming book to be published in 2015, entitled: ‘Teaching and Learning Cultural Entrepreneurship: A global comparative analysis of course and program content in university – and community-based education for the cultural and creative industries’. Contributions to the book will be presented as part of the
The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC Global) was awarded EU funding from the European Commission Creative Europe Support to Networks Programme for the project EUNIC – Crossroads for Culture – Enhancing EU member states transnational and international cooperation. The project, which is expected to last 3 years, will
The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME) will receive $20,000 in funding from Tourism Victoria’s Events Program to help boost interstate and international marketing for this year’s November program. AWME has come to be known as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier roots music event attracting artists, industry professionals and music lovers from across
The Valletta 2018 Foundation will host the first in a series of annual conferences titled ‘Dialogue in the Med: exploring identity through networks’ on Thursday and Friday at the University’s Valletta campus. It will encourage debates on the common histories and geo-political realities of Europe and the Mediterranean within the
This year makes the first year of the “Culture City of East Asia” project, which was agreed on by cultural affairs ministers from Japan, China and South Korea last year. The aim of the project is to promote understanding and a sense of unity among the three nations, said Kimiyoshi
Crisis… what crisis? It seems that the economic downturn in Greece has brought a new outlook and fresh creative life to the city. ‘Greeks are being forced to be creative, to work together for the first time’, says Tina Kyriakis (Alternative Athens). She provides a few examples of creative innovations…READ
Cities should always be thinking about their future, but this year Leeds is thinking about a very specific point in its future: the year 2023. 2023 is the next year that a city from the UK can be declared European Capital of Culture, following Glasgow’s turn in 1990 and Liverpool’s
