The City of Sydney is calling on businesses, retailers and property developers to make more than 1.6 million square metres of empty commercial and residential space across the city available to artists for creative activities. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the policy was the result of a major consultation program last
We are pleased to announce the release of the e-book ‘Creative Districts Around the World’ by Lénia Marques and Greg Richards. The e-book and the companion website may be useful as a research and teaching resource for those interested in the creative development of cities and the role of creative
US drinkers have for the first time overtaken the French as the world’s No. 1 wine consumers, a report showed on Tuesday, with Americans developing a greater and more refined taste for France’s national beverage. According to the report released by the International Vine and Wine organization,OIV, US consumers bought
The theme of this year’s New Cities Summit in Dallas is ‘Re-imagining Cities: Transforming the 21st Century Metropolis’. An important element running through the Summit will be a discussion of the role of cultural districts in the life of cities around the world. The Summit will represent the first convening of
Bristol’s Park Street is set to be transformed with a 90m water slide thanks to a project by artist Luke Jerram. With close to 100,000 applicants for just 360 tickets, the Bristol Slide could easily be described as one of the most sought after experiences of the year. On Sunday
This is a story about two modern-day ”monuments people” and their extraordinary efforts to chart and preserve the cultural heritage of many ancient civilizations in the war-torn Middle East. But their story is also about demonstrating to the world that saving this heritage saves bloodshed. Benjamin Isakhan and Diane Siebrandt could
The pioneering cultural heritage tourism initiative SHAPING 24 – the project that links the iconic Norwich 12 buildings with 12 heritage sites in Ghent, Belgium – has won a prestigious EU prize. The SHAPING 24 project, led by Norwich’s Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) and in conjunction with Ghent City
Thousands gathered in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 7 for a grand procession to honour the Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation. Each procession was led by dancers, followed by a group carrying national and festive flags and another group playing ritual drums and gongs and
ELIA is pleased to announce that the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The Glasgow School of Art are hosting the 13th ELIA Biennial Conference in the vibrant and cosmopolitan city of Glasgow. This year’s conference theme focuses on the relationship between the creative and the city and the dynamic interplay between
The special edition of the Report focuses on creative economy at the local level in developing countries. It is co-published by UNESCO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the UN Office for South South Co-operation. The Report is organized in two volumes: a policy report and a web-documentary
The Netherlands is hosting the upcoming 6th Asia-Europe Culture Ministers Meeting (ASEM CMM) to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 19-21 October 2014. The ASEM dialogue addresses cultural issues, with the objective of strengthening the relationships between the two regions, in a spirit of mutual respect and equal partnership. The theme
A delegation from the British Council visited the city yesterday to get an idea of how it could help make 2017 a success. The council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations and helped Derry with its events last year. About 25 high-profile delegates, including Arts Council
Barbican and Museum of London propose to join forces to turn financial district into ‘exciting, accessible, open place’. London’s Square Mile is not the most obvious place for a family day out, but a new partnership aims to change all that: the Barbican and the Museum of London want to create
An opening ceremony to mark the beginning of a project to promote cultural exchanges between Korea, China and Japan was launched in Gwangju on March 18. The Culture City of East Asia project started when culture ministers of the three nations decided to expand cultural exchanges at the fourth ministers’ meeting
The process to elaborate the new Agenda 21 for culture was initiated by the Committee on Culture in 2013 in Lille-Métropole, Buenos Aires and Rabat and will continue in 2014, with meetings, seminars, articles, questionnaires and pilot-cities. The process will conclude with a major event in 2015: a “Culture Summit
On the 2 April the conference “Cultural Policies and the Cities” will be held at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The conceptualisation of the conference was made by Michael Wimmer, director of EDUCULT and is linked to the key findings of the last year conference “Reinventing Cultural Policy”…READ MORE
