>> Do something for yourself, for your family and for your community. Favara is a Sicilian town of about 33,000 inhabitants, near Agrigento. Abandoned to be transformed into mundane modern apartment blocks, a piece of Favara’s historic center experienced a tragedy in January of 2010: the collapse of a run-down building that … Continued
Are artists and intellectuals sufficiently represented in the political discourse today? Should they be? Do arts thrive in democracy? And do democracies thrive via the arts? Do artists and intellectuals necessarily need to consider their impact on society? Should artists live off their arts? How? We, the people of culture, let our fragmentation reduce our … Continued
Since 2013, CAE is carrying out a project – MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THE ARTS IN SOCIETY – to provide practitioners evidences on the impact of cultural practices and participation on the well-being of citizens and resilience to change and to create and share tools for cultural operators to structure and assess their impact on … Continued
Cultural activities and projects aiming to protect, safeguard, re-use, develop and promote Europe’s shared cultural heritage will be supported under the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage, MEPs and European Commission and Council representatives agreed informally on Thursday. The European Parliament secured a €8 million budget for these activities. The deal still needs to be … Continued
Italian members of Culture Action Europe (CAE) continue the CreAction campaign. The next meeting will take place at Biblioteca Villa Mercede on the 13th of February 2017. After the event CreAction Rome, 28 April 2016, which aimed at discussing the role of culture in the city together with more than 80 cultural professionals – Italian … Continued
CRE-ACTION 2. CAE nei Municipi Continuano le attività dei soci CAE in Italia con il “CreAction 2. CAE nei municipi”, evento finalizzato a verificare l’aderenza dei 10 temi chiave sulle politiche culturali emersi nelle precedenti iniziative ai reali bisogni dei municipi di Roma. Sono invitati a partecipare le istituzioni, i cittadini, gli enti e gli operatori … Continued
On 31 January, CulturalBase, a platform for cultural heritage and European identities, held a policy seminar in Brussels, Belgium. The seminar provided an opportunity for academic stakeholders and European professionals who belong to CulturalBase to discuss cultural heritage policies to help Europe better address current challenges such as the economic crisis and xenophobia, among others. … Continued
CAE members and partners will contribute to a public hearing organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on 1 March 2017. The main purpose of this event will be to exchange views with representatives from institutional and civil society stakeholders operating in the field of culture, particularly in its international dimension. The Joint Communication … Continued