A powerful documentary made by Karen Bernedo Morales about the arpilleras embroidered by a group of women forcibly displace who came to Lima then Huaycán and suffered discrimination. Source: https://vimeo.com/70147888
European Prize for Applied Arts
Apply to the #EuropeanPrizeforAppliedArts by 15th February! An initiative of the World Crafts Council.
All craft disciplines are admitted (ceramics, glass, textile, jewellery, wood, paper, furniture, accessories,etc.)
Pieces submitted for the competition must be recent (produced after the 1st January 2016). They shall be made in accordance with the laws about environment and
animal welfare. Their weight must not exceed 100 Kgper piece. Possible exceptions will be decided by the jury or the organizers.
Candidates may submit either one large (eg. large furniture or wall hangings) or three medium-sized pieces (+/- 60 cm) or five small pieces (eg. jewellery, small ceramics
etc.)
Check the regulation and visit their website for further information: https://europeanprizeforappliedarts.com/
Call 4 European Cooperation Projects
The European Commission Creative Europe Programme launched a call for proposals EACEA 32/2017 – ‘Support for European cooperation projects 2018’ (Category 1 – Smaller scale cooperation projects and Category 2 – Larger scale cooperation projects) to support European Cooperation Projects starting in 2018.
Deadline to apply is: 18/01/2018 at 12:00 noon (CET/CEST, midday Brussels time).
The main objectives of the support for European cooperation projects are:
– To strengthen the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors to operate
transnationally and internationally and to promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works.
– To contribute to audience development by engaging in new and innovative ways with
audiences and improve access to cultural and creative works in the Union and beyond with a particular focus on children, young people, people with disabilities and underrepresented groups.
– To contribute to innovation and creativity in the field of culture, for instance through
testing of new business models and promoting innovative spillovers on other sectors.
#supportcreativity UNESCO Global Report
The Global Report series has been designed to monitor the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005). It provides evidence of how this implementation process contributes to attaining the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and targets.
The 2018 Global Report analyses progress achieved in implementing the 2005 Convention since the first Global Report was published in 2015.
Download the UNESCO Global Report 2017 or follow the link.
New report from ESPLART
A new report was published by the “CulturalBase. Social Platform on Cultural Heritage and European Identities” project.
The report is a proposal to improve the communication and information system in the areas of cultural heritage and European identities. The research has been made in the framework of the 2018 as the European Year of Cultural Heritage, aimed at promoting aa holistic and integrated approach to cultural heritage inclusive and people-centred.
An interesting proposal involving key issues of research, policy making and stakeholders coordination in the field of cultural heritage.
Download the report or follow the link.
Source: http://culturalbase.eu/
Creative economy employment in the EU and UK
This report compares the size and growth of the EU’s creative industries on a consistent basis.
Key Findings:
- The creative industries employ 11.4 million people in the EU, accounting for 5 per cent of the EU workforce.
- Sweden has the highest proportion of its workforce employed in the creative industries (8.9 per cent), followed by Finland (8.2 per cent) and the UK (7.6 per cent).
- The country with the highest number of creative industry workers is Germany (which has the largest total workforce in the EU), followed by the UK and France.
- The UK accounts for 14 per cent of the total EU workforce, but a fifth (21 per cent) of all creative industry jobs.
- Employment in the UK’s creative industries grew three times faster in the UK than in the EU as a whole: 6.1% per annum on average vs. 1.8% per annum.
Analysts and policymakers have long complained about the absence of internationally comparable statistics on the creative industries, as this has made it impossible to benchmark the performance of different countries.
This report provides consistent statistics on the EU creative industries for all of the member states. It also provides consistent statistics for the creative economies (employment in creative industries and in creative occupations outside of these) for 20 of the member states. Six countries are examined in detail (France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, and the UK).
The report applies the official UK creative industry classification to produce a best-fit creative industries definition in the EU Labour Force Survey, to calculate consistent estimates at an EU level.
A companion report which examines the creative economy in North America (the US and Canada) will be published in the New Year.
Policy Recommendations:
- The report highlights the importance of supporting the creative industries in the EU, and assists policymakers by providing an overview of employment across EU countries.
- The Dynamic Mapping methodology provides a basis for making international assessments of the creative industries.
Authors
Max Nathan, Andy Pratt and Ana Rincon-Aznar, NESTA
More info: http://www.nesta.org.uk
The New Artisans
Wonderful catalogue made by Olivier Dupon.
Over 80% of the makers included in this book are women from European countries with some exceptions representing the Australia, Canada or the USA. The crafts disciplines presented are Ceramics, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Lighting, Metalwork, Paper and Woodwork, Stationery, Tableware and Textiles.
Most of these artisans combine heritage and design to make their crafted goods, handmade wonders very stylish.
Celebrating a “mariage between folk memories and modernity”.
Public highly welcomed this publication and Thames & Hudson decided to publish a second catalogue, The New Artisans II, Encore!
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