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Thursday, April 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Watch Opening Keynote Speech by Sade Brown at IETM Hull Plenary Meeting 2019 » Can #diversity actually make a person lose their identity? During her opening keynote speech at #IETMHull, Sade Brown...
Thursday, April 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Australia Council Accepting Applications for its Chief Executive Program » The deadline for the application is April 18, 2019. The next CEP will commence in July 2019 and will include two trips t...
Thursday, April 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Submissions for globalFEST 2020 Now Open » Submissions are open for the globalFEST Showcase/Flagship 2020. The upcoming festival will take place in New York City on...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) The 8th World Summit on Arts and Culture to Be Held in Kuala Lumpur, March 11-14 » The 8th World Summit on Arts and Culture will be held in Kuala Lumpur from March 11 to 14 co-hosted by International Fede...
Saturday, February 2, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Gustavo Dudamel Gets a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame » Gustavo Dudamel has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. An accolade usually reserved for actors and po...
Friday, February 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Classical:NEXT 2019: 21st Century Polyphony - Hear All Voices » From May 15 - 18, 2019, the classical and art music world will reconvene in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for the Classical...
Monday, December 3, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Americans for the Arts introduces "Arts + Social Impact Explorer" » To help people begin the journey of discovery to deeper understanding of the arts’ long-term social impact, Americans for...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) The Arts Have a Leading Role to Play in Tackling Climate Change » Nicholas Serota, chair of Arts Council England wrote an opinion article for The Guardian, asserting that cultural organisa...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) gobalFEST Announces Complete Lineup for its 2019 Edition » globalFEST announced the complete lineup of its annual festival in 2019. A storied nightclub, awe-inspiring music, a...
Thursday, November 1, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 21 US Organizations Banding Together to Increase the Presence of Black Dancers in Ballet » Dance Theatre of Harlem , The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) , and Dance/USA announced The E...
Thursday, October 11, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Putting the Arts at the Heart of Nation's Mental Health Strategy » Clinical psychologist Katherine Taylor explains how Greater Manchester is putting the arts at the heart of its mental heal...
Friday, October 5, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) DeVos Institute Opens Applications for 2019-21 Fellowship Program » DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland is accepting applications for its 2019-21 Global Ar...
Thursday, October 4, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Germany's Goethe-Institut Accepting Applications for International Coproduction Fund » Goethe-Institut , a German cultural association with over 150 regional offices located worldwide, promoting the study of t...
Thursday, September 13, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) NEA Releases Data from Latest Survey of Public Participation in the Arts » New survey findings from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) show gains in arts attendance totals, rates, and demog...
Sunday, September 9, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) WOMEX Plans First Finnish Visit » WOMEX - the World Music Expo - has announced Tampere in Finland as its destination for 2019. The WOMEX will head to the S...
Friday, September 7, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Canada Council for the Arts – Call for Applications for Digital Strategy Fund » Canada Council for the Arts is accepting applications for its Digital Strategy Fund to encourages an overall approac...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) First Major Study into the Mental Health of Australia’s Creative Industry Launched » The first major Australian study into the mental health and wellbeing of creative industry workers has launched as part of...
Saturday, July 28, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Applications: OPERA America’s Leadership Intensive Program » OPERA America is accepting applications for its Leadership Intensive program. The Leadership Intensive program ident...
Sunday, July 15, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) What to Expect at Western Arts Alliance 2018 Conference in Las Vegas » Western Arts Alliance (WAA)’s annual conference is heading to the Bellagio in Las Vegas next month. Executive director Ti...
Friday, May 18, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Nearly 50 Years Into Her Career, Laurie Anderson is Still Fearless » Check out this inspiring interview of Laurie Anderson, one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers and...
Sunday, May 13, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) The First Americas Cultural Summit Explores the Theme of Cultural Citizenship » From May 9 to 11, 2018 in Ottawa, Canada, the inaugural edition of Americas Cultural Summit brought together leaders in...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) TAPA Announces Gender-Neutral Performance Awards for Dora Mavor Moore Awards » The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced a major change to performance categories for the Dora Mavor...
Thursday, April 5, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) globalFEST Accepting Submissions for its Showcase/Flagship 2019 » Submissions for the 16th annual globalFEST (gF) showcase/flagship are now open. The first 15 editions of globa...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) IETM Brussels Session Report: “Meanwhile in the Countryside” » Session "Meanwhile in the Countryside" at the IETM Brussels Plenary Meeting, November 23 – 26, 2017, shed som...
Thursday, March 1, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Australian Performing Arts Market 2018 Concludes Successfully » The 2018 edition of Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) held from February 19-23, 2018 at Brisbane Powerhouse concl...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Saudi Arabia Plans Opera House » International Arts Manager published the announcement that Saudi Arabia it will become the latest country on the Arabian...
Friday, February 9, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Arts and Disability International Conference 2018 in Singapore » An innaugual edition of Arts and Disability International Conference (ADIC 2018) is taking place at Marina Bay Sand...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 5 Things to Know About Elizabeth Alexander, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's New President » The Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have elected distinguished writer, poet, scholar, and arts advocate ...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) Announces its Conference Keynote and 48 Acts for the Festival » Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) will take place in Groningen, The Netherlands, from the 17th to 20th of January 2018 with De...
Sunday, December 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) France Moves Closer to National Music Center » The International Arts Manager reported on December 1, 2017 that "France has moved one step closer to creating a new nat...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Registration for Classical:NEXT 2018 Now Open » The Classical:NEXT 2018 is now open for registration. The 2018 edition will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands,...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Registration now open for Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) 2018 » Delegate registrations are now open for Australia’s leading internationally focused industry showcase event for contempora...
Sunday, October 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) How Leadership from a Funder Can Facilitate Greater Diversity and Accessibility » A more significant cultural shift needs to take place where programming diversity becomes part of the very DNA of our arts...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) “Opera needs to tackle its biases. The future of the industry depends on it” » I am troubled by opera’s gender imbalance, lack of diversity, the racism and misogyny of many classics...Despite a large...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Applications Accepted for NAS’ Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy » National Arts Strateties (NAS) is now accepting applications for its Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy ....
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