Zurich, 1-4 December 2009
Hosted by Zurich University of the Arts, the theme of the fourth ELIA Leadership Symposium was "Value is Vulnerable". At the height of economic crisis, it presented an opportunity to reflect on the role of the arts in times of crisis and the impact it had on art and higher arts education. It revolved around five themes:
- A Continuum of Cooperation and Competition
- Arts in Economic Times: Arts, Economy and Ethics
- Art Schools as Counterpart / Counterpoint to the Art Market and Creative Enterprise
- The Value of Alliances and Mergers and the Vulnerability of Art Institutions
- The Art / Science Paradigm
A full list of participants with their CVs is on download here.
www.elialeadershipsymposium.org
Vilnius, 19-22 November 2009
Virtually at www.neunow.eu and live in Vilnius, European Capital of Culture, the Neu/Now Festival presented graduating artistic talent in all disciplines from art schools around Europe. All the projects are still online and will be archived at the Neu/Now site; there are pictures in the ELIA media library. You can also read about it on ELIAblog and download the catalogue >> (2.2 MB)
www.neunow.eu
Presented at the Prix Europa Festival, 17-24 October 2009
Languages through Lenses is a competition for short videos (1 or 3 minutes) within the context of the European Commission’s promotion of multilingualism. Out of 122 applications 15 students were selected to make a short film about language diversity.
Read more or view all the films.
Glasgow, 4-6 September 2009
Under the auspices of artesnet Strand 3
Hosted by the Glasgow School of Art, the three-day EUFRAD conference provided a forum where artistic researchers from all disciplines and all parts of Europe could meet. Fifteen art schools around Europe were represented, each by a doctoral student and a supervisor, acting as commentators on each other's presentations and giving peer-to-peer comments.
EUFRAD is intended to become a recurrent event, and continue beyond the span of the artesnet Europe project. The whole event has been covered on ELIAblog.
List of participants & presentation abstracts
Sofia, 1-4 July 2009
With "Storytelling" as an overarching theme, the 4th ELIA Teachers' Academy brought together professors, teachers and researchers in higher arts education for four days of workshops, presentations, lectures, performances and discussions. During the conference, an artesnet partners meeting was held, and the publication ...I see you was presented. Keynotes were given by Dick Ross and Kristin Linklater.
All the papers from the Teachers' Academy have been published online; a selection will appear in the final artesnet publication, and a film about the conference is in the making.
Also see pictures and ELIAblog.
www.eliateachersacademy.org
Brussels, 22 January 2009
In cooperation with the AEC (European Association of Conservatoires), ELIA organized an event that launched the EU Year for Creativity and Innovation 2009 in an artistic manner. The event included performances by young dancers and musicians, as well as short films produced by film students throughout Europe for the E3'film - languages through lenses competition.
ELIA President Chris Wainwright and AEC President Johannes Johansson presented the joint recommendations from both organizations to further the aims of the Year of Creativity and Innovation. You can read these recommendations in the AEC/ELIA Position Paper on Creativity and Innovation.
Read more >>
