Dear members,
We are pleased to present the new format of the newsletter that will be published 6 times a year from now on. Many activities will take place the coming weeks, but I would like to specifically highlight the "call" for the E3-film project, an interesting competition for your students to make a proposal for a short film. Also the ongoing possibility to apply for the Bloom Hotel project is an interesting opportunity for your students!
Furthermore we had the launch of the new Erasmus project artesnet (with 61 partners) and we are preparing the publication of the previous Erasmus project inter}artes, to be ready March 2008. Also in March you will receive the registration brochure for the ELIA Conference in Gothenburg, the team is working hard on the preparation of the programme and it promises to become really interesting. The ELIA Board will have its meeting on 5 and 6 April in Amsterdam so if you have issues you would like for them to discuss, please inform us. I hope you will appreciate the newsletter and we will keep you informed!
Kind regards,
Carla Delfos
Executive Director ELIA
From 29 October - 1 November ELIA’s 10th Biennial Conference will be held in the picturesque city of Gothenburg (Sweden), hosted by the University of Gothenburg.
The focus of the conference lies on issues that concern us all: the future role of higher arts education institutions and the relationship of those institutions with our changing societies.
The symposia, discipline sessions, keynote speakers, cultural programme and interactive forum all interrelate to make this conference an inspiring experience.
You will find up-to-date information on our conference website: www.eliabiennial.org .
Online registration will start 20 March
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On 18 January we have successfully launched our new three year Erasmus network artesnet Europe. Artesnet is the successor of our previous network inter}artes. At the launch the contract between the network chair, the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA), Sofia, Bulgaria and the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) has been signed. Stanislav Semerdjiev, rector of NATFA has given the starting shot!
Artesnet is the successor of the former thematic network inter}artes and continues to act as a reference for the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe Project. The network promotes project in partnership between creative enterprise and local communities, and contributes to the 2009 European Year of Creativity, Culture and Education.
Its outcomes are documented in a 2010 Yearbook on collaborative artistic research, and a specialised web page promoting the expertise and services offered in the field of quality enhancement, external examining, institutional review and learning outcomes.
A major European arts teachers’ academy will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 1-3 July 2009. Special activities will also be organised in Turkey.
"artesnet Europe "
- develops new approaches in learning, teaching and research in the arts in a rapidly changing European context.
- pilots and collects best practice of artistic and creative partnerships between art schools, non-formal education and local communities.
- supports online infrastructures/services and sub-networks.
Work in the network is organized in three strands:
- Creative Partnerships
- Qualifications Frameworks
- New Strategies, New Programmes
Please read more about artesnet on our website and do not hesitate to contact project leader with any questions arising.
More information will be available soon on www.artesnet.eu .
Order already online!
All results from the inter}artes thematic network 2004 - 2007 in one Handbook + DVD.
ELIA member institutions can order the Handbook for free by ordering online.
Others can order the book by ordering online for € 15,- + € 10,- shipping costs.
Inter}artes partner institutions will receive the Handbook for free mid April.
The Handbook comprises:
- Findings and Results: conclusions and articles on Quality Assurance and Enhancement; Tuning and Qualifications Frameworks; Innovation and Tradition; Professional Practice.
- Reference Documents & Toolkits: four Tuning Documents and a Reading Grid on knowledge, skills and competences for Higher Arts Education; Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Enhancement; Toolkit Student Tracking; and the Emappa plan for a European Master’s course/module on Advanced Professional Practice.
- Case Studies and Narratives: seven innovative case studies building on distinct artistic and cultural traditions, and personal reports from inter}artes partners.
To order your copy click here .
ELIA is issuing a call for proposals for short videos (maximum 3 minutes) within the context of the European Commission’s promotion of multilingualism. The competition is being organised as a contribution to the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, EYID.
The European Commission's objective in launching this competition is to raise awareness among young European audiences of the benefits of Europe’s linguistic and cultural diversity and the opportunities they provide. The main target groups will be young people accessing the video clips online via viral marketing, audiences of European public broadcasting stations, and educational institutes throughout Europe.
Applicants should submit creative and witty video spots to be used by the European Commission in its campaign to raise awareness of multilingualism. Applicants are free to interpret the theme of the competition, bearing in mind that the goal is to convey the idea that language learning can be fun. The possibility of featuring "language ambassadors" and their personal experiences of cultural adaptation (including misunderstandings) could be cited by way of an example. These might include popular public figures from the world of sports, music, cinema, or fashion keen to help break down some of the barriers that young people often face when learning languages.
Applicants are encouraged to produce projects in which their ideas are transmitted through visual effects rather than spoken or written texts.
Students are asked to develop an artistic proposal for a video with a maximum length of 3 minutes. The proposal should reflect Europe's linguistic diversity and the role played by different languages in intercultural dialogue in Europe.
All students from ELIA member institutions from the 27 European Union member countries plus Norway, Iceland, Turkey and Liechtenstein can apply.
There is a lot to gain for the students:
- Each selected applicant will receive a 7500 € grant in order to complete their video. A maximum of 30 proposals will be selected.
- The selected films will be presented during the PRIX EUROPA Festival in Berlin (18th to 25th October 2008) and media experts will lead workshops for the selected students as well as teachers from their institutions. Travel and participation costs will be covered for the selected students and teachers. www.prix-europa.de
- A DVD compilation of all selected videos will be made and distributed by the European Commission.
For this project, ELIA has launched a website: www.e3film.eu
Since August 2007 students of many ELIA institutions have painted one of the Hotel Bloom! rooms. Already 180 rooms are finished. Another 120 rooms to go.
The project is good professional practice for students for fine arts institutions. Students are asked to cereate their own mural on one of the many walls in the hotel.
Next to the opportunity and experience of a life time they get a fee of € 850,-. Their travel is also payed for and their CV will be on display in their own room!
We are still looking for students! For more information click here.
Designing Design Education
Amsterdam, 5-7 June 2008
The second Designtrain conference focuses on the challenges facing first year students in design & architecture.
It seems that the public view on the role of architecture is more and more affecting the approach and the design education of students of environmental, architectural and interior design. The first year education process can be considered as the start of a training process that prepares students for the confrontation with public demands in design studios. How can architectural education promote better and more varied urban models and designs, and stimulate students to partake in their development?
Design may be considered as an instrument and a medium of expression, an international language, but as such it also acts as an international equalizer of tastes and needs, as 'international style' in modern architecture testifies. Still, students have different learning styles, education retains local flavours, and schools differ in their standards and charcteristics. Since there are numerous methods of education, especially in the basic fields of architecture like design theories and practice, fundamentals of technical construction and art & architectural history, each school of architecture will lay claim to its own special way and success.
The Designtrain congress is devoted to sharing and developing methods of teaching that face these challenges.
Keynote speakers:
- Bryan Lawson (University of Sheffield)
- Henry Sanoff (North Carolina State University)
- Alexandros N. Tombazis (architect)
- Sengül O. Gür (Karadeniz Technical University)
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Together with NEF (Network of European Foundations) ELIA has produced the film "I See You", a unique film on the language of the arts and intercultural dialogue. For this cross-boarder artistic and political experience student teams from seven different European countries contributed their 5-6 minutes videoclips.
Filmmaker Ove Nyholm edited the material into a 45-minute film which premièred at the opening of the Torino Film Festival on November 17th, 2007, and is currently being distributed. In case you have contacts with a television station in your country that might be interested to broadcast this documentary, please contact the ELIA Office.
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PARADOX, the ELIA network for fine arts, has held its second working conference last week (Thursday 13 - Friday 14 March) at Central St. Martins College of Art, London. The conference themes were chosen by the Paradox Steering Group, based on their research for the Tuning Document for Fine Art Higher Education .
Themes that were discussed include:
- Bologna 2010, key issues for Fine Art Higher Education
- Professional Practice and Work Based Learning for Fine Art
- European research collaborations and joint programmes
Click here to download the tuning document.
| Visoka a ola za dizajn Academy of Design Ljubljana, Slovenia Full member |
University of Wolverhampton School of Art and Design Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Full member |
| University of Western Sydney School of Communication Arts Penrith, Australia Non-European member |
Shu-Te University
Yen Chau, Taiwan Non-European member |
| University of Washington Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media Seattle, USA Non-European member |
Coventry University School of Art and Design Coventry, United Kingdom Full member |
| Ontario College of Art & Design
Toronto, Canada Non-European Member |
Accademia di Belle Arti di Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy Full member |
| Ecole européenne supérieure de l’image
Angoulême, France Full Member |
- ELIA Board Meeting, Amsterdam (Netherlands),
5-6 April - ELIA Board Executive Group Meeting, Amsterdam (Netherlands),
24-25 May - Designtrain Conference, Amsterdam (Netherlands),
5-7 June - ELIA Biennial Conference, Gothenburg (Sweden),
29 October - 1 November - ELIA Teachers’ Academy, Sofia (Bulgaria),
1-3 July, 2009
The International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) partners with the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) to strengthen the position and influence of the arts and arts in higher education at regional, national and international levels. ICFAD is a network of arts administrators representing institutions of higher education from around the world including arts-focused institutions, small private liberal arts schools and large research universities.
To strengthen its international perspective, ICFAD encourages global understanding and cooperation through its triennial international symposium. This year, ICFAD will hold its 7th triennial symposium in Dubrovnik, Croatia from July 15 - 18. The conference theme is Libertas:
Freedom as a Result and Condition of Art in which some of Croatia's leading arts administrators and creative leaders will discuss the traditions, challenges and values of international festivals and cultural exchanges. Each evening of the symposium, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy performances of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in open-air sites throughout this fascinating city. For ELIA members the early registration discount has been extended to the 1st of April.
ICFAD's annual conference provides professional leadership and managerial training as well as sessions on timely topics affecting the arts. This year ICFAD will hold its conference in Portland, Oregon from October 21-25. The conference theme is Creating Climates of Change and will open with Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
However, the best resources available to influence and strengthen the arts in higher education are the ICFAD members themselves. One of its newest benefits is an online Forum that allows members to pose questions and receive insightful and helpful advice through threaded conversation.
For more information concerning the upcoming ICFAD symposium or conferences or if you are interested in becoming a member of ICFAD, please visit www.icfad.org
hosted and organised by ELIA members
Enhancing Curricula: using research and enquiry to inform student learning in the disciplines
CLTAD , the Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design at the University of the Arts London, is holding its 4th international conference at the Lycée Francais in New York on April 3rd-4th .
The 2008 Enhancing Curricula Conference will focus on the enhancement and redefinition of traditional disciplines in art and design as a result of the outcomes of research and enquiry – looking at issues that are particular to “us”. The 4th cltad international conference will explore factors and contexts which are bringing and are likely to bring about significant change in art and design education.
Keynotes:
- Mark Wigley (Columbia University)
- Anna Maria Pacheco (sculptor)
- Alison Shreeve (University of the Arts London)
- Jay Rutherford (Bauhaus University Weimar)
For further information and booking: www.cltad.ac.uk
Questioning Qualities: an international working conference on fundamental problems of artistic research The Bergen National Academy of the Arts has issued a call for presentations for its 5th Sensuous Knowledge conference in Solstrand, Norway on 23-25 September.
Under the heading "Questioning Qualities" this year’s Sensuous Knowledge conference will focus upon values within and criteria for an appraisal of quality in artistic research - including the overall question of whether these differ from values and criteria for quality within the arts themselves. As in the former conferences the general aim is a double one: to develop ways of talking about, analyzing and evaluating examples of artistic research, and to consider the special character of cognition related to artistic creativity.
Proposal should be sent in the form of a 1000-word abstract to sensuous.knowledge@khib.no . The deadline is 14 April .
For more information, visit the conference website: www.sensuousknowledge.org
Access to Music: New Perspectives in Distribution, Education and Politics
From 17 to 20 April, the EMC Annual Conference will take place in Brno, Czech Republic, and is hosted by the Janácek Academy of Music and Performing Arts.
During the Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the EMC Conference will investigate specific needs for Access to Music , taking into consideration different cultural backgrounds of people living together in Europe today. The EMC conference will offer the opportunity to discuss new perspectives in music education, in the distribution of music and in the needs towards political settings. How can we guarantee the human right on a holistic development of divers artistic expression for every child and adult? How can we guarantee fair remuneration for all artists when the rapidly changing world of media provides free access to the world music repertoire to everybody? Which regulations or liberalisations on political level does the music sector need in order to face changes in technology and society?
www.emc-imc.org
Amirani - 7th International Student Short Film Festival
12-16 June 2008, Tblisi, Georgia
Organised by the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Academy, the Amirani film festival offers another opportunity for film students. Aiming to provide incentives to young artists, and to promote exchanges and co-projects between film schools and professors, the festival gives upcoming film makers the opportunity to present their work, and take part in master classes, workshops, debates and discussions.
Deadline for entry forms and films: 25th of April, 2008
More information on www.tafu.edu.ge .
Third international Conference on THE ARTS IN SOCIETY
28-31 July, Birmingham Institute of Arts and Design
The purpose of the annual Arts Conference is to create an intellectual frame of reference for the arts and arts practices, and to create an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. It is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination, and experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world, on stage, in museums and galleries, on the streets, and in communities.
The theme of this year’s Conference is Art as Communication. Its scope is deliberately broad and ambitious. Our times demand nothing less than cross-disciplinary and holistic approaches. The breadth of the conference and its accompanying journal, however, are without prejudice to finely grained discussion of the specific, the local, and the grounded practices.
Read more at the arts’08 conference website