In the framework of The EU-China High Level People to People Dialogue between the European Commission and the People’s Republic of China, The Festival Academy (an initiative of the European Festivals Association) launches a new programme, the Atelier for Young Festival and Cultural Managers, in Shanghai, China, with the aim to deepen Asia-Europe relations through international cultural exchange. This programme is set up and developed by The Festival Academy and the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. For 2017, this programme is supported by the European Commission through the newly set up Cultural Diplomacy Platform and by the Ministry of Culture of China.

All partners involved are delighted to open the global call for application for this first Atelier for Young Festival and Cultural Managers to take place in Shanghai, China, from 17 until 23 October 2017.

40 participants will be selected for the 7-day training programme during which they will discuss various aspects of festival and cultural management with up to ten renowned cultural managers from pioneering festivals and outstanding art centres and institutes from all over the world. Festival and Cultural managers from China and across the globe are invited to apply by 31 March 2017.
Don’t miss the opportunity and apply if you

  • are an early career festival or cultural manager
  • want to broaden your skills on programming festivals and cultural venues
  • want to be inspired by experienced festival and cultural managers
  • want to join a new network of festival and cultural managers worldwide

Explore festival issues in various formats

40 young festival and cultural managers from all over the world will be selected to participate in the Atelier. Up to 10 distinguished festival and cultural managers will attend, each for at least three full days, and work together with participants throughout the 7 days. Have a look here at the list of presenters of previous Ateliers for Young Festival Managers.In lectures, one-on-one talks, group discussions as well as intense workshops on case studies, issues such as artistic vision, public responsibility, cultural policy, creation and coproduction, internationalisation, audiences, networking, renewal and sustainability will be explored.

Participants will have the chance to compare their views with colleagues from all over the world and from various cultural and professional contexts and backgrounds and analyse it in view of the local context of Shanghai. What about the relationship between traditional and contemporary art in China and in each of the participants’ own countries? In how far does this reflect in cultural management concepts? In how far do political and social developments have an influence on artistic programming? How to position artists’ engagement in this context in your cultural programme? How to communicate with your audience on your artistic choices in the programme?

Since the Atelier for Young Festival and Cultural Managers is organised in Shanghai, the cultural life and context of the city will be experienced and analysed as part of the training programme.

Join a unique new network

This Atelier for Young Festival and Cultural Managers follows the success of other training programmes of The Festival Academy. The 10 years of experience with the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, which travels all over the world, inspires this first China edition. Participants of the Shanghai edition will become part of The Festival Academy’s unique global network of future festival leaders, which counts 450 alumni from 67 countries after eleven Ateliers for Young Festival Managers since 2006 in Gorlitz, Varna, Singapore, Izmir, Ljubljana, Edinburgh, Poznan, Beirut, Gwangju, Budapest and Chiang Mai and two Festival Production Management Training in 2016 and 2017.

Context

Both the EU and China share a strong conviction of the importance of culture in external relations. People-to-people contacts are playing an increasingly prominent role in EU-China relations in the field of culture, as well as in education, multilingualism, youth and gender equality. This is the reason why the EU-China High Level People to People Dialogue was launched in 2012 to include regular policy dialogue at government level, as well as joint projects and events.

The first Atelier for Young Festival and Cultural Managers is an example of a concrete project fostering people to people dialogue. The Atelier is the result of the cooperation between the EU – through its Cultural Diplomacy Platform – and the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China; it is implemented by The Festival Academy and EFA with the support of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival.

The Cultural Diplomacy Platform is an interface for the European Commission, the European External Action Service and European Union delegations to engage with stakeholders in the field of external cultural relations. It was launched in March 2016 by the European Commission to support the implementation of the EU’s new strategy for international cultural relations, and enhance the EU’s cultural engagement with third countries and their citizens, by promoting and facilitating long-term cultural exchanges, people-to-people contacts and co-creation processes between Europeans and citizens from all over the world.

Programme details
Dates, place:  17-23 October 2017, Shanghai

Application deadline: 31 March 2017

Procedure: submit your Application Form. For selection criteria, selection/application procedure, course fee etc. check the Atelier for Festival and Cultural Managers Shanghai 2017 website at www.TheFestivalAcademy.eu or www.artsbird.com.

Get to know our host: China Shanghai International Arts Festival

The China Shanghai International Arts Festival (CSIAF) is a state-level annual international arts festival hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and undertaken by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. Since 1999, more than 1000 units including arts festivals, theatres, agencies, performing groups and professionals from about 100 countries and regions have attended the China Shanghai International Arts Festival becoming a flagship project for cultural exchange of the country as well as one of the most influential festivals in the international art circles.

The Atelier Shanghai 2017 will be the first activity organised by The Festival Academy/ EFA between EFA, the cultural sector in China, the European Commission and the People’s Republic of China which goal is supporting the development of culture in Europe and China within a global cultural reality. The Festival Academy and EFA have the ambition to continue this collaboration in the next years.
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The Festival Academy / European Festivals Association (EFA)
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T: +32 2 588 20 46
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This programme is supported by the European Commission through the newly set up Cultural Diplomacy Platform and by the Ministry of Culture of China. The programme is hosted by the China Shanghai International Arts Festival.

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