View this email in your browser Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Gwangju, September 2015: Public Call for Interest Are you part of the next generation of artistic festival directors? Do you want to broaden your programming skills and be inspired by experienced leaders in the field? Do you want to join a new network of future festival leaders worldwide? The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), is delighted to announce that the Atelier for Young Festival Managers will take place for the second time in Asia in September 2015 (exact dates to be confirmed) in Gwangju, South Korea. The Atelier Gwangju will coincide with the inauguration of the Asian Culture Complex (ACC), with close collaboration with ACCs Asian Arts Theatre. Ten renowned festival directors will guide 45 participants from the region and from all over the world through the 7-day training programme in this very special context of a very ambitious and momentous art project in Korea. This first Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Korea offers a unique opportunity to dig into the Asian arts context, to look at the regional visions for what is contemporary art, what are the missions of new venues and festivals, and what are the cultural visions regarding social concerns in a global world. This will all take place in Gwangju, the sixth largest city in South Korea close to the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Share your experiences on the essence of art festivals The Atelier for Young Festival Managers is an intense 7-day training programme addressed at emerging artistic festival directors or those who aspire to get involved in programming or in related departments within a festival. It is about sharing experiences and passing on knowledge to the next generation of festival makers; knowledge about programming a festival focusing on the very essence of art festivals – the arts and the artist. The Atelier is guided by the motto “The true role of a festival is to help artists to dare, to engage in new projects,” quote from Bernard Faivre d’Arcier, President of the Lyon Biennial, former Director of the Avignon Festival and Atelier mentor. Explore festival issues in various formats At least 45 young festival managers from all over the world will be selected to participate in the Atelier. Around 10 distinguished festival directors, will each attend for minimum three full days and work together with participants throughout the 7 days. In lectures, one-on-one talks, group discussions as well as intense workshops on case studies, issues such as artistic vision, public responsibility, creation and coproduction, internationalisation, networking, renewal and sustainability will be explored. Presenters of past Ateliers were amongst others Robyn Archer (Artistic Director The Light in Winter Melbourne, Deputy Chair Australia Council for the Arts, Strategic Advisor Gold Coast Arts and Culture Queensland – Australia), Hugo De Greef (General Coordinator of the Atelier, former EFA Secretary General, General Manager Bruges European Capital of Culture 2002, Founder and former Director Kaaitheater), Nele Hertling (Vice President of the Academy of Arts Berlin, Member Strategy Group “A Soul for Europe”, Germany), Joseph V. Melillo (Artistic Director Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, US), Michal Merczyński (General Director Malta Festival Poznań, Poland), Sir Jonathan Mills (Festival Director and Chief Executive Edinburgh International Festival, UK). Have a look at the list of presenters of the previous Ateliers. Join a unique new network The Atelier counts today 223 alumni from 56 countries coming from 6 Ateliers for Young Festival Managers since 2006 in Goerlitz (Germany), Varna (Bulgaria), Singapore, Izmir (Turkey), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Edinburgh (UK). Participants of the Gwangju edition will become part of this unique global network of young festival makers which will grow further after the upcoming Poznan 2014 Atelier in Poland from 20-27 October and the upcoming Beirut 2015 Atelier in Lebanon from 21-27 March 2015. How to participate If you are interested in participating in this Atelier, please send an email to [email protected]. Interested participants will receive an official call for application with an application form. All information on the Atelier, selection criteria and application procedure can be found on the Atelier website. Get to know Asian Culture Complex and Asian Arts Theatre Asian Culture Complex (ACC) is a government-funded establishment housed in the heart of Gwangju, a southwestern metropolitan city of South Korea. ACC is doubtless the most ambitious and momentous art project in Korean history in terms of budget, artistic vision and spatial scale. Based in this newly constructed complex, Asian Arts Theatre (AAT) questions, supports, and creates contemporary performing arts in Asia. Scheduled to open in 2015, AAT will produce, co-produce, invite and promote art works from Asia as well as the rest of the world. It aspires to become a hub for the production, presentation, discussion and international distribution of the most cutting-edge works in the context of the international performing arts scene. What is Asian art? What is contemporary art? The Asian Arts Theatre seeks to perform these questions. It will do so by inviting artists with unique and stirring visions, artists who can evoke, respond to and reshape the most urgent aesthetic and social concerns of our time. AAT puts the artists right in the core of its engine, by providing them with full professional supports - financial, residential, and artistic - with which they can work through their own visions free from any political pressure or aesthetic bias. The outcomes of these endeavors will be presented through two channels of presentation: the annual festival and seasonal programming. In September 2015, AAT opens with a three week opening festival which will present almost 30 commissioned, co-produced and invited works, with main emphasis on Asian artists. Find out more Upcoming Ateliers: POZNAN 2014; BEIRUT 2015; GWANGJU 2015 Previous Ateliers: EDINBURGH 2014; LJUBLJANA 2012; IZMIR 2011; SINGAPORE 2011; VARNA 2009; GOERLITZ 2006 Follow us online Atelier on facebook EFA on twitter atelierforyoungfestivalmanagers.eu In case of questions please contact [email protected] or call +32 2 644 48 00. Best regards, Kathrin Deventer, Secretary General EFA Inge Ceustermans, Project Manager Atelier for Young Festival Managers Contact The Festival Academy Sainctelettesquare 17 1000 Brussels - Belgium T: +32 2 644 48 00 [email protected] thefestivalacademy.eu European Festivals Association (EFA) Kleine Gentstraat 46 9051 Gent - Belgium T: +32 9 241 8080 F: +32 9 241 8089 [email protected] efa-aef.eu EFA receives support from the European Commission. 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