Prince Claus Awards goes to ..

On 12 December 2012, the most prestigious Principal Prince Claus Award will be presented to Eloísa Cartonera at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
Eloísa Cartonera is an Argentinian co-operative that publishes striking handmade books from recycled materials. Eloísa Cartonera is honoured with the Principal Award because it is an example of innovation, creativity and quality. Ten other artists, thinkers, filmmakers and organisations from countries including Syria, Burma and Somaliland/Somalia are also honoured for their outstanding contribution to culture and development.
Her Majesty the Queen, HRH Prince Willem Alexander, HRH Princess Máxima, HRH Princess Mabel, HRH Prince Constantijn and HRH Princess Laurentien will attend the presentation of the Principal Prince Claus Award. Honorary Chairman HRH Prince Constantijn will present the 2012 Principal Prince Claus Award to Eloísa Cartonera.
Mimeta is at the award ceremony and a lot of other smaller events during this "summing up the year gathering" in Amsterdam. We have been among the guests for the last five years and really appreciate this opportunity to mingle and meet.

Joint Call for Proposals by Prince Claus Fund and Mimeta

The current call, jointly published by the Prince Claus Fund and Mimeta, welcomes project proposals, from organisations and individuals, for high quality, innovative cultural and creative initiatives with a positive impact on both the cultural sector and social development. Both the Prince Claus Fund and Mimeta have a special interest in projects that focus on freedom of expression and censorship.

 

 

The geographical call for projects only concerns the following countries:

Algeria, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan and Swaziland.

The Programme Committee evaluates all applications according to the following criteria: Quality, Innovation, Engagement and Development Relevance, Costs, Freedom of Expression, Culture and Conflict.

This call has a special focus on projects with outcomes that enhance the right to fully exercise freedom of expression and that protect against censorship.

 The development, scripting, production and post-production of short and full-length documentary, animation, experimental and feature films, as well as research and writing of literary works, novels, short stories, poetry and biographies is not included in this grant.

Organisations directly linked to Government are not eligible for this grant.

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Arts-Vote Campaign, Zimbabwe

The Bulawayo Arts Forum (BAF) is pleased to announce the Arts-Vote Campaign, their initiative, which seeks to: 

• Secure bold new policy proposals in support of the arts and culture from aspiring election candidates during the national elections campaign cycle.
• Raise the level of knowledge about civic and cultural rights and responsibilities among artists.
• Promote artists’ level of meaningful participation in the electoral process.
• Facilitate engagement of artists in the process of renewing political leadership as a key factor affecting healthy arts funding and effective implementation of the Creative Civil Society’s Plan of Action for Arts and Culture (NPAAC); national policies and legislation governing the arts and culture; and UNESCO Conventions and other international standard setting instruments in the field of culture that Zimbabwe has ratified.

The short-term Goals of the Arts-Vote Campaign include five specific asks to all political parties/candidates in the next elections:

1. What is your party’s policy on arts and culture promotion and development in Zimbabwe?
2. What is your vision for arts and culture in our community and Zimbabwe?
3. What measures will you put in place to ensure and sustain arts and culture's contribution to our community and to Zimbabwe?
4. What measures will you put in place to ensure that artists and arts organizations in our community and in Zimbabwe have an increased presence on the world stage?
5. What measures will you put in place to ensure that Zimbabwe’s arts and cultural heritage becomes an integral part of the country’s foreign policy and the work of Zimbabwean Embassies throughout the world?
6. What specific policies would you promote to ensure our children receive well-rounded education with comprehensive arts curricula in their local schools?

Become a Patron/Consitituency of the Arts-Vote Campaign

The Bulawayo Arts Forum are inviting like-minded organizations and leading personalities who are passionate about the arts and culture sector in Zimbabwe to become Constituencies and Patrons of the Arts-Vote Campaign. The role of the Constituencies and Patrons is to drive the mission and goals of the

Art-Vote Campaign - through tailored organizational activities - as part of a broad-based

Arts-Vote Coalition operating through 10 lead provincial Constituencies and 52 District Constituencies throughout Zimbabwe.

Guiding Principle:

Non-partisan: no activities of the Arts-Vote Campaign can endorse or criticize any candidate or political party, and these include artists seeking political office.