E-Newsletters

ACORNS

Theme: WORLD CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC POLICIES.

It supports excellence and diversity in artistic endeavour. It is published by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) in English every fortnight.

Email: news@artshub.com.au, info@ifacca.org

Link: www.ifacca.org

      

ADEA

Published by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the bulletin is a forum for policy dialogue on education in sub-Saharan Africa. It is published quarterly in English. One of its major objectives is to encourage exchanges and reinforce links between ministries of education and development agencies.

Email: adea@afdb.org
Link: www.adeanet.org

      

AFDEVINFO newsletter

Published by African Development Information (AFDEVINFO), it focuses on African politics and development, relations between Africa and other continents/states and support of transparent and democratic government in Africa. It comes in English every month.
Email: nfo@afdevinfo.org;     bill.a@afdevinfo.org (director)
Link: www.afdevinfo.com

      

AFRICA FESTIVAL NEWS

Published by the International Africa Festival, the newsletter focuses on supporting acts of the festival. It comes every month in English.
Link: www.africafestival.org 

Email: news@africafestival.org

      

AFRICA 2009 NEWS

Published by ICCROM in French and English, the publication deals with African Heritage and is periodically updated.
Link: http://www.africa2009.net/

Email: africa2009@iccrom.org

 

      

Africom-L

IIt is published by the International Council of African Museums annually and it covers African Museums. It comes  in ENGLISH  and FRENCH.

Email:  membership@africom.museum

      

AFRICALIA

A monthly publication of AFRICALIA, its theme is around supporting the arts and artists in Africa. It comes in English, Flemish and French. 
Link: www.africalia.be   

Email: africalia@africalia.be

 

      

AFRICA PRODUCTIONS

An AFRICA PRODUCTIONS publication, it focuses on cultural products from Africa and it comes in French and English.
Link: www.africaproductions.net

      

Arterial Network Newsletter

A monthly publication of the Arterial Network that comes in French and English, the newsletter covers arts and culture news across the whole world.

Email: florence@arterialnetwork.org

Link: www.arterialnetwork.org  

 

 

      

Artfactories

Theme: WORLD CULTURAL POLICIES
An international resources platform, published every month. dedicated to art and cultural centres, born from citizen artistic initiatives. It is available in English and French

Link: www.artfactories.net

      

eEurope Culture(s)

Published by the ADCEI (FRANCE)L’Association pour le Développement Culturel Européen et International, it covers Mediterranean (and secondarily European) cultural policies and activities (some of them regarding Africa).

Email: pirina@adcei.org

Link: www.adcei.org

      

Art for Humanity

It is published from South Africa with a South African and secondarily international coverage). The themes that it covers are development through art, human rights in South africa and Africa.

Email: afh@dut.ac.za 

Link: www.afh.org.za

      

Arts Management Newsletter

Since August 2001, Arts Management Newsletter reports from developments in all continents and all cultural fields. The newsletter is for free and published at the 20th of each month as PDF in English language.

Dirk Heinze, editor-in-chief
Arts Management Network
Email: office@artsmanagement.net
Internet: http://www.artsmanagement.net

      

Arts Diary

Published by Artmatters, it covers fine art, installation & sculpture, books, music & dance, film, video & television, fashion & beauty, puppetry, storytelling & theatre, travel, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Seychelles, Reunion, Mauritius, Mayotte, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia. Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. It comes every fortnight in English.
Link: www.artmatters.info

Email: sayit@artmatters.info

 

      

Msanii Arts Magazine

It is a quarterly publication by AFRICAN COLOURS aimed at publicing events in the visual arts calendar from all the art institutions within Nairobi in English.
Link: www.kenya.africancolours.net 

Email: info@africancolours.com

      

ICCROM e-NEWS

It is publihed by the International Centre for the Study of the Restoration and Preservation of Cultural Property
ICCROM in English and French. It focuses on cultural property across the world.
Link: www.iccrom.org
Email: iccrom@iccrom.org

      

OCPA News

A biweekly newsletter published by the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA) in Maputo in French and English.

Email: secretariat@ocpanet.org

Link: www.ocpanet.org

 

 

      

WEB WORLD NEWSLETTER

UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector publishes this newsletter with the aim of empowering people through the free flow of ideas by word and image, and by access to information and knowledge. world English / French Daily / Weekly
Link: www.unesco.org

      

Yawezekana

It is published by the African Futures Institute (AFI) focusing on (South Africa) National Long Term Perspective Studies in Africa. It comes in English  and its periodically updated. 

Emal:ifutures@africanfutures.org 

Link: http://www.africanfutures.org

      

Cultural Diversity Newsletter

Available in English, French and Spanish
Link: http://www.diversite-culturelle.qc.ca/index.php?id=3&=&L=1

      

African SYNERGY Newsletter

4, Laura Court
34, 4th Ave/Cnr 13th St
Parkhurst, Johannesburg 2193
Tel: 011-447 5091
Cell: 076-440 7212
E-Fax 086 509 9455
Email: africansynergy@iburst.co.za
Link: www.africansynergy.net

      

Culture News

Culture News is a publication of The Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust.
51 Harvey Brown Avenue
Milton Park
P.O Box A762 Avondale
Harare, Zimbabwe
Editorial: Chipo Muvezwa, Noma Gwere and Olga Muhwati.
Email: chipom@culturefund.co.zw; olgam@culturefund.co.zw
Tel./Fax: +263-4-794530; 794617; 794211
Website: www.culturefund.org.zw
 

      

The Power of Culture

The Power of Culture is a website about culture and development. Culture is not a peripheral matter. The ideas, ideals and creativity of people are the driving force behind development towards more political, economic and social freedom. The Power of Culture reviews art and cultural expressions in conjunction with human rights, education, the environment, emancipation and democratisation.

The Power of Culture
Herengracht 162
1016 BP Amsterdam
Tel +31 20 6386200

Link: http://www.powerofculture.nl
info@powerofculture.nl

      
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Days To Remember

March 20 World Theatre Day for Children and Young People

Celebrated since 2001 all over the world by the international community of theatre practitioners for children and young people. Events during the World Day may be special performances, open rehearsals, forums, lectures, exhibitions, articles in newspapers and magazines and are run by Assitej Chapters across the globe.

March 20 World Storytelling Day

World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, the first day of autumn equinox in the southern. On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night.

World Poetry Day

Believed to have its origin in the 1930s, World Poetry Day is now celebrated in hundreds of countries around the world. This day provides a perfect opportunity to examine poets and their craft in the classroom. In 1999, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) also designated March 21 as World Poetry Day.

March 21 World Puppetry Day

Union International de la Marionnette declared 21 March 'World Puppetry Day'. It is the day designated to celebrate world puppetry and visual theatre.

World Theatre Day 

First launched in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute, World Theatre Day is celebrated on 27 March throughout the world.

World Book and Copyright Day

23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.

World Intellectual Property Day

It is observed annually on April 26. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2001 to "raise awareness of the role of intellectual property in our daily lives, and to celebrate the contribution made by innovators and artists to the development of societies across the globe". April 26 was chosen as this was the date on which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization entered into force in 1970.

International Museum Day

ICOM created International Museum Day in 1977 to encourage awareness about the role of museums in the development of society.

May 21 World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Further to the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity by UNESCO on November 2001, the General Assembly, in Resolution 57/249, welcomed the Declaration and the main lines of an Action Plan for its implementation, and proclaimed 21 May the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. The Day provides an opportunity to deepen people’s understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to “live together” better.

Africa Day

It is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). On this day, leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

World AIDS Day

Observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. It is common to hold memorials to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS on this day. Government and health officials also observe the event, often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day. Governments of other nations have followed suit and issued similar announcements.

International day of Artists

This day is celebrated on the 25th of October every year in honour of artists for their contributions to society.