Building on the success of their inaugural Arts &
Culture Conference, the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT) and UJ Arts & Culture,
University of Johannesburg, are proud to announce their 2013 conference
entitled, Creative Currencies: accessing
opportunities in an expanding marketplace. The conference, to take place
from August 6 to 8, 2013, at the UJ Arts Centre in Johannesburg, will focus on
commercial and trade aspects of cultural and artistic endeavour in South Africa
and further afield.
This year's conference has attracted participation and
support from a number of influential players in the arts and culture space,
including the European Union (EU), British Council, the European Union National
Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) network, Arterial Network South Africa and the
Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA).
Pieter Jacobs, Arts & Culture Trust CEO, notes:
"ACT is delighted to be in a position once again to invite arts, culture
and heritage practitioners, academia and people who are involved in the
commerce of the arts and culture industry to attend the conference and
participate in rigorous debate around trade and exchange in the arts and
culture environment" and adds "we look forward to presenting fresh
content which will go beyond trade and exchange in economic terms by also
looking at it from a multi-dimensional perspective which includes the
interchange of ideas, research, information and knowledge."
Knowledgeable local and international speakers and
panellists will cover a wide range of topics related to trade, exchange and
commerce within the creative sectors. Through the presentation of keynote
speeches, case studies and panel discussions; the roles of government,
donors/funders and other stakeholders will be discussed. Focus areas will concern
policy enabling and encouraging creative and culture-based industries, and
international best practice regarding trade in creative/cultural goods and
services. A detailed conference programme will be made available in due course.
Conference registration is invited at www.act.org.za In an effort to encourage
participation from all stakeholder industries, including arts and culture,
education, government and business sectors; conference registration fees will
be heavily subsidised. A limited number of sponsored registrations will be made
available to arts, culture and heritage practitioners. Applications for
sponsored registrations will be welcome.
A second edition of the SA Arts and Culture Listing, an
up-to-date national database of industry stakeholders, will be released at this
year’s conference. Arts industry stakeholders that are engaged in performing
arts, visual arts, music, dance, heritage, arts training, community art,
literature and South African arts and culture festivals, as well as agencies
engaged in the sponsorship of arts, culture and heritage, will be invited to
submit their details for inclusion.
A partnership with the Cultural Development Trust will see
the conference include an expo component for the first time. Media partners
SAFM, Mail & Guardian and Classicfeel magazine add additional strategic
marketing opportunities. The organisers further wish to acknowledge the
invaluable support of Santam, Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), the SAMRO
Foundation and Distell Foundation.
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