- working fora
- rural arts comission
- program
As a result of the interest and scope of the discussions of the Working Groups at the International Conference, we decided to make them permanent by establishing three Working Fora.
These fora were created for the participants of the groups during the conference, but they are open to anyone interested in participating in them.
They act as virtual fora on the Internet, moderated by experts in the field who were also moderators of the working groups. The goal is not only to continue with the dialogue and exchange of ideas but also to propose and agree on actions to extend the project goals.
Name
Topics covered
Commonalities between artists and arts centres in the countryside, an exchange of ideas about future collaboration between them and urban cultural centres to discuss rural issues, through residencies, exhibitions, etc.
Aimed at
Artists and arts centres based in the countryside, artists with an interest in rural issues, arts centres and urban cultural institutions.
Name
Rural policy and generating culture
Topics covered
Taking into consideration what the countryside can offer, including culturally. What policies are necessary to ensure the survival of the countryside?
The need to define aspects of rural culture that need to be highlighted, define recue and strengthening strategies for those aspects, define medium term, cultural strategy for the countryside, develop the coordination of entities in order to undertake joint actions.
Aimed at
Development agents, local, regional and central government departments of culture, rural affairs and agriculture. Artists, curators, communication experts, sociologists
Name
Artistic training and the countryside
Topics covered
Exchange of ideas about ways of establishing a specialised educational framework to train artists in critical public art, environmental art, collaborative art, etc.
Aimed at
University lecturers and teachers, students, artistic researchers, those involved cultural studies and rural development.
