"In his first year, President Barack Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades - despite a few stumbles.

Though still far less than arts advocates contend is needed, they have high hopes this president could transform cultural policy, funding and arts education for years to come.

Why do we need cultural producers? What are our tasks in different European countries? How will our future look like? These are the kinds of questions we want to discuss with you at "To Culture with Love. Management" (TCWL.M). Our workshop is about the professions, the future and the diversity of cultural producers and arts managers in Europe.

Brno, February 11-14th 2010

Tthe Marcel Hicter Association, based in Brussels (Belgium), open the application process for the European Diploma in cultural project management 2010-2011.

Culture Business, the international meeting point for arts sponsorship professionals, is hosting its second event, on 10 December 2009 at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris. What is Culture Business for ? 200 professionals from all over Europe and the United States formed the first international network of sponsorship and culture experts. CultureBusiness was a meeting point between cultural institutions and sponsoring companies sharing their expectations and constructing a new dialogue based on listening to and respecting each other's values.

The report aims to answer questions on cultural management and the state of the field. Does management of culture and the arts differ significantly from traditional business management? What is the role of science in cultural management? In the emphasis on business and practice by many cultural managers, are arts and culture left too far behind? How do research and theory fit into training, and in the work of cultural managers in the field?

The global recession is expected to reduce revenues for cultural enterprises by approximately $3.1 billion in 2009".

This is one of the findings of "The Effect of the Global Economic Recession on Canada's Creative Economy in 2009", a report prepared by The Conference Board of Canada for the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) that measures the impact of the current recession on the cultural sector.

Are Managers doing everything wrong these days? A plea for goal-oriented leadership and sensible management, written on the centennial of Peter F. Druckers birth in 1909.

Our society has changeddramaticallyover the past few decades. We talk about it all the time in the context of business (flattening), government and politics (opening), and community (connecting). But what about arts, humanities, and culture?

LOS ANGELESNovember 23, 2009MySpace Music, the premier online music community and leading independent music agency Merlin today announced a comprehensive global agreement for Merlins member labels to participate in MySpace Music.

The addition of the Merlin repertoire, representing 10% of the global music market, to MySpace Musics existing catalogue will create one of the largest independent music offerings on the web.

It`s the third time, the Institute für Kulturkonzepte, based in Vienna and Hamburg, publish "An Anatomy of Ars Management" in their range of specialist books on arts management including articles in English and German. This year the articles are much influenced by the development of arts management and relate to important trends in even this area.The motivation therefore are the anniversaries of both institutes: The Institut für Kulturkonzepte in Vienna is celebrating its 15th year since its founding, whilst the Institut für Kulturkonzepte in Hamburg has reached the five-year milestone.

This major event...involving the collaboration between artists and poets... is consistent with UNESCOs principle objective as regards the promotion of intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity. It will no doubt contribute to emphasizing the unique role of the arts as a means of dialogue, communication and understanding... giving its aim of promoting ethical values through artistic expression and creativity...

Cities innovate when people mix and mingle, sharing and combining ideas from different vantage points and traditions. That mixing takes place on and in shared infrastructures and spaces that bring people together.

UKIP Media & Events has just published its latest Auditoria Magazine, which has been switched into an annual publication. Auditoria annual is circulated to 12,000 readers worldwide, bringing together the views and ideas of leading experts in the area of entertainment-venue design, operations and technologies. Auditoria caters to those in the business of operating theatres and performing arts centres, concert halls, convention centres, and cinemas, covering subject areas ranging from security, ticketing, seating to lighting.

This research was made in summer 2008. Since 2008 a lot of changes occurred including the global crunch. But all these changes didnt made this research out of date, Quite the reverse, the theme of new cultural spaces and their role in city regeneration became more actual in these new conditions. Some initiatives appeared and some of mentioned initiatives were developed since that time. We would follow up our monitoring of the new cultural spaces and creative clusters in future.

The Cultural Data Project (CDP) is a powerful, online management tool designed to strengthen arts and cultural organizations, advance learning and exchange throughout the cultural sector, and help funders more effectively plan for and evaluate their individual and collective grantmaking activities. The CDP allows users to track their institutions financial and programmatic performance over time and to benchmark themselves against comparable organizations.

The african organisation CREATE has just released the first Directory of Arts and Culture Organizations & Festivals. The directory is comprised of two sections. The first part lists organizations which are based within the CEMAC region while the second part lists pan-African and global organizations by area of activity.

The Culturelink Network celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark this occasion, we are organizing the Third World Culturelink Conference under the title "Networks The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century", to be held from 13 to 15 November 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia.

16th International Conference on Cultural Economics by the ACEI

Copenhagen, 10-12 June 2010

Call for Papers

The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) invites you to attend its 16th international conference on cultural economics in Copenhagen on June 10-12, 2010.

As from the 14th to 19th September 2009 twenty six cultural entrepreneurs drawn from the Central African region (Cameroon, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa Republic, Burundi) and Mali (West Africa) attended a training seminar on Cultural policies and development of creative and cultural industries for Central African countries" met in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

The seminar was jointly organized by the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA), Mozambique; Centre Régional de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Traditions Orales et pour le Développement des Langues Africaines (CERDOTOLA), Cameroon; the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID); and the ACP Cultural Observatory - ACP Cultures programme of the ACP Secretariat.

China Book Publishing: The Official Industry Report is a revised and expanded edition of China Book Publishing: The First Official Industry Report published in 2007. In addition to new chapters analyzing publishers and their products, the book also provides a more detailed investigation of the human resources in Chinas publishing industry. It aims to present a general picture of the industry, covering industrial environment, press-based performance, book exports, copyright trade, and so on. It will definitely serve as a comprehensive and authoritative reference book for media authorities, researchers, publishing professionals, and anyone who is interested in Chinas book publishing industry.