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Call for Applications: Art & Dialogue fully subsidised 5 day course in Paris, May 2011

Art & Dialogue Building new art audiences and
new platforms for art engagement

Elan Interculturel

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Contact

Elan Interculturel
88 Avenue Ledru Rollin
75012 Paris, France
Valerie Kabov
Phone: +33 669029555
vkabov@gmail.com
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Deadline for Applications:
14 January 2011
Course Dates:
2-6 May, 2011

Art & Dialogue is a 5 day long fully EU subsidised course designed for art and education professionals. In 2011 Art & Dialogue will run in Paris 9nd -13th May 2011, with applications closing on 14 January, 2011.

The course is designed to assist educators to:
• develop new models and approaches for dealing with challenges of bringing contemporary audiences to art and bringing art to general audiences in their own countries and beyond;
• build resources, skills and opportunities to develop new approaches and paradigms in addressing new audiences;
• work with art as a forum for inter-cultural dialogue and the socio-political importance of art in development of civil society in a culturally heterogeneous Europe.

Please find course outline and details here: ( http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=Disp... )

Professionals working in institutions involved in art adult and secondary education, in the EU (and other elgible countries* except France) will have their full cost of participation subsidised by the Gruntdtvig mobility grant (this includes cost of travel, accommodation, per diems etc).

To be eligible participants must submit an application by 14 January 2011:

The course is intended both as a formal learning programme and an opportunity to share experiences and develop projects with fellow art and education professionals in one of worlds most artistically, culturally and ethnically diverse cities.

*Grundtvig eligible countries:Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Please contact course co-ordinator Valerie Kabov for details of the programme and for assistance with the grant applications.

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