-December 2006-
AMINATA TRAORE on the development of Africa
Aminata Traore, author and former Minister of Culture from Mali, spoke about culture and development during the European Development Days in Brussels. >>>

-December 2006-
HALA ELKOUSSY: zoom into inner reality
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam is a work place and meeting place for young artists from all over the world. Fifty resident artists work for two years in their own workshop. Confrontation with various cultures and the advice from art professionals deepen the artistic skills. >>>

-November 2006-
POWER OF CULTURE - TEN YEARS
This month the Power of Culture celebrates its tenth birthday. Based on the conviction that culture is anything but peripheral, the website has been contributing to the international debate on culture and development for ten years. >>>

-September 2006-
DOEN's 15th ANNIVERSARY
DOEN Foundation celebrates its 15th anniversary this month. The fund is working for a better world to live in by supporting initiatives in the field of sustainable development, culture and public interest. >>>

-December 2005-
MEETING of Latin-American artists' initiatives
No less than 86 representatives of artists" initiatives and cultural organisations from Argentina plus another 22 from neighbouring Latin-American countries met in Buenos Aires as part of the Encuentro ("The Meeting") event. Never before had so many Latin-American artists" initiatives met to share information and exchange experiences. >>>

-May 2005-
DVD: THE VALLEY OF THE DOG SONGS
The Valley of the Dog Songs is a documentary
about six young artists from Lima, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Jakarta, Los Angeles
and Buenos Aires respectively. >>>

-August 2005-
O.K. Videofestival Jakarta: subversion and piracy
The O.K. Videofestival is a biennial event that was first staged in 2003. It is organised by ruangrupa, an artistic collective from Jakarta. >>>

-May 2005-
DVD: THE VALLEY OF THE DOG SONGS
The Valley of the Dog Songs is a documentary
about six young artists from Lima, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Jakarta, Los Angeles
and Buenos Aires respectively. >>>

-March 2005-
BLIND SPACES, BRAZIL: SEEING IS REVEALING
Visual artist Greg Streak (South Africa) worked on the 'Blind Spaces' project
in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) during the month of February 2005, together with
other artists from South-Africa, Brazil and Lebanon. How does he, through his
'foreign eyes', look at the city of Belo Horizonte and what are blind spaces? >>>

-September 2004-
WATER THE THEME OF THE SECOND ROUND OF CONTEXT
In July and August 2004 the second round of Context, a relay project
withartists from different countries, took place in Mexico City.
This time the theme was water. >>>

-August 2004-
MAPPING THE WORLD THE NOMADIC WAY
Claudia Fontes (Argentine) visited the Australian forum South 1,
and tried to find the answer to the question: what is the 'South'?
And even more challenging: where is it? >>>

-July 2004-
LULU RATNA stimulates Indonesian short films over the long term The Indonesian filmmaker Lulu Ratna is in the Netherlands for the exhibition Indonesia under Construction, which will run from 29 June to 22 August 2004 in Witte de With, Rotterdam. She will be describing the state of affairs in the Indonesian film world and her film promotion company Boemboe. >>>

-June 2004-
THE SOUTH PROJECT: THE TRADITIONAL AND MODERN WORLD MEET
What do Argentina, South Africa, Madagascar, East Timor, New Zealand and Samoa have
in common? Which way is the 'South' going? The South Project, a four-year art project,
wants to answer these questions by 'bringing together and celebrating the creative
energies of the Southern hemisphere'. >>>

-May 2004-
VIDEO WORKSHOP IN MOROCCO GIVES PEOPLE A LOOK AT THEMSELVES
How do the new media influence contemporary Moroccan art? And how can this art
play a part in social change in this society? These questions were the starting point
for the Media Art Workshop, held from 12 to 24 April 2004 in the Institut Français
in Agadir, Morocco. >>>

DAK'ART PORTRAYS THE INFLUENCE OF GLOBALISATION ON AFRICAN ART
In May 2004 the sixth biennial for contemporary African art, 'Dak'Art',
will commence in Dakar, Senegal. This event has become an important stage
for African art. >>>

-April 2004-
ARTISTS' INITIATIVES WORLDWIDE: EXCHANGING IDEAS
Shifting Map is a publication by and about RAIN, a network of artists' platforms
in Africa, Asia and Latin American. >>>

-March 2004-
TRAMA OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHED ART SCENE
Trama is an organisation that brings together Argentinean artists.
The network was established in 2000. >>>

DUTCH EMBASSEY PRETORIA: PROVIDING A SPACE TO RAISE ISSUES
With the aim of contributing to an enabling environment for the arts, the Dutch government
created a culture and development program for South Africa in 1996. The local culture fund,
which has a total budget amounting to € 500,000 a year, is practically unique. >>>

-February 2004-
ART ABOUT 'BAGGAGE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO CHECK IN' DURING THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
With the exhibition 'Cabin Baggage', artists protested against the reappearance of
discrimination after the attacks of September 11 th , 2001 during the World Social Forum
in India in January. The artists came from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Mali, Cameroon,
the Netherlands, Indonesia and India. The artists' platform Open Circle in India organized
the exhibition in cooperation with partners from the RAIN Artists' Initiative network. >>>

-December 2003-
WORKSHOP COMBINES PHOTOGRAPHY WITH TRADITIONAL ART OF PAINTING
Artists from the Netherlands, Argentina and Turkey work together during the photography
biennial in Mali. >>>

-September 2003-
PULSE: ARTISTS IN SOCIAL PROJECTS
The South African collective PULSE has invited artists to participate in Hive,
a project for Aids victims. >>>

WEB SITE 'BEWEGINGEN'
Two movements in the non-western policy of the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. >>>