Guest Lecturers: an important added value to the educational process!

The Master Program in Management of Performing Arts and Industries and the Bachelor Program in Theatre Production at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia had the pleasure to invite six distinguished guest speakers during this academic term. … Read More

EU/UNESCO Expert Facility for the implementation of the 2005 Convention: Shaping the next four years together

The 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions entered into force in March 2007. This was a milestone in the international cultural policies as it provided a new framework for informed, transparent and participatory … Read More

“Get clarify and find your own flow”: A snapshot interview with Susanne Danig

Susanne Danig is a stunning professional whose mission is “to create connections and meeting places for performing arts all offer the world and to help artists to unfold their true potential , so they shine with clarity using their innovative … Read More

The Entrepreneurial Strategy in the Real World: Davender Gupta’s Advises and Lessons Learned

Davender Gupta is a coach and mentor to many entrepreneurs through his company, Startup-Académie, and programs such as Startup-Académie 101, FastTrac TechVenture Québec, Startup Weekend (Québec, Sherbrooke and Montreal) and Lean Startup Machine. His passion is to guide high-performance entrepreneurs … Read More

International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Scope, Models and Examples

This report summarizes the results of the online survey on International Entrepreneurship n the Arts, disseminated among the members of IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies) in May-June 2015. IFACCA Secretariat assisted my research on this topic. … Read More

Cultural and Creative Industries for Sustainable Development: Policy Directions and Innovative Projects

Paper, presented at the III International Conference “Cultural Policy, Policy for Culture: the Role of Culture in Sustainable Development in Post-2015 Agenda”, within the framework of 70th Anniversary of UNESCO (11-13 July 2015, Yerevan, Armenia). The full results of the research … Read More

Call for Donations of Publications for the New Arts Management Resource Center, Tajikistan

The Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan is about to launch a new MA program in Arts Management in Dushanbe in 2016, in partnership with four local universities. This will be the first program of that kind in the … Read More

The New Arts Management Program at Centennial College: engaging, unique, promising…

Proud to be part of the faculty “dream team” of the new Arts Management Post Graduate program at the Story Centre in the School of Communications, Media and Design, Centennial College, I interviewed Shelley Crawford,  the Program Coordinator. Her responsibilities … Read More

Emerging education in arts and culture management in Tajikistan: our first training of trainers seminar

The Open Society Institute, Assistance Foundation Tajikistan has undertaken the first steps towards establishment of the MA program in arts and cultural management in the country. The four training of trainers’ seminars in 2015 are part of the first phase … Read More

YES Montreal: creative networking in an inspirational environment

YES Montreal artists’ conference “Business Skills for Creative Souls” was a great networking and learning event. Over 130 artists, art managers, experts in creative industries and the arts participated and shared viewpoints, ideas, recipes for successful entrepreneurship in the field … Read More