I really dislike the phrase “cultural affairs”.
It makes me think of bureaucracy, and red tape, and badly designed humourless websites that don’t let me know in time that we didn’t get our grant due to the fill in the blank government cutbacks. This is what over a decade in the not for profit performing arts has led me to think of when I hear the phrase “cultural affairs”. Add in the words “government” or “international” and I want to faint.
I’m taking it back. It’s my New Year’s Resolution.
From now on for me the phrase cultural affairs will be about cool and exciting things happening in the creative world around me - occurrences that inspire and educate and provoke conversation and thought. Not about what isn’t being done, or can’t be done, but what is happening and working all over the world.
Have you ever heard of Paducah, Kentucky? Neither had I until a while ago. At a time when funding for the arts is constantly being cut, Paducah has established an environment where artists and the arts are flourishing. Paducah’s Artist Relocation Program was started in August of 2000 and is now a national model for using the arts for economic development. The Artist Relocation Program has been awarded the Governors Award in the Arts, The Kentucky Chapter of the American Planning Association Distinguished Planning Award, The American Planning Association National Planning Award and most recently Kentucky League of Cities Enterprise Cities Award. The Artist Relocation Program is about artist ownership, thus giving the artists a vested interest in their community. To date they have relocated seventy artists from all over the USA.
Okay that’s a cultural affair I can get into.
What else is happening in cultural affairs? The Canadian Government has launched the Podcasts.culture.ca website, the Government of Canada's very first directory of Canadian cultural podcasts. Podcasts.culture.ca, an on-line service accessible through Culture.ca, is a new Internet directory of audio and video files for listening or viewing on demand. Web visitors are invited to download the files directly from the directory, which has a starting collection of more than 300 Canadian podcasts related to the arts, heritage, and society, and is aimed at anyone who wants to explore, find, and share in the best of Canada's cultural and creative life.
I hope EAP podcasts get to be on it.
You know what? I am but one person. I saw and heard about those ones. I’d like to hear what else is going on in cultural affairs that is important to people. Remember the New Year’s resolution disclaimer above: occurrences that inspire and educate and provoke conversation and thought.
Happy New Year! Happy cultural affairs!
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I had heard that Culture.ca was cut and is no longer updated or even accessible, is this the same with the podcasts? If the podcasts are still updated, is there a person I can contact to ask a question? The link to culture.ca does not work anymore.
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Thanks for sharing the government links. Use the technology to reach out. Seems like the only way to expand. Cheers!
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This is something that I’m interested in doing in the future. I need some education first however!!!
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Cultural activities are meant to hold things close in communities and develop a sense of security and peace around. When some one uses them according to its will or arrange them for its own purposes than it creates difference between people. So we all should take part in healthy cultural activities which lead us to learn from each other not to make differences. I work in a website hosting firm which is also famous for its world class in addition to affordable web design services and love to help people building their own websites. Cultural activities should be affair free and can be advertised through utilizing latest internet marketing techniques.
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Why do people fake their interest in an article. It’s genuine so make your comments genuine. That’s only fair.
Thanks for the nice article Sue!
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Every US foreign mission is slightly unique, but in general, the Cultural Affairs Office is tasked with managing a broad range of activities promoting cultural (as well as professional and academic/scholastic) relations between the host country and the United States. The Cultural Affairs Office also promotes activities in traditional areas such as literature and the arts.
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You really made a good point and it is important to take these cultural affairs seriously.
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I hope you update up soon,its been a while.
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