Right to culture. what stops you?

The first ACM webinar this year will focus on Access to Culture. It will explore diverse perspectives relating to the right to culture. It will look into power, knowledge, thought, and language. The webinar will bring together speakers immersed in this journey of exploration since forever. They will share with us their insights / provocations, their solutions, the layers of experience they collected on their journey. And the conversation will not be complete without you and without the views and narratives you might like to share, the questions you might like to make.
Meet the International Cultural Networks – Thursday 25 January 2018

Start the New Year by networking with the International Cultural Networks!
Practice-based artistic research: what, why?

If you are a creative practitioner and are thinking about developing a new artistic concept or simply need some time to stop the frenzy and work on the development of your practice, then make sure you do not miss this next session!
Whose Culture? Diversity and Inclusion

Join us at Blitz contemporary arts space in Valletta (68, St Lucy Str.) on 28 March at 6.30pm for an ACMlab session organised by ACM in collaboration with Aġenzija Żgħażagħ. We are hosting a panel discussion investigating concrete opportunities and recommendations relating to inclusivity and how young creatives can find their space in the arts.
Pricing Your Performance: A Panel Discussion

The aesthetic enjoyment of an artistic product is a unique and personal experience that may differ among individuals; therefore the perceived value of the artist could be different from that of an audience member. The performing arts can be regarded as experience goods which cannot be evaluated accurately by the consumer until after consumption, making […]
Freelancing the Arts: Why pay social security contributions?

Are you a freelancer and don’t know your way about your social security contribution?
Malta offers a range of social benefits tied to social security contributions including sickness benefits, injury benefits and pensions.
The Art of Freelancing

Dreaming of going freelance but scared to take the plunge? Recently graduated and considering various career pathways?
Making Great Cities: the Artist as Activist

What qualities or insights do artists possess to help make better places? Is that changing as the world becomes more nomadic and turns to its darker face? How can they deal with the central dilemmas of our times? Alternatively, what qualities do they lack to make the most of their potential?
The Business of Music (with PRS for Music)

It is unlikely that anyone gets into the music industry because they have a passion for business, but, in today’s D.I.Y dominated music landscape, it is also unlikely that creatives will fulfil their potential without having a solid understanding of the industry they are getting into. This session aims to explain the work of PRS for Music, one of the key components of that industry; what the organisation does and where does it fit into today’s ever evolving music industry.
Arts Education Masterclass – Theatre education as a jump ( take-off – flight – landing)

Liesbet Swings is the education-maker at Theater Artemis, educated as a set designer, but also performer and developer of art projects engaging various groups. Erica van de Kerkhof is educational employee at Artemis, schooled as an art teacher and experienced at involving teachers in art education.