The third edition of the State of the Arts Symposium returns on October 24 and 25 to host a safe space where the artistic and cultural sector can look back at and critically engage with what has been achieved in the past editions, while focusing on the theme of Renewing Common Pathways.
This year’s Symposium will adopt a hands-on and solution-oriented approach centred around the way our actions and thinking can impact structural changes and, in turn, individual realities, while acknowledging how making things with others and recognising our interdependence is a practice of commoning.
The programme will focus on content thematics that have been informed by a public call for information regarding what themes feel urgent and crucial, including:
Day 1 - Programme
The first day of the Symposium sees Take Two director and producer Abigail Mallia opening the conversation. The morning proceeds with interventions by Bianca Elzenbaumer, (Director, Brave New Alps) and by Arts Council Malta and the Ministry for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government.
The launch of the National Charter for the Status of the Artist follows, ahead of Fishbowl Conversations, where artists Lenn Cox, Floréal Comte, Alisha Doody and Erica Muscat and Cultural Researcher and Policymaker (EU affairs) Elena Polivtseva will be tackling the main issues head on.
In the afternoon there will be a series of Parallel Sessions which were selected after a public call for contributions. The topics will be as follows:
Day 2 - Programme
The second day of the Symposium opens with interventions by John Mallia (Director, Mediacoop) and a discussion about the Cultural and Creative Practice Survey by Arts Council Malta.
A panel conversation about Access and Accessibility in the arts world within a context of diversity follows, with the participation of Deborah Falzon and Julienne Schembri (Co-Founders, Dance Beyond Borders), Alexander Farrugia (Director at the Culture Directorate), Rhoda Garland (Commissioner, Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability), Britt Jurgensen (Board Member, Homebaked CLT) and Greta Pace Buch (Facilitator, Creative Coach and Communications Mentor).
A series of parallel session with take place in the afternoon, focusing on the below topics:
The State of the Arts Symposium will take place at the University of Malta Valletta Campus on Thursday October 24 between 9:00am and 3pm, and Friday October 25 between noon and 5.20pm. Register here. For more information send an email to hello.acm@artscouncil.mt or call on 23347201/2.
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