Marieke van der Velden

Paramaribo SPAN: conversations about art in Suriname

April 2010 -

Paramaribo SPAN marks the completion of a four-year exchange project between Rotterdam and Paramaribo, ARTRoPa. The project has three mutually related platforms: a book, an exhibition and a blog. 

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ArtEast and Cascoland, 'the real Kirgizian artists'

September 2009 -

Art students from Kirgizia and artists from Dutch Cascoland presented their 'interventions in public space' during Boom-Boom, the fourth International Contemporary Art Exhibition in Bishkek, August 2009.

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Vienna Group is networking for culture in development

January 2009 -

All of the participants at the two-day network meeting in Vienna in January 2009  agreed: the diversity of artistic expression should be promoted in development cooperation.

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Commonwealth Foundation gives culture top priority

November 2008 -

With the publication of the report Putting Culture First the Commonwealth Foundation has now also recognised the importance of culture in sustainable development.

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Harmony between Arabic and Western typography

September 2007 -

Long queues leading up to the exposition area, attention in the national press of the Netherlands, heated comments on weblogs about the loss or the very enrichment of culture: seldom has there been so much ado about ... typography.

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Africaserver

september 2006 -

Inspiring news from and about Africa.

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Africaserver

Afrikaraib

august 2006 -

Images and biographies of African artists and musicians.

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Afrikaraib

LabforCulture.org

july 2006 -

Cultural cooperation within Europe, exchange, dialogue and debate across national borders.

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LabforCulture.org

New centre for performing arts in South Indian village

April 2006 -

A brand new building has arisen among the palm trees of Punjarasantankal, a village in southern India. It is the new centre for performing arts, the Kuttu Kalai Kudam, which was dedicated on 26 March 2006 amid considerable festivities. Here the tradition of Kattaikkuttu, musical theatre from Tamil Nadu, will be passed on.

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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

january 2006 -

Unesco's list of the Oral and Intagible Heritage.

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Masterpieces of Intangible Heritage
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