It has been ten years since the leading arts schools in Austria have been awarded university status. This has resulted in a sort of Sonderstellung for higher arts education in the Austrian higher education system, and also in Europe: nowhere else are all major art schools independent universities.
Last month, the Austrian Science Council published its report on the challenges and potentials for higher arts education: Empfehlung zur Entwicklung der Kunstuniversitäten in Österreich. Importantly for ELIA, the report commends that further clarification and discussion is required in the field of Quality Assurance, because unpremeditated use of QA models can be positively harmful in the “creative domain” (art as well as science). Here (pp. 34-35) the report specifically recommends the work that has already been done by ELIA — which is less surprising if you see the list of experts consulted by the Wissenschaftsrat on p. 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Pépinières Européennes pour jeunes artistes
7 July 2009
Sorry we only heard about this now…
Pépinières Européennes is an organization that supports artist mobility through residencies and training for young artists. The map 2008-2009 programme has been extended to December 2010 with new residences opportunities.
The call for tender is open from June 15th until July 15th 2009.
http://www.soros.org/newsroom/news/europe_20090618
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e340c12-5c27-11de-aea3-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
The Open Society Institute will give $100 million to help communities in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union hardest hit by the global economic downturn. The funds are a one-time gift to be spent over the next two years in the Balkans, the Baltics, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Ukraine. Read the rest of this entry »
