India Foundation for the Arts: Vacancy in Arts Education

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) seeks applications for the position of Project Officer for a Foundation-administered project under IFA’s Arts Education funding programme. The successful candidate will primarily hold responsibility for the “Arts-In-Education” project, which has been funded by the Goethe Institut, Germany. The project centres around several teacher-training workshops, which will be developed by the applicant and other IFA programme staff. The successful applicant will be primarily responsible for assisting with, and coordinating, the development of workshop modules for training school teachers in arts education methodologies. S/he will also need to make arrangements for the workshops as and when necessary, and complete all follow-up actions. Periodic reporting and ongoing critical analysis of the project are part of the job requirements. S/he will also be responsible for organizing a national conference to present the findings of the project to educationists, trainers and teachers from across the country.

Applicants should be mature professionals with 4 or more years of experience in teaching, research or arts practice. S/he should be conversant with current issues and activities in the arts, and have an interest in the rich connections between school education and the arts. A background in the field of education would be an advantage. The position will be based in Bangalore, and will entail considerable travel, mostly within Karnataka. A working knowledge of Kannada is an essential requirement.

The successful candidate will be appointed for one year on a contractual basis. The annual compensation package will between Rs. 3 and 4 lakh.

How to apply: Send a current resume, and a separate note on your interest in the job and your suitability for the position, to contactus@indiaifa.org. Mark the subject line as “IFA PO”. Or send hard copies of the above to The Executive Director, India Foundation for the Arts, Apurva, 259, RMV Stage II, Bangalore 560094, Tel: 23414681. Mark the cover “IFA PO”.

Applications must be received by January 19, 2009.

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A Complexion Change, International & Intercultural Diplomacy

The actor Eddie Marsden, used to work in my dads pub (the royal oak columbia road bethnal green) in the eastend of london when he was very young as my dads potman, and we would really like to get in touch with him.

Je travaille dans le Nunavik et j'aimerais savoir ou je pourrais visionner "Ce qu'il faut pour vivre" aux alentours de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts ou ailleurs, j'ai tellement entendu dire de belles choses sur cette réalisation.

Very good article thank you...

Since now, you can ask Festival 2009 edition info sending a mail to:

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See more interviews that Elliot has conducted over the years at:
Moving Pictures Magazine. There's some really good interviews with Danny Boyle, Freida Patel, and Dev Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire.

I know what I must do now. Gwen's life was summed up in the movie, and it did more than "touch" me. I too, am transgendered, if that's the only word to describe it, but if you knew me, you would clearly see the masculine side more than anything else about me. I have learned from fear, from experience, and from saturated male privelage to hide myself.
I came out to my bible college and family recently, and now everyone thinks I am gay. Close, but not correct. I guess I should be more understanding. They just don't get it, and I know that the fear, ignorance and societal structure of things has warped their minds, as it has affected all of us. "It" was always there. It affected us, because our parents were raised to think in ways against such "oddities", and their parents were taught, and so forth. Time to make a stand and stop the fear, hate and ignorance.
I don't really know what I am trying to get at here, but I just want anyone who is reading this to know that I am your brother, your sister, your ally and friend. My faith in Christ may have differences, and it may be entirely THE difference between us, but I hear the cries of our family out there, and I will answer. Transgender Christians need a face to represent them, and there are a few, but what about the others who have not transitioned? What about the others who, for any reason, who decide it would be best to remain their current physical gender? This is where I could come in. God bless.

Go micro budget filmmaking. We've been doing it in the US since 1995 using SVHS crap cameras and getting very bad representation. Maybe they have been out there but just haven't been seen. It has always been an underground thing. Go us.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

A COMPLEXION CHANGE
International & Intercultural Diplomacy

XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2009
Intercultural/Interdisciplinary film/video, dance, theatre,
music & seminar presentations Berlin/Germany & USA

For entry form and further information, please consult
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
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Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin
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***SPECIAL Edition***

DECEMBER 20, 2008
6.00-8.00 pm/18.00-20.00 Uhr

PART I
"Maximizing Capabilities"
in cooperation with
Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
produced for the
Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum
November 13-15, 2008, Paris/France

Invited Guest Panelist:
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Co-Founder/Publisher/Producer/Director
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin /
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin / Cultural Zephyr e.V.

1. Panel
"Music as Cultural Diplomacy"
2. Panel
"New Technologies in Arts and Culture - Preservation and Presentation"

PART II
A COMPLEXION CHANGE - Vision III

THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
in co-operation with
Offener Kanal Berlin

Production & Direction
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith (co-founder/publisher/producer/director)
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Black International Cinema Berlin
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin
Cultural Zephyr e.V.

via Television & Internet
in English, German & Arabic

present/präsentieren

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - Vision III
Intercultural Dialogue within a Migratory Society
The future is with us, how do we respond to the inevitabilities of population change,
clash or cooperation?
Partial Portrait / Past, Present, Future?
A relationship of Europe to the world and the human contributions to a developing Europe, at the dawn of the 21st century.

EIN WANDEL IM ERSCHEINUNGSBILD - Vision III
Interkultureller Dialog in einer Migrationsgesellschaft
Die Zukunft ist heute.
Wie reagieren wir auf die Unabwendbarkeit der Veränderung der Bevölkerung?
Konflikt oder Kooperation?
Teilporträt / Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft?
Eine Beziehung Europas zur Welt und der Beiträge der Menschen zu einem sich entwickelnden Europa, im Anbruch des 21. Jahrhunderts.

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Introduction
Moderator: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Co-Founder/Producer/Director
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin /
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin / Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Addressing the Issue of A COMPLEXION CHANGE
Gabriele Gün Tank, Germany
Integrationsbeauftragte Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg von Berlin

Spoken Word Presentation
Children's Arabic Fairy Tales portrayed through prose, song and music
Arabische Märchen für Kinder dargestellt durch Prosa, Gesang und Musik
Mahgoub Eltayeb, Sudan/Berlin
Ranya Orfaly, Libanon/Berlin
Naji Jaber (Laute), Libanon/Berlin

Film
"Berlin, A Rainbow City - A Complexion Change - Vision III - Berlin, Eine Regenbogenstadt"
Cordula Alkert, Berlin

Spoken Word Presentation
"What We Need Is A Change Of Heart"
Anthony Baggette, USA/Berlin
Clear Blue Water e.V.

Performance
Ballet/Jazz & Modern Movement
John F. Kennedy Friendship Center
Celina McCarthy, Jeremy McCarthy (Conductor, Choreographer: "Thriller"), Jasmin Kränzel, Esther Richards, Nadine Struck, Netra Nambiar Veetil
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Director/Jazz & Modern Movement Instructor
Marion Kramer, Rehearsal Assistant
Sandrine Battut, Ballet Instructor

Greeting Words/Grußwort
Volker Bach, Leiter Offener Kanal Berlin

Film
"Paloma"
Script & Direction: Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau
Colombia/Germany 2006

Translations/Übersetzungen, Internet
Anke Broszio: German
Mahgoub Eltayeb: Arabic

Catering
Barbara Saltmann
Restaurant Ja-Man
Gotzkowskystr.17
10555 Berlin
Tel.: 030-39808917

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AACHRONYM
A Blog regarding Global African Arts with a focus on art-equity and cultural patrimony issues.
Notable Person: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
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PART LXVII
Grownupism! 1Day, When I Grow Up!

So, as usual, I wuz sittin' an stinkin bout the days gittin shorter an the weather gittin chillier!
Me an my pardnurs always know wut that meens!
It meens the dragon-teechers are startin to rise up after their summer sleep.
Yuk!
The dragon-teechers are kinda like bears, only they hibernate in the summer to be sure they have the power to harass alla us kids, all over agin an not for a little while either, but for a whole century, which they call a skool year!
Ha!
Dragon-teechers never git sick, they jes git ol an learn new wayz to do kid harassement! They call it teachin!
An sum of em, are reel, reel good at it too!
I mean reel good!
I also see em paintin an fixin the dungeon skool too, cause you know the dungeon skool keepers are in cahoots with the dragon skool-teechers!
Whatta team!
They work so well together, they shudda been in the Olympics this summer!
But no, they wanna keep their child harassement under cover, as much as possible!
But wut we kids find kinda strange, is the perents are workin with 'em!
I meen, like day an nite with em!
Go to school, do your homework, behave yourself, an on an on an' on!
Us kids feel like walkin, eatin, talkin kid computers! Or robots or sumthin like that!
Well, if were lucky, alla us kidsll grow up, cause that seems like the only way to escape this edumacation torture stuff!
Well, I made it through all these years, so I guess I kin keep on doin' it!?
Man, I sure hope so!? Plus, I have to!
All this skool beginnin is depressin stuff an it's wearin me out -
So, Im gonna sey
Gnite an maybe when I wake up, it wuz all a bad dream an its reely only the beginnin a summer!?
I luv you
Gnite

Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, September 2008

PART LXVII
Erwachsensein! Eines Tages, wenn ich erwachsen werde!

Also, wie üblich war ich am Sitz'n und Stink'n darüba, dass die Tage kürzer werd'n und das Wetter kühler wird!
Ich und meine Kumpels wiss'n imma, was das heißt!
Es bedeutet, dass die Drachenlehrer anfang'n, sich aus ihrem Sommerschlaf zu erheb'n.
Igitt!
Die Drachenlehrer sind irgendwie wie Bären, nur dass die im Sommer Winterschlaf halt'n, um sicher zu geh'n, dass sie Kraft hab'n, um uns Kinder alle zu quäl'n, wieder und wieder und bloß nich' zu kurz, sondern für'n ganzes Jahrhundert, was bei ihnen ein Schuljahr heißt!
Ha!
Drachenlehrer werd'n nie krank, sie werd'n nur alt und lern'n neue Arten von Kinderschikane!
Das nenn'n die Unterricht'n!
Und einige von ihnen sind darin auch wirklich echt gut!
Ich mein, richtig gut!
Ich seh auch, wie sie die Kerkerschule streich'n und reparier'n, weil man weiß, dass die Kerkerschulhausmeister mit den Drachenlehrern unter einer Decke steck'n!
Was'n Team!
Die arbeit'n so gut zusamm', die hätten an Olympia diesen Sommer teilnehm'n könn'n!
Aber nein, die wollen ihre Kinderschikaniererei geheim halt'n, so gut es geht!
Aber was wir Kinder merkwürdig find'n, ist, dass die Eltern mit ihnen zusamm' arbeit'n!
Ich mein, mit ihnen, wie Tag und Nacht!
"Geh zur Schule, mach deine Hausaufgaben, benimm dich", und so weiter und so weiter und so weiter!
Wir Kinder komm' uns vor wie laufende, essende, sprechende Kindercomputer! Oder Roboter oder sowas ähnliches!
Also, wenn wir Glück hab'n, werd'n wir Kinder alle erwachsen werd'n, weil das der einzige Weg zu sein scheint, diesem Erziehungstorturzeugs zu entkommen!
Naja, ich hab's die ganzen letzten Jahre geschafft, also denk ich ma', kann ich auch noch weiter durchhalt'n!?
Mann, das hoff ich fest!? Außerdem muss ich ja wohl!
Dieser ganze Schulbeginnkram is' deprimierendes Zeugs und erschöpft mich -
Also sag ich ma' 'Nacht, und wenn ich wach werd, war das alles ein böser Traum und es is' nur der Anfang vom Sommer!?
Hab euch lieb
'Nacht

Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, September 2008

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We are an international, intercultural community of persons engaged in achieving increasing understanding and cooperation between individuals and groups in support of democratic procedures and the elimination of violence, religious, ethnic and gender persecution, youth exploitation, homophobia and racial hatred through the process of art, education, culture and dialogue.

Wir sind eine internationale, interkulturelle Gemeinschaft von Menschen mit dem Engagement für ein besseres Verständnis und wachsende Kooperation zwischen Individuen und Gruppen, mit Unterstützung des demokratischen Prozesses und der Beseitigung von Gewalt, Verfolgung aufgrund religiöser, ethnischer und geschlechtlicher Zugehörigkeit, Kindes- und Jugendmissbrauch, Homosexuellen-Feindlichkeit und von Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur und des Dialogs.

Nous sommes une communauté internationale et interculturelle de personnes engagées à promouvoir la compréhension et la coopération croissantes entre les individus et les groupes, à lappui des outils démocratiques et à travers lélimination de la violence, de la persécution religieuse, ethnique et sexuelle, de lexploitation de la jeunesse, de lhomophobie et de la haine raciale par le processus de lart, de léducation, de la culture et du dialogue.

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"Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow
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"Yes, We can...!" - Barack Obama

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Cool interview! I've met both when I stayed at the Palms. They are both really cool people. Premiere Misick seems to have brought a lot to the island, I wish they would stop making stuff up about the guy! But I guess that's part of being such a celeb in the area! I'm so glad I got to meet him, I'll be back for another vacation for sure!

Early on, Kate aligns her search for artistic recognition with the desire for human contact. “Once, I had a dream of fame,” Kate writes. “Generally, even then, I was lonely” (31). Implicit in the ‘even then’ is the unstated paradox all artists must confront: supposing that one function of art is to facilitate a unique and perhaps otherwise impossible (or at least improbable) form of communication across boundaries of time and space, even the possibility of recognition—or ‘fame,’ in a still-populated world—does not preclude the equal possibility (or maybe an even higher probability) of the larger failure on the artist’s part—a failure to connect, to be properly ‘heard’—and the resulting ‘loneliness’ this entails.

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