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Salzburg Global Seminar on "What Future for Festivals"

Keynote: On Decolonisation and Climate Change and the Interrelation of Both

Opening keynote by Inge Ceustermans, General Director of The Festival Academy, on the first day of the Atelier for Arts and Production Managers Elefsina-Beirut.

On Curating Festivals

Closing Statement by Robyn Archer: singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts, former Artistic Director of the Adelaide and Melbourne International Arts...

What We Learned from Hotspot Nigeria

The Hotspot Nigeria, hosted online by The Festival Academy on Monday, 30 November, was facilitated by South-African playwright Mike van Graan and brought together distinguished...

Saving the climate

Last week we looked into festivals and the mitigation of climate change with a group of festival leaders coming from all over the world, as well as some cross-sector experts from...

Cosmology: forging pan-African, socially inclusive festivals under Covid-19

Cosmology was conceived as an action research project and artists' residency featuring leading anthropologist of sound, Steven Feld and colleagues from Ghana, The Anyaa Arts...