{"id":5183,"date":"2025-01-27T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theatre.local\/konference-demart\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:17:27","slug":"konference-demart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/en\/konference-demart\/","title":{"rendered":"International Conference \u201cHow Can Your Community Commission Art? Principles of Democracy in Art Funding, Art Commissioning, and Community Engagement\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>On February 22, 2025, the international conference \u201cHow Can Your Community Commission Art? Principles of Democracy in Art Funding, Art Commissioning, and Community Engagement\u201d will be held at the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga, Latvia. Representatives of local municipalities, cultural organisations, active community members, and professionals or researchers involved in community participation and socially engaging art are invited to apply.<\/strong><\/p>\n<section id=\"single_page\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center \">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"page_content\">\n<p><b>WHEN: February 22, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WHERE: Latvian Academy of Culture \u201cGara m\u0101ja\u201d, Miera Street 58a, Riga<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Accessibility: Wheelchair access is available from one side of the building. The building also has adapted restrooms and an elevator. If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are attending the conference in person and need a sign language interpreter, please contact us by February 18 at contact@theatre.lv or (+371) 26186631.<\/p>\n<p>REGISTRATION to the conference is CLOSED!<br \/>\nJoin our Live Stream of the Conference Online.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tbMVgXS2LNk?si=S5PHfyibmPRv6AUy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10:30 Open doors<\/p>\n<p>11:00 Welcome words by Community Art Commissioners (IICCA)<\/p>\n<p>11:15\u00a0<b>Your Neighbors are also Artists: Takeaways after Two Community Art Commissioning Experiences in the US and Europe<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 keynote by Daniel Valtue\u00f1a (Arts &amp; Culture Lab Director, IE University) and presentation of the newly created DemArt Methodology Toolbox<\/p>\n<p>12:00\u00a0<b>How You Can Commission Art: Arts Commissioners and Artists Take the Word<\/b> \u2013 public discussion followed by Q &amp; A Participants: expert Daniel Valtue\u00f1a, community art commissioners Arleta Goslawska, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ma\u0142gorzata Tutko<\/span>, Vendija Bakanauskaite, Ieva \u0160tro, Dominika Gerg\u0151, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juda Jelinek<\/span>, Dorottya \u00c1cs, artist Jur\u0123is Spulenieks, artistic advisor M\u00e1rton Csuzi, moderator Santa Remere<\/p>\n<p>13:00 Coffee break<\/p>\n<p>13:30\u00a0<b>What an Artist Can Do for Community Building<\/b>, perspective by artist and researcher Kaspars Lielgalvis (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia)<\/p>\n<p>14:00\u00a0<b>Socially Engaged Art as a Resource for Democracy: Sociological Observations with Young Artists in Latvia \u2013<\/b>\u00a0a short presentation by researcher, associate prof. Liene Ozoli\u0146a (Latvian Academy of Culture)<\/p>\n<p>14:15\u00a0<b>Building an Inclusive Cultural Offer: Balancing Policy Perspectives and Community Needs \u2013\u00a0<\/b>presentation by researcher, associate prof. Agnese Hermane (Latvian Academy of Culture)<\/p>\n<p>14:30<b>\u00a0Building Bridges: Cultural Needs and Community Power in Central-Eastern Europe\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 perspectives from L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V\u00e1czi (HU), M\u00e1rton Csuzi (HU), Karolina Bieniek (PL), Ma\u0142gorzata Mi\u015bniakiewicz (PL), and Santa Remere (LV)<\/p>\n<p>PAUSE<\/p>\n<p>16:00\u00a0<b>Coffee and Round Table Conversations: Cards on the Table<\/b>. Everyone is welcome to ask any question to major cultural event organizers, representatives of municipal cultural departments, art commissioners, artists and community representatives. Open sharing in groups about experiences, intentions and desires regarding collaboration between communities and contemporary art projects<\/p>\n<p>17:30 Wrap up and goodbye words<\/p>\n<p>This project is led by partner organizations Bethlen Square Theater \u2013 Central European Art Network, Pro Progressione, Art Transparent, and the New Theatre Institute of Latvia. Project \u201cDemocratising art commissioning by involving local communities\u201d (DemArt) co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is organised in cooperation with the state research programme \u201cDevelopment of a cohesive and civically active society\u201d project \u201cVectors of societal cohesion: from cohesion around the nation-state (2012\u20132018) to a cohesive civic community for the security of the state, society and individuals (2024\u20132025)\u201d (VPP-KM-SPASA-2023\/1-0002), implemented by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia. The aim of the cooperation is to promote social cohesion by developing approaches to the democratisation of art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international conference will be held at the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga, Latvia, on February 22, 2025. 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