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European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Car le vrai rôle d'un festival est d'aider les artistes à oser, à
entreprendre des projets, ...
(Bernard Faivre d'Arcier)

European Atelier for Young Festival Managers 2009
http://www.efa-aef.eu/newpublic/?p=home&q=atelier&-session=s:639673E418f400CE46nkU17FC931

Deadline: December 1, 2008

Second Edition of the “European Atelier for Young Festival Managers”
launched!
Do you belong to the group of ambitious ‘next-generation’ artistic
festival directors?
And you feel the need to widen your horizons, broaden your programming
skills and get inspired by colleagues and experienced forerunners?

The European Festivals Association (EFA), in co-operation with the Varna
Summer – International Music Festival, the Municipality of Varna and
various partners from the field proudly announces the 2nd edition of the
European Atelier for Young Festival Managers!

Young festival managers from all over the world are invited to Varna
(Bulgaria) to take part in this intense one-week course from 26 April – 3
May 2009. A group of 45 young festival managers meet for 6 days to work in
small topical-based working groups, attend lectures and debates, learn
from case studies and implement practical activities.

What is the motto?

The Atelier is about formulating experiences and how to hand over these
experiences to a next (new) generation of festival makers, focusing
thematically on the very essence of art and festivals: ‘the art and the
artist’.
Hugo De Greef, General Director of Flagey, Brussels
former EFA Secretary General
The motto ‘The true role of a festival is to help artists to dare, to
engage in new projects
’ has been chosen as the theme for the week.
Particular emphasis is given to the artistic aspects of festival
management: the working groups focus on particular aspects of festival
management, including artistic vision, political and social
responsibility, internationalization, networking, renewal and
sustainability. Established and cutting-edge festival formats will be
questioned, and exciting new ideas discussed under the professional and
extremely inspiring guidance of renowned festival managers.

Who are the presenters?

The Atelier was the opportunity to meet both experienced festival leaders
in an intimate context, as well as the possibility to meet young
colleagues. It’s very rare in our specific professional context to meet so
many young people together. To me, that was food for thought.
Tobias Kokkelmans (Festival Van Vlaanderen)
1st Atelier participant
Participants develop exciting new ideas under the professional and
extremely generous guidance of renowned festival managers. Atelier mentors
Bernard Faivre d’Arcier (former long-standing artistic director of the
Avignon Festival) Rose Fenton (co-founder of LIFT, London International
Theatre Festival), Hugo De Greef (General Director of the Flagey and
former Secretary General of EFA) and Nele Hertling (Director of the
“Berlin Artist Program” of the DAAD) – joined throughout the week by other
10 outstanding and experienced festival directors - share their rich
experience with Atelier participants!

What is the Atelier format?
Next to a high-level reflection in working groups and lectures and
hands-on, interactive exchanges based on papers that participants prepare
for the Atelier, informal talks and contacts with the artists and with
leading cultural institutions and arts houses from the region create an
outstanding opportunity to link insights gained in the working groups with
the concrete environments.

Where and when?
The 2nd Edition of the European Atelier for Young Festival Managers will
take place in the beautiful city of Varna (Bulgaria) from the 26th of
April to the 03rd of May 2009. Varna, located on the Black sea bordering
with Romania, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece
and Turkey closely linked to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia – is truly a
European city with high historical and cultural significance hosting 40
festivals: There is no doubt that Varna is a perfect location for the
Atelier!

How to apply?
If you are interested in participating in the 2nd European Atelier for
Young Festival Managers and you fulfil the above mentioned criteria, write
an email to atelier la efa-aef.eu as soon as possible but at the latest
before the 1 December 2008.

You will receive an official application form which has to be returned to
the EFA Secretariat not later than 15 December 2008.

To find out about the conditions, download the Call for Interest in
English, French or German!

About the 1st Atelier

This Atelier brought me much more than expected in term of network,
knowledge about festival management, inspiration, reflection and self
confidence. I really hope that EFA will continue this workshop every year
for other young festival managers to take advantage of this wonderful
offer!!!
Emilie Labarchède (International Chamber Music Festival Stavanger)
1st Atelier participant
The 1st edition of the European Atelier witnessed a participation of
thirty-three motivated young participants with widely diverse cultural and
professional backgrounds - from students in arts management to young
managers working for large established organizations to beginning curators
running their own innovative international festivals from twenty different
countries on three continents (all documents produced during the 1st
Atelier can be downloaded from the page dedicated to the 1st edition of
the Atelier).

http://www.efa-aef.eu

Documents related to the 2nd European Atelier
Call
Public call for interest
Appel à intérêt public
Offener Aufruf zur Bekundung von Interese
Press release
EFA announces the 2nd European Atelier for Young Festival Managers
EFA annonce le 2ème Atelier Européen pour les Jeunes Managers de Festivals
EFA kündigt das 2. Europäische Atelier für junge Festivalmanager an