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From 2 June until 31 August, Jinju, a Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art invites interested participants to submit academic papers for the third edition of the “International Journal of Crafts and Folk Arts”.
The journal, running since 2020, provides opportunities for participation to scholars from Creative Cities worldwide, who share a common interest in the field of Crafts and Folk Art, creative transmission, and more generally intangible heritage.
Interested participants can submit their materials relevant to the Crafts and Folk Art...
From 18 to 22 July 2022, the XIV Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in Santos, Brazil gathered 220 participants, including 40 mayors, from some 100 Creative Cities worldwide
After a two-year interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO Creative Cities representatives met again in person in Santos, Brazil, to exchange views, experiences and initiatives aimed at promoting more inclusive and egalitarian cities, in line with UNESCO’s global priorities and Sustainable Development Goals 10, “Reduced Inequalities”, and 11...
On the occasion of this year’s World Environment Day, celebrated annually on 5 June, Dunedin, a UNESCO Creative City of Literature has released a digital anthology titled “The Heat is On: Young Writers on the Climate Change Crisis: a free digital”. The participants are young writers, under the age of 20 from 15 Creative Cities of Literature from all over the globe, featuring their works in both their mother tongue and English.
This initiative showcases thought-provoking writing pieces that aim to spark conversation and nurture awareness of...
For the fourth consecutive year, Košice, a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts since 2017, offers media artists and scientists a two-month residency programme. The residency, which will take place in autumn 2022, has been co-organized by the Municipality, Creative Industry Košice and KAIR (Košice Artists in Residence).
Under the theme of “Behavioural Change”, the upcoming edition will combine art and science and focus on exploring the ways that technology affects human behaviour, by challenging our understanding of behavioural norms,...
On 19 May 2022, Cannes, a Creative City of Film designated in 2021, organized a series of meetings for professionals focusing on the city’s audiovisual sector, as part of its Cannes on Air project. The event gathered 22 political and cultural representatives from 8 Creative Cities – namely Bradford, Bristol, Lodz, Rome, Sarajevo, Valladolid, Ouagadougou and Dakar – as well as national delegations from Nigeria and Thailand.
This event enabled the city to meet with other Creative Cities with a view to exchanging, sharing...
From 18 to 22 July 2022, UNESCO, in collaboration with Santos (Brazil), a Creative City of Film, will be holding the XIV UCCN Annual Conference. After a two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, delegates from member cities will be invited to meet again in person on the occasion of the most important event of the Network.
Hosted for the first time in Latin America, the Conference will offer a unique occasion to strengthen the ties between cities from around the world and will serve as a platform to reflect on the strategic objectives of...
From March to June, Rome, a Creative City of Film is engaged as a partner in the implementation of 'My Creative School', an educational project initiated by the Italian Youth Association for UNESCO covering devious areas from Visual Arts to Film, applying creativity and arts to urban regeneration.
The aim of this 4-month project conceived by an association of committed young volunteers, is to introduce over 50 students from an Artistic High School in Rome to the concept of urban regeneration and the importance of film as a means of...
From 7 to 11 June 2022, Enghien-les-Bains (France), a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts organizes its “Cuban Week”, with the participation of Havana and Santiago de Cuba (the Republic of Cuba), both Creative Cities of Music.
During a week, the general public will be invited to Enghien-les-Bains’s Centre des arts for an immersive journey into the heart of Havana, a city shaped by five centuries of historical and cultural exchange. The rich and varied programme featuring screenings, exhibitions, conferences, concerts, shows, and...
In celebration of Scotland’s Year of Stories, Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the first UNESCO Creative City of Literature designated in 2004, launches Figures of Speech, a series of cross-sectoral cultural events spanning from 20 May to 30 November 2022.
A testament to Scottish literary heritage, Edinburgh’s Figures of Speech will give audiences the opportunity to enjoy iconic classics as well as contemporary works and recent commissions, over the course of a six-event programme, featuring 12 writers and 6...
From 4 to 31 May 2022, Vranje (the Republic of Serbia), a UNESCO Creative City of Music, will hold the 22nd edition of its traditional music festival “May the Month of Music”. Organized in collaboration with “Stevan Mokranjac” Music School, and with financial support from the City of Vranje and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the festival promises to be a rich and multifaceted culture experience for all.
This year, numerous artists have been selected, from various ensembles and orchestras, as well as soloists....