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Resources: Foundation Center - excellent resource on US grantmaking

Published: Friday, September 30, 2011 - 13:18

Established in 1956, the Foundation Center is a leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. In addition to conducting research, education, and training programs on philanthropy, the Centre maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S.

Mutual Gallery Announcers Winners of Super Plus Under 40 Artist of the Year Competition

Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 18:30

The Mutual Gallery has announced that the winners of the SUPER PLUS UNDER 40 ARTIST OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2011 are:

Jury Prize - O'Neil Lawrence

Public prize - Duane Bennett

O'Neil Lawrence's entry dealt with his own personal struggles to achieve self actualization and by extension the struggles that other Jamaican men face in creating and realizing their own various identities. He copped the Jury Prize of $100,000.00 and a solo...

Jamaican Poets to participate in Global "100 Thousand Poets for Change"

Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 17:41

On 24th September 2011, poets in more than 500 cities in 95 countries will take part in the world's largest poetry reading in history. There are already more than 600 individual events are scheduled to take place simultaneously that day.

Resources: Study on "Association between Cultural Activity and Perceived Health, Anxiety, Depression & Life Satisfaction"

Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 16:56

A team of researchers, led by Koenraad Cuypers, have conducted a study which analysed the association between cultural activity and perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life in both genders. The results have just been published by the British Medical Association’s Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health: “Patterns of receptive and creative cultural activities and their association with perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life among adults: the HUNT study, Norway...

Resources: Study on "Impact of Youth Arts on Society"

Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 16:51

Through its year-long campaign, Artswork* has amassed a body of evidence which demonstrates how youth arts can transform young people's lives and enable new generations to progress positively as young citizens influencing the society we live in. Its report “Youth Arts Transforms Lives: Fact!” delivers a very clear message: Youth Arts are the most important and powerful tool available to help young people transform themselves and the world around them.

Resources: Study on Cultural Provision of CARIFORUM-EU EPA

Published: Friday, September 2, 2011 - 07:46

At the end of 2008, the EU and 15 CARIFORUM countries signed a European-Partnership Agreement (EPA). This was the first time the EU included cultural provisions in a trade agreement with third countries, and it was intended to increase cultural exchanges and business cooperation involving the cultural and creative sectors (incl. visual arts, performing arts, arts fairs, heritage, film and video, television and radio, video games, computer animation, music, publishing, design, fashion etc).