FROM ALL DIRECTIONS
INDIGENOUS AND REGIONAL CULTURES
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Bringing Together Indigenous Peoples and the World Since 1992
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Our News - what's keeping us busy!
From All Directions--our 100th issue!
WAITOC--Western Australia Indigenous Tour Operators Conference, 2011
Inuit Throat Singers Aniksaq and Uyaupiq From Nunavut to New Mexico in August
IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries--The Santa Fe Opera
IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries--ABC interviews with Deborah Cheetham
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band in Lithuania
Gordon Bronitsky in Russia
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Events
Festivals
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Call for Submissions and Papers
News
Sites of Interest
Academic Offerings
University of Arizona--Master’s of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology
Summer International Programs in Cultural Economics, Amsterdam
Our News - what's keeping us busy!
From All Directions--our 100th issue!
This is the 100th issue of From All Directions--and what a long, strange trip it’s been, from Issue #1, January 25, 2001, to #100. You can read our thoughts about it on our blog at http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/wordpress/.
WAITOC--Western Australia Indigenous Tour Operators Conference, 2011
We are honored to announce that we have been invited to organize a panel of American Indian tour owner-operators from the US for the 2011 WAITOC (Western Australia Indigenous Tour Operators Conference) in Perth, March 29-April 1, 2011. The Conference theme will be “Aboriginal Dreaming – become part of the journey through tourism--Youth, Environment, Culture, and the Business of Tourism. You can learn more about the Conference below, and we’ll keep you posted as the panel develops.
Inuit Throat Singers Aniksaq and Uyaupiq From Nunavut to New Mexico in August
Inuit throat singers Aniksaq and Uyaupiq will journey from Arviat, Nunavut. to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico August 18-25 to performer during the celebrated Santa Fe Indian Market (http://swaia.org/Indian_Market) and at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque (http://www.elreytheater.com). The final details of their schedule are still being arranged but we will post the schedule and other information in the Breaking News section of our website (Welcome to Bronitsky and Associates LLC). We’ll be blogging about their tour as well. You can learn more about these outstanding artists and hear clips of their music at http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/inuit.htm. We’ve had the pleasure of touring them to Ireland and Mexico but this is their first performance in the United States. They’ve been interviewed by CBC North and we’re working to arrange a live interview with them from New Mexico in Inuktitut for broadcast to the Canadian North.
IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries--The Santa Fe Opera
The Santa Fe Opera (http://www.santafeopera.org) is one of America’s leading opera venues, famous for introducing new works and outreach to the Indigenous communities around it. Gordon Bronitsky met last week with Andrea Fellows Walters, the Opera’s Director of Education and Community Programs. Later, she met with Charles MacKay, the Opera’s General Director. We just got this e-mail:
“Santa Fe Opera director of education and community programs Andrea Fellows Walters met with Charles MacKay the Opera’s general director to identify places of intersection between IndigeNOW! and the Opera’s plans for community engagement.”
It is encouraging, and we’ll keep you posted!
IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries--ABC interviews with Deborah Cheetham
We are delighted that Aboriginal Australian composer and opera singer Deborah Cheetham will be one of the composers participating in IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries. Her opera, Pecan Summer, will premiere at the Melbourne Opera House October 9. The Australian Broadcasting Company conducted two very powerful interviews with her and members of the company, and they’re available on the web:
- http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s2741751.htm
- Part 1: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/video/2009/November2009.htm?pres=s2741751&story=1
- Part 2: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/video/2009/November2009.htm?pres=s2748780&story=1
Ever since Bronitsky and Associates started way back in 1995, a key principle has been that Indigenous people choose the message and our job is just to crank up the volume. We can’t recommend strongly enough that you visit the ABC website and hear from the composer and the performers in their own words about this powerful piece, why she created it, and where they’re going. Bravo!
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band in Lithuania
The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band just returned from a very successful tour to Lithuania under the auspices of Bronitsky and Associates and the United States Embassy in Vilnius–a special shout out to all the Embassy staff who worked so hard to make this happen!
Ieva Sadzeviciene, the Head of the Tolerance Center at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, invited the Band to play at the Center, and audiences were delighted by the high-energy music and superb musicianship. A special highlight was a joint performance during the concert at the Tolerance Center with Lithuania’s own Sutaras (http://www.sutaras.lt/kapelija.php?lang=en) a BIG hit with the audience!
The Band also gave a workshop at the Vilnius Music Conservatory, imparting their fusion of klezmer and jazz and show tunes to delighted music students. They finished their tour in the City of Kaunas (Lithuania’s second largest city), under the auspices of the 600th Anniversary of Kaunas Committee. They performed in the annual folk festival to an audience of 400+ Lithuanians, most of whom had never been exposed to klezmer music. The city congratulated them on their “incredible success.”
For more about the tour, and pictures too, visit http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/wordpress/
And to read the introduction to the group given by the United States Ambassador to Lithuania, please visit http://vilnius.usembassy.gov/sp05192010.html
Finally, we are delighted to announce that we are now working with the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band! For more information about this great group, please visit http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/maxwellstreet.htm.
Gordon Bronitsky in Russia
Gordon Bronitsky, President of Bronitsky and Associates, had a very exciting and productive trip to Russia--a panel discussion in Volgograd, a meeting with the Artistic Director of the Kalmyk State Dance Theatre "Oiraty" in Kalmykia (the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe), and a presentation at the American Center in Moscow. To read all about the trip, what happened and what may come of it--and pictures too--please visit http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/wordpress/
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Events
Blackfire in New York
The award-winning Navajo rock group Blackfire will be performing at
the Grassroots international music festival this July 22-24th in
Ithaca NY.. Blackfire is currently looking for concerts to perform
to and from their home in Flagstaff Arizona on there way to New
York.
Blackfire only plays at all ages venues. Their performance also includes their traditional Navajo songs and dances. Please go to www.blackfire.net for more information. This tour will run from July 12th-August 5th. Please call Berta Benally 928 527 1041 for bookings.
International Workshop on Folk Dances of
India
November 15-24
Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh Institute of Performing Arts (CIPA), Chandigarh, India invites Dance Students/Artistes/ Performers/Choreographers/Dance Teachers of age group of 18 years onwards to attend the International Workshop on Folk Dances of India to be held at Chandigarh, India during 15-24 November, 2010
Indian folk dances are rich in variety and rhythmic in nature. The primary impulse of Indian folk dance is rhythmic of the cultivated art, it is the love of the rhythm that creates the dance. Folk dances have a cultural background and are a vital part of the India's artistic heritage.
Chandigarh Institute of Performing Arts (CIPA) Chandigarh India is a leading cultural organization of Northern India formed with the basic aim to propagate, develop and protect various branches of performing arts in India and abroad. CIPA is committed to the dissemination of art and culture and to educate the upcoming and budding artistes by giving them an opportunity to give expression to their inner urge through performing arts and various other cultural and artistic manifestations and in turn contribute to the promotion of goodwill, fraternity and brotherhood.
For more information, contact:
Shyam Juneja
Director
Chandigarh Institute of Performing Arts
685, Sector 11-B
Chandigarh 160011
India Mobile : +9815374046
The Solano Starlight Ballroom-Western
Swing in New Mexico
Western swing is the jazzy, infectious music of the American West,
pioneered by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and other bands.
Harding County, New Mexico, is the heart of New Mexico’s ranch and
cowboy country--and also the center of Western Swing.
- The Solano Starlight Ballroom is held on the last Saturday of the month June, July & August in Solano, New Mexico.
- The catered meal starts at 6pm and the cost for the meal varies according to the caterer but is very economical and always good food.
- The dance is from 7 - 10 and costs $10.00/person at the gate.
- Campers of all persuasions are welcome and there is plenty of room for RV's
- If you don't feel like camping there are a few places to stay in Roy:
The Mesa Hotel - 575-485-2661
Sundance Bed & Bath - 575-485-2289 or 575-447-7026
La Casita - 575-485-2559
In case of inclement weather the dance is moved to the Harding County Community Building on State Hwy 120 in Roy. For more information, call 1-800-526-0482.
July 31
On July 31st, Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams will make their encore
appearance at the "Ballroom". Halden and the boys were a BIG hit
last year. Their energy is infectious and their music is some of the
most creative around. Their sound has a familiar ring to it but it's
like nothing you've heard before. If you feel like surfin' go to
www.hibeams.com.
August 28
On August 28th also making their debut in Solano will be the Delk
Band. Since 1934, thousands of people across the southwest have
enjoyed Delk family music. With a family history of music spanning
over 75 years, today's Delk Band is one of the longest continuously
performing bands in New Mexico and Arizona. From the very beginning
when Forrest Delk, the patriarch of Delk family music, first played
for a dance, through today, the focus has been on music you can
dance to. The Delk Band is a very sought after group and very rarely
plays in this part of the country. Find out more about this group at
www.thedelkband.com.
Festivals
Guelaguetza
Last two weeks of July
Oaxaca, Mexico
This may be Oaxaca's most famous festival with visitors attending
from around the world. Also known as Lunes del Cerro, regional
dancers from throughout the state express their culture on the last
two Mondays of the month. The colorful event takes place in an
outdoor amphitheater on Fortin Hill, above Oaxaca City, Mexico.
Naadam Festival
Mongolia
July 11-13, 2010
The Naadam Festival is a traditional sporting event--wrestling,
horse racing and archery--held nationwide but the best takes place
in Ulaanbaatar. It is held during the Mongolian national holidays.
Mount Hagen Cultural Show
August 14-15
Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
The Mount Hagen Cultural Show is a gathering of the clans of Papua
New Guinea’s clans--traditional dress, dance and music.
Te Matatini (formerly Aotearoa
Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival)
Auckland, New Zealand
February 1-28, 2011 Date to be confirmed
Te Matatini (formerly Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts
Festival) is the foremost Maori Arts Festivals and the summit of
achievement for those taking part in the national Kapa Haka
competitions. Some 29 groups, comprising around 1,200 performers
reach the finals, after first emerging victorious from rigorous
regional qualifiers. At Te Matatini, champion Kapa Haka groups from
all over New Zealand and Australia compete for the 'best of the
best' crown, in the traditional performance disciplines of Haka, Poi
and Waiata. The festival opens with a 1,000-strong powhiri
(welcome), performed by the host tribal group, followed by mass
pageants, a fireworks spectacular and four days of awe-inspiring
competition and cultural enrichment. About 25,000 visitors attend
every day, and besides the main event they can shop at a Tribal
Market Place, featuring handmade original, traditional and
contemporary art. Te Matatini also hosts a range of artistic
workshops in ta moko (traditional Maori tattooing), weaving,
carving, rope plaiting and hand games.
Funding
Travel Support for Native Artists
New England Foundation for the Arts: National Native Artist Exchange
The National Native Artist Exchange, administered by the New England
Foundation for the Arts, is designed to support the exchange of
artistic skills and knowledge among Native artists. American Indian,
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian artists throughout the United
States may apply to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional
and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region
to another across the nation. Grants of up to $1,500 will be awarded
based on budgets appropriate to the scope of travel. Requests must
be received at least two calendar months prior to the departure date
of the proposed trip. Visit the New England Foundation for the Arts
website (http://www.nefa.org) to review the program guidelines.
Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, now
fully operational, gears up for an active year.
Vancouver, WA. – The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation (NACF)
announced today that it has now fully staffed its operations and is
gearing up to announce its inaugural grant guidelines this spring.
The Foundation’s board is also growing. Actor Adam Beach (Salteaux
Tribe), will serve on the Foundation’s advisory board and Keller
George (Oneida Nation) has joined the Foundation’s board of
trustees.
Adam Beach (Salteaux Tribe), renowned television and film actor, joins Buffy Sainte Marie on the Foundation’s advisory board. With an extensive career as an actor, he was most recently seen in the Clint Eastwood film Flags of our Fathers. Adam also spends time visiting schools and serving as an inspirational speaker to Native American children.
“As indigenous people, we need to express and sustain our own stories through the arts,” says Adam Beach. “Acting has been a positive experience in my life, and I would like to see more opportunities for youth to develop artistically. We need a national organization like the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation to champion and fund indigenous arts.”
Keller George (Oneida Nation), a well-known figure in Indian Country, is the newest member the board of trustees. Keller George brings decades of experience to the organization as former president of the United South and Eastern Tribes and through his extensive work across the country with National Congress of the American Indians, National Museum of the American Indian, Standing Stone Media and many others.
The Foundation has established offices at the Fort Vancouver Historic Preserve, in the Portland metropolitan area. With President and Chief Executive Officer, Tara Lulani Arquette, foundation leaders have put together a team of staff to run the every day operations of the organization:
- Frank Dunn, enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, will support the Foundation’s communications efforts.
- Reuben Roqueñi, Yaqui/Mexican, has signed on as program director.
- Tracey Pew is the Foundation’s Executive Assistant/Office Manager.
The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation launched in May 2009 to promote the revitalization, appreciation and perpetuation of Native arts and cultures. The Foundation strives to ensure a path that benefits present and future generations of indigenous peoples in America. Tara Lulani Arquette began her tenure in May 2009 and has since focused on launching operations to prepare the Foundation for its first year of grant making. Grant making criteria will be announced in spring 2010.
For more information visit www.nativeartsandcultures.org
Conferences
Law and culture: meaningful legal
pluralism in the Pacific and beyond
University of the South Pacific Port Vila, Vanuatu 30 August 2010 to
01 September 2010
The question of how to make law operate effectively whilst remaining culturally appropriate is critical for all Pacific islands. In the Pacific, where much law is now made by local Parliaments we are moving beyond the immediately post-colonial discourse of law as —imposed by foreigners— but the position of State law within society is still not clearly situated. The uneasy relationship between law and culture is giving rise to a number of pressing contemporary issues so a conference on this topic is very timely.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.paclii.org/law-and-culture/
Creative New Zealand support for Pacific
heritage arts
Workshops to help Pacific communities apply for funding to preserve
their heritage arts – such as carving and weaving – were held by
Creative New Zealand during May and June.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/who_we_are/news/articletype/articleview/articleid/530/creative-new-zealand-support-for-pacific-heritage-arts
10th Pacific Arts Association
International Symposium
Pacific Arts Association Cook Islands
09 August 2010 to 11 August 2010
The Pacific Arts Association Conference, will be held for two days from 9 -11 August 2010 and aims to benchmark several policies devoted to the study of all the arts of Oceania.
The theme ‘Pacific Arts in the 21st Century Museums, New Global Communities and Future Trends’ will highlight issues surrounding the creation, dispersal, possession, repatriation, stewardship and interpretation of pacific art in the 21st century.
FOCUS OF SESSIONS:
- Objects from Central and Eastern Polynesia (the Cook Islands, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands, Rapa Nui) in museums and private collections. Current research on 19th century and earlier works, including scientific testing.
- Pacific Islanders' views today on the relationship between objects and atua (spirit beings, deified ancestors, and `gods').
- Contemporary work by Pacific Islander artists, including Pasifika work coming out of urban centres; how artists influence changing perceptions and understandings of Pacific culture.
- The emerging role of museum websites and other web entities dealing with Pacific art. “Virtual repatriation” - what is it? can it work?
- Representing Pacific art and cultures. The role of libraries, archives, museums and other institutions in the Pacific in furthering the understanding of Pacific art and raising issues concerning the interpretation of Pacific art by institutions world-wide.
MORE INFORMATION: http://cook2010.blogspot.com/
Performing the World 2010: Can Performance Change the World?
East Side Institute
New York City, USA
30 September 2010 to 03
October 2010
The sixth Performing the World conference will be held in New York City from Thursday, September 30 through Sunday, October 3, 2010. The theme of this year’s conference is: “Can Performance Change the World?”
With this theme, we ask performance activists and scholars to reflect on and address the political aspects of their performance work; at the same time, we invite social change activists to reflect on and address the performance aspects of their political activities. We are looking for proposals - for panels, workshops, - performances, demonstrations, installations, etc. - that address this overarching question.
The sponsors of Performing the World - the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy and the All Stars Project, Inc. - are based in New York City. For decades, both organizations have worked to create a performance-oriented culture and community, in conscious and direct relationship to progressive social change. Our activities involve all neighborhoods and social strata in New York City, and have created an international network of connections.
We envision Performing the World 2010 as a three-day “performance of conversation” with people from all over the world - scholars and researchers; teachers, therapists, social workers and community organizers; doctors and other health workers; theatre and other performance artists; union activists and business leaders; economists and political activists - on the subject of performance and the transformation of the individual, the community, and the world.
The question “Can Performance Change the World?” suggests many themes and topics. Here are a few:
- Does performance contribute to people seeing the world in new ways?
- Play, performance and learning in and outside of school
- Community, therapy and community therapy
- Playing at work and working at play
- New health care performances for connecting mind and body
- Therapy, performance and emotional growth
- How is the economy performing?
- What does performing on stage have to do with performing off-stage?
- Group creativity and social change
- Performance, activism and revolution
To submit a proposal, go to http://www.eastsideinstitute.org/page53/page53.html
“Aboriginal Dreaming – become part of the
journey through tourism”
Youth, Environment, Culture, and the Business of Tourism
WAITOC is excited to announce the dates for the 6th Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference to be held In Perth from 29th March to 1 April 2011.
The intent of the Conference is to assist and promote the Indigenous tourism business and industry sector as well as provide a comprehensive overview of the tourism industry. The Conference aims to bring people from around Australia and overseas that are involved with the Indigenous tourism landscape. The theme encourages delegates to talk business and interact with likeminded colleagues and friends with the intention of building new relationships and future partnership opportunities.
It’s about celebrating our successes, our culture through tourism.
Mark the dates now!!!
WAITOC looks forward to welcoming everyone to Perth in 2011.
For further information or to be included on the mailing list, please email .
Publications
Song Cycles Shows Indigenous
Musicians Have a Tough Gig
28 May 2010
Australia Council for the Arts
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/news_items/2010/song_cycles
The talent and quality may be there – and so is audience interest – but new research shows that only a fraction of the rewards and airplay is going to Indigenous musicians. Song Cycles, a joint research project of the Australia Council for the Arts and the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), shows that attitudes, physical distance, training and education are among the significant barriers that prevent Indigenous artists from reaching wider audiences.
What I Am Learning On My Tour
Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/what-i-am-learning-on-my_b_602626.html
“My 50 state, 69 city tour is almost over; I will make my last presentation on July 16 in Boise, Idaho. The tour has been both inspiring and depressing at the same time.”
Call for Submissions and Papers
4th Annual Monument Valley Film
Festival, Arizona
The 4th Annual Monument Valley Film Festival is making a call for
entries. Please visit the web site for a submission form. All
submissions are free as usual.
http://www.monumentvalleyfilmfest.com/
CALL FOR ARTISTS: 1st Annual Native
Woodland Peoples Art Market
October 28, 29 & 30, 2010
We invite you to tell the story of Eastern Woodland Art and Culture.
Join us at the traditional Woodland People's meeting place, Bawating
the Place of the Rapids, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Our first
gathering will be held at Kewadin Casino DreamMakers Theater.
Spaces are limited, cash prizes in six categories, along with best of show! Best of Show recipient will also receive "Featured Artist" display in the Bawating Art Gallery in Kewadin Casino.
For information and your application call Mahdezewin International at 906-635-8227.
News
The Wolves of Tuonela
Marc Meriläinen - creator of the multi-award nominated NADJIWAN
project has come full circle with his new musical direction.
From a Finnish and Ojibway background Marc has tried to embrace both culturally and musically. This new project incorporates the best of both worlds sonically and musically. Marc utilizes traditional Finnish folk guitar tunings and instruments like the kantele, jouhikko alongside modern beats and Aboriginal style vocables combined with Finnish lyrics. This is a unique style, tone and that cannot be heard anywhere else.
Over the past 15 years Marc has performed across Canada and The United States at various festivals, venues and events including the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C. Marc will debuting this new project live July 30th at Finn Grandfest to be held in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Marc's EP - The Wolves of Tuonela recently received a review in G-POP a New York based webzine: http://www.g-pop.net/thewolvesoftuonela.htm
Plugged in: remote Australian Indigenous
youth and digital culture
Australian National University, May 2010, Australia
For most Indigenous people in central and northern Australia the
encounter with the western world has been relatively recent. Yet
even in the most remote Indigenous communities, global influences
pervade everyday life and new forms of media and communications are
reshaping youth culture. This paper draws on ethnographic case study
data from research with Indigenous youth who are participating in
non-formal community-based media and music production and digital
community archiving projects in remote regions. For these young
adults the generational shift has been rapid, as many of their
elders once lived a pre-contact nomadic existence. Now they are
firmly part of global youth culture, taking on the role of mediating
between old cultural knowledge and new digital technologies. Such
generationally differentiated arenas of social practice are also
changing the ways in which youth in remote Indigenous Australia are
using oral and written language.
*Text from Australian Policy Online
http://www.apo.org.au/research/plugged-remote-australian-indigenous-youth-and-digital-culture
Culture as a Tool For Development in Panama (in Spanish)
The project I + D, promoted by the Instituto Nacional de Cultura
(INCAC) jointly with Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) and the
Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI), aims at strengthening
the capacity of interdisciplinary professionals with new tools for
development and at increasing the capacity of the culture sector.
The project I + D, culture as a tool for development, will last two years and will include two activities, a Course on Culture and Development and a Series of Conferences that will take place at the National Library.
According to María Eugenia Herrera de Victoria, Director of the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, the project invites contributions that will be fundamental to creating a cultural policy in Panama. As part of the ceremony, INAC, UTP and OEI signed an agreement according to which they commit to open up spaces for culture to contribute to society’s growth. With a joint effort, we can create a better Panama.
The conference “Culture, a Tool for Development” was also carried
out as part of the event. It was given by Fernando Vicario Leal, OEI
Culture Area Coordinator and José Antonio Mac Gregor, international
consultant on culture.
http://200.90.132.195/inac.gob.pa/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=499&Itemid=1
$42 million supports Australia's Indigenous arts, culture and
heritage
Australian government press release
$42 million from five Australian Government programs is supporting
over 380 Indigenous arts, culture and heritage projects across
Australia, the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Peter Garrett,
announced today.
"The Australian Government is committed to supporting Indigenous
communities through funding for Indigenous arts, culture, languages,
broadcasting and heritage conservation activities in communities
right across Australia," Mr. Garrett said.
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2010/mr20100609c.html
Sites of Interest
For more information please contact: .
Indigenous Composers
Deborah Cheetham, Australia (and her opera,
Pecan Summer)
http://www.deborahcheetham.com
Brent Michael Davids (USA)
http://www.brentmichaeldavids.com/concertmusic.html
Arlie Neskahi (USA)
http://www.arlieneskahi.com/
George Quincy
http://www.georgequincy.com/
Johan Sara Jr. (Sami Sweden)
http://www.sapmimusic.com/ADJAGAS/JOHANSARAJR/tabid/521/language/en-GB/language/en-ZA/Default.aspx
Maree Sheehan (Maori, New Zealand)
http://mareesheehan.com
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Academic Offerings
After many inquiries from universities and colleges, Bronitsky and Associates now offers a regular advertising feature, Academic Offerings, in our e-newsletter From All Directions (current circulation 5419 readers around the world).
This will be an excellent opportunity to reach an international audience regarding your programs in the applied social sciences, Indigenous studies, performing arts and related disciplines.
Please contact Gordon Bronitsky at for more information
University of Arizona
Master’s of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology
A new Master’s of Science in Geographic Information Systems
Technology (MS-GIST) will be offered by the School of Geography and
Development at The University of Arizona.
We will be accepting applications in August 2010 for a one year MS-GIST program that will start January 2011. This one calendar year program integrates GIScience, cutting-edge GISystems and geospatial technology, with management skills for use in public, corporate, and academic research and innovation. This comprehensive program is designed to meet the important educational needs of working professionals seeking to improve their career standing as well as for recent graduates seeking employment in the high growth geospatial industries (http://www.doleta.gov/Brg/Indprof/geospatial_profile.cfm). The program is intended for students with either extensive or limited experience in GIST. The MS-GIST program meets in the evenings (Monday-Thursday), does not require a master’s thesis, and can be obtained in one calendar year as it begins in January and ends in December. The program does not require a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for admission.
The University of Arizona is one of the premier public research universities in the world, recently ranked by the National Science Foundation as 16th amongst public universities and colleges in the United States (http://www.arizona.edu/about/highlights-rankings), and one of only 36 public institutions that are members of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The 380 acre campus is located in central Tucson, an affordable and culturally vibrant city (http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov) surrounded by the beautiful and dramatic Sonoran desert (http://www.visittucson.org).
Further information will be posted to the School of Geographic and Development website by August 1st, 2010 (http://geog.arizona.edu).
Summer International
Programs in Cultural Economics, Amsterdam
The second edition of the Summer International Programs in cultural
economics led by Prof. Arjo Klamer will take place in Amsterdam.
There will be two courses:
- Value of Culture: On the relationship between Economics, Culture and the Art (August 4-11, 2010)
- Creativity, economy and society (July 28 - August 4).
The courses explore the tension between the world of economics and the world of the arts. They are open to interested students city planners, politicians, teachers, business leaders, cultural managers and other workers in the cultural field.
The candidates can find further information as well as the application form at: http://www.klamer.nl/av.
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