[afro-nets] Issue #8: art'ishake (Art and MDGs journal)

["Janet Feldman" <kaippg@earthlink.net>]

Dear Friends:

art'ishake welcomes participants to submit papers, articles, news,images of artworks, and announcements on arts and development issues. Please note the deadline for the upcoming issue is April 15, 2008.

art'ishake is an e-journal that aims to provide an outlet for interdisciplinary and international exploration of the concepts and practices of creative and arts-infused development projects. The purpose of art'ishake is to provide an open, collaborative, and learning approach to the creative and development sector, to share experiences and views from different perspectives, present 'how-tos' through the exchange of best-practice examples, inspire, and add 'knowledge-based' value to the creative-change process.

Since its launch in January 2006, art'ishake has reached hundreds of readers and contributors from across the globe. In art'ishake, readers find stories of artists and development organizations from Australia, Brazil, USA, UK, to Ukraine, Tanzania; illustrations, photos, images of sculptures, films, and paintings from Italy, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Vietnam.; poetry from South Africa, Nigeria and India.

Opinions, projects, and studies from Cameroon, Benin, China, Turkey, to Finland, Canada, Ghana. From fashion shows to photo exhibitions, arts made of sand, fabrics, sounds, actions, or vibrant oil colors; has been utilized to address vital human and social challenges: HIV/AIDS, youth, education, poverty, human rights, identity, urbanization, environmentalism, and more.

Submission Areas:

-News, Experiences, Events, Projects, and Opinions on Millennium Development Goals [MDGs], in particular as these relate to the arts and to creativity (max 1500 words).

-Research and white-papers on arts, human development, as well as the impact within the local, national, and international community [theoretical, methodological, economic, international and intercultural approaches to and perspectives on arts and development, and more] (max 1500 words).

-Auto-story by artists who create artworks and/or conduct workshops aiming for social impact, particularly those that relate to MDGs (max 1200 words).

-Auto-story by non-profit and/or for-profit organizations who utilize arts to create change and improve community (max 1200 words).

-Announcements on support material and partnership opportunities such as funding possibilities, awards, grants, fellowships, cause-related arts exhibitions and benefit events, workshops, trainings, publications, etc.

-Artworks and brief concept paragraphs [images of any type and style of artworks, such as photos, illustrations, caricatures, material used, titles, purpose/ theme, short bio statement of the artist] (max. 150 words).

-Poetry, scripts, and short stories related to arts and MDGs, cultural heritage and diversity; youth empowerment, conflict resolution and peace building, and more (max. 1200 words).

If you are interested in submitting material please contact artishake@art4development.net. Submission deadline is April 15, 2008. 

Further information and submission guidelines can be found at http://www.art4development.net/artishake.html

Arts for Global Development, Inc.
URL: http://www.art4development.net
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