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a DIALOGUE onarts and communitieswith

localand

internationalperspectives

Wednesday 7th April, 2pm - 8pmArtist-led sessions to explore good practice in

community engagement projects, with local and

international examples from Birmingham, Bulgaria,

Crete and Poland.

www.interculturaldialogue.net/news

Thursday 8th April, 10am 4pmA dialogue with Airan Berg and Franois Matarasso,

exploring European approaches to artistic practices

that invite social engagement. The debate will

investigate how this engagement informs the

creative process and the artwork. The symposium

will highlight case studies from arts organisations

in Birmingham that work in innovative ways within

cross-cutting agendas to create art that is relevant to

particular communities.

Day One will be o specifcinterest to artists and practitioners(whether as individuals or aspart o an organisation) wishingto develop their practice in thecontext o community engagementand cultural exchange.

Day Two will be o interestto artists, arts organisations,NGOs, local authority ofcers andregional agencies interested incross-cultural practice, communityengagement and internationalperspectives.

is organised by Laundry in partnership with Birmingham City Council and The Drum

Airan Berg, Linz 2009 European Capital o Culture (Austria),Franois Matarasso (UK), Fundacja Pogranicze (Poland),

Laundry (UK), Nova Kultura (Bulgaria)

April 7th & 8th 2010The Drum, Birmingham

www.the-drum.org.uk/event/interchat

Further inormation and booking:www.the-drum.org.uk/event/interchat

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Birmingham City Council Arts Service is supporting the interchat

symposium by profiling a number of projects and events that they are

funding as part of an ongoing commitment to nurturing international

perspectives between artists and communities in our culturally diverse city.

The City SingsAn opportunity to hear community choirs rom Birminghamperorm The City Sings composed by Helen Ottawaycommissioned by mac or its re-opening in 2010. Each choirwill perorm their own repertoire as part o the programme.

4pm, 5th April, Adrian Boult HallParadise Place, Birmingham B3 3HGTickets (3/5) available rom Birmingham Box Ofceat Birmingham Central Librarywww.birminghamboxofce.com0121 303 2323

Treasure TalesInspired by intriguing objects rom the citys historiccollections, this is an opportunity or young perormersto hone their storytelling with proessional guidance inthe UKs frst repertory theatre.

6th -9th April, The Old Rep Theatre

Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DYEvening perormance on Friday 9th AprilTickets and perormance time available romBirmingham Box Ofce at Birmingham Central Librarywww.birminghamboxofce.com0121 303 2323

In our BackyardAn Open Day with activities or amilies at the CommunityGallery (BM&AG), showing work developed through our artsresidencies in local neighbourhoods. Participatory activitieswill include storytelling, mosaic making, painting on flm andapple mapping. The public launch o the exhibition will takeplace in the Community Gallery in the evening and theexhibition will run until the end o June 2010.

10th April, Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryChamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DHwww.bmag.org.uk0121 303 2834Entrance reeCheck open day and launch times on www.artsresidencies.org

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