European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

European Festivals Association

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

• One week rigourous training programme for young festival managers

• Especially for those working in the field of programming

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

„Car le vrai rôle d'un festival est

d'aider les artistes à oser, à entreprendre

des projets...“

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Format...

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

• hands-on and interactive nature • built up of a wide range of activities in various formats • small workshop sessions as well as conventional (public)

lectures and debates • Paper sessions• Face to face dialogue• all zooming in on particular aspects of festival

management, including artistic vision, political and social responsibility, internationalization, networking, audience development, renewal and sustainability.

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

2006 – First edition of the European Atelier in Görlitz, Germany...

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Presenters...

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

• professional and extremely generous guidance of renowned festival managers

• Bernard Faivre d'Arcier (former Director of the Festival d'Avignon), Rose Fenton (co-founder of LIFT, London International Theatre Festival), Gerard Mortier (Director of the Opéra National de Paris), Nele Hertling (Director of the "Berlin Artist Program" of the DAAD), Brian McMaster (Director of Edinburgh International Festival), Tom Stromberg (Director EXPO Hannover 2000 art program), Gavin Henderson (Principal of Trinity College of Music in London), Tzvetelina Iossifova (Co-Director of the Red House Center for Culture and Debate in Sofia), Nevenka Koprivsek (Director of Bunker Productions in Ljubljana).

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Hosting city...

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Participants...

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

• Participants include everyone from students of arts management to managers working for established organizations and others launching new events.

• They are asked to present a proposal for a new festival or event, or to suggest how to renew an existing one.

• These papers that allow a focused selection are used as references during the entire workshop.

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

A separate edition of EFA BOOKS is dedicated to the

Atelier and will be published by

October 2008:

Cahier de l‘Atelier

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Next European Atelier will take place

in April / May 2009 in Varna, Bulgaria

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Timeline of the project:

- September 2008: Open Call will be published on the EFA site

- Mid December 2008: Deadline for applications

- Mid January 2009: selected participants will be announced

- April / May 2009: 2nd Edition of the European Atelier in Varna

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Find all information on www.efa-aef.eu

European Festivals Association European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

Thank you very much for your attention!

Kathrin DeventerEFA Secretary General

Kathrin@efa-aef.eu