From 26 April until 3 May 2009, the European Festivals Association (EFA) organises the second European Atelier for Young Festival Managers. The Atelier invites 45 emerging artistic directors from Europe, Asia, Africa, North / Central / South America and the Arabic world for a rigorous one-week training programme, including lectures, one-to-one talks, group discussions as well as intense workshops, to Varna, Bulgaria.
The Atelier is about formulating experiences and handing them over to a next (new) generation of festival makers, focusing thematically on the very essence of arts festivals - the art and the artist. The second European Atelier for Young Festival Managers 2009 is hosted by the Varna Summer International Music Festival, the Varna Municipality and the Festival and Congress Centre Varna.
EFA, the representative network of and for arts festivals in Europe, believes that cultural organisations need to embrace continuing professional development. The Atelier is a unique leadership programme and the only one featuring such a distinguished group of festival leaders and cultural experts.
The Call for Interest is open until 1 December 2008. Selection will take place until mid-January 2009.
Contact: European Festivals Association (EFA), Danijela JOVIC, Project Assistant, Kleine Gentstraat 46 - B-9051 Gent, Belgium;
e-mail: atelier@efa-aef.eu; www.efa-aef.eu