About Michala

member of spolekrichelieu association coordinator of new web project / www.novasit.cz

AUTOR MOTOR ANIMATOR, a new book on culture animation

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Michala

AUTOR MOTOR ANIMATOR is a contribution to the discussion on culture animation and culture management and art management in Czech and European contexts.

Go on and read it for discussion – reflections – talks – impulses.

The book has been published by Spolek Richelieu within the ANIMATOR project as a conclusion of the three-part discussion project on the culture animation, culture management, its studies and practice in Czech and European context.

To read more, we publish the pdf version of the book, where the english summary is possible to find at the end.

DOWNLOAD THE BOOK (PDF)

THE CULTURAL ANIMATION CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Michala

The conference on CULTURAL ANIMATION was held in Prague, ALFREDVEDVORE Theatre the 25th of February from 10 till 17.

Partners of the ANIMATOR project took part and presented their part of ANIMATOR project as well as presentions on different models of cultural animation – its study and practice – in their country.

Presentation of Iwona Kurz from Institute of Polish Culture [.ppt]

The conference was close down by open discussion about cultural animation and art and cultural management. The recording of the debate in mp3 format will be made available here soon.

SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVAL PRAGUE AND ITS OFF-PROGRAMME

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Michala

At the press conference devoted to a Small Inventory Festival (February 20 – 24, Prague, Czech Republic) was presented, as a part of OFF -programme of the festival, a publication prepared within the frame of ANIMATOR project and called CZ/PL Theatres after the Reconstruction. This book will be available during the festival and it prezents reconstructed theatre buildings – a new regional cultural centres in Poland and Czech Republic where also an alternative or so called new theatre is shown. The book is published in cooperation of Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University, Spolek Richelieu and New Web Association which is a main organizator of the Small Inventory festival.

A conference CULTURAL ANIMATION, organized by Spolek Richelieu, is a next part of the OFF-programme of the festival. It will take place the 25th of February from 10 till 18 p.m in ALFREDVEDVORE theatre. Partner´s organization of the ANIMATOR project will prezent their part of the project realization as well as situation of cultural animation and its studies in each country. There will be open debate at the end of the conference. Students, pedagogues and practitioners-cultural organizators were invited. The conference co-organizes New Web Association and Motus Association-production of ALFREDVEDVORE theatre.

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www.malainventura.cz

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AUTOR MOTOR ANIMATOR, part two

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Michala

The second part of the serie of public discussion will be held the 24st of January in Alfred ve dvoře Theatre in Prague. This debate is specialized on the regional cultural NGO´s and their practice.

At the first debate we tried to define who is animator of culture and manager of culture in Czech republic as we still do not have the official definition of this conceptions. Than we tried to ask how should be these people educated and if we do have adequate education for this disciplines/activities.

Now we would like to invite people who we could be called „cultural animators“ in regions of Czech republic and we would like to discuss with them how looks real practice and how should be students prepare for this reality and if the education offers what the practice asks. We would like to ask them how they were educated as we do not have any cultural animation studies in Czech republic and how they would like to be educated for the practice they are use to.

We are documenting this discussion and we are going to rewrite it for our planning publication.

By the first debate called CULTURAL MANAGEMENT CULTURAL ANIMATION AS STUDY DISCIPLINE? we opened very interesting and very little explored area and we found out that it would be very good study material the publication with the rewrites of the debates and reports from people interested in the subject. We start to cooperate with Department of production at Theatre Academy Prague because they consider our project as very important and interesting for their students and pedagogues too. At the first debate, there were about 60 people coming. There was students of Theatre Academy in Prague, Brno and Bratislava, pedagogues of these schools, students and pedagogues of Academy of fine art in Prague who are opening the course of Cultural management, students of the Faculty of Art at Charles Univerzity in Prague , pedagogues of Salezian University in Opava who would like to open department of Cultural animation.

We cooperate also with Nová síť/new web project (www.novasit.cz) and Alfred ve dvoře theatre (www.alfredvedvore.cz).

The last part of this debate will be a conference entitled CULTURE ANIMATION…? which will take place on the 25th of February in Alfred ve dvoře Theatre from 10 till 18. The conference will be held with the participation of experienced practitioners from czech regions, students and pedagogues of the Theatre Academy in Prague and the Faculty of Art of Charles Univerzity Prague and international partners of the ANIMATOR PROJECT. We would like to compare the concepts of cultural animation in different environments.

AUTORSKÁ TVORBA NA BLÍZKO. Festival and open seminaries.

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Michala

Between 15th and 18th of January the festival and seminary of Spolek Richelieu and KATaP (Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy at Theatre Academy) will be held.

The aim of the festival is prezentation of the authorial creativity of students and pedagogues of KATaP and following public discussion about the studies and practice. After the festival follows two public seminaries – open discussions, on Friday the 18th of January. First one about pedagogical experiences students´ of KATaP outside of Academy, at schools, at open public seminaries lead by students and graduates of the Department in cultural spaces across the regions of Czech republic . It is about and for graduates in practice, about their experiences. We are going to ask how the graduates use their knowledges from studies and how they could bring their practice experiences back to studies, what are the differences between study and practice. The second debate will be one about the festival, about studying, teaching and working with so called Authorial creativity, about it´s practice. The festival as well as both discussions are open for public as we would like to open wider debate.

Spolek Richelieu visit the Laundry

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Michala

Spokek Richelieu made a short visit to the West Midlands of England to view theatre activities and cultural animation projects. They visited with Stan’s Cafe and Black Country Touring. They also shared ideas of work of members of the association. View one example of the types of projects that members of Spolek Richelieu undertake…

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PUBLIC SEMINARIES IN LIBEREC

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Michala

The first open public seminaries lead by students of Departament for Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy at Theatre Academy Prague (KATaP) took place the 21st of October in Liberec, within the frame of the Festival for new theatre BIG INVENTORY.

There were three parts of the workshop devoted to three basic disciplines at KATaP: Acting with the inner partners, Authorial reading and so called Recitation.

we would like to invite you to a small conference entitled CULTURE ANIMATION…?

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Michala

Dear project partners, dear Culture Animators,

On behalf of Spolek Richelieu, Association of Students, Graduates and Friends of the Theatre Academy Prague we would like to invite you to a small conference entitled CULTURE ANIMATION…? which will take place

on the 25th of february 2008 in Alfred ve dvoře Theatre from 10 till 18

with the participation of experienced practitioners, students and pedagogues of the Theatre Academy in Prague and the Faculty of Art of Charles University, international partners of the ANIMATOR project and other people interested

and as the last event of a three-part open public discussion entitled

AUTOR-MOTOR-ANIMATOR on the theme of the theatre production and cultural management, its studies and practice and successful work experience of the graduates and cultural animation in regions of the Czech Republic but also in a European context.

The first public debate will take place on 6th of November at Theatre Academy Prague and is called CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AS STUDY DISCIPLINE? The second one is planned on 24th of January 2008 in Alfred ve dvoře Theatre and is specialized on the regional cultural NGO´s. We would like to discuss what should the cultural manager have to know, how and where should he study? Are the studying plans answer to actual needs? Which skills are required on cultural animators? And at least but not last, what the culture animation is or what it could be?

We will really appreciate if you will be interested and inspired by these questions and will prepare a short paper refers to this questions and refer it at our february´s conference.

A working session of the partners of the ANIMATOR project will be held on 26 February 2007. We would like to ask you to book your time and take part in the session.

On 18–24 February the Small Inventory festival will be held in Prague as a festival to present the new theatre and stage projects created in the last year. You are cordially invited to attend the festival. For more information, see www.malainventura.cz

Please confirm your participation or ask for more info at +420 603 18 16 12 or at simatko@centrum.cz

Richelieu Association is going to open new academic year by series of public discussions.

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Michala

Within the frame of ANIMATOR project and in cooperation of students of Theatre Academy Prague and the New Web Association /www.novasit.cz/, we are going to organize the public discussions specialized on the performances of the students of the Theatre Academy in the last year and also the discussions about theatre production, art management, regional culture and life of the smaller cultural NGO´s and the Culture Animation as well.