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Friday, December 6, 2013

ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA

New young leaders contribute to arts and culture
The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM)s strategic objective is to contribute to strengthening the sustainable capacity of Mongolian arts organizations and arts leaders in the new emerging democracy and the changing market economy. In this regard, ACM has implemented its fourth year of the Young Leadership in the Arts program. This program has been supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing for the last three years. This year twenty young artists were chosen to participate in the program and were offered free training and access to practical exercises in leadership, marketing and effective communication, project development, cultural policy, intellectual property, copyright and cultural tourism. ACM has provided a ten-part mentoring program on arts administration and leadership skills and provided access to international festivals and networking opportunities. The major focus of the program is to build a sustainable and viable network of young emerging art administrators and artists, and to support the participation of young leaders and artists at a festival in Norway. Four successful participants attended the Oslo World Music Festival in Norway to gain experience with music festival management. The Oslo World Music Festival was held on 28th of October4th of November, 2013 in Oslo, Norway. The festival is one of the biggest of its kind in the world, and is presented by Concerts Norway. This year celebrated the 20th anniversary of the festival. The young leaders saw more than 300 artists from over 20 countries on one stage, at one time. This was a great opportunity for these youth leaders to become inspired to create artworks and to gain experience working in a creative profession, whilst learning about how to contribute to the arts in Mongolia. Also during the trip, they were given great opportunities to meet festival directors and organizers, staff, artists and volunteers, and to learn how to organize the festival. They also visited arts schools, institutes and cultural organizations, such as a museum, galleries, the opera house and the National Drama and Folk Theatre. Participation in the festival helped the young artists to understand foreign systems of cultural development and provided a good example of how to build new content and ideas in Mongolia. This year has been an important one for strengthening relationships between Mongolia and Norway, and both countries celebrated the 45th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Ambassador Svein O. Saether from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing visited Mongolia on the 19th of November and the Norwegian government contributed generous funds to Mongolia. One of the biggest contributions in the arts field was the support of the Young Leadership in the Arts program. During this official visit, the young leaders were invited to meet with the Norwegian Ambassador in a unique opportunity to strengthen cultural ties. The program is built around an awareness of the positive benefits of cultural exchange and cooperation between the two countries. The Young Leadership in the Arts programs graduation ceremony was held on the 26th of November at Black Box Theatre. This ceremony celebrated the twenty young leaders who are ready to contribute their work ethic and talent in the arts and culture field. The young leaders organized the gala event program, which consisted of music and dance performances, an online gallery, painting, photography and video works. They also created a video documenting the festival and the graduation ceremony, which will be broadcast on UBS television. The young leaders want to encourage other fabulous youth to contribute their skills and ability to promote social change and strengthen Mongolian culture through the arts. Finally, thanks goes to Ambassador Svein O. Saether and his colleagues from the Royal Norwegian Embassy for supporting Mongolian arts and culture by implementing the project and providing this great opportunity for Mongolian young artists and arts leaders.

graduates

meeting with Ambassador Svein O Saether

Students win Future Talent scholarships

year scholarship for study. Last September, the ACM announced that the scholarship will apply to two arts schools: the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, and the Music and Dance College. Traditionally, the ACM has granted a one year scholarship to the four best students. In 2013, the ACM expanded the scope of the program by increasing the number of scholarship recipients to six. This year the six best students, who are successfully studying violin, viola, violoncello, music composition and string instruments, received scholarships. From 2010 to date, the ACM has granted a total amount 10,160,000 MNT to 18 students and is grateful to the Mongol-American Cultural Association on behalf of the students.

In a Grove story at Black Box Theatre

Black Box Theatre invites theatre lovers to enjoy In a Grove, a short play by famous Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa. In a Grove, is a short story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, which first appeared in Japanese literature in January 1922. The play is an early modernist story, blending the modernist search for identity with themes from historic Japanese literature. It is perhaps the most iconic work of Akutagawas career. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892 1927) is regarded as the Father of the Japanese short story. He has received the honor of having Japans premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, named after him. In a Grove presents three varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanitys ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. For the first time in history, this famous Japanese story will be performed in the Mongolian language. The play was translated by B.Bataa and the music will be conducted by S.Myagmar (director and artist of Black Box Theatre, Mongolia) and Oleg Yumov, (director of Buryatia, Russia). Black Box Theatre successfully opened the play in November 2013 and the season continues from the 8th of December every weekend. We hope you enjoy this world famous story. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/blackboxmongol.

The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) runs the Future Talent scholarship program for arts students, funded by the Mongol-American Cultural Association. This program supports the talents of disadvantaged students by providing a one

Original graphic artworks of the world famous artists

976 Art gallery From 15 Dec till 04 Jan, 2014 Exhibition of masterpieces by Georges Braque, Salvador Dal, Sam Francis, Karl Otto Gtz, Hans Hartung, Fernand Lger, Henry Moore , A. R. Penck, Otto Piene, Mel Ramos, Antoni Tpies, Victor Vasarely, Walter Womacka, to be displayed first time in Mongolia open for public, for longer period of time. Artworks are the private collection of Dr.Gunnar Enghusen, from Germany, who started collecting modern art in the early 70s in Germany and became friends with numerous artists such as A.R.Penck and Peter Makolies. Dr. Enghusen is a Member of the Supporting Society of the Berlin University of Arts.

Students of Music and Dance College

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