2007 05 10 07:25
34th ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting; Copenhagen, 21-22 May 2007
The meeting will be hosted by the Danish Arts Agency. Among the meeting’ s main goals is the preparation of he thesis paper to be presented at the Ministerial Conference in Riga in 2008. ... read more>>
2007 08 06 14:33
“Nordic Summer”, Vilnius and Jurkabas, Lithuania, 23-26. 08. 2007
“Nordic Summer” - International Contemporary Literature Forum launched by the Baltic Culture Fund and Jurbarkas Country Museum aims to give the participants opportunity to discuss, create fruitful contacts and to get acquainted with the contemporary issues in literature as well as to present current writing to the publicity and publishers. ... read more>>
2007 10 06 15:13
Artist in Wonderland, 27.10-16.12.2007, Gdansk-Gdynia, Poland
an exhibition that explores the reality of dreams, fairy tale and horror in everyday life and entertainment industry and society at large
2007 11 13 12:48
Baltic Circle, 16-24 November 2007, Helsinki
The fourth edition of the festival will present theatre performances from Lithuania, Belarussia, Poland, Norway and Sweden, interactive movie from Slovenia, clubs, artist discussions, drama readings, international theatre seminar. ... read more>>
2008 01 31 22:25
The 4th ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art, Berlin, 9 February - 16 March 2008.
Finissage: Sunday, 16.03.2008 at NGBK : Guided tour with Dorothee Bienert (curator) ::
How Do You Say „Friendship“? Case Study of the Word’s Meaning – The Tallinn Project 2004-2007 Film screening and discussion with Anu Pennanen (artist) .
2008 03 31 14:38
Cinarchea, 23- 26 April 2008 :: Kiel, Germany.
It provides an opportunity for getting into contact, motivates communication and iscussion, not only for the professionals but also a broader public which is offered an attractive programme full of the fascination archaeology implies.
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2008 06 23 13:05
JazzBaltica 2008, 2 - 6 July 2008 :: Husum, Luebeck, Kiel, Salzau
JazzBaltica 2008 is focused on one of the most important instruments of jazz music: the saxophone. The motto for this year's jazz-festival is “on sax”. ... read more>>
2008 06 11 12:00
International Contemporary Literature Forum :: 12-15 June, Vilnius and Jurkabas
The Forum "Nordic Summer" is based on discussions and speeches on contemporary matters, literature readings, jazz evenings and other cultural arrangements, joined by the famous contemporary writers from all over the world. ... read more>>
2008 07 17 11:55
29th Festival of Music Inspired by Folklore “Sounds of the North” :: 29 July - 2 August, Gdańsk
It is a cyclical, international event, presenting traditional music from the countries of northern hemisphere, organised by the Baltic Sea Culture Centre in Gdańsk. This year, the 29th edition of the Festival is based on the idea of presenting regions ... read more>>
2007 03 07 14:49
folkBaltica 2007: Finnish inspirations; 18-22.04.2007, Flensburg, Germany
The 3rd folkBALTICA festival in Flensburg and the German-Danish region of Sønderjylland–Schleswig will once again be a mecca for friends of Nordic music. This year’s focus country, Finland, will be a special source of surprises and discoveries. ... read more>>
2007 06 10 14:19
Coming up: JazzBaltica 2007: 27.06 -01.07, Schleswig-Holstein
JazzBaltica will be celebrating its 17th anniversary with a premiere: the Festival will be focusing on two main instruments: the vibraphone and the trumpet and three “Artists in Residence”: Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Locke ans Dave Douglas.
2007 07 13 15:01
7th Baltic Biennial of Contemporary Art – transRobota, 04.08 – 09.09.2007, Museum of Contemporary Art, Szczecin
transRobota is being staged as a virtual intervention of the Port Rybacki Gryf. The area, in all its beauty, decay and transition, will be re-created in a three-dimensional animation, offering a virtual tour of the industrial area with all the art works and interventions in place. ... read more>>
2007 07 09 14:36
Alexander Vaindorf Fallrise, 29.06-21.07.200, Berlin
The installation Fallrise deals with the history of the monument of the Eternal Flame in Belgrade, a 27-meter-high concrete obelisk topped by a bronze fire. ... read more>>
2007 10 01 14:56
The 4th ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art, Pori, Finland, 12.10.2007-20.01.2008
Photographs, videos and installations by 20 artists from the countries bordering the Baltic Sea can be seen in Pori Art Museum.
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2007 10 30 15:47
35th ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting; Salzau, 5-6 November 2007
The participants will overview the network’s activity in the past five months and discuss the official standpoints of ARS BALTICA member states on ARS BALTICA future. ... read more>>
2007 10 16 16:00
49th Nordic Film Days Lübeck, 31 October – 4 November 2007
Short Film Prizes awarded on 2nd November. The winning films are "Mars" and "Dionysos".
2007 10 25 16:10
Conference on the occasion of the exhbition Don't Worry – Be Curious!
4th Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art at Pori Art Museum on October 25-26, 2007. The conference offers a platform for discussing and deepening the topics and questions raised in the exhibition
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2008 05 27 14:21
Littera Baltica, 6-8 June 2008 :: Turku Finland
Arranged on regular basis every second year in Turku the Littera Baltica conference aims to build a network of writers and translators in the Baltic Sea Region. ... read more>>
2008 09 29 14:20
50th Nordic Film Days Lübeck :: 29 October - 2 November 2008
Feature films, documentaries and short films from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden are presented at this four-day event every year. ... read more>>
2007 02 05 23:52
4th ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art, 31.03 - 28.05. 2007, Kiel
Don’t Worry – Be Curious! opened in Stadtgalerie Kiel on 30 March 2007 at 7:00 pm. The next day the artists of the show discussed their work in relation to the exhibition motto. The exhibition will be presented until 28.05.2007. ... read more>>
2007 01 29 13:51
transRobota, 2-22 February 2007, Szczecin, Poland
The exhibition of project proposals submitted for the 7th Baltic Biennale of Contemporary Art, transRobota. For once, art in public space will neither be decoration nor street design but a concrete and physical, head-on meeting of the art world with the labour world.
2007 04 17 22:57
DemoKino at film workshops in St. Petersburg, 5-8.04.2007
Davide Grassi presented the project "DemoKino - Virtual Biopolitical Agora" in the frame of the workshop "All Human Beings Are Born Free And Equal! - Young Film-Makers Discuss Human Rights" in St. Petersburg, Russia.
... read more>>2007 05 25 13:46
After 34th ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting; Copenhagen, 21-22 May 2007
The meeting was hosted by the Danish Arts Agency. The participants discussed the network’s activity since November last year and assessed the promotion strategy. Two new projects were granted AB logo: “Artist in the Wonderland” and “International Blues Festival Eutin”. Several other, all high-quality projects, had the logo granted again. ... read more>>
2007 08 22 13:18
Julita Wójcik - Making Things More Beautiful - 24.08- 15.09.2007, Berlin
The exhibition Making Things More Beautiful playfully addresses the image of the female (and the female artist) who beautifies the home with care and love, thus – on a small scale – making the world a better place. It is the third installment of an exhibition series by uqbar in cooperation with the 4th Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art Don’t Worry – Be Curious!, ... read more>>
2007 09 04 15:02
Fokbaltica's tribute to Edvard Grieg, 22-29.09.2007, Flensburg, Germany
"Little Peer is coming home” : Peer Gynt for children and “Nordic Rhapsody” for all! -
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2008 01 14 15:59
Winners of Chopin Piano Competition, 27 January - 3 February 2008, Narva, Estonia
Anastasia Sokolova from Russia and Kristoffer Mikael Gylling from Finland are the winners of the 1st prize of the 7th international Competition of Young Pianists Devoted the Work of F. Chopin. ... read more>>
2007 11 13 13:12
Conclusions of 35th ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting; Salzau, 5-6 November 2007
The participants overviewed the network’s activity in the past five months. The official standpoints of ARS BALTICA member states on ARS BALTICA future were discussed leading to formulation of preliminary theses on the further development of the network. ... read more>>
2007 12 19 12:25
ARS BALTICA Chairman for 2008 has been elected
Mr Gert Haack, head of section in the State Chancellery of the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, was unanimously elected to be ARS BALTICA Chairman in the year 2008.
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2007 11 14 15:13
Oulu International Children's Film Festival (19-25. 11 2007)
Thirteen films had been selected for the competition this year. Additionally, this year’s festival will feature a special programme of films based on the novels of the famous Swedish storyteller Astrid Lindgren celebrating the centenary of her birth. ... read more>>
2007 12 03 15:15
Awards of 26th Oulu International Children's Film Festival
The winners of the three awards given out at the 26th Oulu International Children's Film Festival, organised by the Oulu Film Centre, have been named. ... read more>>
2008 02 07 15:11
News about upcoming AB projects
Learn more on the upcoming AB projects from Schleswig-Holstein: Cinarchea, JazzBaltica, folkBALTICA and Festival of the First Novel. ... read more>>
2008 04 28 22:43
19. Internationales Bluesfest Eutin, 15-18 May :: Eutin, Germany
One of the most recognised blues festivals in Europe, with about half of the featured artists from the Baltic Sea Region. A unique fact is the free admission for everybody. ... read more>>
2008 04 14 13:17
New Baltic Dance, 3 – 12 May 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania
The International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance” over 11 years of its activity became one of the main and most prestigious dance festivals in the Baltic Sea area. This year the Festival will be accompanied by the first keðja encounter on Mobility and Touring. ... read more>>
2008 05 09 10:37
36th ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting :: 12-13 May 2008, Tallinn
The meeting was hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Culture and was led by Mr Gert Haack, ARS BALTICA Chairman. The participants rounded-up an ongoing debate on the network’s future. ... read more>>
2008 05 19 08:31
European Festival of the First Novel :: 29 May - 1 June 2008
Literary Festival and Literary Conference for New European Literature held in
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, which presents new, previoulsy untranslated literature from European countries.
... read more>>
2007 08 31 14:23
9th International Short Film Festival Tinklai, Lithuania, 31.08 - 07.10.2007
2006 12 12 15:05
Welcome to new, revised ARS BALTICA website
Created specially for regional and European cultural operators, policy makers, artists, journalists and other people interested in the cultural life of the Baltic Sea Region and European policy, the website has a brand new graphic design and new information structure. We encourage you to become a frequent visitor to this site and to send your contributions in the form of information about cultural events as well as your comments and requests. ... read more>>
2006 12 22 11:19
Conclusions after the 33rd ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting
2007 05 29 13:28
New Baltic Dance '07 - 31.05 , Vilnius
Terrain Vague/Käfig Company (France)/Choreographer – Mourad Merzouki - within International Contemporary Dance Festival ... read more>>
2007 03 15 11:31
ARS BALTICA presentation at the CBSS CSO meeting, 20-21 March, Stockholm
2007 05 14 14:02
4th ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art, until 28.05. 2007, Kiel
The exhibition can be seen in Stadtgalerie Kiel, only for two more weeks, until 28.05. Later, it will be shown in KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Finland (10.08 - 30.09.2007) and in Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland (12.10.2007 - 20.01.2008).
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2007 06 12 11:49
New Projects in ARS BALTICA Network
Open-air and absolutely live the Bluesfest, Eutin will take you to the roots of blues while “Artist in the Wonderland” (Gdańsk, Gdynia) will make you close your eyes and disappear in the Wonderland, where everything is possible... ... read more>>
2007 11 13 14:01
The Award Winners of the 49th Nordic Film Days (31 October – 4 November 2007) and the North German Film Prize 2007
Around 20,500 visitors attended the 49th Nordic Film Days Lübeck this year, thus keeping level with last year's standard. The festival was focused on Scandinavian children’s and youth films. ... read more>>
2007 11 03 16:17
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 7-11. November 2007, Norway
This year the festival will include : presentation of animated documentary and international shorts as well as Nordic Baltic students competition and Norwegian Shorts Competition. ... read more>>
2008 04 23 14:45
5th INTERNATIONAL BALTIC CIRCLE THEATRE FESTIVAL, 9-17 May, Helsinki
This year, the international theatre festival Baltic Circle in Helsinki takes place for the fifth time. The dates of the festival have been moved to spring and the new timeframe takes performances out of the black box. ... read more>>
2007 01 19 12:23
ARS BALTICA VIEWPOINT
Gert Haack, AB Representative from Schleswig-Holstein, on the Cultural Programme of the German EU Presidency in 2007:
Europe and culture go hand in hand. With its unique cultural diversity, Europe is a tangible presence wherever you go, as is Germany with its distinct federal states.
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2007 02 12 10:56
New Info on the AB Website
As a result of consultations with the ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Members and Project Leaders, new, revised texts on the AB network have been placed on the portal. The texts in a clearer and more concise way describe the ARS BALTICA internal structure and activities.
2007 04 25 22:57
Success of folkBALTICA
The 3rd folkBALTICA ended on 21st April with a concert by the Moscow Art Trio in the “Alten Post” in Flensburg. The festival drew big audiences far exceeding its organisers' expectations. Untill 11th May you can still see the exhibition “Digital is Archaic” showing Finnish art, design and curiosities. ... read more>>
2007 04 25 14:45
Elise Florenty K , Berlin, 28.04-19.05.2007
Opening :Friday, 27 April 2007, 7 p.m.
Elise Florenty’s solo exhibition inaugurates the activities of the project space uqbar. In the summer of 2007 uqbar, in collaboration with the 4th Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art Don’t Worry – Be Curious!, will present artists from countries bordering the Baltic Sea. ... read more>>
2007 05 09 15:29
European Festival of the First Novel; 31.05 - 03.06 2007, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Literary Festival and Literary Conference for New European Literature. New, previoulsy untranslated literature from ten or more European countries will be presented for the fith year running. ... read more>>
2007 06 01 14:12
Anu Pennanen - A Day in the Office -until 23.06.2007, Berlin
The Finnish artist's video instalaltion focuses on the new office buildings, icons of economic prosperity in Western cities, and the people working in these offices. ... read more>>
2007 06 25 12:14
ARS BALTICA praised for its activity in Schleswig-Holstein
On 20 June the Financial Times Deutschland published an article about the ARS BALTICA projects run in Schleswig-Holstein. ... read more>>
2007 09 14 11:36
Inside Out, EFAH annual conference and AGM at Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw 8-11.11.2007
Register and book now! ... read more>>
2007 09 24 15:56
J&K – Talking Babylon, Featuring: Babylon Shuttle Bus - Preparations for a Journey from Ground Zero across the Bible Belt, 22.9. – 13.10.2007, Berlin
Opening: Friday, 21. September 2007, 7 p.m.
Duration: September 22 - October 13, 2007
Artist talk: Friday, 21. September 2007, 9 p.m.
2007 09 24 16:02
Wanderings and Imaginary Meetings, till October 28th 2007, Museum of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland
2007 02 27 11:23
Hot news on JazzBaltica, 27. 06 – 01. 07. 2007 Husum, Kiel, Lübeck and Salzau
An opening concert with a DREAM DUO: CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON on June 28th in Lübeck! Good vibes at Salzau Castle from vibraphonists Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Locke, and trumpeter Dave Douglas! ... read more>>
2007 03 27 12:27
ARS BALTICA at the
ARS BALTICA representatives participated in the "Think Future - Do Now" conference in Visby, Gotland (30.03 -01.04.2007) dedicated to children's culture. They used this occasion for establishing new contacts, discussing new possibilities of co-operation and finding new projects for the network. ... read more>>
2007 04 16 12:50
Participants of the European Festival of the First Novel, 31.05 - 03.06 2007
The organisers have announced a list of the participants of the Festival in Kiel, which presents new, previoulsy untranslated literature from over ten European countries.
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2007 06 21 14:08
4th ARS BALTICA Triennial in Tallinn, 10.08-30.09.2007, KUMU Art Museum
The opening of the 4th Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art Don’t Worry – Be Curious! at Kumu Art Museum, August 10th, 6 pm. The Triennial presents photographs, videos and installations by 20 artists from the countries bordering the Baltic Sea. ... read more>>
2007 02 27 11:10
People behind ARS BALTICA Projects
Welcome to the new section of the AB portal: Project Leaders. It is devoted to people who co-ordinate projects granted with the ARS BALTICA logo. The first profile placed on the site is that of Rainer Haarmann – one of the “Father Founders” of ARS BALTICA and the leading spirit of JazzBaltica Festival. ... read more>>
2006 11 15 13:58
Ars Baltica Presentation in Brussels
2006 11 15 16:46
Ars Baltica Forum in Gdansk
2008 10 14 23:13
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