(HE)ART BEATS!: Amateo annual conference 2024

(HE)ART BEATS! 2024 – International networking conference on participation in art and culture

AMATEO ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024
Prague, Czech Republic
13-15th November

Hosted by: NIPOS

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Since 2008, Amateo has organised an annual conference for those involved in creative participation to meet and exchange ideas, learning and best practices. It is usually hosted in one of our member countries. This year we are happy to invite you to the beautiful Czech Republic where you will be hosted by Amateo member NIPOS, National Information and Consulting Center for Culture.

FOR WHOM?

For artists, art students, lecturers, researchers, representatives of cultural organizations and institutions, teachers of different school levels including art schools, students of pedagogy, students of arts management and all others interested in arts, culture and our common future.

OUR AIMS:

The contemporary world is struggling with radicalization, intolerance of all kinds, opinions and attitudes are constantly sharpening. We face natural disasters and armed conflicts. Culture and art have a huge potential to help understand, reflect, and advance the dialogue on these topics with the broader society. Participation, i.e. our active participation in culture and art in the places where we live, shapes our personality, society, and the environment around us. How to support this unique role of culture? How to inspire each other – at home and abroad?
We invite you to a three-day dialogue between Czech and international professionals from the cultural and creative sector with experts and people from the “field” who are mainly engaged in social and environmental issues. We expect interactions, discussions, workshops, inspiring performances. We look forward to seeing you!

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Please note that the Amateo Members Meeting, a closed meeting for Amateo members only, will take place between 9.30am – 11.00am, on the November 13th, before the official start of the conference. 

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PROGRAMME

DAY 1 – November 13th / 13:00-21:00

9:30-11:00 Amateo Members Meeting (closed meeting for Amateo members)
12:00-13:00 Arrivals, registration / Vzlet, foyer, 1st floor
12:00-13:00 Welcome coffee / Vzlet café, 1st floor

PART I / Vzlet, Great Hall

13:00-14:30 INTRODUCTION: Vision of the conference and its course
WHY ART AND CULTURAL PARTICIPATION? KEYNOTE SPEECHES
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-16:15 CULTURAL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE: PECHA KUCHA + Q&A
PechaKucha is a free global storytelling platform that celebrates people, passion, and creative thought. „PechaKucha“ gives each of the performers a space to talk about what they are doing, what they are planning and what they have already realized, what they are thinking about or what they are dreaming about. This is all in a 20×20 format, where they prepare 20 images for their performance and can comment on each of them for 20 seconds; a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Our (HE)ART will BEAT for inspiring cultural projects from the Czech Republic and abroad!
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30 DISCUSSION + NETWORKING: SMALL TEAMS WITH FACILITATORS Introductions of the participants: your experiences you bring to the conference, your wishes and expectations. What interested and inspired you?
17:30-18:00 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION OUTCOMES, NETWORKING: ALL TOGETHER
18:00-20:00 Dinner
20:00-21:00 AMATEO AWARDS CEREMONY / Vzlet, Great Hall
An evening dedicated to the “Amateo Awards” – awards announced by Amateo for inspiring cultural participation projects. The AMATEO Awards aim to highlight and make visible the potential and impact of participatory arts and cultural engagement for a democratic, diverse and inclusive Europe. As of 2018, a total of 230 projects from 25 countries across Europe have competed for this award (https://amateo.org/category/news/amateo-award/).

DAY 2 – November 14th / 9:30-21:00 / VZLET + Kunsthalle Praha, Prague City Gallery, National Gallery in Prague

PART II / Vzlet, Great Hall

09:30-10:30 SOCIAL INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION KEYNOTE SPEECHES
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:00 INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY IN PRACTICE: PECHA KUCHA + Q&A
12:00-13:00 DISCUSSION + NETWORKING: SMALL TEAMS WITH FACILITATORS / Vzlet, Hall and Foyer
Small groups: what do you expect from art and culture in the process of social integration? What do you expect from art and culture? How to do it in education in and out of school? Then all together: summarizing and presenting the outcomes of the discussions to each other.
13:00-15:00 Lunch + transfer to workshops /Each according to their taste and chosen location
15:00-17:30 WORKSHOPS I /Various locations: GHMP, Kunsthalle, NG
Workshops led by Czech and foreign lecturers focused on social issues, inclusion, intercultural dialogue, communication + mutual recognition.
19:00-20:00 INSPIRATIONAL PERFORMANCE: MERRY MOMENTS: MY SIBERIA / Vzlet, Great Hall

The Merry Moments Choir

The Merry Moments Choir is a community of DAMU students and alumni who work
together to create original productions that combine choral singing with site-specific
theatre to create music-theatre performances and productions in spaces that deserve
revival. The aim of Merry Moments is to push the boundaries of choral singing: today
the choir brings together actors, directors, choreographers, dancers, musicians,
singers, stage designers and other professionals from different fields.

My Siberia

My Siberia is a graduation composition by Roman Zabelov, in which he works with
his newly built electromagnetic accordion. It is a spatial composition using seven
instrumentalists, eight singers and an acousmonium. The subject of the piece is the
relationship to important places in our lives.

Roman Zabelov

Roman Zabelov (*1989) is an accordionist and composer. This year he graduated
from the doctoral program for composers at the Academy of Performing Arts in
Prague. In addition to classical composition, he is also a performing musician, but
primarily works as an accordionist and singer in the Zabelov Group.
Teaser: https://youtu.be/…ws0
Merry Moments: https://www.veselechvile.cz/
https://www.facebook.com/veselechvile/

WORKSHOP REFLECTIONS
No dedicated separate time, playful form, coming to and after the performance. Reflection from the afternoon discussions and workshops: what did you take away? What is applicable to your future practice and everyday life?
20:00-21:00 SOCIAL EVENING AND NETWORKING / Cafe Vzlet, 1st floor

DAY 3 – November 15th / 9:30-17:00 / VZLET

PART III

9:30-10:30 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CULTURE, ARTS AND EDUCATION:
KEYNOTE SPEECHES / Vzlet, Great Hall
10:30-10:45 Coffee break / Cafe Vzlet, 1st floor
10:45-12:00 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE: PECHA KUCHA + Q&A
12:00-13:00 DISCUSSION + NETWORKING: SMALL TEAMS WITH FACILITATORS
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 WORKSHOPS II / Vzlet, different locations in the building
Workshops led by Czech and international lecturers focused on the conference topics:
community building, social issues, environmental issues.
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 WORKSHOP REFLECTIONS, CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

END OF THE EVENT

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If you are planning to attend please ensure that you meet all the travel requirements that you require for entry to Czech Republic and return to your home nation