From income inequality and unemployment to poverty, education and healthcare, communities around the world are facing critical challenges that require creative ideas and solutions. Any of these challenges could use an artist’s mind, a creative question or a critical thinker to help us find our way to a more healthy
As an important step in preserving Peru’s rich cultural history, Culture Minister Diana Álvarez-Calderón announced the construction of Peru’s first large-scale national museum. The Museo Nacional del Perù will be built just southeast of Lima on the Pachacamac archaeological site, which features temples and pyramids predating the Inca Empire. While serving as
Culture is seen as having a key role in social wellbeing and economic development by citizens across Europe’s Neighbourhood, as well as contributing to greater tolerance, according to the Autumn 2014 EU Neighbourhood Barometer just released. According to the poll, 79% in the East and 58% in the Mediterranean partner
Cities everywhere are wrestling with how to update infrastructure and building stock while maintaining communities’ character and identity—two big priorities for resilient cities. This dispatch from Seattle looks at how local organizations are helping the city balance these priorities.In a neighborhood facing high unemployment and poverty rates where owners struggle
The beginning of the World Food Travel Summit is becoming closer. The event to be held in Estoril from 8 to 11 April, is receiving new confirmation of participants and the program is being enriched. The Portuguese Association of Culinary Tourism and Economics (Aptece), responsible for organizing the event, has
Catalonia has been awarded with the title of European Region of Gastronomy 2016, a recognition to be awarded each year to two or three regions of the network, which, together or separately develop a program of events and collaborations which will help to achieve visibility… read more
In the annual round up of arts and culture across Asia and Europe, culture360.asef.org Editor Judith Staines takes a trip around some of the best arts and culture events coming up in 2015 such as the European Capitals of Culture, the best Festivals and the most famous contemporary art biennales …READ MORE
Creativity is something highly valued in today’s society. Whether you’re finding new ways to present a product to the masses, writing the best screenplay ever, or capturing emotion with the movement of a paintbrush or violin bow, being creative can be lucrative and deeply satisfying. And it makes sense that
“After five or six hours, they saw we are actually creating something out of what they thought was trash.” The temporary installation, by Sucuoğlu and Ensari’s design firm, İyi Ofis, is part of a small but growing movement positioning itself as an alternative to themassive development projects currently (and controversially)
Armenian tour agencies cannot fully utilize and serve Armenian national cuisine as a tourist ‘product’ to incoming tourists, whereas thus they would have contributed to the recognition of the country’s cultural values, specialists say. Development and Preservation of Armenian Culinary Traditions NGO head Sedrak Mamulyan thinks that the field is
UNESCO is undertaking an important review of the implementation of the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist. This is a timely and valuable exercise that will furnish us with current data regarding the status of the artist nationally, regionally and globally, and which will be reflected in
From 9-13 of February, United Cities and Local Governments will come together for a Retreat and Campus in Barcelona, home of the organization’s World Secretariat. The Retreat and Campus will bring together representatives of UCLG Sections and Regions, UCLG committees, as well as international agencies, private sector partners and civil
After the economic collapse, McDonalds failed to keep customers coming back in Iceland, and the company was forced to close their doors in the country. The final day that McDonalds was open in Iceland was October 31, 2009, and on that day a man named Hjortur Smarason purchased a meal
In Oakland, California, there is a tale of two cities.But for seven nights in late January, the two neighborhoods were suddenly linked when two cross-town storefronts became gigantic video-chat portals. Using Skype, back-projection, and some well-secured audio equipment, artistsMaya Gurantz and Ellen Sebastian Chang created “A Hole in Space“: Rockridge
Catalonia has been declared European Region of Gastronomy 2016. The importance of the cultural heritage linked to the gastronomy and the fact that Catalan chefs lead the international cuisine have been instrumental in obtaining the license, an initiative by a platform of European regions (IGCAT). Read more …
With Key West’s proximity to Cuba, it should come as no surprise that cafe con leche, the heady mix of espresso shots and piping hot milk hand-whipped into a froth, and its phalanx of accompaniments — buttery, crispy Cuban toast, thick Cuban sandwiches bursting with fatty ham, fried pork and
