Sharing information

As this program reaches to an end I would like to share a link where arts supporters, artistic directors, board members, artists and everybody involved in the arts can look for some ideas on how to support the arts. Anyone interested in arts can find conferences about public policy, cultural economics, cultural legislations, sociology of culture, budgets, marketing, management and many other areas of interest. An interesting fact about this site is that there are conferences from many countries, therefore many different cultures, lifestyles and of course politics. It is a great tool to get new ideas that might be implemented in our local environment.

Today I want to share with you a video about Culture and Politics. In this video John Holden talks about the reality for many museums and almost any other artistic organization. I will not repeat what the speaker says since he does a great job by himself. But I will tell you something about him.

John Holden was previously Head of Culture at Demos and is a Visiting Professor at City University. He has Masters Degrees in law and art history and his main professional interest is in the development of people and organisations in the cultural sector. He has been involved in numerous major projects across the sector, from libraries to music to heritage, and has worked with many organisations both large and small. He was a principal organiser of the influential Valuing Culture conference in June 2003, and has developed a theme of work around the topic of cultural value. John has spoken at many conferences in the UK, and also in Finland, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.

http://vimeo.com/2103263