Australia Wins Bid to Host World Summit on Arts and Culture
The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) today announced that the Australia Council for the Arts will host the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture in Melbourne, Australia, in October 2011. At the conclusion today of the 4th World Summit on Arts and Culture in Johannesburg, outgoing Chair of IFACCA, Risto Ruohonen, Director of the Finnish National Gallery, announced the Australia Council as the successful bidder for the 5th World Summit. The 5th World Summit will be held on 3 to 6 October 2011, on the eve of the Melbourne International Arts Festival and in partnership with Arts Victoria. Australia was a founding member of IFACCA and the 2011 Summit marks the Federation’s 10 year anniversary. The 5th Summit’s theme of Creative Intersections highlights the current global interest in how the arts can give voice to different communities and concerns, through collaborations with business and the economy, new technologies, health and wellbeing, the environment, education and identity through Indigenous, local and global cultures. The Australia Council won a competitive bid process among the IFACCA’s national members from 61 countries. The Australian Summit is likely to attract over 500 key people from arts funding agencies and cultural organisations from around the world. The impact of arts and culture policies will be explored, with many delegates expected to bring to the 2011 Summit a specific interest in the Asia-Pacific region. IFACCA information on www.ifacca.org Australia Council information on www.australiacouncil.gov.au
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