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Invitation to Mediterranean artists to work, interact and be inspired by the history and beauty of Monemvasia

Greece - 29/01/2019

Between the Seas, in collaboration with the cultural space Kymothoi, invites Mediterranean artists to spend a week in residence in the beautiful medieval Mediterranean town of Monemvasia, in southern Greece, to work and develop their project. The selected artists will receive study space and accommodation for up to a week. During it, resident artists will […]

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International Creative Residency for Foreign Puppeteers

Canada - 5/12/2018

Petits bonheurs, Casteliers, the Maison internationale des arts de la marionnette (MIAM – International House of Puppetry Arts) and the borough of Outremont are partnering to offer a creative residency for a professional puppeteer from abroad, in April-May 2019. The residency’s objective is to support the creation of a new children’s puppet theatre work for […]

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Dr. Nagy Shaker died at 86

Egypt - 12/09/2018

With sincere sadness and sorrow, Unima Egypt is mourning, the great artist and the creator of joy and creativity, the great Dr. Nagy Shaker. And offer sincere condolences to the family of the Faculty of Fine Arts Helwan University and the Egyptian and Arab plastic movement and Egyptian cinema and all the puppet artists and the […]

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New online journal to read and write: de:do. Just a bit of: doll

Germany - 12/09/2018

The journal “de:do” is a project in cooperation with the Forschungsstelle Schrift-Kultur (Research Center for Written Culture) at the University of Siegen. In addition to the areas of literature and literary studies, the journal addresses research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including psychology, education, visual and performing arts and the entire spectrum of cultural studies. It […]

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