Artes Europe
1 - 4 July 2009 Sofia
Fol owing the success of the ELIA Teachers’ Academy in Barcelona
(2003), in Rotterdam (2005) and in Brighton (2007), we are pleased
to announce that the 4th ELIA Teachers’ Academy will be held
in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1 - 4 July 2009.
Hosted by the Bulgarian National Academy for Theatre and Film
Arts (NATFA), the event is being organised in the framework
of artesnet Europe (the ERASMUS Network for Higher Arts
Education) and is supported by the European Commission’s
Lifelong Learning Programme.
artesnet is the successor to the thematic network inter}artes and serves as a point of
reference for the ‘Tuning Educational Structures in Europe’ project. The network promotes
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partnership projects between creative enterprises and local communities and is a
contributor to 2009: European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
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Aims
The ELIA Teachers’ Academy aims to contribute to the professional development of
professors, teachers and researchers in higher arts education by facilitating their
participation in – and engagement with – chal enging experiences and debates set
in an international context. Teachers’ Academy Participants wil :
• engage with innovative teaching and research methods at both national and
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international level
• acquire new insights into, and new ways of thinking about, current issues in higher
arts education such as knowledge transfer, employability, professional practice,
Academy
and industry-facing and flexible learning
• return home revitalised with professional energy and new contacts with col eagues.
Theme
The overarching theme of the 2009 ELIA Teachers’ Academy is ‘storytelling’.
The ELIA Teachers’ Academy 2009 wil
Storytel ing is a way of thinking; it is a way of grasping and understanding the inner
explore and celebrate the many ways
and outer world. It is a way of connecting the facts of life with the emotional and
in which artistic storytelling integrates
rational paradigms that evoke, in equal measure, both our everyday opinions and
creativity, innovation, education and
attitudes and our most profound moments of initiation and catharsis. As a means
culture.
of teaching and learning, storytel ing is as old as civilisation itself. For teachers and
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students in the arts, it offers a unique opportunity to form and re-form cultural identities,
provides an emphatic way of conceptualising, communicating and developing ideas.
Call for Registration
In today’s digital world, storytel ing permeates online networks and virtual realities.
The 2009 ELIA Teachers’ Academy will explore and celebrate the many ways in which
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artistic storytel ing integrates creativity, innovation, education and culture.
Programme
Participant profile
Teachers from institutions of higher arts education all over Europe and from every art
All professors, lecturers, teachers or researchers at ELIA member institutions who are
discipline have been selected to give workshops and/or presentations. A new feature
directly involved in teaching (theory and practice) and/or research at the higher arts
of the 2009 ELIA Teachers’ Academy will be a series of master classes offered by
education level are welcome.
leading educational practitioners whose methods of teaching have been valorised
and acknowledged worldwide. Among those who have confirmed their participation
Registration
are the world-renowned voice teacher Kristin Linklater, Head of Acting in the Theater
You can register online by accessing the ELIA Teachers’ Academy website.e.
Arts Division of Columbia University’s School of the Arts in New York City, and the
The deadline for online registration is 15 June 2009.
eminent scriptwriter Dick Ross, formerly a Professor of Film at both the Royal Col ege
of Art in London and New York University and an honorary member of CILECT.
Fees
A more detailed programme and more information on the keynote speakers wil be
“Early-bird” fee € 350 (the deadline for “early-bird” registration is 25 April 2009)
available on the ELIA Teachers’ Academy website: www.eliateachersacademy.org.
ELIA members € 450
Non-members € 1.450
The working language of the 2009 ELIA Teachers’ Academy will be English.
The fee covers participation in selected presentations, workshops and master classes,
Cultural Programme
as well as lunches, dinners, receptions and entrance to the final party.
A cultural programme will help familiarise participants in the 2009 ELIA Teachers’
Academy with the creative and cultural aspects of Sofia. This programme wil include
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a visit to the Rila Monastery.
Visit www.eliateachersacademy.org for detailed programme information,
Once a centre of Orthodox culture and education, the Rila Monastery is an impressive
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monument to Bulgaria’s medieval past as well as to the architecture and painting of
the Bulgarian National Revival. The Rila Monastery was founded in the 10th century
For additional information, please contact the ELIA Conference Manager,
by St. Ivan Rilski, a Bulgarian hermit whom the Orthodox populace of that era also
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respected as a healer. The monastery complex is quadrangular in form, encompassing
a total area of 8800 square metres. Both the Hrelyova Tower (built in 1335) and the
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main monastery church (“The Birth of the Virgin Mary” – built 1834–1837) are situated
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in the spacious churchyard. There are over 300 monastic cel s and four chapels in the
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four-storey residential wings. The monastery’s wal s and ceilings are richly painted.
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Many talented builders, icon-painters and woodcarvers of the Bulgarian National Revival
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took part in creating the decoration of the monastery, including Zahariy Zograf,
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Stanislav Dospevski and Hristo Dimitrov. In the 15th century, Rila Monastery was one
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of the most important Bulgarian educational centres. The monastery complex was
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proclaimed a national historical monument in 1961 and became a UNESCO World
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Heritage Site in 1983.
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For more detailed information about the cultural programme (including registration
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information, price, and programme schedule),
please contact Yana Djarova at info_natfiz@yahoo.com
