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Quebec: conseil des arts et des lettres du quebec agreements under the unesco- aschberg program
Description of the policy/measure
The calq participated in this program by providing grants to quebec organizations that bring young artists on board. the calq notably associated itself with la chambre blanche organization to support bringing artists from francophone african countries on board for a residency in network and web arts production. the purpose of the artistic project was to explore the various possibilities of digital technologies, such as interactivity, participatory art, hyperlinks, sound exploration, processing still or moving images, etc.from 2011 to 2014, musique multi montreal, along with the amis d’ahuntsic-cartierville (babel musique) also brought foreign artist on board as part of this program.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
As part of the unesco-aschberg program, the calq supported quebec organizations’ bringing on board seven foreign artists from 2011 to 2012 and 2014 to 2015.in addition to that number, la chambre blanche brought artists on board from francophone african countries, including cameroon and burkina faso. musique multi montreal brought two artists on board from togo and madagascar. babel musique also brought one artist on board from mexico.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
2011-2013: $cad 51,6k