MAY FAIR
A cultural exchange to celebrate EU enlargement
19th May 2004 - Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, UK
About the conference
This conference was a unique opportunity to come and meet 40 representatives from the arts, audiovisual, museums & heritage sectors from the 10 new Member States - to learn about the cultural sector in their country and to meet colleagues interested in joint projects, exchanges, tours and other collaborations. The morning was a plenary session, with a range of presentations from UK speakers and from a selection of the 40 representatives from the 10 new Member States. The afternoon comprised a number of workshops based on the different cultural areas. UK participants could select one of these workshops where they heard from the new Member State representatives in that cultural area, and then they had a chance to talk informally with the representatives about possible future co-operation - exchanges, tours, collaborative projects, etc.
Speakers
His Excellency Stanislaw Komorowski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Court of St James's
Rt Hon Gary Titley, MEP
Cllr Kath Robinson, Deputy Leader, Manchester City Council
Sir Bob Scott, Chair, Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008
Jeff West, Policy Director, English Heritage
Libby Raper, Executive Director, The Cultural Consortium England's Northwest
Aileen McEvoy, Arts Council England, North West
Nick Jones, Consultant on culture in rural areas
Chairs:
Performing Arts: Abigail Gilmore, Arts Council England, North West
Visual Arts (including audiovisual): Chris May, Arts Council England, North West
Museums and Heritage: Jo Ward, North West Museums, Libraries & Archives Council
Literature: Barry Hepton, Arts Council England, North West
Representatives from the 10 New Member States
CODES:
PA = Performing Arts
VA = Visual Arts
NM = New Media
AV = Audiovisual
LIT = Literature
HE = Heritage
Cyprus
PA George Moleskis
Cultural Services, Ministry of Education & Culture
VA Spiros Demetriades
Artist, President of Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts (EKATE)
LIT Panos Ioannides
President, PEN
HE Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou
Senior Archaeological Officer, Department of Antiquities
Czech Republic
PA Ondrej Cerny
Director, Theatre Institute
VA Tomas Pospiszyl
Independent critic of visual arts and new media
LIT Jarmila Emmerova
University lecturer & translator
HE Jiri Kotalik
Director, National Institute of the Cultural Heritage
Estonia
PA Alice Pehk
Marketing Director, Tallinn Philharmonic Society
VA Ketli Tiitsar
Curator, Estonian Museum of Applied Arts & Design
AV Mikk Rand
Project Leader, "Kinobuss is Coming" Film Festival
LIT Karl-Martin Sinijärv
Poet and translator
Hungary
PA Geza Kovacs
Managing Director, Hungarian National Philharmonic
VA János Szoboszlai
Leader & co-owner, acb Contemporary Art Gallery
LIT Zsófia Lóránd
"József Attila" Circle of Young Writers
HE Péter Deme
Director, National Office of Cultural Heritage
Latvia
PA Guna Zeltina
Vice President, International Theatre Institute
VA Irena Buzinska
Exhibition Curator, State Museum of Art
LIT Pauls Bankovskis
Writer & publicist, Latvian Writers Union
HE Velta Raudzepa
Museum of Decorative Applied Arts
Lithuania
PA Vaidas Jauniskis
Editor, Teatras magazine
VA Lolita Jablonskiene
Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, Lithuanian Museum of Art
LIT Eugenijus Alisanka
Editor, The Vilnius Review
HE Alfredas Jomantas
Head of Division of International Relations & Information, Department of Cultural Heritage Protection
Malta
PA Mario Azzopardi
Cultural Animator, Ministry of Education
VA Dennis Vella
Principal Officer, National Museum of Fine Arts
LIT Prof Joseph Friggieri
Chairman, Malta Council for Culture and the Arts
HE Antonio Espinosa Rodriquez
Manager of Collections & Conservation, Heritage Malta
Poland
PA Jaroslaw Fret
Vice Director, Centre of Studies of Jerzy Grotowski's work and on Cultural and Theatrical Research
NM Urszula Śniegowska
Curator, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
LIT Lukasz Golebiewski
Biblioteka Analiz (publisher / book market research centre)
HE Malgorzata Bociaga
Executive Officer for Museums, National Heritage Department, Ministry of Culture
Slovakia
PA Marek Adamov
Founder, Truc Spherique Contemporary Art Centre, Zilina
VA Maria Ryskova
Director, Burndi Independent Art Centre
AV Lubica Mistrikova
Slovak Film Institute / Audiovisual Information Centre
LIT Pavol Rankov
Writer and librarianship professor, Comenius University, Bratislava"
Slovenia
VA Barbara Borcic
Director, SCCA, Center for Contemporary Arts - Ljubljana
NM Jaka Zeleznikar
Expert in New Media Art; Editor, Mladina magazine
LIT Zdravko Dusa
Editor, Cankarjeva Založba Publishing House
HE Milos Ekar
Institute for Restoration & Preservation of the Cultural Heritage
Extras
Each UK participant received a full Conference Pack with background information on all the new Member States and their cultural activities, as well as a range of contact details, and a summary of funding opportunities which could help develop collaborative projects.
Sponsors
Manchester City Council
Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008
The Cultural Consortium England's Northwest
Arts Council England
English Heritage
NW Museum, Libraries & Archives Council
Supporters
The EU Cultural Contact Points in each of the accession countries, who nominated the representatives from their country to attend the May Fair. Further assistance was received from:
European Commission
Cyprus High Commission
Czech Cultural Centre
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Estonian Embassy
Hungarian Embassy
Latvian Embassy
Lithuanian Embassy
Malta High Commission
Polish Cultural Institute
Embassy of the Slovak Republic
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
Attendance
160 delegates attended this event.
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