consolidación de la paz
Building a Culture of Artivism Across Europe
Sevi Matsakidou, Educational, Research, and Advocacy Manager, El Sistema Greece
Like many organizations across Europe, El Sistema Greece draws part of its support from European Union programs. While our work has always focused on music and social change, we’ve recently partnered with organizations beyond the music sector to explore something broader: “artivism” across different art forms. This collaboration led to the launch of a new project, co-funded with the EU and dedicated to empowering young people, especially those with fewer opportunities.
A Virtual Community for Those Working in Conflict Situations
Impact Arts has launched Home of Hope, an international WhatsApp community with thematic-interest groups that connects artists, cultural workers, researchers, community leaders, and peacebuilders who work in situations of conflict and complex societal challenges.
Through Songwriting, Colombian Communities Resolve Conflict and Make Their Voices Heard
Ana Uribe Law, musicologist and violinist; 2023 Alumna, Global Leaders Institute
Ask any Bogotano about their perception of Colombia’s Chocó Region, and you’ll likely hear that it is a dangerous and remote place, visited primarily for whale-watching. These inter-regional biases are not uncommon—decades of armed conflict have disrupted networks of community and social cohesion, fragmenting them and threatening the practices that sustain communal life. And though a shared sense of Colombian identity exists, each of the country’s regions maintains a distinct cultural character that is often rooted in music.
Before traveling to Chocó, my perception of Colombia’s outer territories was similarly close-minded.
Un nuevo centro internacional para la reconciliación a través de las artes
Ismar Porić, director artístico de House of Good Tones, en declaraciones a los redactores de The Ensemble.
Pocos estarían en desacuerdo con que imaginar y construir algo bueno para la humanidad, en un lugar donde se ha causado un enorme daño, es un acto creativo. Por ello, la finalización de la Ensemble House en Srebrenica (Bosnia y Herzegovina) puede considerarse uno de los grandes triunfos creativos del mundo en los últimos años.
En sus palabras: Ron Davis Alvarez, Fundador/Director, The Dream Orchestra
Ron Davis Alvarez, en conversación con The Ensemble
Ron Davis Álvarez, Director de la Orquesta de los Sueños de Gotemburgo (Suecia), ha sido nominado como uno de los cinco finalistas del concurso "Héroes" 2024 de la CNN, patrocinado por la cadena multinacional estadounidense Cable News Network (CNN). El concurso presenta a "personas inspiradoras que han encontrado formas únicas de ayudar a los demás" y pretende dar a conocer la labor inspiradora de personas de todo el mundo.
El Ensemble El Editor Ejecutivo Patrick Scafidi entrevistó recientemente a Ron por correo electrónico.
