In Formal Consultative Relations with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO

IOVNEWS2012 Spring

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FOLK ART

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

The IOV Communications and Publications Commission invites you to accept this introductory copy of the new quarterly newsletter, IOV-NEWS. IOV-NEWS will be distributed via email in PDF format each quarter to all registered members. IOV NEWS is intended to strengthen the IOV network by providing a resource for disseminating information about past and upcoming IOV events, initiatives, programs and reports as well as highlighting select projects of constituent individuals, organizations and national sections.

The newsletter is divided into 5 sections: 1.) Letters and Reports, 2.) Communications, 3.) Performance and Practices, 4.) Research, and 5.) Additional Resources.

The first section contains official letters and special reports from the IOV Board of Directors and Execu-tive Officers. The following three sections are dedicated to each IOV Commission: the Communications and Publications Commission, the Performance and Practices Commission, and the Research Commission. “Communications” will address past and upcoming events, congresses and assemblies as well as developments in publications & media resources. “Performance and Practices”features highlights of festivals, performance groups and individual artists. “Research” features scholarly articles as well as highlights of research projects, symposia, exhibits and scientific publications. The final section contains any additional resources such as forms, directories, and calendars.

The newsletter needs your help to succeed! I encourage you to take time to highlight your organizations and projects in IOV-NEWS. For consideration, submit a two to four paragraph article and 1 or 2 high-resolution photographs to Joshua Blackwelder at joshuablackwelder@bdac.org. Please submit your articles in English. After editing for grammatical correctness, the revised article will be returned for approval before publication. I also encourage each National Section Chair to contact me with information regarding special events or projects. With all of IOV membership contributing, IOV-NEWS will become a fantastic resource for fostering international exchange and strengthening membership involvement.

Thank you in advance for your contributions and support! Joshua C. Blackwelder IOV NEWS Editor joshuablackwelder@bdac.org

Note from the Editior •Letters and Reports•Communications•

Performance and Practices•Research•Additional Resources•

LetTers and Reports

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THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FOLK ART PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL

February 18, 2012 Dear IOV Members In 2010, IOV filed an application with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for admission into consultative relations. Last week, ECOSOC’s Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations, meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, unanimously recommended IOV be granted Special Consultative Status . Final approval comes in July, when the full 50 nation council meets. ECOSOC grants three types of consultative status, General, Special and Roster. Organizations whose work covers most issues on the agenda of ECOSOC are eligible for General Status. Special status is conferred on organizations with special competence in one or more specific fields of ECOSOC activity. Organizations that make occasional and useful contributions to ECOSOC may be granted Roster Status. Consultative status with ECOSOC opens the door to the United Nations and its agencies. NGOs in special consultative relations are eligible to attend United Nations international conferences. They may make oral and written statements at such meetings, receive passes to the U.N. grounds and buildings and organize side events, such as lectures, meetings and conferences on UN property. Most importantly, special consultative status recognizes the significance of IOV’s work. Through ECOSOC, the process of admission into consultative relations with UNESCO and other UN agencies is streamlined. We recommend that you learn more about ECOSOC by visiting the IOV web site www.iov-world.com, or the United National site at Http://www.un.org/ecosoc/ngo. Working With ECOSOC - an NGO’s Guide to Consultative Relations, is available to download and print. Best wishes,

Carmen D. Padilla George Frandsen President Secretary-General (Acting)

NGO In Operational Relations with

the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNESCO

We recognize the International Organization of Folk Art (IOV) as an international NGO that believes that the possibilities for world peace are improved when people understand each others' traditions, as expressed through folk art and folk culture, and promotes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. - 2012 ECOSOC NGO Committee

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Changing of the Guard!!!

According to a letter distributed by 2012 Elections Committee Chairman, Dr. David A. Carlquist, the following individuals indicated willingness to run for offices

at the upcoming General Assembly in Prague:

Mrs. Carmen Padilla, PresidentMr. Rikus Draijer, Vice President

Mrs. Emma Chen Hoefler, Vice PresidentDr. Mila Santova, Vice President

Mr. Guy Dugal, TreasurerMrs. Rina Lazar, Secretary

The offices of Secretary General, Historian, and Assistant Treasurer still have no candidates.

Please consider possible candidates for these vacancies. If they agree to run for office and perform the associated duties please contact Dr. Carlquist at iovelec12@gmail.com !

Secretary General

Historian Assistant Treasurer

Mrs. Carmen Padilla

Mr. Rikus Draijer

Mrs. Emma Chen Hoefler

Dr. Mila Santova

Mr. Guy Dugal

Mrs. Rina Lazar

candidate Statements

Bill TraylorFarm Scene with Cow and ManCollection Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bequest of Derrel DePasse, 2002, Photo by Graydon Wood

(Adopted April 09, 2012)

Revision of IOV ByLaws

An email distributed to the Regional Executive Secretaries, National

Section Chairs and General Assembly participants by Secretary-General,

George Frandsen, announced new revisions to the IOV ByLaws.

The Presidential Council adopted these revisions on April 09th.

Articles 14, 15, 17 and 21 in particular were revised. These revisions will be

addressed in a panel discussion at the upcoming General Assembly.

For a complete copy of the newly revised ByLaws, please refe

rence the

the email containing this newsletter.

The April 09,2012 Bylaws will be attached

as an additional PDF document.

Communications

Registration Closed

Photo credit: www.exclusiveweddingsinprague.com

Photos: Martinicky Palace

Registration Closed

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

PERFORMANCE & Practices

The National School of Folk Arts “Philip Kutev” (NSFA) is situated in Kotel, a small town in the mountains of Eastern Bulgaria. Founded in 1967, NSFA has given rise to such well-revered talents as Theodossy Spassov, Tsvetan Marinov, Tsvetan Radkov and Binka Dobreva.

NSFA offers a five-year course of studies in secondary musical education. NSFA specialties include: kaval, gaida, gadulka, tambura, folk singing, folk dance, and traditional crafting of folk instruments. Students, aged 14 to 18, study general and musical subjects.

The school has a large educational complex, comprised of a 200-seat concert hall, ballet hall, library and audio archive, classrooms for individual and group study, boarding house with dining room, and hotel for guests.

IOV Member Highlight

Youth Folk Dance Group, NESSEBAR

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DO NOT FORGET!!!!IOV-NEWS is YOUR newsletter!

We want to highlight your individual projects, programs,

publications, organizations, groups, festivals, events,

achievements, profiles, initiatives, etc!

Simply contact us with a 2-3 paragraph article in

English, detailing your project!

Include 1 or 2 high-resolution photographs.

Send submissions to joshuablackwelder@bdac.orgTHANK YOU !

IOV SPRING FESTIVALS

RESEARCH

BOOK COVER

Congratulations to Dr. Aija Jansone, Head of

Department of Ethnology at University of

Latvia, for the recent publication of her

research on Latvian weavers and

needleworkers in Carnikava County:

Jansone.A. The Role of the Auseklītis Folk Applied

Art Studio in the Cultural History of Carnikava

County - Riga, Zinatne, 2011- 94 p.

Published in Latvian w/English Translations

“The work is about the contribution of weavers and needleworkers in the Carnikava County Folk Applied Art Studio Auseklītis to the cultural history of the county. In its 46 years of existence, the studio’s activities have reflected Latvian tradition, contemporary influences and pan-human values.

The history of the Auseklītis Studio goes back to 1965. Initially, it was called the Applied Art Club but in 1989 this club developed into the Auseklītis Folk Applied Art Studio, which has since become well-known in Latvia.

From the group’s beginning up to the present day, practically all the direction and activity of weavers and needleworkers in Carnikava was established by the successive leaders of Auseklītis (Genija Drulle, Ārija Cekule and Zane Ulmane) --based on their knowledge, experience and creative potential. However, since Carnikava is located in the Vidzeme region, their works also tend to emphasize the textile-making traditions and colour combinations characteristic of this particular cultural-historical region.” ~ Dr. Aija Jansone

Publication

Highlight!

“...The members of the studio are convinced that traditional values can nowadays be presented as something that is relevant...

Tradition and the contemporary must exist contemporaneously. Tradition influences present-day perceptions, and topicality is when we perceive current developments and use them in applied art through traditional means of expression...”

~ Dr. Aija Jansone

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For more information regarding Dr. Aija Jansone’s publication or research, please contact her at email:

jansone.a@gmail.comDr. Aija Jansone

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Additional Resources

SPACE AVAILABLE!!!

As this Spring 2012 volume of IOV-NEWS is the first relea

se of the revised

newsletter, no submissions have yet been made for this section.

You are encouraged to submit materials that you feel would be important

resources for IOV member/readers. You are also welcome to include full

program agendas, calendars, fliers, etc. to accompany articles you have

published in previous sections of the newsletter. If y

our national section

keeps an individual website, please submit the link to be posted in this area!

As with submissions to any section of IOV-NEWS, submit your

materials to Joshua Blackwelder at joshuablackwelder@bdac.org

The Additional Resources Section of IOV-NEWS Summer 2012 will include an

updated listing of the IOV Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Thank you all and best of luck as you further your efforts to preserve and

promote folk arts around the globe!