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1. Friday, April 17, 20208 THE MONGOL MESSENGER
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ACM announced a cultural
heritage projects grant competition
in January 2020, with an aim to
support new initiatives by state
and non-government, private
organizations working in the field
of cultural heritage and received
35 project proposals from 30
organizations.
The Fine Arts Zanabazar
Museum’s “Augmented Reality
Smart Glass Guide” project,
to enrich the interpretation of
museum objects with digital
content, was selected by ACM
Program Committee members, and
received MNT 30 million funding
from the “Cultural Treasure”
grants program implemented by
ACM and MCS Group since 2019.
“Augmented Reality Smart
Glass Guide” project will create
an interactive exhibit based on
museum objects /traditional
handcrafts, paintings, sculptures,
and Buddhist art/ which will
attract the public and the younger
generation to the cultural heritage,
and increase the number of
museum visitors.
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ACM, in partnership with the Swiss
Foundation for Sustainable Mountain
Development (FDDM), has announced
for the third time the SMArt
Photography Residency Program,
which aims to expand international
cooperation and to contribute to
the environmental awareness and
to the local development through
photography. The SMArt Residency
Program invites artists from Africa,
Asia, and South America to a three-
month workshop that provides an
opportunity to address environmental
issues in the mountain regions.
B.Byamba, a photographer from
Xac Photo Studio, was selected from
eight artists, who submitted their ma­
terials to this year's program. Between
June-September 2020, he will be
staying in the village of Val Poschiavo,
Switzerland (www.valposchiavo.ch) to
exchange experience with international
photographers and present his photo
exhibition.
A Mongolian edition of SMArt
program started in 2014, selec­
ting B.Maralgua as the first artist in
residency and organized her exhibition
“Mountain Myth” in 2015 both in
Switzerland and Mongolia.
The second edition of the SMArt
program, supported by the Swiss
Development Agency, funded the
project and provided B.Tamir with the
three months artist residency in Valais,
Switzerland. Photographer B.Tamir
presented his joint photo exhibition in
Switzerland and first solo exhibition
“SHADOW ON US” at MN 17 Art
Gallery in 2018.
With support from the
Arts Council of Mongolia
United States (ACM-US), Arts
Council of Mongolia (ACM)
has successfully organized the
“Shining horses” Fellowship
Award dedicated to the memoir
of late Peter Morrow ACM
founding board member, vice
chair and executive director of
Khan Bank in its third year. The
“Shining Horses” Fellowship
Award honors the late Peter
Morrow for his tremendous
contributions to Mongolian arts
and culture, and to inspire others
by perpetuating his spirit and
character through professional
development grants to early-
career Mongolian artists.
The Fellowship Award
aims to help Mongolian artists
develop the opportunity to grow
professionally and personally by
realizing their projects locally.
ACM announced an open call
between February 2020 and
March 25, 2020, and received
a total of 27 applications from
various arts fields.
The Selection Committee,
including ACM board
members and ACM-US board
members, selected the “Chimh
Nuntag” short film project by
G.Erdenebaatar (founder of
“Kino Zadlan” content), and
the online content development
program by “Creative Bamboo”
NGO (designed to improve
creativity in children and
support arts education). These
initiatives will be funded in the
sum of MNT 5,000,000 from the
“Shining Horses” Fellowship
Award.
G.Erdenebaatar is the
founder of “Kino Zadlan”
content, a YouTube channel
which reviews of films and
delivers other creative online
content. His short film project
is designed to raise public
awareness against drug use by
the general public and youths.
It will be created with a wide
shooting angle.
Meanwhile, “Creative
Bamboo” NGO will develop
their following artworks into
online content, such as stage
performances (“Apple” and
“Journey in the cosmos”) and a
series of fairy tales (“When fairy
tale comes true”). It will also
involve training classes.
Thank you to all the artists
who sent their proposals into the
“Shining Horses” Fellowship
Award Competition. We wish
you all the best for your artistic
and creative work.
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