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1. Friday, January 15, 20218 THE MONGOL MESSENGER
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ARTS & CULTURE
2020 marks 25 years
since the Beijing Platform for
Action set out how to remove
the systemic barriers that
hold women back from equal
participation in all areas of life.
Under the umbrella of the UN
Women's campaign and UN 75th
anniversary, IWFCI and ACM are
joined this accelerated awareness
movement with the ZOOM: I am
#GenerationEquality campaign
with the goal of to support
female talents through one of the
most powerful mediums of art
expression, photography.
The six months “ZOOM: I am
Generation Equality” cam­
paign took place in three sta­
ges.
The campaign’s first stage, the
training has been held between
27 June and 09 July 2020 at WE
Co working space. Trainings
covering the topics of human
rights, copyright, and creative
industry were held by advisory
consultants from the UN and other
experts from different fields for
120 participants by both online
and in-class trainings, to enhance
female talents’ capacities. These
participants should introduce art
works taken after this training, and
should address a range of social
issues covering theme Generation
Equality.
The second stage, a
photography competition has
been held from August to October
2020, across two categories. The
first category is Portrait in Black
and White. Submissions in this
category may depict role models,
heroines, or other subjects chosen
by photographers. The second
category is Storytelling in the
context of “Workplace Inequality.”
The Storytelling category allows
participants to apply mixed media
on their artwork to ultimately
demonstrate their ideas.
The third final stage designed to
feature artists’ works and organise
public exhibition. In this regards,
organisers received 39 artworks
from 26 photographers in two
categories (Portrait, Workplace),
and in two different levels
(Professional and Amateur). Based
on the quality of art works and
essays, the jury has selected the best
12 artists to feature in the “ZOOM
: I am Generation Equality”
online exhibition. Between 15th
December 2020 and 15th January
2021 the exhibition introduces
participants on social media, using
the #GenerationEquality hashtag.
Across the exhibition jury and
organizers should select the best
four art works covering above-
mentioned categories in two
different levels and only Audience
awards will be presented to the
most popular work on social media.
“In my opinion, photography is
not just a picture, it is actually an
expression. I felt that I could express
my feelings and share them through
the medium of photography. When
I started going to the ZOOM I am
Generation Equality workshop,
the idea developed even further.
It occurred to me that I can shed
lights on issues that I am concerned
about. I was expecting to learn the
technical side of photography, but
it covered social issues and how it
can be expressed, therefore, I am
really glad, I was able to attend this
workshop. I was hesitant at first, but
with encouragement I decided to
participate in a photo contest by my
“No Need Labels!!!” artwork. In
my opinion the most pressing issue
faced by women is social attitude.
Women can have the same level of
education and abilities as men do,
but somehow, the terms describe
women are more negative compared
to men. I see people putting labels
on women everywhere. Women
can’t break free from these
entangled labels and it stops them
from achieving their goals. I am
not saying man and woman are the
same, but they should be an equal.
That is the idea I wanted to share
with my artwork. I am so thankful
for the project team and sponsors. I
am a Generation Equality” said by
participant of the project, Amateur
photographer Ch.Itgel. The
organizers are looking forward to
organize the next edition of Zoom
project in 2021 to engage even more
women in creative process and give
them chance to express their ideas
through photography.
Taking this opportunity, ACM
would like to thank all our partners
and supporters, specially IWFCI,
Batzorig Foundation, Australian
Embassy and lastly a project main
donor ACM-US by supporting this
“ZOOM I am Generation Equality”
campaign and made possible
Mongolian female talents to thrive.
ZOOM:IamGenerationEqualityonlineexhibitiontakesplace
ACM is going to organize
“Access to Success” online
training series for freelance
artists. These series aim to
support freelance artists by
improving their competitiveness.
Due to the current situation the
training shall be organized online
and free of charge. “Access
to Success” shall deliver the
following six topics.
-“Who am I?” – practical tips
for developing and creating up-to
date artistic portfolios and intro­
duction packages
-“Ideas transferred onto a
paper” – project proposal develop­
ment tips
-“Rules to play” – tips and re­
commendations to protects one’s
copyright
-“Trust yourself” – tips to
improve communication with
sta­keholders and fundraising op­
portunities
-“Look and learn” – tips to
increase opportunities to parti­
cipate in international programs
and festivals.
-“Try & feel” – tips to increase
marketing outreach of art events
and creative programs.
Training series contents are
developed on ACM expertise
of organizing, participating in,
fundraising for arts and culture
events and creative collaborations
with local and international
organizations and individuals.
AccesstoSuccessonlinetraining
The “Shining Horses” Fellow­
ship Award honors the late Peter
Morrow for his tremendous con­
tributions to Mongolian arts and
culture and to inspire others by
perpetuating his spirit and character
through professional development
grants to early-career Mongolian
artists. Artists selected through
one annual process with open on-
line call for applications. The call
includes specific eligibility and
selection criteria for the fellowship
and specific guidelines for applying.
In general, early-career, Mongolian
visual and performing artists
between the ages of 25 and 35 is
eligible to apply. Basic selection
criteria include the strength of the
artist’s portfolio and the potential
for significant professional develop­
ment of the proposal they submit
for use of the fellowship award.
For the last three years First year
“Shining Horses'' FellowshipAward
in honor of Peter Morrow supported
media artist Munkhzul Bum-Erdene
for her “Pale Green dot” Virtual
Reality artwork. The artwork had
the theme of living sustainably on
this planet, which was presented
at the 3rd edition Ulaanbaatar
International Media Arts Festival
(UBIMAF) 2018 and Playtime
International Music Festival 2018.
Second year’s grant recipient was
journalist Byambanyam Urtnasan
“On the Trail of Natsagdorj.D to
the West'' media and journalism
project, which has been developed
into media art work and presented
in UBIMAF 2019 as well in
Korea at “Speaking Nearby” joint
exhibition. The Third “Shining
Horses” Fellowship Award suc­
cessfully held in 2020. A total
grant of MNT 5,000,000 has been
divided in two projects: “Creative
Bamboo” Children’s Creativity
Development Center’s “Three little
piglets – travelling through Space”
and “Creative Little Artists” online
content development and young
filmmaker Erdenebaatar Gankhuu’s
short film named ‘Pocket Powder’.
ACM is happy to announce the
fourth edition of “Shining Horses”
FellowshipAward. The applications
will be received from January 20th
till March 01, 2021 by redger@
artscouncil.mn. Applications will
be reviewed by a selection com­
mittee and announced on 1st of
April, 2021. For more information
please check ACM Facebook page.
Taking this opportunity ACM
would like to thankACM-US Board
and the outstanding leadership of
Mr. Walter Jenkins, Mr. Dwight
Gee and ACM Board Member Mrs.
Dorjpagma Badam by supporting
this Shining Horses Fellowship
Award, which becomes famous
among artists year by year and
contribute to the development of
Mongolian arts and culture sector.
ThirdEditionof“ShiningHorses”FellowshipAward
successfullygranted