The Arts Council of Mongolia and International Women's Federation partnered to deepen the UN Women's "I am Generation Equality" movement in Mongolia by organizing the second annual "ZOOM: ARTIST IN LEADERSHIP" media contest. The contest received creative artworks from August to October addressing social issues and solutions. Winners were selected and awarded at an event held in November. The project aims to promote gender equality through art.

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Arts Council of Mongolia
(ACM) and International Wo­
men’s Federation of Com­
merce and Industry Mongolia
(IWFCI) partnered to deepen
UN Women’s accelerated
awa­
reness movement “I am
generation equality” in Mon­
golia by organizing “ZOOM”
campaign for the second year
with generous support of the
Swiss Development Agency
and Australian Volunteer
Prog­
ram.
The second edition of
“ZOOM: ARTIST IN LEA­
DERSHIP” campaign was
launched in June in 10 online
series of workshops for 5
days. “ZOOM: ARTIST IN
LEADERSHIP” media con­
test was announced among
me­
dia artists & content
creators. Organizers received
artworks between August to
October. Creative artworks
criteria were any type of art
expressions, which present
social issues and solutions
in order to make a better so­
ciety and raise awareness of
generation equality.
“ZOOM: ARTIST IN
LEA­
DERSHIP” project pre­
sentation of the winners’
videos, and award ceremony
of the best 5 works were held
at Red Ger Creative Space on
November 25, 2021.
The best works of the
competition were Forgotten
World by B.Altangerel, Emo­
tional Violence by Alchemist
Team, Noise of Silence by
E.Uyanga & B.Yumjirdulam.
The Audience Award of the
competition was won Letter
by E.Batmunkh, Invisible by
B.Tsengelmaa. The exhibition
of the competition's best works
held to the public at the Red
Ger Creative Space between
December 1-10, 2021.
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This year Arts Council of
Mongolia (ACM) has announ­
ced ACM’s Fellowship Alumni
Grant for the third time. This
grant aims to inspire and
engage graduate-alumni
fellows of ACM Fellowship
Program for the past 13 years
and to expand their part­
nership and networking by
initiating community projects.
Since 2008, ACM has
been successfully imple­
men­
ting ACM Fellow­
ship program with the gene­
rous support of ACM-US. So
far, the program has supported
300 emerging artists and art
managers from the different
fields of the arts and culture
sector, including music, dance,
visual arts, film, photography,
media, design, museum, and
literature.
The Fellowship Alumni
Grant is eligible only for
gra­
duates of the Fellowship
prog­
ram. To apply fellows
are encouraged to create
small groups of at least five
gra­
duate fellows. The Grant
invited project proposals
with a new creative initiative
that would promote and build
awareness of the importance
of arts and culture in human
and social development and
would encourage and educate
youth through arts education
and contribute their skills
and experience for building a
better society.
This year ACM has recei­
ved five proposals from 13
alumni groups and 26 fel­
lows. Most of the projects
are designed to build a better
society through awareness-
buil­­
ding campaigns, arts edu­
cation, human rights, media
projects, theatrical and movie
making. The selection com­
mitteeofACM,whichincludes
Board members, ACM staff
received inspiring proposals
from graduates. This year,
the “Playback” new musical
project has been selected and
successfully presented on the
stage of Ulaanbaatar Theatre
on December 4, 2021. This
project has been initiated and
implemented by graduates
of 2020-2021 fellows
T.Tsend-Ayush /teacher of
School of Theatre and Arts,
MSUAC/, B.Byamba-Yon­
don /Marketing Manager,
State Opera and Ballet Theat­
re/ B.Bayandolgor /Edu­
ca­
tor of Chinggis Khaan
museum/, 2017-2018 graduate
G.Misheel /Actor of Children
and Youth Theatre in Erdenet
city/, 2018-2019 graduate
B.Munkhdelger, /Director of
the Youth Theatre in Darkhan/
and 15 talented students
from the acting and directing
classes of the Mongolian State
University of Arts and Culture
participated in a new theatrical
production “Playback” for
teenagers.
ACM is deeply apprecia­
ting the participation of fel­
lows and the contribution of
the project partners of the
ACM Fellowship Alumni
Grant Program. Taking this
opportunity, ACM would like
to thank Mr. Walter Jenkins,
ACM Vice President for his
generous support in enabling
this great project!
For more information please
visit www.facebook.com/
ACMFellowshipProgram/
ACMFellowshipAlumniGrantprogramsuccessfullyorganized
A new 162-square-meter
mini theater with a capa­
ci­
ty of 100 audience, to be
estab­
lished next year for pro­
moting, heritage training,
researching, documenting,
per­
forming and exhibiting
Mongolian intellectual and
cultural values.
With the sponsorship of
Rio Tinto Mongolia, a new
theatre will be built inside the
National Centre for Cultural
Heritage. The National Center
for Cultural Heritage under
the Ministry of Culture, the
Arts Council of Mongolia,
and Rio Tinto Mongolia have
signed a tripartite cooperation
agreement to promote cultural
heritage. Rio Tinto Mongolia
has agreed to invest MNT
440 million in the cultural
heritage sector for the interior
construction work and
procurement of theater stage,
lighting, audio and video
equipment.
The Cultural Heritage
Theaterdiffersfromtheprofes­
sional theater ensemb­
les and
art schools in that it regularly
presents performances of
“Living human treasure”
talen­
ted tradition bearers and
prac­
titioners to transmit their
knowledge and skills. One
of the biggest threats to the
viability of Intangible Cultural
Heritage is posed by declining
numbers of practitioners of
traditional craftsmanship,
music, dance or theatre, and
of those who are in position
to learn from them. Of the
10,849 heritage practitioners
registered in Mongolia, 71
percent are traditional folk art
and 26 percent are traditional
handic­
rafts, which will be the
main users of the new cultural
heri­tage theater.
With a history of
nearly 150 years, the Rio
Tinto Group has a special
policy and program for the
preservation and protection
of cultural heritage, in which
it makes cultural heritage
a priority of its corporate
social responsibility and
sustained partnership with arts
and cultural organizations.
For example, the “Cultural
Naadam” event, which aims to
promote cultural heritage, has
been organized for many years
at Khui 7 Khudag as an annual
festival in cooperation with
the Arts Council of Mongolia,
and has contributed to the
dissemination of cultural
heritage. An effective way to
safeguard Intangible Cultural
Heritage sustainably is to
ensure that the bearers of that
heritage continue to transmit
their knowledge and skills
to younger generations. This
time, Rio Tinto Mongolia, a
cultural heritage supporter,
will establish a new cultural
heritage theater, which will
organize heritage training,
performances, exhibitions
and film screenings annually
to about 40 non-government
organizations, 2,000 heritage
practitioners involving more
than 10,000 children and
youth.
“ZOOM:ARTISTINLEADERSHIP”projectimplemented
RioTintofundsaculturalheritagetheaterto
disseminateintangibleculturalheritageofMongolia