The document summarizes recent activities of the Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM): 1) ACM has run its Fellowship program for 13 years, supporting 270 emerging artists through training and networking opportunities. This year, 20 young leaders participated. 2) ACM selected a musical project by alumni from three cities to receive funding from the third annual ACM Fellowship Alumni Grant program. 3) ACM is launching its membership campaign to promote activities and increase public support, kicking off with the upcoming Ulaanbaatar International Media Art Festival on June 17th.

1. Friday, June 11, 2021
8 THE MONGOL MESSENGER
Since 2008, ACM has been
successfully implementing ACM
Fellowship program with generous
support of ACM-US.
So far, the program has supported
270 emerging artists and art
managers from different fields of arts
and culture sector. This year, ACM
has announced ACM Fellowship
Alumni Grant for the third time. The
aim of this grant is to inspire and
to engage graduate-alumni fellows
of ACM Fellowship Program from
the past 13 years and to expand
their partnership and networking by
initiating community projects.
This year, ACM has received 5
proposals from 25 alumni fellows.
The selection committee ofACM, has
selected PLAYBACK musical project
from graduates of Ulaanbaatar,
Darkhan and Erdenet cities, which
tells the story of teenagers through
singing, dancing and theatrical
play. ACM deeply appreciates
the participation of fellows and
expresses its special gratitude to the
ACM’s Vice Chairman Mr. Walter
Jenkins for making thisAlumni Grant
Program possible.
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In 2020-2021, ACM has
organized the 13th edition of
ACM Fellowship program with
support of ACM-US that aims to
enhance their leadership and arts
management skills, and promote
their collaboration.
This year, the program has
involved 20 emerging young
leaders from film, visual art,
performing art, cultural heritage
and media fields and enhanced their
networking and practical experience
by attending more than 22 series of
trainings on leadership, strategic
planning, project management and
marketing, fundraising, copyright
and intellectual property, cultural
policy and governance.
Furthermore, the program
provides leadership and efficient
team work skills for its participants
by providing practical opportunity
to execute joint small scale
community service projects, aimed
to encourage arts access, preserve
cultural heritage and arts education
for youth and community.
In May 2021, ACM fellows
graduated and reported on the
outcomes of their community
projects to ACM board and project
are continuing to be implementing
online ACM is deeply thankful
to the supporters, partners and
teachers of the Fellowship program.
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UlaanbaatarInternationalMediaArtFestivalcomingsoon
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ACMMembershipcampaign
'Bringingtheartstoyou!'starts
'Bringing the
Arts to You!' ACM
Membership Campaign
plays an important
role in promoting
the organization's
activities to the
public and increasing
public involvement
in supporting local
talents. This year,
ACM launches its
membership campaign
with Ulaanbaatar
International Media Art
Festival on the 17th of June and invites ACM's old
and upcoming members, partners and supporters to
spend one night enjoying media art expressions.
ACM Membership campaign usually starts
in May, and it welcomes new members to join.
By becoming our member, you will be invited
to series of creative events including concerts,
festivals, exhibitions and will be delivered with
opportunities to broaden your network with diverse
groups of intellectuals, artists, patrons of the arts.
Most importantly, you are contributing to the
development of arts and culture by getting involved
in creative events and activities. Please join us and
become an ACM Member!
Ulaanbaatar International Media Art
Festival /UBIMAF/, the first of its kind in
Mongolia was premiered under the theme
of 'Tradition and Modernity' in 2016.
Since then, the festival has been
setting up strong footprints enhancing
international collaborations between
artists and curators from over 15 countries
including Argentina, Australia, Czech,
Israel, Korea, Netherlands, Philippines,
Germany, USA and Mongolia through
the themes of ‘Trace’, ‘No Boundaries’,
‘Migration’ and ‘Mirage’.
This year, Arts Council of Mongolia
in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut
Mongolia and with the support of
the Ministry of Culture is presenting
the 6th UBIMAF under the theme of
‘XXI’ between June 17-23, 2021. The
festival will deliver 4 new media art
works by German-Mongolian artists
including ‘Non-Face’ 360’ projection,
’21 Lullabies’, ‘Lus’ and ‘Human
Wheel’ along with the current rhythm
of Mongolian DJs. The festival shall
organize traditional ‘ArtSee Talk’ series
for visual artists, curators, students and
the public.