Brussels, Belgium and Singapore, Singapore – 1 September 2023
On September 1, 2023, ENCATC is proud to partner with the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) through its arts and culture platform culture360.ASEF.org to launch the second edition of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship.
The Fellowship aims to provide long-term capacity building, networking, and peer collaboration opportunities for young emerging arts journalists, specializing in cultural management and cultural policy writing.
Following a call launched in August targeted to ENCATC member universities based in Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, and the Singapore Management University (SMU), two arts journalists were selected to take part in the Fellowship.
The selected participants are Carla Castle and Esther Yeon, from LASALLE College of the Arts. As part of the Fellowship, they will undergo a 4-week virtual residency under the mentorship of Ms. Audrey Wong, cultural policy expert and arts educator at LASALLE College of the Arts.
As part of the residency, a workshop with ArtsEquator will be organized to expose participants to different writing modalities. Participants will also put into practice the skills and knowledge gained from the residency, to cover an on-site event ASEF LinkUp | Asia-Europe Cultural Diplomacy Lab, taking place from 24 to 27 October in Singapore, as a journalist.
Through the Fellowship, ASEF and ENCATC aim to address the shrinking of arts coverage and arts criticism as well as the lack of opportunities for young arts professionals interested in specializing in this area.
