AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoArts Funding & Heritage: Namibia’s VP Lucia Witbooi urged bigger investment in arts and culture, calling it a living foundation for jobs, tourism and youth livelihoods at the Hardap Regional Arts and Culture Festival. Cultural Festivals: Bermuda’s Gombey Festival returned with hundreds of dancers, framing the tradition as both art and a history of rebellion and freedom. Community Arts & Identity: A Kansas City installation called “Don’t Be a Monster” uses public art to prompt people to name and release hidden trauma during Mental Health Awareness Week. AI, Ethics & Media: Reports say Anthropic has been lobbying the Vatican on AI consciousness, while Pope Leo XIV argues human art can’t be replaced by AI output. Tech Meets Storytelling: Lyrical Animation and Jagex announced a RuneScape animated series, and Beijing students used brushes, tablets and AI to retell the Long March through art. Culture & Policy: Singapore’s “Pop My POV” turns anti-drug education into a youth gameshow, aiming to build real refusal confidence. Arts in the Spotlight: Dublin writer Kieran Marsh won the Molly Keane Creative Writing Award for “The Singers.”
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