by Cécile Houpert | Apr 6, 2022 | News
On a busy street, a man is horizontal, hovering in the air. With just the strength of his arms he is holding himself out from a signpost like a billowing flag. The photograph comes from an exhibition documenting the 40-year history of the phenomenon that brought such...
by Cécile Houpert | Mar 17, 2022 | News
We invite you to join the second Cultural Heritage in Action sharing stories webinar on “Adaptive reuse of (industrial) buildings with a history”! The webinar will be on Monday 4 April at 2 pm CET, as part of our EU-funded Cultural Heritage in Action peer-learning...
by Cécile Houpert | Mar 9, 2022 | News
“Act local, learn and share global!” This motto has been guiding the Story Valley project led by the city of Leeuwarden and presented during the first sharing stories webinar of Cultural Heritage in Action. The webinar explored the relations between...
by Cécile Houpert | Mar 1, 2022 | News
Leeds faced the challenge to raise children’s educational achievement through heritage and the arts. There are 55,000 children in Leeds aged 5-11; only 56% of children aged 8-11 achieve the standard of education required by the central government, below the...
by Cécile Houpert | Feb 23, 2022 | News
An interesting peer learning programme is being built for the spring and autumn of 2022 as part of Cultural Heritage in Action peer learning activities. In May, the Cultural Heritage in Action community is invited to Leeds for a visit focusing on the Leeds museums and...
by Cécile Houpert | Feb 16, 2022 | News
Cultural Heritage in Action invites you to join the first episode of its series of “sharing stories webinar” exploring the interrelations between cultural heritage, education, training and literacy: how can local cultural heritage promote new learning...
by Cécile Houpert | Feb 9, 2022 | News
It is not news that a worldwide pandemic recently created unexpected effects in many cities around Europe, but cities, where culture and heritage have a prominent place, proved quite resilient in adapting to new realities and making the most of them. In Florence, the...
by Cécile Houpert | Feb 2, 2022 | News
From the pennies on the eyes of the dead to the candles flanking their head, the children of Henrietta Street have kept a store of images afloat in lagoons of memory as the seas of time swept on. “If you did get in, you got a biscuit and lemonade, so you were...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 21, 2022 | News
In the context of the Cultural Heritage in Action project, Eurocities asbl (as project leader) is looking for high-level experts with different backgrounds (academia, consultancy, international organisations or local administrations) to complete a consortium team...
by Cécile Houpert | Jan 13, 2022 | News
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Europe’s most prestigious Awards in the heritage field, the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2022. Europe’s most inspiring architects, craftsmen, cultural heritage experts, professionals, volunteers, public...
