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  • Cultural thinkers and practitioners gather in Rijeka, Croatia for Musagetes Café

    Cultural thinkers and practitioners gather in Rijeka, Croatia for Musagetes Café

    Musagetes to publish report at the end of August

    Tuesday, June 08, 4 pm

    Rijeka, Croatia

    Delegates from Canada, Croatia, Italy, The Netherlands and the United States joined colleagues in Rijeka, a mid-sized city straddling the edges of Istria and Dalmatia on the Adriatic coast.

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  • Musagetes gets a new look

    Musagetes gets a new look

    New graphic identity and new website echo Musagetes' contemporary values

    Tuesday, July 27, 12 am

    Guelph, Ontario

    Designed by Sergio Bregante of Office of Architecture and Communication (New York) and Joaquin Gallego Design (Madrid)

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  • Simon Brault’s book declares culture as essential for healthy future

    Simon Brault’s book declares culture as essential for healthy future

    Le Facteur ‘C’ / No Culture, No Future should be at the top of everybody’s reading list

    Tuesday, August 03, 12 am

    Guelph, Ontario

    Musagetes’ manifesto was drafted in Quebec City in 2006 with input from a team of international and Canadian cultural thinkers. Among them was Simon Brault, Vice-Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts and Director of the National Theatre School in Montreal. Brault’s statements about the imperative role of the arts in making social change are evident throughout Musagetes’ manifesto.

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cafés

More infoLondon Café

London, England

June 2007

Michael Barnstijn (centre) interacts with participants at the London Café. More infoRijeka Café

Rijeka, Croatia

June 2010

View of Rijeka's waterfront from the breakwater. More infoLecce Café

Lecce, Italy

June 2012

View from the roof of a masseria in Lecce.