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members, including some young critics. The Section had awarded prizes to four artists and had extendedformal recognition to the important Museum of Contemporary Art, in Caracas.She did, however, mention that there had been a problem with one individual, whose application to join theSection had been turned down and who address herself to the AICA Bureau. HMH remarked there should beno difficulty with this, provided that the criteria for eligibility had been correctly observed, but that the candidateshould be informed of her right of appeal to the Electoral and Membership Commission.BR said that current projects included the publication of the Proceedings of the Paris Congress in Spanish, twosymposia and a travelling exhibition, organised in partnership with R. Pineho. She also raised the possibility ofmounting an exhibition of young Latin American artists in collaboration with AICA International in 2009, alongsimilar lines to the EEYA project. Finally, she congratulated the Bureau for securing funds from the Getty.- Sweden: Sophie Allgårdh mentioned the work that had gone into producing two publications.- Suisse: Samuel Herzog reported that the Section had organised a symposium on ways of exhibiting localartists and a workshop within the framework of the Athens Biennale.- Finland: Lars Saari said that the Section had organised a seminar in Helsinki in the current year and wouldorganise a seminar on architectural critics, the following year.- Catalonia: Pilar Parcerisas referred to the fact that all the Section’s activities, such as symposia and prizes,were fully reported on the Section’s website and had involved a great many people, overall.- USA: Phyllis Braff said that the US Section was highly active, especially on the educational front. Amongmany other things, it had organised a panel discussion on the new opportunism in art criticism.- Croatia: Goran Blagus said that the Section had brought out three publications and confirmed that it wouldpay its members’ subscriptions before the end of the year.- Germany: Hajo Schiff mentioned that the Section was in a state of suspended animation, owing to an officemove. A shortage of funding had led to the cancellation of a number of projects.- Mexico (Argelia Castillo) : During the year 2007, the AICA Mexican chapter has been involved in two tasks :the increasing of its members, and the organisation of the Days of Art Criticism, an event that took place onSeptember 6 & 7. The goals of this manifestation have been to give a better audience to our association in thecountry, and to emphasize the different aspects of art criticism, through its links with artistic theoretical andmethodological teaching.- United Kingdom: HMH reported that the Section was undergoing a revival, after a number of difficult years. Ithad organised a number of special visits to exhibitions, including one at the Queen’s Gallery and had onceagain awarded the Bernard Denvir Prize for the best piece of critical writing- France: Jacques Leenhardt reminded members of the existence of the Archive de la critique d’art atChâteaugiron, near Rennes, which was not confined to French members or French language documents andpublications alone. He also stressed the importance of preserving there an archival memory of AICA’sactivities.Slovenia : Brane Kovic said that the Section had now secured the funding to enable it to go ahead withpublishing the Proceedings of the 2005 Congress. Work had reached the proof-reading stage, and he hopedthat the publication would appear in November.6. VariaHMH informed the Board that a memorial service for Denis Bowen would be held at St. James’s Piccadilly,later in the month. Information about this could be found on the AICA website.Phyllis Braff announced that Kim Levin seemed to be on the path to recovery, and Sophie Allgårdh confirmedthis, as she was currently preparing a contribution to her magazine.HMH announced that the new cards and stickers would be sent out after the Congress, along with the relevantinvoices. As already established the previous year, Sections now had to complete and send the Paris office anannual financial return, listing the names of all members and reconciling the membership fees sent to Pariswith the number of stickers distributed or returned, unused, at the end of the financial year. He remindedSections that this new procedure was a response to the new requirement to make stickers strictly accountable.RTB gave a quick relate of UNESCO’s invitation to AICA to contribute to its Network of Creative Cities and leftout copies of the relevant documentation for any members of the Board who might be interested in finding outmore about this, or contributing to the project. He said that this Network had been launched by UNESCO inMinutes of GA – Sao Paulo – 5 October 2007 8/9
October 2004, following a resolution passed at the 170th session of its Executive Council. It was conceived asa means of promoting cultural, social and economic development in cities in the developed and developingworlds. Candidate cities wishing to join the network sought to promote local creativity and shared certaininterests in common with UNESCO, such as an interest in issues of cultural diversity.For further information, see UNESCOs’ website at: www.unesco.org/culture/fr/creativecities7. ElectionsHMH reminded Board members that there would be elections for a new President and a new Treasurer, at thetime of the next Annual Congress. The closing date for applications had to reach the office two months beforethe elections.Election of Vice-PresidentsRTB reminded members that three Vice-Presidents had now completed their term of office: ChristopheDomino, Brane Kovic and Beral Madra. There were, therefore, three vacancies for the position of Vice-President, for a three-year period.The list of candidates was as follows: Ciaran Bennett (Ireland), Anthony Bond (Australia), Yacouba Konaté(Open Section), Liam Kelly (Ireland), Jin Sup Yoon (South Korea).Out of a total of 28 votes cast, Ciaran Bennett received 12 votes, Anthony Bond 18 votes, Yacouba Konaté 7votes, Liam Kelly 8 votes and Jin Sup Yoon 13 votes.Ciaran Bennett, Anthony Bond and Jin Sup Yoon were elected to the post of Vice-President for aperiod of three years.Election of International MembersList of candidates: Sophie Allgårdh (Sweden) ; Josette Balsa (Hong Kong) ; Argelia Castillo (Mexico) ; MyrnaGuerrero (Dominican Republic) ; Alicia Haber (Uruguay) ; Liam Kelly (Ireland) ; Laimute Kreivyte (Lithuania) ;Pilar Parcerisas (Catalonia) ; Catherine Paviot (United Kingdom) ; Rasha Ragab (Egypt) ; Angelica Sachini(Greece), Hajo Schiff (Germany) ; Percival Tirapeli (Brazil) ; Biljana Tomic Denegri (Serbia) ; Sarah Wilson(United Kingdom)Out of a total of 28 votes cast, Sophie Allgårdh received 14 votes, Josette Balsa 11 votes, Argelia Castillo 13votes, Myrna Guerrero 16 votes, Alicia Haber 9 votes, Liam Kelly 12 votes, Laimute Kreivyte 14 votes, PilarParcerisas 18 votes, Catherine Paviot 1 vote, Rasha Ragab 17 votes, Angelica Sachini 13 votes, Hajo Schiff 8votes, Percival Tirapeli 9 votes ; Biljana Tomic Denegri 10 votes, Sarah Wilson 6 votes.Sophie Allgårdh, Josette Balsa, Argelia Castillo, Myrna Guerrero, Liam Kelly, Laimute Kreivyte, PilarParcerisas, Rasha Ragab, Biljana Tomic Denegri, Angelica Sachini were the ten International Memberselected to the Administrative Council for the year 2008.8. Date of the next Administrative Council MeetingThe next AC meeting will be held on 15 March 2008 in Paris. The date of the Next General Assembly will beannounced at that point.HMH closed the meeting at 19H30.Minutes of GA – Sao Paulo – 5 October 2007 9/9
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