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CAMBODIAN
LIVING ARTS
For almost 20 years, Cambodian Living Arts (CLA)
has worked tirelessly to regrow Cambodia’s arts
sector and provide opportunities for artists to
write the story of the country’s future. Founded in
1998 by genocide survivor, musician, and peace
advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, they initially focused
on the preservation of endangered art forms
and rituals. As 90% of Cambodia’s artists did not
survive the Khmer Rouge regime, the arts that had
been transmitted between generations were in
danger of being lost forever. CLA’s mission today
is to be a catalyst in a vibrant arts sector, inspiring
new generations. They are working to integrate arts
and culture into the Cambodian education system,
and to build links with arts communities around the
region. Aiming to foster creativity and innovation in
the sector, CLA sees arts and cultural expression as
essential to a thriving future for Cambodia.
cambodianlivingarts.org
THE OFFICE
PERFORMING
ARTS + FILM
THE OFFICE performing arts + film is an
independent curator and production company
based in New York and London. THE OFFICE works
in ongoing partnerships with festivals, venues,
and institutions—BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, the
Sundance Institute, MASS MoCA, and the New
York Jewish Film Festival among others—to
create cultural programming that is unique and
mission specific. THE OFFICE also produces
events around the world, and provides strategic
planning, assessments of public programming,
and other creative consulting services for all
manner of cultural organisations as well as
corporate philanthropies, foundations, brands,
and municipalities.
theofficearts.com