Highlights

Institutional Partnerships and Collaborations:

• AACM conducted several independent market research studies and analysis on arts and culture.  In the spirit of cross-institutional collaborations and partnerships, these finds were freely shared in Albania with:

• Tirana Municipality Art and Cultural Affairs
  • The National Theater of Opera and Ballet
  • The National Gallery
  • Various other cultural institutions and other non-profit organizations

Consulting and Training

• Training and Mentorship program in Event Production and Creative writing
  
• Consultants to the Tirana Mayor’s Office for Art and Culture community and youth outreach programs, including
  
  • Skena Tirana
  • Summer Art Camp
  • Heritage Awareness Program “Tirana Remembers”

Relief Efforts

• “Art for Hope” relief effort for Shkoder (1^st edition)
  • “Give to Receive” aid for families in need in remote areas
  • “Give to Receive” aid in used books, clothes and housing items for individuals and families in need, particularly those living in hard to reach areas

Shorts & Documentaries

• Je t’aime, moi non plus (short)
• Travelers (short)
• With the falling snow (short)
• Shkoder, with great love (documentary)
• Kristaq Sotir (documentary)
• Way out, (documentary in production)

Community Conservation

• “Environment is Culture” , organized volunteer litter cleanup in several sites, including Forest of Soda near the city of Vlora, the Cape of Rodon, as well as UNESCO heritage sites of Butrint and Apollonia.
• Green Conservancy, organized volunteer care and plant initiative, Cyprus trees were donated and planted in the sculpture garden of the Bektashi World Headquarters.

Progress through Imagination.