AMERICAS CULTURAL SUMMIT

The Americas Cultural Summit (ACS) is an ongoing initiative of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), which the IFACCA Secretariat delivers in partnership with a National Member of the Federation from the Americas. The Inaugural Americas Cultural Summit was hosted by the Canada Council for the Arts in Ottawa in 2018, with a program that explored the theme of Cultural Citizenship. The second summit was hosted by the Secretary of Culture of Argentina in Buenos Aires in 2019 under the theme Cultural Change in a Diverse Territory... The Americas Cultural Summit will create space for delegates to address social and cultural fault lines that exacerbate inequities in the region..... Collectively we are committed to international dialogue and exchange, undertaken in a spirit of solidarity, inclusion, reciprocity, and mutual learning. The Federation represents plural voices and perspectives, unified in the belief that arts and culture are a public good -..