Art & culture

8 THE MONGOL MESSENGER

ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA

Smart Water campaign continues

Friday, April 08, 2016

arts
council
of mongolia
The Smart Water project worked with
water experts and artists and developed
innovative and smart ways to raise awareness
of water consumption in Ulaanbaatar,
how we can save our water resources, and
protect our environment. To achieve this
goal, the project involved a cross-section
partnership that consisted of a series of
talks on simple everyday environmental
protection and smart water consumption.
A public screening of US and Mongolian
feature and documentary films was screened
at cinemas and a public ice art sculpture was
installed on world Water Day on March 22
at Chinggis Square.
The project continues to visit schools
on April 8, with the screening of A Thirsty
World documentary film by Thierry
Piantanida and Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire
at Orchlon High School. The program
continues with the screening of Chasing
Ice, a documentary by Jeff Orlowski on
April 11-15 at the American School. All film
screenings will be preceded by a discussion
between a water expert and a public figure.
The Smart Water Project invites everyone
to engage in the issue of water consumption
and the protection of Mongolias water
resources this April.

On world Water Day, an ice art sculpture was displayed for the public on Chinggis Square

From March 19 to April 19 the Arts

Council of Mongolia (ACM Smart Water
Campaign is aiming to build awareness of
water scarcity in Ulaanbaatar, encourage
SMART water consumption, and protection
of the environment. The campaign is part of
the SMART water project initiated by ACM
and funded by the US State Department.
Water is essential for life but fresh
water only accounts for 2.5 percent of the
total water that exists on the earth. Some

68.1 percent of this water is in the form of

ice, 30.1 percent is in ground water and 1.2
percent is surface water, including rivers
and lakes. Humans are not the only ones
that need water all living creatures and
agriculture rely on water to survive. Water
scarcity and poor water quality negatively
impact our health and the environment.
A report from the Asian Development
Bank sent a warning signal to Mongolia
that, despite its wealth of natural resources

live concert

On April 22-23 at 19:00, the occasion of their 10th

anniversary, the Ulaanbaatar Ensemble is going to organize a
5ive Tones live concert combining national and electric musical
instruments by the music class of the ensemble.
This concert will be played by distinguished artists who are
judges of the Mongolians got talent show with violin musician
Ch.Delgertsetseg, zither musician N.Otgonchimeg, hammered
dulcimer musician Kh.Barkhuu, flute musician B.Myagmartseren
and trombone musician O.Chinbat. They are going to play
together with the Khangarid national music orchestra and FIX
electric music band with a new sound for well-known classical
music around the world.
The concert tickets are available for Tgs 20,000 and 30,000 at
the Ulaanbaatar ensembles cashier.
For more information please call 70118411.
Musicians and concert team:
Ch.Delgertsetseg (Violinist)
O.Chinbat (horn trombone)
Kh.Barkhuu (Hammered dulcimer musician)
B.Otgonchimeg (Zither musician)
B.Myagmartseren (Flute musician)
R.Ganbat (Conductor)
Khangarid National Music Orchestra
FIX band

and pristine image, the country may soon

face a severe water scarcity and quality
crisis one that could leave Ulaanbaatar
faced with water shortages as early as 2015.
To combat this, the Smart Water Project
aims to build awareness of our water crisis,
encourage SMART water consumption and
the protection of environment by raising
public awareness through partnerships
between the artistic community, non-profits,
and government bodies.

The Arts Council of Mongolia presents The Solace group

The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) invites
you to Tango Night, an ACM membership event
with unique classic music by The Solace group.
The event will be held as part of ACMs annual
Membership Night on April 7 at the Vine Yard
of the World Wine-WW Center, and will include
live classical music by The Solace group, a young
talented musical group and Tango dancing by
professional dancers.
Through the support of its members, ACM
plays a vital role in supporting the arts in
Mongolia. You can help Mongolian arts and
culture flourish by becoming a member in 2016.

One of the most important parts

of local fundraising is the ACM 2016
membership campaign. In order to enhance
active participation of the public in
building awareness of ACM activities and
supporting Mongolian talent, the ACM
continues its Bringing the Arts to you!
creative series by organizing Tango music
night by the Solace group. ACM will
support this group through the fundraising
event.
For this years Membership Night,
ACM is proud to present the Solace group,
which was established in 2015 with seven
musicians, Ankhtuya B., Batmyagmar E.,
Dariimaa B., Khulan B., Od O., Sanchir
kh. and G.Tamir who graduated from the
Music and Dance College. In 2014, they
performed in Mongolia, USA, Russia,
Korea and Italy.
ACM hopes those talented musicians
will be famous and known in the arts field
and lead the music sector in the future.
Finally, ACM would like to give special
thanks to Noyol Uul Erdene LLC and
World Wine for their great support of those
artists and our activities.

Arts Council of Mongolia, Delta Foundation Center, IV floor, Tourists Street-38, Chingeltei District Tel/Fax: 976-11-319015 E-mail: education@artscouncil.mn Web: www.artscouncil.mn
The Mongol Messenger is operated by the government news agency MONTSAME and is printed by the MONTSAME. Web Page: en.montsame.mn E-mail: mongolmessenger@yahoo.com (ISSN 1684-1883)