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Malta’s national Centre for Creativity at St James Cavalier in Valletta was launched on the 31st December 1999 as part of the millennium celebrations in the country. It was commissioned as a millennium project by the Office of the Prime Minister, in collaboration with the Ministry for Education & Culture. This 16th Century building was originally constructed as part of the military fortifications of the Knights of the Order of St John and later passed on to the British colonial government to serve as a water supply centre, officers’ mess, and eventually a NAAFI store. For the millennium, prominent Maltese architect Richard England was engaged by the Government of Malta to revitalize the building after it had fallen into relative disuse following several years where it served as the Government Printing Press between 1974 and 1996.
On the 22nd of September 2000, the Fondazzjoni Ċentru għall-Kreattivitá was launched as part of the 1964 Independence celebrations to catalyze creativity within the newly refurbished St James Cavalier. To mark the 15th Anniversary, the organization is in the process of publishing a book about the history of the building and the subsequent events that have been produced within the Centre for Creativity.
We are seeking to include a short reflective article (2,500-3,000 words) about millennium projects, without necessarily focussing on the reinvention of St James Cavalier as a Centre for Creativity. We are interested in providing readers of this book with an insight into the notion of millennium projects in other countries and offer context for an idea that has already all-but-been-forgotten just 15 years later.
Anyone interested in contributing an article about millennium projects for this publication should contact Toni Sant on [log in to unmask] with a brief proposal/abstract by 3 September 2015. The deadline for the final copy is 15 October 2015.
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