Creative Education: Dubai Culture and KHDA hosted an “Innovation Lab” to map how arts and design can be embedded across private school curricula, from music and theatre to project-based learning. Film & Creative Economy: Nigeria and China signed a strategic pact to boost film, broadcasting, digital media, co-productions, training and distribution. Music & Society: Independent rapper SanMinor is pushing “Dystopian Rap,” using underground hip-hop to critique algorithmic surveillance and digital control. Arts Funding Watch: Hastings’ Arts and Culture Commission meets Aug. 12 to review grant rubrics, public art plans and a bridge painting plaque. Local Culture in Focus: Charleston’s 19th-century music competition names its finalists and launches Muselo. Community & Pride: Oakland’s K. Stewart Foundation returns with OUT + EXCELLENT programming during Pride weekend. Cultural Diplomacy: A Kyrgyz film about Kurmanjan Datka screened in Argentina, kicking off Central Asian culture events in Latin America. AI in the Arts: Spain is consulting a draft law to regulate generative AI use in performing arts, audiovisuals and music, aiming to protect artists’ likeness and voice. Art, Identity & Place: A Niuean artist brings ancestral stories and hiapo-inspired work to Auckland in her first Aotearoa exhibition. Business of Creativity: Tencent Cloud says AI tools are helping Greater Bay Area youth build “future teams” and skills for the AI era.