How Milan’s ‘Accessible Present’ event is driving a movement for diversity in the performing arts
Presenti Accessibili | Accessible Present took place from 27-29 April 2022 in Milan, offering workshops, meetings, and performances to raise awareness of accessibility in the performing arts for people.
Can the arts inspire climate change? The secret behind HKYAF’s success in engaging hundreds of young artists in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation appointed artists to work with teachers and youths to create works on environmental issues.
A win-win initiative: how Hong Kong’s schools are becoming art spaces
The Arts-in-School Partnership Scheme aims to foster collaboration between local arts organisations/artists and schools by encouraging school operators to lease their premises and facilities to arts organisations and artists.
Funding the future: ‘FoRTE’ supports young creative talent in Paris
The Regional Fund for Emerging Talent (FoRTE) aims to support artists and creators as they develop their professional careers. Young creative talent is essential for the cultural and economic.
Creative resilience: Seoul’s initiatives to support artists during the pandemic
The ‘Artist Life Stabilization Fund Support’ was launched in 2021 and provided one million won in annual support to all artists living in Seoul who earned below a certain.
São Paulo’s journey from street art vandalism to world capital in mural painting
The Street Art Museum project was launched in 2019, and provides a framework for organising the distribution of new murals across buildings in the city. The project takes place.
Saving the planet one prop at a time: Stockholm’s material magasinet’s challenge
Stockholm’s Material Magasinet (Material Storehouse) is attempting to address the excess of waste produced by cultural sector activity. The storehouse is diverting tonnes of material waste from landfills by.
Culture meets curriculum: Taipei’s path to creative learning
Taipei City Government is committed to nurturing creative industries in the city, but for a long time the arts were poorly integrated into children’s education.
Fuelling Edinburgh’s artistic fire: how Edinburgh is meeting artist’s needs
Edinburgh's performers lacked a community network to enable them to share knowledge and support each other. A council funded programme is connecting the city's artists and helping them to.
Embracing cultural diversity: how ‘Enter Festival BXL’ engaged citizens in Brussels
As Brussels diversifies, its cultural offering diversifies too. It is important not to programme cultural work that reduces people only to their ethnic, cultural and religious background.s.