Stockholm’s Nobel Week Lights Winter Festival
Held each December during the Nobel Prize celebrations, Nobel Week Lights invites artists to create large-scale light installations inspired by Nobel-winning discoveries. The free festival reimagines Stockholm’s public spaces.
Accessibility in Major Events: Positioning culture at the heart of Tokyo’s 2025 Games
In 2025, as Tokyo hosts the World Athletics Championships and the Deaflympics, the city is integrating arts and culture into its global spotlight, using the moment to champion accessibility,.
Catalyst and Transformation Fund: How Toronto supported arts and culture organisations to restructure and recover after the pandemic
Launched in response to growing precarity in the cultural sector, Toronto’s Catalyst and Transformation (CAT) Fund helps arts and culture organizations reimagine their futures and business models. Delivered by.
Culture Summer Vienna: Making summer culture accessible to all in Vienna
Kultursommer Wien (‘Culture Summer Vienna’) is a city-funded open-air festival offering free, high-quality performances across Vienna’s neighbourhoods. With a EUR 4 million annual budget, it supports fair pay for.
Culture for All: Expanding access to culture in Zürich
Launched in 2024, Zürich’s Transformation Grants for Cultural Participation support cultural institutions in removing barriers to access and embedding diversity in their structures. Funded jointly by the City and.
Preserving film culture in Zürich through The Cinematic Campus
Launched in 2023 by Filmpodium and the University of Zürich, The Cinematic Campus brings film studies students and the wider public back into the cinema. Through live lectures followed.
Artist Feedback: Zürich’s Try-Out festival where artists can get feedback on work in progress
Launched in 2023 by Theater am Hechtplatz, Hecht Jetzt is Zürich’s annual try-out festival for emerging Swiss theatre artists. Held over 3–4 days each summer, it gives artists one.
Creative Space: How Austin’s Cultural Trust has developed affordable art spaces
Launched in 2020, Rally Austin (formerly AEDC) protects Austin’s cultural identity by creating affordable cultural spaces through public real estate tools. Its Cultural Trust supports venues in key districts,.
Cultural District Policy: Driving Austin’s equitable urban development
The City of Austin’s Economic and Cultural District Framework Policy was developed in 2024 to formalise and support the sustainability of cultural districts across the city. Focused on preserving.
Art for All: Amateurs and established artists participate in annual Brussels Carte de Visite art exhibition
Launched in 2014, Brussels' collaborative, free and participatory art exhibition Carte de Visite | ArtOpenkunst has been showcasing hundreds of amateur and established artists every year. It has made.