Redefining green space: Milan’s botanical garden is a hub for creativity
The urban regeneration of the di Porta Nuova area began in 1999, with the creation of the Biblioteca Alberi Park in 2017 as its final stage. The 7,500 square.
Resilience rewarded: Melbourne’s ‘Rising Festival’ shines in 2022
In 2022, RISING saw its first full iteration as a nearly two-week-long festival presented across and transforming neighborhoods in the city, including Flinders Street Station, Birrarung, Chinatown, and The.
From dusk till dawn: expanding London’s Night Time Enterprise Zone model
Night Time Enterprise Zones are designed to support and grow the night time economy on local high streets or in town centres. In 2019, London Night Time Commission called for a Night Time Enterprise Zone fund for LOCAL.
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.
Why children’s culture is being integrated with educational and social services in Helsinki’s cultural development
In August 2020, the City of Helsinki published its vision for art and culture – Art and Culture in Helsinki 2030.
From streets to streams: Tokyo artists find new audiences
Professional artists and cultural practitioners were among the worst hit by the restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the City created funding to support artists to make new.
Graffiti to gallery: Paris feeds young minds with ‘Art to Grow Up’
A priority for the City of Paris is to support cultural access for all from an early age. Thirteen years ago, the City, in collaboration with the Department of.
Soothing with culture: Seoul’s remedy for ‘COVID blue’
To console those tired of social distancing, the Seoul Metropolitan Government launched Soothing with Culture, a programme of digital and limited in-person performances
One Tokyo, many voices: empowering equality and diversity in culture
Tokyo has a rich cultural offer, but this has not always been easy to access for some diverse, disabled and otherwise marginalised inhabitants of the city. Therefore since 2021,.
Toronto’s pandemic response: transforming crisis into creative opportunities
The cultural sector was one of the hardest hit by Covid-19 restrictions, and one of the last to recover. Initially, the City acted quickly to support the sector with.