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Cultural mobility is crucial for artists as it fosters cultural exchange, broadens creative horizons, and promotes access to new markets. Supporting the movement of artists and culture professionals, enhances the flow of cultural goods and services, which contributes to more diverse and resilient societies.

The UNESCO programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union, compiles open opportunities¹ in the cultural and creative industries of the Caribbean and Europe. It is designed to connect young talents with innovators and foster global collaborations.

What can you find in this bulletin?

• 46 open calls

• Opportunities in 17 countries

• Capacity building MOOCs (permanently available)

• Opportunities in cultural and creative domains, as well as in cross-disciplinary and business fields

Gain new skills, broaden your horizons and strengthen your professional path in the creative world! If you work in an organization that offers these types of initiatives, please don’t hesitate to send us the information, and we will include it in the next issue.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING

Theatre 

(Germany)

The International Forum at the Berliner Festspiele’s Theatertreffen promotes theatrical artists from all over the world. As a field for creative experimentation, a transdisciplinary laboratory and a self-reflective element of the Theatertreffen, it endeavours to open hybrid spaces in which the boundaries between performing arts and visual arts, media arts and science become fluid.

Deadline: 5 December 2024

Audiovisual and media

(Spain)

The Hack is a section of the Málaga Festival dedicated to emerging audiovisual creators who seek to embark on a career and live their passion by exploring new ways to create and monetise content on digital platforms and media such as Spotify, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, video games, and more. Twenty participants will be selected through the resolution of creative challenges to travel to the festival, where they will have the opportunity to engage and collaborate with co-producers and international funds, media and platforms, and other leaders in the Ibero-American audiovisual industry. For Spanish speakers.

Deadline: 21 December 2024

Visual arts

(Finland)

The purpose of the travel grant is to promote the international mobility and networking of art experts to enhance the opportunities of Finnish art and artists for international cooperation and the exhibition of Finnish art internationally. The purpose of grants awarded by Frame is based on the strategy of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and Frame’s own strategy.

Deadline: 31 December 2024

Cross-disciplinary

The Culttech Accelerator delivers a high-quality programme for CultTech startups that is focused on their specific (fundraising) needs and that increases their chances of successfully scaling their businesses. They create a global CultTech ecosystem that unites startups, investors and relevant stakeholders including major cultural players. The programme is not only covered by industry experts, but you additionally receive individual mentoring and coaching, and within the community we advise you to make use of the peer-to-peer advice. The programme is fully remote and accessible from anywhere. However, participants will be required to travel to a European destination for a two-day kick-off event and for the Demo Day at the end of the programme.

Deadline: January 2025

Creative entrepreneurship

(Jamaica) 

Through technical assistance and grant funding to eligible innovative start-ups/entrepreneurs and small businesses, IGNITE assists in idea development, commercialisation or scaling of new processes, products/services. IGNITE promotes innovative business models, increases capacity, improves processes, sophistication, and entry to new markets, as well as all related activities. IGNITE support is available through two windows: Ideation and Commercialisation. Opportunity available for applicants from Jamaica, within the Transcultura scope.  

Permanently open

Cross-disciplinary

Creative Tech Lab is an open collaboration tool that brings together diverse individuals interested in designing the future of the Creative Industries. The CTL supports innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems by getting the right people together (such as artists, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, influencers and civic leaders) to collaborate, experiment and prototype innovative solutions that solve problems faced by the Creative Industries and grow creative enterprises. 

Permanently open

CAPACITY-BUILDING

TRANSCULTURA OPPORTUNITY!

Sustainable tourism

eAcademy of Tourism and Hospitality (Online)

More than 30 courses of the atingi eAcademy Tourism and Hospitality portfolio are now available in Spanish, supported by the Transcultura Programme, offering digital education opportunities in the tourism industry for learners in Latin America and the Caribbean on the .

Permanently open (MOOCs)

Dance

(Austria)

Each year, the five-week programme allows dancers and young choreographers from around forty countries to take part in all workshops and research projects, and to watch all ImPulsTanz performances. The festival’s international orientation provides an ideal platform for up-and-coming artists and enables the sharing of ideas with teachers and choreographers to establish a network. In addition, the participants are mentored by internationally renowned artists from the dance and performance scene. In 2025, the choreographer, director, dancer and artistic director of the feath3r theory (TF3T), Raja Feather Kelly, will be danceWEB mentor.

Deadline: 6 December 2024

Dance

(Austria)

‘ATLAS – create your dance trails’ is a modular training programme in the scope of ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival. It offers both artists with first choreographic experience and artists in the middle of their career, including from other disciplines, a dynamic environment for their artistic development. The programme aims to meet two of their central needs: first, to have access to studio space to do research and work on pieces; and second, to receive new input through individual training programmes, by watching international productions and by exchanging ideas with artists from more than 100 countries, as well as through peer-to-peer exchanges among the ATLAS groups.

Deadline: 6 December 2024

Cross-disciplinary

(Barbados)

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) in Barbados offers a Creative Arts Training programme that provides free online courses for anyone interested in exploring various artistic disciplines. The NCF Training Repository provides free access to all available courses and materials. Whether you’re a budding artist, a curious learner or you just want to enhance your skills, this platform welcomes you.

Permanently open (MOOCs)

Music

If you are a Caribbean music business practitioner operating as a recording or performing artist, songwriter, music producer or music business representative, this course will provide you with a foundational understanding to help prepare your business for entry into international music markets. It is designed for individuals interested in pursuing a career in the music industry with the goal of becoming exporters of music goods and services.

Permanently open (MOOC)

Business development

(Barbados)

The National Transformation Initiative (NTI) and Export Barbados present Export Academy, providing online training that helps you gain the knowledge and tools to make your business more profitable. Participants learn what export is and gain practical strategies for creating an export plan, conducting export documentation, and carrying out market research with these courses. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills to assess your products or services, develop your business' feasibility, and enhance the sales potential of your products or services. Learn how to be more innovative in your organization and make your business model more desirable. All courses are available digitally and self-paced on Coursera. 

Permanently open (MOOC)

Film

Participants will acquire solid theoretical knowledge and hands-on practical experience as they complete these micro-credential courses. 

Permanently open

RESIDENCIES

Circus

(Germany)

We want to support courageous circus projects that follow open creative processes and find compelling points of intersection with other strands of the performing arts. We encourage applications from artists and groups that aim to shed light on social, political and ecological issues. In this way, we hope to strengthen the thematic diversity of new circus projects. As a cultural organization, the Chamäleon aims to enable fairer access to the art form, and we therefore particularly encourage artists who have experienced discrimination to apply. We see ourselves as a learning institution that continues to educate itself and critically examine its own role and the limitations of our perspectives.

Deadline: 28 November 2024

Visual arts

(Germany)

The Artists and Scientists in Residence programme is inviting artists and scientists to realise an interdisciplinary artistic-scientific project at Ligeti Centre in Hamburg, Germany, from March to mid-April 2025. In close cooperation with the labs situated at the Ligeti Centre, the focus will be placed on experimental work with technologies developed at the Ligeti Centre.

Deadline: 3 December 2025

Cultural Management

(Germany)

The CrossCulture Programme (CCP) funds 55 to 60 professionals and dedicated volunteers from over 40 countries with its CCP Fellowships. Fellows spend two to three months working with host organizations in Germany or CCP partner countries to broaden their expertise, build valuable networks and further develop their intercultural skills. In return, the host organizations benefit from the expertise, regional knowledge and networks of the CCP Fellows. The CCP Fellowships for 2025 will be offered as on-site Fellowships. Depending on individual circumstances and applicable travel regulations, Fellows may also opt for digital participation. The programme is subject to funding by the German Federal Foreign Office. This opportunity is available exclusively to applicants from Cuba, within the framework of the Transcultura Programme.

Deadline: 5 December 2024 

Visual arts

(Sweden)

The residency programme aims at international exchange and is focused on exploratory artistic work, which can be both practical and theoretical. Sweden-based artists apply for the programme; international artists with activities outside Sweden are invited by IASPIS. International artists based outside Sweden are invited by IASPIS, following recommendations from fellow artists, curators, critics, and other stakeholders in the fields of visual and applied arts. Proposals for international artists can be submitted on an ongoing basis.

Deadline: 5 December 2024

Visual arts

(Germany) 

For the twentieth Call for Web Residencies, Akademie Schloss Solitude is collaborating with Mindy Seu and Charles Broskoski to curate an open call on knowledge sharing and citation in the (post)digital age. The residency »Tools for Citation« examines how knowledge is produced and how those processes can be reimagined through expanded citational practices. Artists are invited to delve into associative trails, transdisciplinary thinking, and collaborative processes in and between analogue and digital networks and worlds to explore the practices of citation.

Deadline: 15 December 2024

Visual arts

(The Netherlands) 

De Ateliers is an artists’ institute open to artists at the beginning of their professional career. It offers a two-year studio and tutoring programme that is best tailored to the needs of highly motivated artists who wish to strengthen their artistic foundation, develop their ideas and deepen their practice in a focused, critical environment among peers from around the globe. The programme is centred around weekly individual studio conversations, with regular and guest tutors, most of whom are practising artists. The aim is to create a better understanding of one’s artistic position and process by offering a multiplicity of perspectives and critical feedback. 

Deadline: 15 January 2025

Poetry

(Belgium)

La Maison de la poésie d’Amay hosts poets from around the world for stays ranging from two weeks to two months, allowing them to dedicate themselves to a poetic project, whether at its inception or completion.

Permanently open

Music

(Germany)

Funding is available for professional musicians, as well as amateur and emerging musicians and ensembles from developing and transition countries, who are invited to participate in music projects in Germany. An invitation and application from collaborators in Germany are prerequisites for funding. The music project must include at least three events, such as concerts, workshops or panels. Applications for funding for music projects abroad must be submitted at least three months before the project start date.

Permanently open

Visual Arts

(Austria)

Since 2002, the MuseumsQuartier's international Artist-in-Residence programme, in cooperation with partners, has annually provided around 60 international artists with the opportunity to live and work in the MuseumsQuartier. This residency allows artists to further develop their artistic projects while immersing themselves in the local art and cultural scene. The objective of the Artist-in-Residence programme is to continually invigorate the art and cultural scene in the Austrian capital by introducing fresh, external influences and fostering exchange through the participation of international artists.

Permanently open

Cross-disciplinary

The Art centre offers residencies for foreign artists who would like to stay and work at the Art centre or Artists’ Asylum. During their residency, artists are given the opportunity to engage with the social network of Art centre and local community, research and produce artworks, present their work and build networks with the Slovene arts community. The duration of residencies is not limited and is determined on a project-by-project basis, with ongoing conversations throughout a residency. Residencies to date have lasted from few days up to a year.

Permanently open

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

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Music

(Dominican Republic)

ProPiano Caribe is a regional piano competition with the aim of promoting the talent and creativity of young people with a passion for the piano and promising careers, organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the Dominican Republic, in collaboration with Fundación Sinfonía and the Transcultura Programme. The jury will select three finalists through virtual auditions, who will be invited to travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for the final round before a jury of international experts, as well as for the closing concert on 17 and 18 March 2025.

Deadline: 31 January 2025

Visual Arts

(France)

This competition is open to visual artists of all nationalities, who are of legal age and mid-career, working in the following disciplines of visual and plastic arts: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, video, or any other form of visual or plastic art (live performance and music are not included). For installations and sculptures, artists have the option to present either an existing work or a project. For projects, a production budget must be included, with a maximum of €50,000.

Deadline: 1 December 2024

PRESENTING WORK

Dance

(Greece)

Call for video dance works for the 11th Dance Days Chania international contemporary dance festival that is held in Chania, Crete, Greece. The festival program consists of performances, workshops, site-specific projects, the video dance section, the “New creators in the city” section, lectures and more.

Deadline: 29 November 2024

Dance

The Department of Contemporary Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus, in collaboration with Rialto Theatre, is organizing the 26th Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival. The festival will take place during 1-22 June 2025 at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol. Some selected performances will also be presented at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre.

Deadline: 29 November 2024

Cross-disciplinary

(Finland)

Outsider Art Festival connects international art audiences, outsider artists, cultural professionals and influencers. Outsider Art Festival is a multi-disciplinary showcase festival in Helsinki and online. OAF showcases art that is made in the margins of the society.  The artists of the festival are selected by open call submissions, and you can apply for one or more art field categories. The art genres of the festival are film, performing arts, literature, music and visual arts. The artist residency is aimed at artists living outside of Finland.

Deadline: 30 November 2024

Cross-disciplinary

(France)

Each year, a theme related to a current societal issue is proposed through an international call for projects, inviting artists from all disciplines and backgrounds to participate. A committee of artists and specialists convenes to select artistic proposals that explore various aspects of the chosen theme. The INACT Festival of Mutant Arts takes place in the spring, spanning several days and featuring a diverse array of performances, conferences, and artistic practice workshops for the public. 2025 Theme: AMALGAME

Deadline: 30 November 2024

Dance

(Greece)

The International Dance and Performing Arts Festival Akropoditi Dancefest has, for the last five years, been hosting on a permanent basis movement and expression workshops addressed to people of mature age which usually conclude with an open presentation or performance. Due to the festival’s constant and unwavering commitment towards the encouragement of participation of older adults in the performing arts this year, we aim to support and encourage the interaction of artists of different generations. Our primary aim is to emphasize the importance of the presence of the body and its exposure, as well as the utilisation of all its expressive means without age limitations. We also desire to set the ground for and contribute to, as far as possible, a redefinition of the perception of aesthetics, as well as determine the intentions and goals of an artistic work.

Deadline: 1 December 2024

Circus

(Germany)

CircusDanceFestival is seeking original short pieces from the circus and dance field for a 360° audience on an outdoor stage. You have until 15 December 2024 to submit your best solo or duo work, in the air or on the floor, lasting up to fifteen minutes. Successful submissions will participate in the 360° shorts format at CircusDanceFestival in Cologne - 6, 7 & 8 June 2025. Applications by women, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and people with disabilities or a refugee or migration background are explicitly welcome.

Deadline: 15 December 2024

Music

(Portugal)

Westway LAB is Portugal’s showcase festival, international music conference, and artist residency annual event. Each year, this event invites artists to showcase their music projects as part of the city showcases and/or also invites artists to participate in the co-creation residencies at the Candoso Creation Centre, a converted school that provides a week-long live-and-work environment, just outside the city of Guimarães. Four working groups of three artists (with at least one person in each group being Portuguese) work together the week before the festival to create new side projects together.

Deadline: 15 December 2024

Cinema

(Guadeloupe, France)

Submit your films for the Nouveaux Regards Film Festival 2025 competition! The festival will be held from 2 to 6 April 2025, and is open to feature films, short films, fiction and documentaries from the Caribbean and Guyana. Don't miss this opportunity to make your works shine on the international stage.

Deadline: 20 December 2024

Performing arts

(Spain)

ACT is an annual festival that for the duration of four days brings together around a hundred participants and guests from around the world. The festival has four main sections: the pedagogical program, ACTmosfera encounters, the exhibition shows and the short pieces contest. This last section is open to companies and proposals that want to apply and participate in the festival. ACT launches a call for international and emerging performing artists who have stage works of a maximum of 30 minutes.

Deadline: 20 December 2024

Cinema 

(Cuba)

The International Film and Environment Festival of the Caribbean was created as a creative space to enhance the common actions of the region in environmental matters and to contribute a critical perspective on the serious environmental challenges that the Caribbean faces today. Isla de la Juventud is the natural space for this festival, which is part of the environmental program Isla Verde. The film festival is a celebration that provides visibility and strength to a more ambitious project, aiming to lead and support a transformation towards sustainable development in the territory. This transformation could serve as a precedent for a successful and replicable ecological model in other communities of the diverse island states of the Caribbean and the world.

Deadline: 25 December 2024

Photography

(The Netherlands)

Rotterdam Photo, part of Rotterdam Art Week, calls for submissions of one series of five images from professional and amateur photographers under a different theme every year. Rotterdam Photo Festival is open to different media, such as photography, installations, performance, digital art, and documentary works. The selected images are printed on PVC panels and exhibited on the outside of a designated container during the Rotterdam Photo Festival. All production costs are covered by the Rotterdam Photo. Approximately twenty-five photographers are selected, and they can participate individually or on behalf of a gallery.

Deadline: 29 December 2024

Cinema

(France)

Set up in 1998 to unveil emerging talent, La Cinef picks 15 to 20 short and medium-length films every year, made by young directors at film schools around the world. Previously called Cinéfondation, the name of the selection has changed in 2022 to LA CINEF, but its mission remains the same.

Deadline: 15 February 2025

PROJECT FUNDING

Cinema

(Barbados)

The National Cultural Foundation is inviting screenwriters to express their interest in screenwriting/scriptwriting a biographical documentary of Barbados’ outstanding contribution to the game of cricket through its status as the birthplace of several cricket legends. Screenplays/scripts should be submitted to the National Cultural Foundation by 30 November 2024. The selected screenplay/script will receive funding to produce the film up to BDS $1,000,000.

Deadline: 30 November 2024

Cinema

(The Netherlands)

The IDFA Bertha Fund supports independent, critical, and artistic voices from all over the world with the aim of stimulating and empowering the creative documentary sector. The Fund provides development and production grants. In addition to financing, the Fund offers filmmakers tailor-made consultancies and training programmes to support them in their creative and production process. Additionally, filmmakers are invited to participate in the different industry events that IDFA has to offer and broaden their international network and knowledge of the documentary industry. There are two entry deadlines per year: 10 December 2024 and 10 June 2025.

Deadline: 10 December 2024

Cinema and TV

(France)

Created by and for writers, the Brouillon d’un rêve documentaire grant is a financial aid designed to support creative documentary projects or essays, exclusively in a single format (medium or feature-length), intended primarily for television or cinema. A two-stage process is offered. Please note, only film projects longer than 40 minutes and those that have not received any other aid or grant (national or international) are eligible. Brouillon d’un rêve must be the very first aid obtained, whether for the Research or Writing phase. 

Deadline: 10 December 2024

Audiovisual and media 

France)

The Brouillon d’un rêve impact grant is awarded directly to creators of online videos. It is a financial aid designed to support projects for videos, channels, or web-series documentaries on the internet, including chronicles, investigations, popular science, interviews, vlogs, testimonials, etc. These projects must aim to understand, question, and decipher societal, cultural, economic, environmental, historical, and human rights issues. Particular attention will be given to the creativity and quality of the proposals.

Deadline: 15 January 2025

RESEARCH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Photography

(France)

The Rencontres d'Arles curatorial research fellowship is open to all exhibition curators. The project chosen will be carried out in two stages: 1/Research; 2/Production (after approval, if the project is included in the Rencontres d’Arles programme). The maximum €20,000 grant includes: 1/An initial amount of €5,000 in copyright acquired for the winner; 2/ A second amount of €15,000 for producing the project; in case of approval by Les Rencontres d’Arles.

Deadline: 5 December 2024

Museums

(The Netherlands)

The Rijksmuseum Fellowship Programme gives successful candidates the opportunity to conduct part of their research at the museum. It aims to supporting first-rate academic research, to strengthen ties between the Rijksmuseum and universities, and to contribute to the exchange of knowledge. Fellows have access to our collections, library and laboratories, and to the expertise of our academic staff. They also get the opportunity to participate in workshops and field trips.

Deadline: 5 January 2025

Cross-disciplinary

(Austria)

Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply for this grant to come to Austria for research or a study stay in the Arts and Humanities field.

Deadline: 1 February 2025

Audiovisual and media

(Germany)

The Foundation of Lower Saxony grant at the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art supports a wide spectrum of media art, from video art and net-based projects to audio works and audio-visual installations. Each of the three grants is awarded to produce a new project in media art. The grant is valid for a duration of six months (July–December). It cannot be prolonged, and residency is compulsory; grant recipients can expect to stay in Oldenburg for at least one month.

Deadline: February 2025

Visual arts

(Denmark)

The Danish Arts Foundation’s Committee for Visual Arts Project Funding wishes to promote contemporary art in Denmark and Danish contemporary art abroad by allowing foreign curators to meet Danish artists and gain insight into the Danish contemporary art scene with a view to future collaborations. Funding (travel & accommodation) is available for curatorial research for curators, directors of art institutions and other art professionals.

Deadline: 18 March 2025

The European network of cultural organizations, On The Move, has launched the Funding Guide for the International Cultural Mobility of Caribbean Artists and Cultural Professionals. This guide provides information on organizations and programmes offering mobility opportunities for creators, artists, and cultural professionals from the Caribbean. It also incorporates research conducted by the Transcultura programme for the #TransculturaConecta newsletter.

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91�鶹������Ʒ���� published the study Mapping Cultural Policies in the Small Island Developing States, which includes an analysis of policies, instruments, and programs that contribute to culture as a driver of sustainable development.

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