Supporting Art – Various European Practices

12 February 2013

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Croatian Journalist Centre, Perkovčeva 2, Zagreb

The European Union motto, “United in diversity”, encompasses various understandings of art and its role in European countries.

What assists art and the artists, which entities, which programmes and projects actually support artistic creativity? In most countries a large number of participants support the arts, whether it be the state along with its institutions, public or private organizations and foundations, companies or associations, as well as the European Union.

The aim of the symposium is to present various practices and approaches in supporting art. At the same time, it will be interesting to observe the way those practices evolved and how they function in the present day on the European and national levels. Likewise, we also want to establish a connection with traditional and new practices that evolved in Croatia, a soon-to-be member of the European Union.

We hope that this symposium will encourage the exchange of ideas and the dialogue on different manners of supporting art in everyday practice. We are interested in experiences from both ends – from those who provide support and from those who receive it, and we also wish to discuss possible new ideas and innovative practices which could ensure the conditions needed for unhindered and free artistic creativity in the long run, and in a stable and quality manner.

Symposium has been organized by EUNIC Cluster Croatia – a network of European cultural institutes

(British Council, Goethe-Institut Kroatien, Institut Français, Instituto Camões, Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Österreichisches Kulturforum) in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and Pogon – Zagreb Centre for Independent Culture and Youth.