EU Funding Marathon #1: Culture Moves Europe

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We have initiated the EU Funding Marathon to make European funds more accessible to creators and cultural organizations in the Netherlands and beyond. These funds cover areas like innovation, science, arts and media. Initially, we're hosting five online sessions, each focusing on a different fund.

In each session, a fund will present itself, and we will address questions such as which projects are suitable for these funds, how to apply and what we can learn from successful applicants. Of course, there's also room to ask questions. All sessions are online accessible via live stream every third Wednesday of the month from 15:30 to 17:00. All sessions will be in Dutch, except the first one on 18 October, which will be in English.

The EU Funding Marathon is organized by DutchCulture|Creative Europe Desk NL, in cooperation with Waag|Futurelab.

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Are you an (aspiring) artist with a fantastic idea for a project abroad? Then Culture Moves Europe might be the key to realizing your international ambitions.

Culture Moves Europe is the new mobility financing programme for artists and cultural professionals active in sectors such as architecture, heritage, design, fashion, literary translations, music, performing arts, and visual arts. There is also a scheme for residency hosts.

In this session, we provide you with information about the grants available for individual artists. Which projects are supported? Who is eligible to apply, and how do you go about it? Loli Meseguer from the Goethe-Institut Brussels will guide you through the details, timeline, and requirements of the mobility scheme. Designer/filmmaker Emilia Tapprest will share her research project experience in Vilnius (Latvia) and curator/photographer Marijn van der Leeuw will talk about her exhibition in Sofia (Bulgaria). They will share their insights into the application process and are ready to answer all your questions.

15:30 - 15:40 Welcome by director Kirsten van den Hul
15:40 - 15:45 Introduction programme
15:45 - 15:50 Presentation by Marijn van der Leeuw, Culture Moves Europe grantee
15:50 - 16:00 Q&A
16:00 - 16:30 Presentation about Culture Moves Europe by Goethe-Institut
16:30 - 16:45 Q&A
16:45 - 16:50 Presentation by Emilia Tapprest, Culture Moves Europe grantee
16:50 - 17:00 Q&A and closure

Culture Moves Europe has been in existence since October 2022 and is the successor to the successful pilot program i-Portunus (2018-2022). The fund receives support from the Creative Europe programme of the European Union and is implemented by the Goethe-Institut. This session is organized in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Brussels.

Marijn van der Leeuw is a graphic designer and curator. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague in 2018. She has designed several (art) publications, and in 2020, she founded Tiny Art Gallery The Hague. This is a nomadic exhibition space consisting of 63 rooms ranging in size from 5x5 to 22x15 cm. These spaces are entirely dedicated to small objects and encourage experimentation. Every six months, this travelling gallery showcases works by 63 national and international artists. There have been four editions so far: in Sofia (Bulgaria), Nijmegen, and two in The Hague.

Emilia Tapprest (NVISIBLE.STUDIO) She is a Finnish-French filmmaker/designer based in Amsterdam. She studied Collaborative Design at Aalto University in Helsinki and Fine Arts and Film at the Sandberg Instituut. Her work has been featured on international platforms such as Vdrome, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Impakt Festival, VISIO European Programme on Artists' Moving Images, and Bologna Art City. She is a former resident at the Jan van Eyck Academy (2021), FilmForward (2021), and Van Gogh AiR (2023), for which she received support from the Culture Moves Europe programme.