Are you a professional artist or do you perhaps work in an artistic activity? It can be anything in music, image, form, theatre, dance and film. Did you know that there are several ways for you and your colleagues to go to apply for Travel Grants both in Sweden and in Europe? On October 7 [...]
Welcome to the exhibition 'Kluven' by Brynhild Bye-Tiller (NO), Dina Abu Hamdan (DK/JO), Emma Hirsk (SE/IE), and Katarzyna Piórek (SE/PL) who are participating in the Woven Network Nordics project. Woven Network Nordics creates a safe space for support, solidarity and collaborations for female artists across Europe. The project and exhibition are arranged by Intercult with [...]
On 07 July 2021 River//Cities Foundation hosted from Gdansk - on digital platform our last transnational (TM5) event which is closing our I_Improve project's chapter. The meeting in Gdansk was focused on impact, dissemination and use of the project results. All the partners talked about the highlights of our activities over the project, rounded [...]
Dr t's Beall is the Lead Artist for 'Woven in Govan', and was the lead Scottish artist for 'Woven Network' (2020),spanning five countries and led by Platform TU (Ukraine). Beall is a socially-engaged artist and researcher based in Dumfries and Glasgow, working with communities on durational projects to recover marginalised histories. Her work spans a [...]
Lia Ghilardi summarizes the methodology Intercult focused on in our process of finding and implementing a changemaking methodology for work at our organization. Here we would like to present the methodology to our partners and audience in Sweden, including the decision makers providing funding to culture in Sweden. The methodology is engaging artists creating participatory [...]
On June 16th, Intercult invited four socially engaged and changemaking women artists and practitioners to present the frame of their community building methodology. Liz Gardiner is an artist, teacher doctoral candidate with the University of the West of Scotland, free-lance consultant specialising in cultural planning and executive director of Fablevision. Liz is interested in arts [...]
We are living in a time of crisis where arts and cultural organisations are marginalised and isolated but it is a fact that they become stronger when they are embedded and supported by their community. How can cultural organisations and individuals increase art in the community and be of help to the wider community? This [...]
In this panel discussion we held together with Culture Action Europe on 30/4, Swedish cultural operators gathered for a conversation about what Cultural Deal for Europe Nordic cooperation brings with it for challenges and opportunities in Sweden. The Cultural Deal for Europe is a call by the European cultural society to recognise and include culture [...]
Kreativa Europa Desk Kultur/Kulturrådet har intervjuat Iwona Preis, VD på Intercult, om vårat Kreativa Europaprojekt Memory of Water. Memory of Water är ett konstnärslett projekt som utforskar vilken påverkan konstnärer kan ha på post-industriella och sjönära områden i Europa. Konstnärer från flera europeiska länder samarbetade med stads- och kulturplanerare, politiker och engagerade kulturorganisationer för [...]
Culture is the anchor that binds us together. It is the cornerstone of the European project and a driving force for the continent's future. Culture has enormous inherent value and makes a huge contribution to the economy. Culture has always been a vital social glue and resource, capable of healing wounds during difficult times. The [...]
