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IETM welcomes the European Commission’s proposal, announced on 16 July, to double the budget for Creative Europe from €2.4 billion to €4.9 billion for the 2028 - 2034 period. This positive development aligns with the demands of the campaign we launched earlier this month, calling for stronger and more ambitious cultural investment at the EU level ...
Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM) is calling on professionals engaging in contemporary performing arts from around the world to participate in YPAM2025, taking place from November 28 to December 14, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. YPAM2025 opens the gateway for networking and exchange with three participation options. Professional ...
Do you have solid professional expertise in international relations, cultural/creative sectors and diplomacy at the EU level? The Goethe-Institut is currently preparing a bid for the next phase of the EU-funded project Cultural Relations Platform (2026–2030) and is looking for a qualified and experienced Team Leader to coordinate and oversee the ...
EARTHBOUND Symposium 2025 Secret Hotel (Denmark) invites you to EARTHBOUND 2025 a 3-day international and interdisciplinary symposium on 19th – 21st August 2025, that weaves together art and science to reimagine how we humans relate to the world. You dive into keynotes, workshops, triosessions, debates, performance excerpts, rituals and sharing ...
The European cultural sector has come together to call on the European Commission, European Parliament and Member States to reinforce the Creative Europe programme in the next EU long-term budget (MFF). The open letter has been endorsed by 70+ European associations, collectively representing close to 20.000 organisations active across the ...
The Antonin Artaud Fellowship has published a catalogue featuring 23 performative works created by independent artists in Ukraine over the past three years. The catalogue is printed in English and Ukrainian and is available for online viewing. You can also request a printed copy through the link. Founded in 2022 by proto produkciia and Opera aperta ...
SIRENOS Festival (Lithuania): Visitors Programme registration open Artistic directors, programmers, curators, scholars, cultural journalists, critics and other theatre professionals are invited to take part in SIRENOS Lithuanian showcase: a queer gaze on the Lithuanian theatre, as observed by its curator, young stage director Naubertas Jasinskas ...
1-7.07.2025 FESTIVAL IN BERLIN! WORKSHOPS, WORKS IN PROGRESS, PERFORMATIVE PITCHES, WEBINARS, CABARET/APERITIF & THREE TRIPLE BILLS! Pitch & Perform is a week-long, multi-venue festival produced and curated by Apricot Productions, taking place on 1–7 July 2025, in Berlin. Blending workshops, webinars, performative pitches, cabaret, and ...
As a continuation of IETM's work on fairness and in preparation of our 2026 Fair Arts School, we call on all IETM members and the global performing arts community to share your stories via a survey to help us understand what fairness means in different contexts from all corners of the globe. IETM is collaborating with edgeandstory, headed by ...
The European Commission’s has just released a special Eurobarometer on Europeans´attitudes towards culture. It brings a very welcomed assurance of the value of culture for us who work in the sector and goes against the enforced renewed tendency for instrumentalisation of culture, in the name of competitiveness and security. 87% of respondents agree ...
