The Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) all over Europe are hit severely by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live events and performances had to be cancelled, while most cultural venues were forced to close their doors. Cultural creators are severely affected by the discontinuation of their exhibition and performance opportunities. In sectors characterised by self-employment, freelancing and … Continued
The campaign #culture2030goal has released a Statement on Culture and the COVID-19 pandemic. Its official launch will take place on 21 May 2020, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. The date illustrates the commitment of the campaign to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the need to ensure that culture … Continued
The Live Arts’ sector necessarily requires an urgent project for a sustainable future. The current extraordinary circumstances we are all living oblige us to reformulate tout court the sector’s methodologies and practices. Artists, authors, technicians, operators, all united in a re-existence effort, will be the trigger for this transformation. The “WebinaArt – nuove strategie per lo spettacolo … Continued
The Live Arts’ sector necessarily requires an urgent project for a sustainable future. The current extraordinary circumstances we are all living oblige us to reformulate tout court the sector’s methodologies and practices. Artists, authors, technicians, operators, all united in a re-existence effort, will be the trigger for this transformation. The “WebinaArt – nuove strategie per … Continued
Webinar series: Possible Future(s) of Creative Economies in post-COVID-19 Europe CUMEDIAE and Trans Europe Halles, partners of the DISCE Consortium, are organising a webinar series (2 episodes) on the current and immediate state of creative economies in the context of COVID-19 crisis, exploring with CCI´s stakeholders how does COVID-19 affect the creative economies in the EU and how can we thrive through it. … Continued
What can the EU do to promote culture in the peri-urban spaces (outside of urban centres), the suburbs and the periphery? The Brainstorming Report “The Role of Culture in Non-urban areas of the European Union” is the result of a Brainstorming Session which took place at Fagus-Werk, Alfeld on the 4th and 5th February 2020, … Continued
On the 9th of May, 70 years ago, Robert Schuman laid the foundation of what we know now as the European Union. “Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity.” The solidarity to which Schumann referred to has … Continued
On Tuesday, April 28, CAE Secretary General Tere Badia participated in the Òmnium Cultural’s first online talk. Experts and representatives of the cultural sector and the European institutions took part in a LIVE debate and discussed on the present and the future of the arts and culture sector in the context of the Coronavirus crisis. … Continued