Main aim: to have a positive impact on both artists who want to turn their talent into a job and citizens, who are often reluctant to approach a sector they consider too distant from themselves.

Description:

OASis – Open Art Spaces in Synergy will build a network of free and open creative spaces throughout Europe, with the goal of reducing the barriers to entry that exist in the art world.  The project is created by the unique consortium of almost 20 diverse institutions – including NGOs, culture institutions, municipalities and university and consist of two key modules:

I. Open Art Spaces (OASis) in Action – creating 13 interdisciplinary art venues in 10 countries that reflect the modern model of the open art center which merge local context with international art exchange and are based on the participatory planning and management format. The module includes both: creating OASis based on existing art venues and in the locations that are never used for any art purposes.

II. OASis Program Initiatives – the 39 art residencies programs in 13 OASis that will be concluded with at least 99 art realizations based on the concept of co-creation – where professional international and local artists work together with local communities and groups at risk of cultural exclusion.

Role of Machaon: Project partner (part of project budget for activities in Slovakia  is 108716 EUR, from which an EU grant 76101 EUR for Machaon and Slovak-Ukrainian HUB)
Partners: FUNDACJA INNA PRZESTRZEN, ONE CAUCASUS, FONDAZIONE BANCO DI NAPOLI PER L’ASSISTENZA ALL’INFANZIA (CampaniaWelfare), BETHLEN THEATER,  CULTIVAMOS CULTURA, ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL GERADOR, KULTURNO IZOBRAZEVALNO DRUSTVO KIBLA, Le Garage Moderne Atelier Associatifs , CITY MINE(D), Today Art, CONGRESS OF CULTURAL ACTIVISTS COLINI-TRIPODI GBR, UNIVERSITA TELEMATICA PEGASO S.R.L. 

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Text: Svetlana Belova