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We are pleased to announce that the European Union through its Creative Europe programme has selected IETM to receive a Creative Europe Network Grant for the period 2025 - 2028. The allocation of this network grant enables IETM to continue and strengthen its core activities over the course of the next four years. Under the acronym THRIVE (Transfer ...
As a network deeply committed to free expression, openness, and pluralism, we are alarmed by the growing attacks on artistic freedom across the globe. Europe, once celebrated as a bastion of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law, is seeing these core values increasingly threatened. From the recent resolution in Germany, to the dismissal of ...
We are proud to announce that IETM has obtained SHIFT eco-certificate for its second year! Below is a joint statement from IETM and the 15 other participating cultural networks: For the second year, participating networks have worked together with Culture for Climate Scotland (CCS ) to implement the SHIFT Culture eco-guidelines for cultural ...
Joined call by Spazju Kreattiv in collaboration with the Valletta Cultural Agency, the Valletta Design Cluster and the Ministry for Gozo for the Artists’ Residency Programme 2026 - 2027. Spazju Kreattiv, Malta’s National Centre for Creativity, in collaboration with the Valletta Cultural Agency and the Ministry for Gozo, invites internationally ...
THE SPACE PROGRAMME 2025 - INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY IN PARIS Applications now open SPACE 2025: EXPERIENCE DESIGN IN ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY The Performance Corporation’s SPACE Programme is Ireland’s longest-running International Multi-Disciplinary Artists Residency. It brings together adventurous artists from diverse disciplines for 10 days of ...
Are you a creative mind and interested in contributing to an urban green space in Europe with your practice? PRO PROGRESSIONE is looking for people with creative ideas, a hands on attitude and experience in ecological and social projects. They will invite 12 people to a 10-day creative retreat this summer in Piemonte, Italy. 3 projects will be ...
Sensing Earthly Entanglements: Teaching Food and Agri-Culture Through Art – with Anke Strauß, Germany How can we develop sustainable food systems? Open questions like this call for creative ideas. But training programmes for future professionals in fields like food economics have rarely prioritised creative skills. Anke Strauß is one of the people ...
Call for international artists - ALTOFEST 2025 (Naples) About Altofest Founded in 2011 as an artistic and political act of resistance, Altofest aims to cultivate a community rooted in the principle of "poetic citizenship.", inspiring unexpected forms of civic participation and collective imagination. The processes of artistic creation intersect ...
Ecovillages and similar communities are places where people experiment with sustainable living. More often than not, they are home to creatives. Typically, creative visioning is what drives their development in the first place, and they often use art and culture to connect with their neighbours and a wider public. For example, Green Academy Episode ...
On Tuesday, IETM attended 'Culture: A Deal for Europe' at Bozar, an event organised by Culture Action Europe, Europa Nostra, and the European Cultural Foundation. Honest conversations occurred between policy makers and the sector, with everyone’s eye on the intentions of the new European Commission when it comes to culture and the arts. Glenn ...
