Studios and ateliers seeking to obtain financial support from the Nordic and Baltic cultural mobility programme in order to host guest artists and cultural figures and provide them with working space need to act fast – once applications for this year close, no more will be accepted until 2012.|
2009 saw 1020 applications submitted to the programme, which is administered by the Nordic Culture Point. 302 of these applications were approved. A total of 218,000 kroons was granted to Estonia for artist residencies, 108,000 kroons for travel and 156,000 kroons for projects. Art and culture institutions and organisations that work with professionals from the fields of art and culture can additionally apply for support from the culture and art programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers, the deadline for which is 22 March 2010. 395 applications were submitted to this programme in 2009, of which 98 were approved. A total of 247,416 kroons in project support was allocated to Estonia. |
Artist residency support – apply now or in two years!
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The deadline for applications is 24 February 2010, and the next round of applications will not open until 2012. The Baltic States were able to seek funding assistance in order to invite and host guest artists and cultural figures in 2009 as an exception, but applications are now also being accepted from the Nordic countries – Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. In addition to artist residencies, applications can also be made to the cultural mobility programme for funding for travel and partnership projects – the deadlines for these being 10 February 2010 and 10 March 2010, respectively. |