Grants for festivals to organise residencies for emerging artists

This programme is for Ukrainian festivals that:

• Work in architecture, ballet, contemporary dance, circus, design, applied or digital art, film, folk art, cultural heritage, literature, music, opera, street art, theatre, photography, sculpture, painting or interdisciplinary projects.
• Want to organise a residency with a partner from the EU, Great Britain, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Israel, Moldova, Palestine, Switzerland or Turkey.

Check the answers to frequently asked questions at the link.

Completed application form that includes:

• Information about you and the festival.
• Artists’ brief bios and portfolio links.
• Information about partner festivals.
• Motivation: explain how you will attract artists and establish partnerships.
• A letter of intent from the artists.
• A letter of intent from a partner.
• A detailed budget.

Document templates will be available when filling out the application. Check the details at the link.

• Register your festival at FestivalFinder.eu.
• By 19 March, fill out the online application in English.

The results will be announced by the end of April. The organisers will choose 50 winners: 40 residencies for emerging artists and 10 for experienced artists.

• You can submit only one application as a leading festival but be a partner in other projects.
• You can partner up with several festivals at once but from different countries.
• You must spend 80% of the grant on artist development and 10% on communication production needs. The organisers will deduct 10% of the grant for the development of the programme.