The CultureAndHealth Platform is happy to announce that it is launching its first pilot national calls for project proposals in the period of February - June 2025 in Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Romania, Slovenia, Italy, Malta, Germany, Poland and Sweden. Given the different level of development of the area in the various EU countries, we will be adopting the calls to local circumstances.
Each country is calling on passionate and engaged local artists to propose artistic/cultural projects that aim to improve health and well-being of individuals or communities through working interdisciplinary with the health, social or educational sectors.
Projects could include:
- participatory art programmes for people experiencing physical and mental illnesses
- projects that focus on prevention of illnesses or the forming of multiple health conditions
- art in healthcare or social environments including projects that enhance healthcare environments and support the staff’s and the patient’s well-being
- productions in healthcare or social settings: which could include performances, installations, exhibitions that support general well-being and highlight health-related issues
- artists residencies in healthcare or social care settings
- practice-based research activity
Perhaps you have a much better idea yourself that we have not thought of. Surprise us! However, it is important to know that research shows that participatory artistic projects that support at least eight encounters with the participants / communities identified ensure maximum effectiveness.
Check out the national call in your country:
Italy: Assoc Oltre
1 February - 23 February
Info Session: 8 February | 16.00-17.00 CET Please follow this link to join the meeting
Netherlands: Kunstloc Brabant
1st phase: 3 February - 3 March 2025
2nd phase: 24 Mar - 14 April
Malta: ARC
7 Feb - 25 Feb
Austria: ARTS for HEALTH AUSTRIA
1st phase: 10 Feb - 10 March 2025
2nd phase: 24 March - 14 April 2025
Slovenia: Drustvo Asociacija
20 February -16 April
Finland: Taikusydän - Arts & Health Coordination Centre in Finland
24 February - 31 March 2025
Romania: Cluj Cultural Centre
27 February - 3 April 2025
Sweden: Stockholm Competence Centre for Culture and Health
21 April - 18 May
Germany: Healing Culture Network
1 May - 30 June
Poland: Urban Culture Institute. City of Weaves
5 May - 30 June
Ireland: Arts for Health Forum Ireland
May
Important:
- All the above national calls will require the artist to reside in the given country in order to enable long-term cooperation between the artists, the communities he/she/they are working with and the health/social care/ education institution.
- During the 4 years the CultureAndHealth Platform will aim to support 200+ artists. Therefore, given the budget restrictions, artists can only be granted in one of the CultureAnd Health Platform calls in the next four years of November 2024-October 2028: the national call, the European call fair or the European travel call.
