We are pleased to announce that the Croatian Association of Fine Artists is once again part of the CreArt network – a European project that continues the earlier CreArt 1.0 and 2.0. – the European network of cities and private and public institutions, which started in 2012 with the aim of responding to the needs of European cultural institutions, which includes increasing the economic, social and cultural impact of the visual arts by providing better support to artists, managers in culture, industry and the general public.

The European Commission once again recognized the importance of this project and supported the new three-year chapter CreArt 3.0 (#CreArt3) with 1.9 million euros, and the first activities will begin in January 2024.

CreArt is a network of 13 medium-sized European cities with the aim of exchanging experiences and good practices for the promotion of contemporary art, through a permanent transnational mobility program for emerging artists, curators and cultural workers, in order to maximize the economic, social and cultural contribution that creativity can make to local communities (#stringing_together). At the same time, CreArt 3.0 is pushing the boundaries (#pushboundaries) beyond the visual arts, empowering other artistic practices such as performing arts or music, and new collaborations with an NGO based in Lviv have also been initiated to support Ukrainian artists.

The direct beneficiaries of the project are based in communities from East to West Europe & from North to South, including: Ayuntamiento de Valladolid (Spain), Skopje (North Macedonia), Comune di Venezia and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Italy), Kauno kūrybinių industrijų centras (Lithuania), Ville de Clermont-Ferrand (France), Ville de Rouen (France), Município de Aveiro (Portugal), HDLU Hrvatsko Drustvo Likovnih Umjetnika/Croatian Association of Fine  Artists (Croatia), Regensburg (Germany), Oulu (Finland), Budějovice 2028 (Czech Republic), Liepāja (Latvia) and Miasto Lublin (Poland), where most of the activities will take place. On the other hand, our associated partners for the AiR program are Atelierhaus Salzamt (in Linz, Austria), Hafenkombinat Leipzig ( Germany), Bluecoat (in Liverpool, United Kingdom) and Мистецька рада “Діалог” (in Lviv, Ukraine).

The project includes 45 residency programs in 15 European cities, more than 39 public events to celebrate the European Month of Creativity in 13 cities from the network, 13 educational programs to strengthen creativity and knowledge about contemporary art, 18 Street Art festivals, 10 annual festivals in galleries in 9 cities and 6 European conferences and study visits.

The Croatian Association of Fine Artists (HDLU), as part of the CreArt 3.0 project, will every year:

• carry out educational programs for school-age children within the framework of their art manifestations like the Biennial of Painting and the Zagreb Salon
• bring contemporary art to business premises through the Takeover program
• organize local seminars to strengthen the professional knowledge of artists,
• through the Karas + Kvart program, try to redefine and create a new cultural identity of the neighborhood where the Karas Gallery is located, with the participation of Croatians and artists from the network of cities
• implement the residency program De/construction of painting for Croatians and artists from the network in Leipzig

The value of HDLU’s engagement in the CreArt 3.0 project is EUR 229,940.00, of which EUR 137,964.00 is secured from EU funds.

 

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Co-funded by the European Union – CREA-CULT-2023-COOP. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

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