Mobility: Artists' international mobility programs
Description
D'Art Report: Artists International Mobility Programs
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy no.17, December 2004
IFACCA and Informal European Theatre Meeting
This report examines policies and strategies for international artists’ mobility and considers the different points of view of key players (eg. government agency, policy maker, arts organization, individual artist) that can affect how a program is perceived. It offers typologies for analyzing international mobility programs and provides indicators of best practice for policy makers developing international artists’ mobility programs.
The report aims to be a source of references and links to programs and providers of resources for artists’ mobility around the world, covering supranational, national and regional levels. Given the huge scope of the question, the report cannot be regarded as a definitive listing of all such programs and policies. There are many programs that offer resources for artists’ exchange not covered by the report: projects operating at a local, regional and national level, as part of intergovernmental bilateral and multilateral agreements, and other initiatives such as international town twinning. Nevertheless, the report is a good starting point for exploring artists' mobility initiatives in more detail.
The D'Art was also published, in Spanish, as Chapter 6 of the book La movilidad de las artes escénicas. Obstáculos, retos y oportunidades. It is available here. Details on the book are available here and on the publisher here.
Publications
‘It’s kind of like a snowball starts rolling.’ : The internationalisation of young visual artists in Finland
This report concludes a research project, lasting several years, on the internationalisation of Finnish art and artists. more >
Information systems to support the mobility of artists and other professionals in the culture field: a feasibility study
A feasibility study for a European wide system of information on the different legal, regulatory, procedural and financial aspects to mobility in the cultural sector. This study was carried out by ECOTEC Research & Consulting Ltd for the European Commission. more >
La movilidad de las artes escénicas. Obstáculos, retos y oportunidades
El conjunto de estudios, artículos y entrevistas recogidos en esta obra examina diferentes aspectos de la movilidad internacional de los profesionales de las artes escénicas en Europa. more >
White paper on visa issues, Europe and artists' mobility
Freemuse, the European Live Music Forum (ELMF) and the European Council of Artists (ECA) have published a discussion paper entitled Visas – the discordant note. A White Paper on visa issues, Europe and artists' mobility. more >
Mobility ... Mobility ... Mobility ... a round up of current initiatives
OTM is delighted to see that mobility is currently the focus of many initiatives – research studies, working groups, reflection platforms and other developments, within the EU and other institutions and provides a round up of current initiatives now updated. more >
Mobility matters
The ERICarts Institute carried out a six month study for the European Commission between April and October 2008 on mobility incentives in the culture/creative sector. more >
Visas: the discordant note
This White Paper sums up some of the problems and challenges of bringing international artists into Europe, or from one country in Europe to another. more >
AECID: new books in the 'Culture and Development' series
The Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID) has released two new volumes in its 'Culture and Development' series. more >
The World is Getting Smaller: Evaluation of BKVB Fund Foreign Studios (1989-2005)
An evaluation of and recommendations for the foreign artist studios policy of the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. more >
Moving Art: A guide to the export and import of cultural goods between Russia and the European Union
A user-friendly handbook that describes the procedures and regulations for the import and export of cultural goods between Russia and the countries of the European Union. more >
Mobility of Imagination: a companion guide to international cultural cooperation
A concise guidebook for the arts and culture professionals, explaining in a systematic manner the purpose and expected benefits of international cultural cooperation, its risks and strategic issues, models and success factors. more >
European Cultural Cooperation Resources
LabforCulture's research in focus on cultural cooperation. more >
ECF e-zine special issue on mobility
This special e-zine provides an array of insights on the subject of mobility, and a brief guide to the funds and tools available. more >
D'Art Report: Artists' International Mobility Programns
This report examines policies and strategies for international artists’ mobility and considers the different points of view of key players. more >
News
- financial barriers
- administrative and institutional barriers, such as obtaining visas, and navigating legal and institutional rules and regulations in other countries
- loss of protection of rights, social security and professional support
- access to relevant information about working in other countries. A number of recent meetings have focused, at least in part, on how to encourage and facilitate artists' mobility:
- Following the Second World Summit on the Arts and Culture in November 2003, IFACCA and the Asia-Europe Foundation held the first Asia-Europe Arts Promotion Agencies Network (ASEARTS) conference. The theme for the conference was the international mobility of artists between Asia and Europe (Link).
- The Networking for the Arts in Europe meeting in Cork, Ireland, in May 2004 hosted by the Arts Council of Ireland, aimed to explore how the national level arts development bodies and departments across Europe might work together to improve conditions for artists' mobility, circulation of artistic works and transnational artistic collaboration. (Link).
- The World Cultural Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, in July 2004, provided a platform for reflecting on and discussing global issues of arts and culture and policy, and to offer new forms of international cooperation (Link).
- The Sharing Cultures conference organised by the European Cultural Foundation, Rotterdam, in July 2004, discussed new initiatives for cultural cooperation in Europe. (Link). The full paper on Policy Recommendations for Mobility, drafted by IETM, can be found on http://www.ietm.org What do we mean by artists' mobility? We are seeking information on programs that arts agencies and other organisations have developed to facilitate the movement of artists across national borders. Examples of such programs might be:
- Funding programs to provide money to artists to travel abroad to work, research, train or gain experience, such as mobility funds, travel grants, and 'go see' grants.
- Published guides with information to help artists work abroad.
- Touring guides and programs that help artists and arts groups tour to other countries.
- Touring guides and programs that help overseas artists tour in your country.
- International artist exchange programs.
- International artist residencies.
- Websites that help artists find information and contacts in other countries. In order to focus our search, we are putting a lower priority on information about programs that promote the exchange of art products, or programs that help artist emigrate permanently. QUESTION We would be very grateful for any materials, weblinks, or other resources that could help us with the following:
- Details of policies and programs about artists' mobility and artists' exchanges
- Evaluations of such policies and programs
- Guidelines and resource materials for artists' exchange programs and residencies
- Research on artists' mobility
- Websites, bibliographies and databases on artists' international mobility Please email information to info@ifacca.org by Friday 15 October 2004. more >
Arts Council announces €1million touring fund
People right across the country can expect to experience world class plays, concerts, performances and exhibitions in the months ahead under a special touring scheme, the Arts Council has said. more >
World music's great visa fear
Intimidating forms, biometrics, illegal immigration paranoia – Robin Denselow on why new visa rules might take Britain off the world music touring circuit. more >
EU Visa Code
Since 5 April 2010, the EU Visa Code has become applicable. The Visa Code is an EU regulation and has been adopted in order to increase the transparency, simplify and accelerate the procedures concerning Schengen visas. (Information for artists) more >
Launch of Mobility Hub Africa
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ENCATC presents first findings of study on artistic mobility at policy debate in Brussels
Cross-border mobility experiences are life-long learning experiences for artists and should thus be promoted. This is the key finding of a European comparative study on the reality of cross-border mobility of artists and its impact on their professional development. more >
Blog: Stopping culture at our borders
There are no words in the thesaurus of insult that quite do justice to the UK Border Agency and the minister for borders and immigration, Phil Woolas. So let's just agree that new rules barring artists from visiting this country and so enriching our culture are some of the most contemptible ever devised, even by this narrow-minded apology for a government. more >
An update on the touring experiment
The Touring Experiment is an initiative of the Arts Council - a two year action research project designed to inform and shape future policy for touring in the Republic of Ireland. more >
Cultural exchange under scrutiny: panel discussion
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Pilot Project for Artist Mobility
The objective of this new appropriation is to enable contributions to the operational costs of mobility funds, programmes or schemes for artists and cultural professionals on a matching basis. more >
Participation in practics – cultural mobility in Europe
On January Interarts became a partner in the 3-year project Practics-see Mobile, which is funded by the European Commission. The project aims to promote mobility among workers in the cultural sector. The project will develop “EU Cultural Mobility Contact Points” (CMCP) which will offer administrative and legal information at two levels. more >
Arts funding for touring exhibitions
Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett has announced funding of more than $1 million to support the development and touring of 15 cultural exhibitions through the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. more >
Mobility programmes to strengthen Nordic-Baltic co-operation
The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme in the field of Culture support long- and short-term network building, artists’ residencies and mobility for professional art and culture practitioners in all artistic fields. The artistic goal is to create a platform for an innovative, dynamic Nordic-Baltic art and culture life. more >
Survey on the legal instruments affecting international mobility of artists
Members of the IFACCA network have been asked to share their knowledge on international legal instruments affecting the international mobility of artists, artworks, cultural goods and services for a research project initiated by UNESCO. The questionnaire is now also available in French and Spanish. more >
Mobility consultants welcome contributions from IFACCA members
Information is requested on bilateral and multilateral cultural cooperation agreements and any evaluation of their results. Written contributions via a short questionnaire (5 questions only) needed by 31 January 2009. more >
OTM users react to anticipated closure of mobility information service
OTM users react to anticipated closure of mobility information service. OTM subscribers and users have reacted rapidly to the news that OTM is anticipating closure of its much appreciated mobility information service in 2009. Here is a selection of OTM users feedback: more >
On-The-Move anticipates closure of mobility information services in 2009
Since 2002, On-The-Move (OTM) has operated as a very economically efficient instrument filling an existing gap in information and encouragement to arts mobility. It has gained recognition beyond the performing arts as the key information provider on mobility, reaching up to 360.000 visitors per year, disseminating a monthly newsletter to over 8.500 subscribers worldwide, commissioning and publishing expert dossiers on practical aspects of mobility, downloaded more than 120.000 times. more >
Meeting on culture and youth in the Mediterranean
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Artists' Mobility - Aspiration or Reality: Conference Summary
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Resources on cultural mobility in Europe and the Mediterranean
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Without the arts, our image grows dim abroad
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Britain's stages to close to outsiders
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Cultural missionary man
In the last three years, Culture Ireland has being promoting Irish arts with all the zeal of a missionary, and it is matching support for established acts with riskier projects. more >
Ministers pledge to boost artists' mobility
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Targeted theatre and dance promotion
Pro Helvetia is fostering exchange between programme managers of international theatres and festivals and Swiss dance and theatre companies. more >
Strict Visa Regulations Discourage Visiting Artists
Foreign artists of all stripes are funneled through a visa process whose costs and complications have become prohibitive. USA's visa rules are making it harder to foster cultural exchange at a time when the unifying effects of art are needed now more than ever. more >
European Parliament scheme for artist mobility under discussion
European Parliament has heard a proposal to launch a €3m pilot project to support artists’ mobility in Europe. more >
Arts mobility project launched
A new online resource has been launched that will review the successes and obstacles of the mobility of artists in Europe. more >
Sign petition to protect artists rights to mobility!
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Artists' mobility programs report released
IFACCA is delighted to release its research report on artists' international mobility programs. Researched and written by UK-based consultant, Judith Staines, with input from IETM, IFACCA and 25 respondents covering every continent, the 35-page report documents the many types of artists' mobility initiatives implemented around the world. It provides an analysis of these initiatives, including some general guidelines for good practice as well as information on definitions, evaluations and a detailed list of resources. more >
Please help - resources about artists' mobility
IFACCA has received a query from Mary Ann DeVlieg, Network Coordinator of the Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM), for information on artists' mobility programs. Ms DeVlieg is looking for information on programs that aim to encourage the movement of artists across national borders. IETM has developed a bibliography of recent European Commission communications, studies and documents on artists' mobility. A link to this bibliography is provided in the attachment here with other online resources on artists' mobility collated by the IFACCA secretariat. CONTEXT As the references and resources attached to this question indicate, artists' mobility is an issue of considerable and increasing interest to national and international arts support agencies in our 'globalised' context. With the aid of new communications technology and cheaper travel, artists are collaborating more easily across national borders. Research indicates, however, artists themselves encounter a variety of obstacles when moving between countries. Examples of hindrances are:
Theatre touring scheme established by British Council and Northern Ireland Arts Council
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the British Council have established a North/South Theatre Touring Scheme to facilitate and extend opportunities for theatre companies to tour their productions through Ireland. more >
Events
ENCATC - Expert meeting on artistic mobility
ENCATC is organising an expert meeting to present the first findings of a European comparative study on the reality of cross-border mobility of artists and its impact on their professional development. more >
3rd Berlin conference: A soul for Europe
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International Educational Conference “Moving beyond Mobility”
The conference targets researchers, practitioners and experts in the field of international youth exchange and intercultural learning, and focuses on the educational impact, success stories and obstacles of exchange programs. more >
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