Reliable and sufficient funding is crucial to a vibrant and diverse cultural scene as well as to the development of new forms and ideas. However due to rising expenditure and budget cuts, the cultural sector is facing yet again major challenges in many places.
We talk to experts from the Nordic countries and Germany about how to meet these challenges: How is the cultural sector doing in the North and what are local funding opportunities? What does it take to maintain cultural programs? How can cultural inclusion be guaranteed for everyone? What kind of approaches exist in the Nordics and in Germany? And what role do arts and culture play for our society, especially in unstable times like these?
Panelists
Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, Icelandic curator and gallerist
Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke, Professor of Cultural Policy and chairholder of the UNESCO Chair »Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development« at the University of Hildesheim, Germany
Juliana Hodkinson, British composer, chairwoman of the Danish Composers‘ Union as well as deputy chairwoman of the Initiative Neue Musik Berlin
Juhana Lassila, Deputy CEO of The Finnish Cultural Foundation
Ståle Stenslie, Head of Research and Development at Kulturtanken – Den kulturelle skolesekken, Norway
Pratik Vithlani, Operations developer at Riksteatern, Sweden
Moderator: Jenni Zylka, Journalist, film and music critic, writer
Program
6 pm_Arrival and registration (possibility to buy drinks at the Kaffebar until 6:30 pm)
6:30 pm_Welcome by Sweden‘s Cultural Counselor in Germany Anneli Strömqvist
6:40 pm_Panel discussion
8 pm_Reception