Belarusian Council for Culture: Activity in 2020-2022

Cultural headquarters of the New Belarus

Why should culture be in high priority?

• Culture is not a museum

• Culture is not a service

• Culture is not just about entertainment

• Culture shapes a mindset

• Culture is the language we speak with the World

• There is no nation without Culture

• We are a colony without our Culture

Cultural identity is an extremely crucial step towards independence

Free Culture → free country

By creating new Culture we build new Belarus

Belarus is where Belarusians are

Belarusian Council for Culture development: from quick emergency support to country marketing

Preserve creative potential

Develop our culture

Promote the best cultural assets

BCC in main figures in 2020-2022

• 939k euro funds raised

• 730+ cases of personal support

• 130+ creative projects implemented

• 37 artists attended art-residences

• 2 mln euro from Artpower Project from EU (2023-2025)

Belarusian Council for Culture: Activity

• Resource Center - Develops

• Sojm - Unites

• Institute - Promotes

Resource Center develops

RC preserves and develops the creative potential of the nation and accumulates resources for the development of Belarusian culture and formation of sustainable creative space.

Plans

• Permanent monitoring of the cultural field

• Expert groups creation for consulting on cultural projects.

• Art management school launch.

• New programs of art residencies.

• Facilitation of creative projects implementation.

Sojm unites

Unites cultural communities in the development of cultural policy and the design of reforms.

The plan

To develop cultural policy and financial mechanisms to maintain the culture in the face of the collapse of the Belarusian state system.

Institute promotes

The institute advocates culture for political centers, international organizations, and the Belarusian civil society. It promotes Belarusian culture, including it in the global context.

Objectives

• Lobbying of cultural agenda among internal and external actors.

• Creation of cultural events network at People’s Embassies.

• Organizing of at least 4 international events on the promotion of Belarusian culture.

• Launching media projects on Belarusian culture promotion and its integration into the global art scene.

Dream team - working together for 2 years

Plans & Proposals

• ArtPower Belarus

• Flagship projects implementation support

• Emergency support

• AdHoc campaigns

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