SUMMARY OF START-UP PHASE OF NEDNAC (2018/19)
NEDNAC - Towards inclusive artscapes in the Nordic Region Report written by Nicol Savinetti and published by IMMART
INTRODUCTION With start-up network funding from Nordic Culture Fund and Nordic Culture Point, the Network for the Diversification of Nordic Arts and Culture (NEDNAC) was established to find ways to strengthen artistic and cultural cooperation in the Nordic region with regard to artists and cultural workers of foreign origin, together with non foreign-born actors and institutions. Working cross-disciplinarily and including research, we aimed to increase the exchange of knowledge in this area and increase the presence of and interest in art and culture produced in the Nordic region by resident producers of art and culture of diverse nationalities and heritage. NEDNAC's objectives were: ● ● ●
To pool our resources and skills in order to achieve our goal and maximize impact in the three countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland). To identify how the artscapes differ in the three countries and how their diversification can be mainstreamed across the Nordic region. To identify how we can we work with local, national and Nordic foundations and arts and cultural institutions in both the private and public sector to improve and diversify opportunities.
WHY? According to a 2018 report by the Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis, there is a distinct lack of diversity at state cultural institutions in the Nordic Region. Read more here. This trend is also visible in the mainstream arts and cultural scene in the Nordic countries. NEDNAC's mission is to make artscapes in the Nordic region inclusive and thus improve the situation for artists of foreign origin. The network shall operate at the grassroots and policy level.
WHO? In this start-up phase, NEDNAC is administered and managed by IMMART. NEDNAC is working with artists of foreign origin who are resident in Denmark, Sweden and Finland. The member organisations/persons were: IMMART (Denmark), Fairooz Tamimi (Sweden), Globe Art Point