Open Call for partnerships with Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022

Kaunas 2022 hereby announces a public call for all organisations of Kaunas, Lithuania and abroad to contribute to the implementation of the programme of Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 (hereby Kaunas 2022). Application deadline is 25 October 2019. The said applications to be submitted to Kaunas 2022 programme must feature proposals of organisations prepared in accordance with evaluation priorities and topics formulated in the Call.

2020–2021 is the time of preparation, during which the cultural sector will network with other sectors and communities, carry out heritage and memory awareness-raising projects and rallying of the heritage community, increasing the accessibility of culture and cultural and art projects in various neighbourhoods of Kaunas City and Kaunas District, alsocreating a site-specific new legend of Kaunas and the new story of Kaunas through artistic means;

Year 2022 – implementation of the European Capital of Culture artistic programme.

This call applies for continued activities for the period of 2020–2022 in Kaunas and Kaunas District that create a long-term impact for the region.

Aims of Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 project

Through this partnership project and together with various cultural organisations, we expect to implement changes on a European scale with the purpose of making Kaunas and Kaunas District:

a place of happy people and positive experiences, where local talents are appreciated;

a community that can act and share, its residents are sensitive to the local heritage, proud of it and who participate creating the contemporary face of Kaunas City and Kaunas District;

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