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“europe supports artists” is a three part project:
The themes that we want to explore are: what is the situation for women artists in different countries, what is the situation for visiting women artists, what are the different possibilities (women) artists can take advantage of in their countries/cities etc, what support systems are there, what kind of things can you invent to help you, what is the ‚idea’ of a woman artist, how do we survive as artists and how to keep happy.
One of the central themes of the project concerns different and alternative social and economic systems, and we propose to reflect some of these in the organisation of the project itself.
Three parts…
1. to get to know one another and to share what we know – through meetings, workshops, visits and exchanges, exploring the themes outlined above amongst ourselves and with other artists in our own communities, and on our travels.
2. to produce a booklet - „the women artists’ emergency tourism guide“:
a special tourist guide: the booklet will describe what advantages (economic or otherwise) are available for women artists in each country e.g. if you make a scandal in poland you will become a well-known artist, if you live in Sweden for 5 years you can get financial support from the state, european artists can apply for social security money in the UK, in bremen you can get „artist-money“ if you are registered there for three years.
3. to develop a website:
to record and to build up our knowledge about each other’s situations, the situation of women artists in different countries, how easy it is for other women artists to visit / live / work in each country, what support there is, what alternatives exist, and also about the definitions and ideas of what it is to be an artist in those countries.
for more information email bildwechsel or bildwechsel glasgow
