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© Martin Heynen
Critical Reflection

«Expanding Perspectives»: supported projects

With its call for applications «Expanding Perspectives» (2023), the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia aims to support projects that seek new and creative ways of networking and exchange as part of its thematic focus on «Critical Reflection». A total of 79 projects were submitted by arts and culture practitioners. The specialist jury selected 11 projects …

07.08.2023
Diversity and equality

Workshop «Tandem Diversity» 2023: Selected organizations

In the context of its activities around the topic «Diversity and Equality in the Cultural Sector», the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia launched the call for applications «Tandem Diversity». The cultural organisations take part in a specially designed two-day workshop to learn the basics of diversity-oriented organisational development and to critically reflect on their organisation. …

30.05.2023
Synergies Open Call © Jean-Vincent Simonet
Art, Science and Technology

Synergies: Support for research-based programmes

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is looking to support research-based and process-oriented programmes that foster exchange between art, science and technology involving organisations in Switzerland and across the world. From hackathons to fellowships, from residencies to think tanks – the Synergies open call offers support of CHF 20,000 – CHF 150,000 for international collaborations …

01.03.2023
Connect Switzerland Visual
Art, Science and Technology

«Connect»: Residencies by Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia

Stay informed Get notified when a call from «Art, Science and Technology» (re)opens: Email Language Data Protection Policy Subscribe Pro Helvetia and Arts at CERN, the official arts programme of CERN, have been organising residencies together since 2014. Building on this common experience, the two institutions are taking a further step towards their goal of …

17.01.2023
Theater Chur | Photography and montage: Nadia Lanfranchi & Nina Oppliger
Diversity and equality

Call for applications: «Tandem Diversity» 2023

Would you like to identify discrimination and exclusion mechanisms in your cultural organization? Would you like to analyse your organisational culture and become more accessible? Pro Helvetia supports those wishing to pursue this process with its «Tandem Diversity» programme: Take part in a specially designed two-day workshop to learn the basics of diversity-oriented organisational development …

03.01.2023
Photography and montage: Nadia Lanfranchi & Nina Oppliger
Diversity and equality

Results of «Tandem Diversity» 2022

In the context of its activities around the topic «Diversity and Equality in the Cultural Sector», last year the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia launched the call for applications «Tandem Diversity». The aim of this call is to provide cultural organisations with an opportunity to examine their structures and make them more diversity-oriented. The selected …

31.12.2022
© Martin Heynen
Critical Reflection

Call for Applications «Expanding Perspectives»

How can new spaces for dialogue be opened up in which multiple actors can make themselves heard, share their knowledge and experience, and link up with one another? How can this lead to the exploration of new participatory and collaborative approaches and thus give rise to new forms of communication? What cultural and social networks …

29.11.2022
© Jean-Vincent Simonet
Art+, Art, Science and Technology

NanoARTS: Selected Tandems 2022

For the NanoARTS call, tandems consisting of Swiss artists and international scientists from the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) submitted proposals exploring interfaces between art and nanoscience. A transdisciplinary jury of experts has selected three tandems whose promising collaborations will start in the next months. The three selected tandems are: The Jury consisted of: Giulia Bini, …

28.09.2022
© Martin Heynen
Critical Reflection

Multiply Perspectives: selected projects

With its call for applications «Multiply Perspectives» (2022), the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia aims to support projects that seek innovative ways of thinking critically about art and culture and about their function in society as part of our thematic focus on «Critical Reflection». A total of 53 projects were submitted by arts practitioners following …

08.09.2022
© Jean-Vincent Simonet
Art+, Art, Science and Technology

PolARTS: Call for proposals

Stay informed Get notified when a call from «Art, Science and Technology» (re)opens: Email Language Data Protection Policy Subscribe PolARTS is a joint initiative of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute to stimulate the exchange and foster the collaboration between art and science. The PolARTS initiative opens a space for …

14.08.2022
© Jean-Vincent Simonet
Art+, Art, Science and Technology

PolARTS: Selected Tandems 2022

A total of 13 tandems of artists and researchers applied for participation in the PolARTS programme. Among the applicants, four tandems whose submitted project stood out in terms of quality, originality and prospective synergies were ultimately selected by a transdisciplinary jury in cooperation with the PolARTS initiators Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute. The …

01.06.2022