Digital Labs: creative hub managers

Sector: Culture and creative industries
Type: Digital Labs
Location: Online
Deadline: Finished
Organiser: House of Europe: The British Council in Ukraine

The world is stuck between offline and online. Under the weight of the lockdown creative hubs are forced to close. What seemed solid and sustainable, turned out to be fragile. 

During the second edition of the Digital Lab, we invite creative hub managers to commit to the search of antifragility. You will team up to find new sources of support: in the people and partners that make your work possible. Experts from the EU, UK, and Ukraine will guide you in the search for sustainable models.

The Digital Lab focuses on:

  • Old/new reality: transformations of creative hubs within a year of COVID-19 pandemic 
  • Working with online and offline communities 
  • Finding sources of sustainability in conditions of instability: crowdfunding and other formats of involvement in co-creation 
  • Sustainable partnerships: cooperation at the local, national and international level

Hop onto the Digital Lab: creative hub managers. It is more interesting and effective to work in a good company.

What do I get?
  • Effective anti-crisis solutions for your creative hub based on the expertise of European experts and Ukrainian peers.
  • Recent cases from the work of managers of creative hubs from the EU, UK, and Ukraine and their personal advice.
  • Contacts with managers of creative hubs in different cities of Ukraine and collaboration opportunities. 
  • Four online sessions consisting of case studies from experts, their discussion in groups and brainstorming of new effective solutions.
  • Practical brief homework for some of the sessions.
  • Access to the House of Europe alumni community offering new contacts, communication and even more opportunities and grants. 
Can I apply?
This programme is for creative hub managers that:
  • Are the citizen of Ukraine 
  • Have the capacity to implement new solutions at work
  • Will participate in the Digital Lab for the first time or have been among the participants of the first edition of the lab
What do you mean by creative hub?

A creative hub is a space or platform that: 

  • Works with creative industries 
  • Contributes toward the development of the Ukraine’s creative industries at the local, regional or national level
  • Has an existing community
  • Promotes collaboration between organisations, artists and creative entrepreneurs 
  • Works offline or online

For instance, among participants of the first edition of the Digital Lab were Jam Factory Art Center, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Dovzhenko Centre, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center. 

If your creative hub was closed recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you can still take part in the Digital Lab.
 

What do I need to apply?
  • Strong motivation
  • Availability to attend all six sessions
  • A computer and a good internet connection
How do I apply?
Read the information in the call carefully and apply via our online platform.

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