ARS BALTICA Projects

Since its very beginning, ARS BALTICA has granted multilateral cultural projects with a strong focus on the Baltic Sea Region with the ARS BALTICA logo. With this seal of quality the network highlights projects that can be regarded as best practice examples of cross-cultural cooperation and that exemplarily show the diversity of cultural expression around the Baltic Sea.

ARS BALTICA is open to all the different fields of arts and culture. Find out more about the projects currently granted with the ARS BALTICA logo while clicking through the sections music, film, literature, visual arts and performing arts!

  • Music

    BluesBaltica

    BluesBaltica
    BluesBaltica (Eutin, Germany) is one of the leading festivals in Europe and the biggest blues festival in Germany. This open air festival takes place each year in May.
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    folkBALTICA

    Teaser image folkBALTICA
    folkBALTICA is an international festival of national und international significance taking place in the German-Danish border region.
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    NORDLICHTER Biennale for Nordic Music and Arts

    NORDLICHTER Biennale for Nordic Music and Arts
    NORDLICHTER, the biannual festival of Nordic music and art, presents classical and new music as well as experimental cooperation projects of Berlin-based and Nordic artists.
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    JazzBaltica

    JazzBaltica
    The festival JazzBaltica (Germany) is a melting pot of known Jazz musicians and creative newcomers from the Baltic Sea Region and from all over the world.
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    Sounds of the North

    Sounds of the North
    Sounds of the North (Poland) presents original folk performers and professional musicians who have found their inspiration in traditional music and in a specific atmosphere.
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  • Film

    Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival

    Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival
    Founded in 1981, the Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival has established itself as a premier showcase for the high-profile Nordic and international children's and youth cinema.
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    Nordic Film Days Lübeck

    Nordic Film Days Lübeck
    Each year in November, the Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Germany) present feature films, documentaries and short films from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
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  • Literature

    BalticComic

    Baltic Comic
    BalticComic aims on establishing a network committed to the promotion of comics in an area not yet primarily known for its exciting potential in the field.
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    The Virtual Baltic Sea Library

    The Virtual Baltic Sea Library
    The Virtual Baltic Sea Library aims on exploring the literary heritage of the Baltic and the Nordic region and on establishing an online anthology of a literary corpus from the whole Baltic Sea Region.
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    European Festival of the First Novel

    European Festival of the First Novel
    The European Festival of the First Novel, which takes place in Kiel (Germany), is a combination of an expert conference on European first novels and a public reading by all participating authors.
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    Nordic Summer

    Nordic Summer
    The International Contemporary Literature Forum "Nordic Summer" aims on provoking a discussion about the relations between the Nordic, Baltic and other countries' contemporary literature.
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  • Visual Arts

    CONNECTING

    CONNECTING
    CONNECTING is a travelling exhibition of arts and crafts from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Starting in February 2011, it will be shown in all the participating countries.
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    ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art

    ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art
    The ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photograhic Art aims on promoting innovative artists from the Baltic Sea region and to deepen the critical dialogue on art and photography.
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    Rauma Biennale Balticum

    Rauma Biennale Balticum
    Every second year, Rauma Biennale Balticum presents an overview of topical contemporary art of the Baltic Sea Region at the Rauma Art Museum (Finland).
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    Mare Articum

    Mare Articum
    MARE ARTICUM (Szczecin (Poland) curates, co-ordinates and produces exhibitions and seminars devoted to Baltic contemporary art events.
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    The Baltic States Biennial of Graphic Arts Kaliningrad – Koenigsberg

    The Baltic States Biennial of Graphic Arts Kaliningrad – Koenigsberg
    The Baltic States Biennial of Graphic Arts Kaliningrad – Koenigsberg (Russia) promotes the rapprochement of the peoples of the Baltic countries through cultural interaction.
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  • Performing Arts

    THESPIS International Monodrama Festival

    THESPIS International Monodrama Festival
    Every second year, the international monodrama festival THESPIS (Kiel/ Germany) presents a programme of contemporary "one-man-shows", workshops, lectures, symposiums and public discussions.
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    New Baltic Dance

    New Baltic Dance
    The International Contemporary Dance Festival New Baltic Dance (Vilnius/ Lithuania) is one of the main and most prestigious dance festivals in the Baltic Sea Region.
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    BALTIC CIRCLE International Theatre Festival

    BALTIC CIRCLE International Theatre Festival
    The BALTIC CIRCLE festivals (Finland) showcase the newest trends in contemporary theatre and serve as an important meeting place and networking platform for theatre professionals.
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Projects

"ARS BALTICA is not a bureaucratic construction for political posturing, but a concept that stands for unconventional and committed collaboration in real cooperative projects." (Rainer Haarmann, former ARS BALTICA Coordinator, 1997)

Stay connected

Baltic Media Forum: Review

From 5 to 7 February, experts from the fields of culture, economy, education, politics and media discussed chances, chanllenges and prospects of Baltic Sea Cooperation. Follow the link and read a first summary of the event (in German)!

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