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BSR Cultural Pearls Call for 2026 has opened | Deadline 4 April 2025

The BSR Cultural Pearls programme is proud to announce the opening of its third call for applications for the BSR Cultural Pearls 2026 title, inviting local authorities to join a programme building re…

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Open Studio / Offenes Atelier Oksana Yushko | 9-11 February 2025

Artist-and-photographer-in-residence with ARS BALTICA at Nordkolleg Rendsburg Oksana Yushko is hosting her first open studio within her residency and invites you to come discuss her current projects a…

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Baltic Rim Economies article on German CCI by PA Culture coordinator

PAC Coordinator Franziska Kapteina recently contributed an article to the Baltic Rim Economies edition 4/2024. It debates the current situation of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in Germany…

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Survey to support PA Culture Action Plan Revision 2024/25

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is accompanied and implemented through an Action Plan, which outlines the work and activities for each Policy Area. This document is regularly updated to ensu…

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Pearls Learning Session: Collabs between CCS and Municipalities | 4 February 2025

Explore how cultural anchors and creative industries can build pride, cohesion, and engagement in small cities. This webinar highlights the role of creative intermediaries in connecting communities wi…

Welcome 2025: AB Updates

Wishing a warm welcome to the new year with updates on upcoming events to meet at: ARS BALTICA will be present at the Creative Connect Schleswig-Holstein event in Lübeck on Feb, 6 and host an ABCD tog…

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Artist Diary #3 by Oksana Yushko: Black and White

The following text is the third in a line of entries into Oksana Yushko's artist diary, a format we introduced to share more insights of her and Arthur Bondar's stay hosted by ARS BALTICA and the Nord…

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Municipalities awarded BSR Cultural Pearls 2025 title announced 

The international jury has announced six municipalities from the Baltic Sea Region awarded the Cultural Pearls 2025 title: Helsingborg (Sweden), Peipsiääre (Estonia), Alytus district (Lithuania), Płoc…

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CCI Contact Desk Questionnaire: Calling all professionals in the Cultural and Creative Sectors

The CCI Contact Desk is gathering feedback from CCI professionals in the BSR to map out the current status of the sector in a 10-15 minute long questionnaire.

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JOSEPHA: Celebration of new German-Polish Literary Scholarship | 10 Dezember 2024

Atelier Josepha has expanded its portfolio: JOSEPHA is the name of this new addition, a German-Polish literary scholarship programme aiming to help make new voices in Polish literature better known in…

InnoCulture Conference: Successful pilot promoting the connection of Culture and Innovation

The first edition of the InnoCulture Conference, bringing together actors from the cultural field interested in the topic of innovation, took place in a lunch-to-lunch event at the Baltic Sea Cultura…

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Recap of EUSBSR Annual Forum 2024 in Visby, Sweden

From October 29th to 31st, the EUSBSR welcomed established as well as new stakeholders in Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden for its Annual Forum 2024. Over 650 individuals representing numerous i…

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