German EcoDesign Award 2025 | Deadline 14 April 2025
The German Desogn Award 2025 is now accepting submissions. This prestigious award recognizes products, services, and concepts that demonstrate outstanding environmental and design quality, contributin…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
CYCLE UP! Sustainable Artist-in-Residence Programme | Deadline 07 January 2025
The CYCLE UP! Artist in Residency Programme is seeking applicants for the upcoming residency period between May and June 2025 for the cities of Tartu (Estonia), Katowice (Poland), Broumov and České Bu…
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…