Slovak-Icelandic cooperation in the development of small cultural centers - SLICE

The partner's extensive experience with international productions or the operation of a professional center for arts (IÐNÓ and Hafnar.haus) and artists in Reykjavík, his cooperation with artists and contacts in the arts and education, were a great professional benefit for both project collaboration and professionalization of Art Cafe cultural management. At our meeting in Banska Stiavnica in May 2023, our partner managed the Jofridur Akadottir’s event. We used this opportunity to discuss inclusion of minorities through arts with local actors. We had several work meetings with various institutions and individual experts. Thanks to the partnership, mainly an artistic and cultural exchange took place between our countries, within Activity 4 of the project, formal and informal relations between Slovak and Icelandic experts in the field of culture and artists have been established. The most significant benefit and a result of the project was a direct support of 4+ female artists, whose representation is generally much lower than that of men. With great success we organized 4 performances in Banska Stiavnica and Reykjavik. In a joint effort we supported audience development, artistic freedom, and helped remove certain barriers in an access to art for various social classes in Banska Stiavnica. Thanks to the project, professional capacities were increased, and there is a greater chance of maintaining our team and space for further artistic activities in the future. Our team traveled to Iceland in November 2023 to take part at the Iceland Airwaves conference and to attend meetings with our project partner and his collaborators with the aim to discuss SLICE sustainability and the plan for future joint activities. We are planning to apply for joint projects.