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Turntables helps creative practitioners across the globe through building future skills, fostering networks and supporting artistic collaboration.
Many artists from Africa, Latin America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, Eastern Europe and those with migrant experience face systemic barriers which prevent them from gaining visibility and recognition as well as accessing markets and resources. At the same time, digital and social transformations are changing the nature of work in the cultural and creative industries. Being an artist or creative professional now relies heavily on entrepreneurship, global connectedness and digital skills, competencies often best learned outside classrooms – in communities of practice.
Turntables is a programme that responds to such a context. It fosters a transcultural community of practice among artists, civil society organizations, cultural professionals and educational institutions through new training sessions, knowledge sharing and cultural mobility.
WHY IS TURNTABLES UNIQUE?
- It focuses on skills development. Artists learn to ‘cook’ instead of being served a meal.
- It fosters peer to peer instead of top-down exchange.
- It is co-creative and collaborative instead of prescriptive. It works with and not for artists.
- It uses digital connectivity to strengthen inclusion, accessibility, and evidence-based reporting.
- It encourages systemic change by engaging diverse stakeholders.
Check out our different opportunities and join Turntables!
LEARN! 'Turntables: Learn - Fostering transcultural communities of practice' offers sustainable ways of learning to qualify young cultural practitioners to make a living in the arts. It enables mutual learning on the challenges and approaches to training young creatives across different contexts and brings together civil society and higher education institutions from different countries.
What are our goals?
- Strengthening Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to create lasting programmes that support the growth and mobility of creative professionals.
- Enhancing collaboration between the creative sector and academia through shared learning and peer-to-peer exchanges.
- Increasing job and opportunities for cultural practitioners by building communities of practice.
- Creating a network of CSOs and HEIs focused on sustainable learning in the cultural and creative industries.
Co-funded by Movetia, the project is a partnership between artlink (Bern), ZHDK (Zurich), Mekong Cultural Hub (Cambodia/Taiwan), Black Rhino VR (Kenya) and Meta Arts (India).
Stay tuned for more information!
CONNECT! offers community members organised live and online encounters (like skill sharing, matchmaking sessions, artist talks, etc.) in which they can gain access to opportunities, introduce themselves and meet new contacts.
The artlink Directory is a digital gateway for artists, mostly from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe living and working inside and outside of Switzerland.
The artlink Directory is for you! As an artist, it helps you:
- Showcase your work to relevant audiences
- Expand social and professional networks through a community of support
- Connect with peers and potential collaborators
- Keep in touch with contacts you may have met through artlink
- Gain access to professional development opportunities
How can I join the artlink Directory, you might ask? All you need to do is submit an application. Sign up today, it’s free!