Jobs for Young Artists Erasmus Project

Project Title

Jobs for Young Artists

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Creativity and culture; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

Project Summary

“Jobs for Young Artists” is a innovative project, which approaches in 2 different ways the employment issue for young adults from the 10 partner-organisations:
a) by training and upgrading the individual skills as both performer and trainer, while creating and implementing a 2 weeks Baltic Sea Youth Performance Tour for 20 professional artists age 18-30.
b) by doing research on the actual job-world within arts and entertainment-world which, since the 80’ies with ABBA exporting for more money the car-company Volvo, has exploded even more.

10 Organisations from DK, EE, FI, IT, LV, LT, PL, PT & SE and will meet in June 2020 to decide a call for young, professional artists and in October 2020 to decide from the incoming applications the 20 participating artists.
These will meet for 1 week in January 2021 in FI and in DK for 2 other weeks of training in April, where they basically improvise together on the theme “International Communication & Cooperation” towards the play/performance assisted by an external paid dirtector. Straight after April rehearsal the performance will go on a 2 week paid performance-tour with 11 performances around the Baltic Sea, where they also will do at least 3 x 20 school-workshops for students.
Meanwhile a team directed by Mr. Bo from Arttrain, who is cand.phil. in musical science and previously has researched and edited about “Music as a socio-pedagogical Tool” will do the research, which will to some degree be incorporated in the performances, and presented both there, at conferences and through newspapers, newsletters and TV.

Project Website

http://www.arttrain.dk/jobs-for-young-artists.html

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 146530 Eur

Project Coordinator

ARTTRAIN & Country: DK

Project Partners

• Arci La Quercia
• SDPL:n Helsingin ja Uudenmaan piirijärjestö ry
• Wejherowskie Centrum Kultury
• Örnsköldsviks kommun
• PIKC Liepajas Muzikas, makslas un dizaina vidusskola
• CultHus
• Klaipedos vaiku laisvalaikio centras