The Brno cultural newsletter brings you an overview of events and opportunities in the forthcoming period for theatres, clubs, festivals and cultural events in Brno.
Dear fans of Brno culture,
The last month of the school year sees the closing of more than just schools. The last step awaits the Action Plan of the Strategy for Culture and Creative Industries of the City of Brno 2023-25, which is the approval by the City Council meeting in June. The more than two dozen individual activities have different priorities and have been divided into three groups. I consider it very important to strengthen the cultural infrastructure, even if the economic situation is not ideal. We must think all the more about the use of existing spaces. That such a need can arise from one day to the next was clearly demonstrated by this year’s events around the Bolek Polívka Theatre and the Scala cinema.
I hope to see you at the XVI Brno Cultural Forum, which will be held on 21 June in the legendary Morava Pavilion at the exhibition grounds - incidentally, there will also be talks about the possible greater use of its premises for cultural and creative activities.
Markéta Vaňková
Lord Mayor of the City of Brno
FROM US TO YOU
The XVIth Brno Cultural Forum is here!
On 21 June 2023, Culture Brno will host the first Brno Cultural Forum of the year, a public platform for all those interested in the current topics of culture and creative industries or the strategic planning of cultural policy in Brno.
The sixteenth meeting of the Cultural Forum will focus on cultural infrastructure, with an emphasis on the historic Brno exhibition grounds and their use for cultural and creative activities.
The XVI BCF will take place in the unique Morava Pavilion at the Brno exhibition grounds.
Culture Brno on the road to inspiration
Culture Brno actively participates in inspirational conferences abroad. At the end of May, we had the opportunity to attend the #ECIS23 (European Creative Industries Summit) in Helsinborg, Sweden, which dealt with topics such as the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, the importance of data and the use of AI in the cultural and creative industries.
Furthermore, we were personally invited to the largest German conference on librarianship - BiblioCon in Hannover, Germany, where it was possible to network with library representatives from the world over, and meet the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Barbara Lison.
June will be particularly rich in culture in the Council, which will approve several important materials
For the Brno City Council meeting to be held on 20 June 2023, we have prepared topics such as the approval of Action Plan No. 2 of the Strategy for Culture and Creative Industries for 2023-2025, or the approval of the provision of investment subsidies in the field of culture for the acquisition of equipment or musical instruments.
Another important document for approval is the draft Memorandum of Cooperation on projects for the development of automated data collection and evaluation in the field of culture. This is a project of the Central Cultural Data Warehouse, which was created in view of the City of Brno’s intention to create an IT solution dedicated to automated data collection and evaluation in the field of culture. The aim of this Memorandum is to join with the City of Prague, which has already started work on similar projects of this type called EVALUART and MAPK20.
Online broadcast of the Brno City Council meeting on 20 June at here
Art in Health, Health in Art
The Brno City Council approved the cooperation of the MMB Department of Culture in co-organizing the Art in Health, Health in Art conference.
The subject of cooperation between the Spolek Vize tance, z.s. association and the MMB Department of Culture is the organization of an international interdisciplinary conference from 10 to 12 October 2023 at the CO.LABS Cultural Centre on the occasion of World Mental Health Day.
The conference will offer the opportunity to educate, share and disseminate know-how about the potential impact of the arts on the health of society and the wellbeing of individuals in the context of international interdisciplinary collaboration between contemporary dance, visual arts and music.
OPPORTUNITIES
Subsidies for creative artists: Fourth call
The application for the grant program Pro Creative Brno can be submitted until 20 July. This call is intended to support entrepreneurship in the creative industries and promote creative artists, both within Brno and abroad. Applications can be submitted completely online, on the website brno.grantys.cz. The specific theme of this call is the crossover of creative industries into AI or vice versa and projects corresponding to the concept of the New European Bauhaus. However, applications can also be submitted in standard areas such as promotion, education or public space.
Open Call for exhibition projects for the Youth Gallery for 2024
The TIC Gallery is announcing the Youth Gallery Open Call for 2024. Interested applicants can send a completed application form, a project description with its visual documentation and an author’s portfolio by 16 July 2023.
KUMST: #EBN2023 Find & meet the partners
The #EBN (European business network) brings together innovation centers from across Europe, and their meeting will take place in the Czech Republic for the first time ever this year. Find & meet the partners will take place during the #EBN congress on 14 June at the KUMST Brno creative hub. It is a unique opportunity to meet inspiring people who breathe for innovation and also see possible connections to the creative industries.
EVENTS IN BRNO
The Brno Philharmonic cordially invites you to the 35th edition of the New Music Exposition with the subtitle MUSICA FALSA I MUSICA VERA. This year’s edition will take place on 13 to 18 June 2023.
Rewards for good grades? How about the book How Design Is Done! The Moravian Gallery’s new publication will be launched on Thursday, 29 June at 4 p.m. at the Museum of Decorative Arts.
On Thursday, 15 June 2023, the wild experimental punk-noise-rap duo Berlin Manson will play together with the bands Shallov and Fotbal. It’s going to be hot outside and even hotter in the club!
On 14 June 2023, the Moravian Library will host a guided tour of the Blue from Heaven exhibition with illustrator and artist Pavel Čech. Capacity is limited to 40 people, according to the motto: “The first to come can draw a star.”
Don’t miss the new production of Strauss’s Salome, directed by David Radok, which will be performed by the Janáček Opera of the Brno National Theatre on 17 June at the Janáček Theatre.
The 15th annual Mozart’s Children festival is currently underway. This unique project organized by the Brno Philharmonic is devoted to talented children and aims to spread the beauty of classical music. Come and see Mozart’s Children perform at Náměstí Svoboda from 16 to 18 June.
In mid-June, the gates of Brno’s churches and basilicas will open again, allowing you to visit them, see them and learn about their architecture, history and significance. The project opens on 15 June with an author’s reading by Kamila Hladká from her book Sisters,
accompanied on the violin by Jitka Břízová.
On Tuesday, 27 June, the opening of the UPROSTŘED festival will take place in the park on Moravské náměstí. The catchy rhythms of Fekete Seretlek promise great entertainment in the center of Brno! The festival is here for you all summer long and free of charge.
The Brno City Theatre cordially invites you to the performance of Eliška/Rejčka, Paintings from the Lives of Two Czech Queens on 17-20 June at the Bishop’s Court.
One summer evening, one place, three stages, and a continuous stream of the most interesting artists from the Czech-Slovak jazz scene. This is the Festival of Syncopation, which will take place on 25 June on three stages at the Husa na provázku Theatre.
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