
Online newspaper based in Matera
EcocNews is registered at the Court of Matera in the press register n. 2/2021
Editor in chief: Mariateresa Cascino. Founder and editorial director: Serafino Paternoster
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Bradford district’s year of culture is set to deliver more than 1,000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals and major national and international collaborations.
On 8 May this year Liepaja has received a confirmation from the Register of Enterprises on the registration of the foundation “Liepaja 2027 Foundation” in the Register of Associations and Foundations, thus the Foundation has begun its legal activity and is now announcing a number of job vacancies.
In 2031, Spain will again be one of the European countries to nominate the European Capital of Culture along with Malta. After Madrid (1992), Santiago de Compostela (2000), Salamanca (2002) and San Sebastian (2016), this will be the fifth time for Spain to nominate a European Capital of Culture. One of the Spanish cities that has already decided to participate in the competition is Burgos. 'Renaissance' is the title of the project. Soon Ecocnews will tell you more about the aspirations of this community.
Chemnitz in Germany will be European Cultural Capital in 2025. A number of additional open calls of the “European Workshop for Culture and Democracy” with various topics have started and project ideas and concepts can be sumbitted.
The Commission launched the ninth edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital).The prize is awarded to European cities that are front-runners of innovations that benefit their citizens.
Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL) and Davvi - Center for the Performing Arts are looking for 4 Estonian artists and 4 Norwegian artists for a collaboration project, which aims to find choreographic interventions to the topics of public space.
Invitation to apply to take part in a Collective Moves lab in Veszprém, Hungary. They are inviting applications from European creative practitioners, artists, writers, musicians, dancers and performers interested in joining a new collective and taking part in co-creation laboratories. There will be 5 labs, each lab will be hosted by Veszprém, Hungary and delivered online and in person. Date of personal lab: 14-21.5.2023. Apply for the Open Call until 24.2.2023.
Brussels is brimming with cultural, artistic and socio-cultural dynamics. At the same time, Brussels is home to an abundant and active network of ‘city makers’ who are already taking up roles ‘from below’ in unfolding the urban transformation(s), either directly or indirectly.
Visual Arts Festival Viljandi Tuled 2024 Seeks Art Installations from Artists Around the World.
The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation announces a new open call for project proposals as part of the Legacy Programme of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture. This is a third open call after the year of the title with the definite purpose to preserve and develop the successful model of the European capital of culture initiative.
Bradford has been named as UK City of Culture 2025. Their vision is to use arts and culture to fuel the social, economic and creative renaissance of our district; to make Bradford one of the most welcoming places in the UK where artists, producers, audiences and creative entrepreneurs can flourish.
The city of Chemnitz has opened four job positions in the European Capital of Culture team for 2025: Legal Counsel (deadline 20/11/2022); Officer in the Management (deadline 20/11/2022); Assistant in the Management (deadline 20/11/2022); Working student in the field of Marketing (deadline 31/10/2022).