The new guide by Beyond Fronta: Bridging Periphery brings together formal and institutional dance education opportunities for young dancers in the Beyond Front@ region – Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, and Poland.
Meet us at the 35th Valley of Arts Festival!
Are you curious about how art can connect with nature, technology and community experiences? Would you like to join inspiring discussions, take part in creative workshops, or simply spend some relaxing time between concerts?
New European Report Reveals How Public Funding Reaches Rural Performing Arts
A new European study, Public Funding for the Performing Arts in European Rural Areas, commissioned by the SPARSE Plus project co-funded by Creative Europe, reveals a persistent territorial imbalance in cultural funding, with predominantly urban areas capturing the largest share of recorded support while rural territories remain consistently under-represented.
Join the Network of European Café Houses! – OPEN CALL
Are you running a café house, literary café, cultural café, or community-based hospitality venue in Europe?
OASis-Open House event – Mátra Hiking Camp
A residency space co-created by artists, for artists.
OPEN CALL: Revitalizing Rituals 2026 – THIS CALL IS CLOSED!
Revitalizing Rituals invites artists from all disciplines — sound, movement, visual arts, installation, performance and transdisciplinary practices — to take part in a research-creation journey across two interstitial landscapes: Bhar Lazreg in Tunisia and the transforming wetlands of Somogy County in Hungary.
European cultural professionals gather in Miskolc to celebrate the future of rural performing arts
More than 100 artists, researchers, cultural organisers and policymakers from across Europe will gather in Miskolc between 23–27 September 2026 for the SPARSE Plus Celebrating Conference, the closing event of the international Creative Europe project SPARSE Plus – Supporting and Promoting Arts in Rural Settlements of Europe Plus.
OASis Residency – Open House (Online) 🌿
Curious about our upcoming Mátra Hiking Camp residency?
Join our online Open House and get a closer look!
OAsis – Open Call – THIS CALL IS CLOSED!
Hybrid theatre? Distance and displacement? How can a previous hiking campground become a cultural oasis?
This autumn, Bethlen Square Theater launches its second OASis residency in a new setting: the Mátra Hiking Camp ⛰️🏕️
We invite you to step out of the urban environment 🌆 and into nature 🌳 — and co-create a temporary artistic ecosystem in the landscape.
“The emphasis is not on expectation itself, but on trust.”
Abigél Varga was the fourth person to join the creative process of composing a collaborative musical piece using the “Cadavre Exquis” method as part of the “Mind the Gap” project. We talked with her about what it feels like to join a work that is already taking shape, how she found her own musical voice within it, and why knowing just a single detail of the story offered her both freedom and inspiration.