How can traditional icon painting connect with the landscape of Lake Balaton and the daily rhythms of Benedictine life? Artist Sanja Dragutinovic Komatina is exploring these connections during her MON-ART residency at Tihany Benedictine Abbey in Hungary, bringing together historical research, traditional craftsmanship and her experiences of the place.
Green Academy Seminar Series 10: GREEN ACADEMY x A CLIMATE FOR ART
9th November 2026
9am CET / 7pm AEDT
Listening to Tihany: The First Chapter of Edoardo Bosi’s MON-ART Residency
At Tihany Benedictine Abbey, overlooking Lake Balaton, artist and musician Edoardo Bosi has been getting to know the peninsula through its sounds. From the rhythms of daily prayer to recordings made in the surrounding fields and woods, the first phase of his MON-ART residency has centred on listening, observation and finding a different pace of life.
What happens when a festival not only brings performances to a town, but also creates opportunities for local communities to meet, collaborate and create together?
We explored this through the programmes of this year’s TeatRom Festival and the project’s closing conference, which marked an important milestone in the three-year SPARSE Plus project. Both the personal experiences of project manager Annamária Jacsó and the insights of community development expert Márton Beke demonstrate that the power of culture extends far beyond the performances themselves.
CultureComp Leaders – mentoring opportunity for young people aged 18–30
Are you involved in arts, culture, youth or community-based work and would like to become more confident in working with people from different backgrounds? Do you have a challenge, idea or next step that you would like to explore with a mentor?
The Big Green presents The Big Green Catalogue!
What is this catalogue?
It is a continuously growing platform where artists and creative minds working with nature and the natural sciences show their work, think out loud, and discover that the questions they thought were theirs alone are being asked across the world. The Catalogue provides a platform for works interrogating the intersection of science, art, climate change and culture to be distributed through The Big Green network of presenters as well as being promoted through international dissemination.
Call For Applications for the EEEMERGING Academy 2027
The Festival d’Ambronay – Centre culturel de rencontre is looking for musicians to participate in the 26th edition of the Ambronay Academy – Sustainable-EEEMERGING!
Meet us at the 35th Valley of Arts Festival!
If you’d like to try unique workshops, join inspiring conversations, or simply explore how art can meet nature, technology, and community experiences, visit the Pro Progressione Tent at the 35th Valley of Arts, on Kapolcs Main Square, between 28 July and 1 August.
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.
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.