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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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