The Brno Culture Newsletter presents an overview of what is happening in the city’s theatres, clubs, summer festivals and other cultural events in Brno.
Dear fans and aficionados of Brno culture,
A few days ago, the Ambassador of France, Stéphane Crouzat, visited the New Town Hall. He took up his post only this spring and the reason for his visit to Brno was the residency project for KREILU illustrators. The first artist to take advantage of this opportunity was his compatriot Guy Pradel from Strasbourg, whose work can be seen in the central building of the Jiří Mahen Library during September. The Ambassador commended the project itself, and it was very pleasant to hear other words of praise for Brno. His programme included a visit to the water tanks on Žlutý kopec. That was no surprise, as the summer visitor numbers confirmed our assumption that these unique underground structures will attract tourists from both home and abroad. I believe that August will see the opening of the multimedia exhibition in the attic and other upcoming new attractions in the Church of St James, the reconstruction of which Brno also helped to fund.
Wishing you a colourful Indian summer and a successful start to the new season.
Markéta Vanková
Mayor of the City of Brno
FROM US FOR YOU
19th Brno Cultural Forum: The role of the cultural and creative industries in the development of Brno
We are planning the 19th annual Brno Cultural Forum, which will take place on 22 October 2024 at the KUMST Brno creative hub at Údolní 19 at 1 p.m.
This time we will focus mainly on the evaluation and update of the Culture and Creative Industries Strategy, focusing mainly on the first, analytical part of the whole process. Besides a summary of the needs and potential of Brno's cultural scene and planned measures, you can also look forward to information about the cultural and creative industries obtained through their ongoing mapping. We will also be presenting the international web application Polyloop for evaluating strategic documents, which we are involved in developing, with the participation of our Irish colleagues.
Cultural grants for 2025 (one-year) and 2025-2026 (two-year)
Until the end of September, you can still apply for a grant for the year 2025 or for 2025-2026 online at dotace.brno.cz/oblastkultury.
Unsure how to go about it? Take a look at the video tutorial we’ve prepared for you.
If you missed the training at the end of August and can’t find the answers to your question in the guide, book yourself a consultation; you can find the contacts HERE.
Culture Brno educational workshops for the cultural and creative scene
In collaboration with other partners, we are launching a series of educational workshops for the cultural and creative scene. Back in early August, we covered the grants; it’s now time for the data.
How is Brno's cultural and creative scene doing? Are there any surveys about it? Where can I get data about the city and especially about culture? We'll answer these and other questions, and you'll gain new insights and skills in data in the cultural and creative industries.
The workshop Data in Culture and Creativity will take place on 11 September 2024 in the "Horseshoe" at the New Town Hall (a meeting room accessible from the courtyard). You need to register for the workshop using the registration form as capacity is limited.
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Outputs from the Literature themed group
Since March, we have been meeting with you to discuss issues, needs and initiatives within the cultural and creative industries. The results from these discussions provide us with feedback to enable us to evaluate the implementation of the city's cultural policy, but also serve as an indicator of what we should focus on in the future, either by introducing new measures, or as part of the follow-up Culture and Creative Industries Strategy. We also discussed literature in Brno. You can read the minutes of the meeting HERE.
KREILU residency programme for illustrators
We inaugurated a new residency programme, KREILU (Creative Residency for ILUstrators), which we are implementing in cooperation with the Jiří Mahen Library in Brno, Central Vapeur in Strasbourg, the French Institute in Prague and the Czech Centre in Paris. The KREILU programme is part of the wider Villa Bohêma residency scheme between France and the Czech Republic. The first ever KREILU resident is Guy Pradel from Strasbourg, who will spend the whole of September in Brno and will run two workshops on the topic of illustration. At the same time, in September you can see an exhibition presenting a cross-section of his work at the Jiří Mahen Library on Kobližná.
The public workshop will take place on 23 September 2024 at 5 p.m. in the small social hall on the 4th floor of the Jiří Mahen Central Library. It will be held in English. Guy Pradel will tell the participants about his career and work as an illustrator. It will also be an interesting opportunity to learn about the illustrator and self-publishing scene in Strasbourg, as well as the Central Vapeur association, its illustration festival and its role in supporting artists.
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OPPORTUNITIES
Database of audiovisual professionals in Brno and the South Moravian Region
The Brno Film Office has set up a database of film professionals and services. The aim is to offer producers an effective means of finding collaborators and service providers in the audiovisual industry, while giving local artists and creative types the opportunity to offer services to incoming productions. The database is open to all entrepreneurs and companies based in the South Moravian Region that can be categorised as members of creative professions (dramaturgy, music, camera, directing, script, sound), production (producers and executive producers, acting agencies) and services for filming (casting, catering, security services and transport and moving). Let us know about you and add your name to the database.
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AI film festival: Call for the short film competition
As part of the nationwide AI Days, a festival of films created using artificial intelligence will take place on 16 October 2024 at the KUMST creative hub. There will be a competition of films with a running time of 5 minutes. You can submit your work until 30 September 2024, in the categories of music video, commercial, film trailer, and other (anything AI-inspired). The competition is open to both experienced filmmakers and beginners.
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Literary and artistic competition: The Story of the Dragon and Erminig the Ermine
Got a school-age child at home who’s also gifted in art and literature? Enter them in the competition!
In 2025, the cities of Brno and Rennes will commemorate an important anniversary - 60 years since the start of their partnership in 1965. To mark this occasion, a literary and artistic competition "The Story of the Dragon and Erminig the Ermine" was announced for the 2024/2025 school year for primary and secondary school pupils in Brno and Rennes, on the theme of the meeting of the animal mascots, the Brno Dragon Crocodile and the Rennes Ermine.
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Grant Programme of the South Moravian Region for Culture - change in the application deadline
The South Moravian Region will distribute 15 million crowns for next year under its grant programme aimed at supporting cultural schemes and projects and artistic activities in various fields, and also at supporting cultural heritage and the preservation of intangible assets of traditional folk culture.
What’s new this year is that the deadlines for the submission of grant applications have been postponed, and now run from 8:00 a.m. on 1 October 2024 to 2:00 p.m. on 31 October 2024.
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Culture Moves Europe: Third call for individual mobility of artists and cultural professionals
The European Union Creative Europe programme is launching the third call for funding opportunities for travel costs under Culture Moves Europe. The offer is open to artists and cultural workers residing in one of the Creative Europe programme countries and planning to travel to another programme country to work on a project with an international partner. You can apply until 30 November 2024.
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Umakart Gallery: Open call for 2025-2026
The Umakart Gallery, an independent platform focusing mainly on emerging artists, has announced an open call for 2025-2026. Interested applicants can send a brief description of their project, together with visual documentation and a portfolio, by 15 September 2024.
The address for submissions and details of the open call can be found HERE.
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