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CLASS 2.2. THE ARTS DECREE - Coggle Diagram
CLASS 2.2. THE ARTS DECREE
MISSION & GOALS
The most important subsidy framework in Flanders
Stipulates the procedures for submitting, reviewing, awarding subventions, as well as accountability, supervision, and possible sanctions
Accompanied by an execution decree
: details the practicalities: dates for submissions,
To define and support
various functions
in art practice 2.
support artists
3. support
art organizations, intermediary or supporting organizations
4. stimulate the
entrepreneurship
of artists and organizations 5.
international promotion
6. pursue an
acquisition policy
7.
distribution of art
8. involve the other levels of government within the framework of a complementary arts policy 9.
social and cultural diversity
FUNCTIONS AND DISCIPLINES
F: Development, Production, Presentation, Reflection, Participation...
D: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Music, Architecture and Design...
:!:
Applicants can combine different disciplines and functions
, over a 1000000 possibilites
‘Follow the actor’ principle
guiding principle for the development of the art decree
bottom-up approach
:!:
Flexible structures that support the specificity of the artistic practice
2020: NEW Art Decree
‘Dynamic space’ > Projects & Grants
"The broad field’ > Structural subvention (5 years)
‘Core institutions’ > Structural subvention (10 years)
‘Art institutions’ > Structural subvention (indetermnate)
! 2021: Impossible to combine different forms of subvention
ACCENTS - focus on excellence and international acclaim (new and old masters)
Diversity and care for the landscape
Tradition and innovation >> Working with Flemish heritage
Internationalization
Community building >> involving children and young adults
Self-sustainability >> strengthening the position of the individual artist
CULTURE & POLITICS
Recent trends: development of ‘cultural canon’ + development of ‘cultural canon’ >>
Critique that Flemish government is politicizing culture
Original project: framing Flanders as a innovative, Global-oriented country (focus on the future, globalist discourse)
New project: framing Flanders as a ‘folk culture’ (myth of a wholesome and authentic community) >> Focus on heritage and community building + Nationalist discourse
ARTISTIC GRAND
Goals: Development and deepening of the artistic practice
Target audience: Artists
Characteristics
Only for artistic development
No obligation of result
Fixed amount: no need for a budget plan or financial accountability
Focus on ‘development’
PROJECT Subsidy
Goals: Support activities that are limited in time and goal and have a specific output
Target audience: Cultural workers (artists, curators, dramaturges) and artistic organizations
Characteristics
Projects up to 3 years
Also for activities abroad and for for foreign organizations (need for a link with Flanders/Brussels)
STRUCTURAL Subsidy
Goal: Support for the day to day organization of artistic organizations
Target audience: Artistic non-profit organizations that are located in (and have strong links with) Flanders of Brussels
5 years
CORE Institutions
Goal: Support for the day to day organization of artistic organizations
Target audience: Organizations that occupy specific functionality and/or role within the ecosystem of the arts landscape
Characteristics
10 years
At least 2 functions
Call + Contractual agreement with the Flemish Government: organizations engage in a dialogue with the Flemish government about their specific role/functionality in the Arts Landscape
ART INSTITUTIONS
considered to constitute the core of the art field
Having a national and international standing
Fulfilling all functions that are stipulated in the arts decree
Having a board with political represenation
Subsidy is negotiated between the instutitions and the Flemish government and recorded in an agreement
Vooruit vzw
Kunsthuis vzw (Opera Ballet Vlaanderen)
Ancienne Belgique
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
Breakthrough trajectory
(doorbraaktrajecten): internationally promote an artist with ‘international potential’ BUT only once in a artistic career
Subsidy for
Network organisations
: support specific organisations that are concerned with international networking
Fee for presentations abroad & residencies abroad: Support for the participation in events abroad that include a moment of public presentation
EVALUATION
Advisory Boards
Artists and experts from the field >>
peer review principle
Partly fixed and partly flexible >> continuity and expertise
! Goes against the idea of a arts decree is “without partitions’
Granting criteria
The applicant is involved in
professional art within the Flemish Community
The applicant is professionally active in the arts sector (regardless of the number of years, with the exception of multi-annual scholarships: then the applicant must have been professionally active for at least 5 years);
The activities do not fall within the field of activity of the Flemish Literature Fund
Evaluation Criteria
General criteria
: Artistic quality & quality of the business plan
Specific criteria for each function (presentation, production…)
Criteria in relation to the position paper of the government
HOW IS THE MONEY SPENT?
budget cuts
Structural (5 years) 2. Art Institutions 3. Projects 4. Artistic Grands
Moving away from artistic experiment and towards artistic excellence
