Women Equal Share Presence in the Arts and Creative Industries (Wom@rts)
Hay Festival of Literature and Arts
Cooperation Projects
Wales
2017

Total project grant (euros)
1,566.890.33
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
Culture
Call number
EACEA 45/2016
Project date
1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2021
Number of partners in project
10
Lead organisation
Auditorio de Galicia, Spain
Partners
Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Slovenia
Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, UK
Akademija Primijenjenih Umjetnosti Sveucilista u Rijeci, Croatia
Grand Angouleme, France
Women in Film & Television Finland ry, Finland
Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir, France
Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland
Fundacion Municipal de Cultura de Aviles, Spain
Viesoji Istaiga Vilniaus Rotuse, Lithuania
Wom@rts aims to highlight the contribution of women to European cultural heritage and diversity, and to tackle gender inequality by supporting women's presence from a cross-sector perspective, promoting a wide range of mobility actions, knowledge, tools, training activities and events.
The project includes a particular focus on the marketing and entrepreneurial capacity of female creatives, in particular taking into account the opportunities derived from a better use of the NTICs towards their marketing and internationalisation.
The activities proposed by the project are distributed as per the following work packages:
- WP1: Wom@rts Knowledge, Public Awareness, Charter & Promotion.
- Diagnosis & Strategy
- Creation of a Group of Wom@rts Ambassadors
- “Meet the Masters” events (27 Masterclasses / 27 Conferences throughout Europe)
- Creation of an e-Platform to facilitate the identification, promotion and internationalisation of female artists
- Development, Signature and Promotion of Wom@rt Charter
- WP2: The 2nd Sex - Creation of a cross-sectorial roaming exhibition (inspired by Simone de Beauvoir’s famous book, on the 70th Anniversary of its first edition)
- Artistic residence 1: Comics & Illustrations
- Artistic residence 2: Printmaking
- Artistic projects & residence 3: Lens-based digital media
- Roaming of the exhibition
- WP3: Capacity Building
- Training Course 1: Motivation, Self-employment and creation of micro- company challenges
- Training Course 2: Internationalisation & Marketing yourself, especially through an adequate use of ICTD
- WP4: Participation of women in Festivals and Special Events
- Participation to Hay Festivals of Literature & the Arts in Europe and Latin America
- ¡Cantactrices! Series of Concerts and Meetings with singer-actresses
- Hay Festival Rijeka 2020 –1st European Young Female Writers Meeting+Management & Communication WP