● WOM@RTS - Women’s Equal Share of Presence in the Arts

omen’s Equal Share of Presence in the Arts

Auditorio de Galicia (ES)

WIFT Finland (FI), Viesoji istaiga Vilniaus rotuse (LT), Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir (FR), Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand Angoulême (FR), Limerick Institute of Technology - Limerick School of Arts & Design (IE), Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts Ltd. (UK), Academy of Applied Arts University in Rijeka (HR), UGM Maribor (SI), Fundación Municipal de Cultura-Avilés (ES)

State of the art

When preparing the project, the partners identified a series of initial indicators and data (and lack of them), coming to the conclusion that the 21st century has to achieve much-needed gender equality in all aspects of society. Culture and creativity must be a model that reflects this diversity in Europe.

Description of the project

WOM@RTS aims to highlight and support the creativity of women. From an interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial perspective, Wom@rts pursues women’s equal-share presence in the arts in terms of visibility, promotion and access to the market. To this end, the Wom@rts’ State of the Arts Report presented a full picture of the presence of women in the European Cultural arena, and offered a view of networks and associations working with this objective. Beyond presenting an inspiring list of good practices, the project also drafted a charter in defence of gender equality practices in the sector. This charter sets objectives and recommendations and includes specific targets and commitments for signatories (50/50 participation of women in programmes, teams, decisionmaking commissions, etc., gender pay gap, the encouragement of anti-sexism measures and education, etc).

The objective for our target group is not to be recognised as “women creators” or “women managers”, but as “creators” or “managers”.

Creative Europe’s support

180 artists could benefit of transnational mobility and promotion activities. Some 50 pieces produced at the residencies were showcased at EU level. 180 artists were trained through 27 “Meet the Masters” masterclasses and the Joint Training Programmes & Coaching Guidelines.

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Beyond Gender

The project advocates for a better use of digital tools to promote women artists, with a focus on their marketing and entrepreneurial capacity. It taks into account the opportunities derived from a better use of digital tools.

Contact

www.womarts.eu

Creative Europe Project Results