Year: 2023-2024
R.E.A.C.H. (Reimagining Entrepreneurship in Arts, Culture and Humanities) is an initiative funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ program; the project aims to discuss and imagine new ways of undertaking in the field of art and culture, with a focus on young artist-entrepreneurs from linguistic or cultural minorities. The REACH project's international art residencies offer young artists from the United States (Clive Davis Institute - New York University) and from theEurope (France, Basque Country, Norway, Italy) the opportunity to enrich their artistic practice and develop a professional network by collaborating with other creatives from different parts of the world.
The residencies, called "Symposia" to recall the atmosphere of classical European culture, bring together authors from the world of music and/or visual arts to collaborate on the creation of new projects. For the guest artists, these residencies are also an opportunity to question the workings of the culture industry and to better understand the issues involved in training an artist.
The project involves supporting artists through a network of mentor: professionals from creative enterprises, cultural institutions and academia who make their time available to support participants during these moments of cross-cultural exchange and collaboration, drawing on their experience and expertise.