i-Portunus

i-Portunus is a project, selected and funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. It supports short-term mobility of artists and culture professionals.

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i-Portunus is a short-term pilot project, selected and funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, to trial a mobility scheme for artists and culture professionals. It is managed by a consortium headed by the Goethe-Institut with Institut français, Izolyatsia and Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Between April and September 2019, i-Portunus issued three Calls for Applications, providing support for international mobilities of artists and culture professionals active in the fields of the performing or visual arts and residing in a Creative Europe country. All Calls are now closed.

The pilot scheme i-Portunus is the first initiative by the European Commission in organising mobility for artists and culture professionals. In 2020 there will be a second initiative with other consortia. The results of all projects will be taken into account by the European Commission in developing a permanent action under the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027 dedicated to supporting the mobility of artists and cultural professionals.

Update on Brexit

The UK participates in i-Portunus as long as it participates in the Creative Europe Programme.

i-Portunus Stories

I reached the expected goals, but I can say that the most important part of this professional development project was actually to understand a new way of dancing, researching, composing by meeting different dancers, choreographers and teachers.

Martina Delprete

I used art as a thread to weave networks between feminists from different parts of Europe.

Eva Máñez

The project went really well, it functioned as a successful tool to discuss the topics of gender, climate change, degrowth, etc. in an international context. I was able to meet a lot of groups and individuals working on related projects during the mobility period, that I hope will lead to collaborations in the future. We are currently beginning a new collaboration that has started due to press coverage from this project.

Alberte Lauridsen

Some key data from the third i-Portunus call