28.10.2021
The Barents Cultural Scholarship was awarded for the third time – a scholarship to the Artists' Regional Regional Assembly of Lapland
This year, the Barents Cultural Scholarship was awarded to the Artists' Association of Lapland in Finland. For 30 years, the association has engaged in active cultural cooperation in the Barents region by, among other things, producing international exhibitions, promoting the circulation of exhibitions and works, strengthening the networking and working opportunities of artists, and bringing high-quality art close to the inhabitants of its region.
The cultural scholarship is one of the measures of the Barents cooperation, its regional council and the Joint Working Group of Culture. The Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia has a representative of its own region in the group.
The scholarship is awarded at the same time every two years in each of the four countries in the Barents region: Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia. The aim of the scholarship is to highlight cultural cooperation and artists in the Barents region and to encourage artists to work in the region.
The scholarship also aims to raise awareness of artists and cultural activities in the Barents region. The scholarship is worth 10,000 euros. In 2019, the scholarship was awarded to the cultural magazine Kaltio, edited from Northern Ostrobothnia and highlighting the arts and culture of the whole of Northern Finland.
Further information:
- 26 October on the scholarship in Tromsø/JWGC press release; Okm website
- Barents cooperation website / Cultural scholarship, Activities of the Working Party on Culture
- The Artists' Association of Lapland.
Contact person in the Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia:
Auli Suorsa, Culture Specialist, Member of the JWGC Working Group
Tel. 050-386 8443
