Bòlit Centre d’Art Contemporani. Girona
Plaça del Vi 1
17004 Girona
Spain
www.bolit.cat
www.thespur.eu
Girona City Council: Bòlit Centre d’Art Contemporani has been selected by the European Commission under The Europe Creative EU funding programme to develop the Project The Spur – ETACEC 1618.
The Spur is a project for the creation of a European cooperation network made up of seven cultural organisations that function on a local and international scale as cultural operators. Lead by Bòlit. Contemporary Art Centre. Girona, the project also includes Centre d’Art LE – Laboratoire Artistique Internationale du Tarn (Albí, France), el Bureau des Arts et des Territoires (Montpeller, France), Fundació Es Baluard. Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani of Palma de Mallorca, Sputnik Oz (Bratislava, Slovakia), Fondazione per l’Arte (Rome, Italy), and the Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean.
The project is set to be developed for two years (2016–18) and its aim is to create a European cooperation network focusing above all on the field of visual arts. It has two key objectives: to develop innovative projects for building the professional capacities and transnational mobility of creators and to implement transnational co-management processes between different organisations.
As part of the call for Euroregion and Creative Europe – Cooperation Projects, The Spur / ETACEC 16–18 project is launching a selection process for European artists from a member state of the European Union to take part in its artist-in-residence programme.