The Programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union and implemented by the UNESCO Regional Office in Havana, has partnered with La Fábrica – a cultural management enterprise that develops projects linked to creativity, design and the arts – to offer up to fifteen (15) young photographers from the Caribbean the opportunity to present their photographic work and connect with outstanding curators, cultural managers and photographers from Spain and the world in this important European festival.
The young photographers selected will be from some of the seventeen countries covered by the Transcultura Programme: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
Through this call and joint action for cultural exchange and cooperation, the UNESCO Transcultura Programme will:
- Cover the costs (a return trip in economy class, airport pick-up and drop-off, including at the city of origin, visa costs ― if necessary ―, accommodation in a 3-star hotel – or similar – in Madrid, Spain, 3 meals a day and daily transportation ̶ if necessary – for international mobility to Madrid, Spain, from 27 May to 5 June (10 nights) for a maximum of 15 young photographers from the Caribbean, representing at least two of the three linguistic zones covered by the Transcultura Programme (English, French and Spanish).
- Facilitate the interaction of the Caribbean photographers with a specialised and general public through digital presentations of the artists’ work, professional networking sessions – portfolio viewings with curators and international exponents of photography, tours of European artists’ studios, production spaces and creative laboratories, and meetings with their hosts, as well as training workshops – before (online sessions) and during the event (in-person sessions) – tailor-made for Caribbean photographers.
- Support the artists’ international visibility by means of press conferences, actions promoting their work, the distribution of a brochure with their profile and professional biography, and personal meetings with their European peers, among other activities designed to familiarise them with the European photography sector.
This initiative will provide young photographers with new tools and professional connections to develop and expand their careers.
