Since 2012, and thanks to the support from the Creative Europe Programme, the ULYSSES Network has been dedicated to the promotion of young talented artists in the field of contemporary music. In reaction to the pandemic and the difficulty to organise physical gatherings, the ULYSSES Network proposed a series of online seminars directed to young artists, focussing on specific topics related to the development of their international career. The positive feedback received from our young artist community has motivated us to continue with the series, even after the end of the pandemic.
For each meeting, an invited speaker shortly presents a specific topic, and opens the floor to give the participants the occasion to discuss this topic together, to address questions and share their personal experiences. At the end of each meeting, an « Open Space » allows some of the participants to present their own projects and to exchange with their fellow artists.

#13 Monday 1^st July 2024, 1 pm CEST

Speaker: Ece Pasarbasi, curator

Topic: Grant Writing, Part 1

In the current challenging political and financial climate, where funding opportunities are increasingly limited due to budget cuts, it becomes increasingly daunting to secure support for our artistic practices and projects.

This Grant Writing seminar is designed to provide you with the essential tools to not only navigate but also flourish in this competitive funding landscape, offering you a smoother path to make successful applications. This workshop aims to give the main perspective and tools to make a competitive grant application. During this course, participants will be step by step instructed on the narrative structure of a project description of a grant application. Additionally, you will explore the decision process in funding application evaluations and the ways of finding suitable local and international application calls for your project/artwork.

Speaker bio:

Ece Pazarbaşı works and walks on the merged borderline of curatorial practice and artistic research as her main profession. Her practice revolves around interdisciplinary crossovers which results in alternative formats of education. With a special interest in the multi-layered approach, she has realised many projects over the issues of sound, urbanism, digital and analogue public space, participatory art, food and the technology of the human body. Since 2005 she works on the alternative formats of education. In 2019, she has founded the Field Kitchen Academy, a one-of-its-kind interdisciplinary educational residency program, that aims at transcending the existing borders between research and practice; beyond forms and formats with innovative experimental tools and experiences on holistic knowing and thinking. In 2014, she has established Berlin Art Grant Clinic, a support structure for artists, curators, NGOs and creative minds for self-sustainability.