The
organizers of the first Art Team National Contest of Creative Industry Projects
received 345 projects from 63 Russian regions as of the 10 May application
deadline.
The Art Team contest aims to
establish a creative talent pool in the country and develop a creative economy
through systematic work in the regions of the Russian Federation.
Creative young people
between the ages of 20 and 35 were invited to take part in the contest. The
finalists will consist of the authors of the top 80 projects, who will be
selected by an expert panel and announced after 31 May. The contest’s panel of
judges is comprised of creative industry experts based on the categories of the
contest as well as representatives of the government and business.
The most popular categories
among the Art Team participants were: ‘Creative Location’, which is dedicated
to building creative spaces (88 projects), ‘Event Management’, in which the
projects consist of ideas for organizing and holding cultural events (81
projects), as well as ‘Education and Art’, which focuses on educational
projects (74 projects). The bulk of applications were received from Moscow, St.
Petersburg, the Tomsk and Saratov Regions, the Republic of Tatarstan, and the
Republic of Crimea.
Representatives of the panel
of judges said the authors of the projects devote special attention to modern
tools for getting young people involved in the educational process, such as
gamification or virtual reality technologies.
Examples of entries:
- financial awareness courses with gaming elements for teens
- educational programmes for designers and artists on the use of virtual reality
- a project on the history of the space industry in Russia in the format of a virtual reality app
- an eco-tour of the Galichya Nora Nature Reserve in the Lipetsk Region
- the use of campsites and hotel complexes to film movies, television shows, series, and other digital art products given the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic
- a project for the staging and demonstration of children’s performances in city trams in the city of Tomsk
The authors of the best
works will take part in a two-day educational intensive workshop in Moscow and
will also have the opportunity to present their projects to potential investors
at the Russian Creativity Week festival and at the Building Trust platform of
the Innosocium Foundation. The authors of the top 20 projects selected by the
panel of judges will take part in a competition for a grant from the Taurida
Youth Forum.
«The
study we conducted as part of the Art Team project, which involved more than
7,000 respondents from all regions of Russia, showed that one of the main
barriers to the development of creative industries in Russia today is the lack
of expertise that young creators need to implement their projects and transform
their ideas into a business project. Representatives of the creative community
and creative industry managers who took part in the survey pointed out the
desire and need for targeted training on such expertise and developing the
skills that are essential to success. We are confident that the Art Team
project, in which the next stage will be an educational programme, will provide
participants with the tools needed to develop the creative industries sector in
their regions», Russian Culture Centre Director Marina Abramova said.
«We have
been successfully working with young people for a long time as part of various
projects of the Innosocium Foundation, and we know how many talented people
there are in our country. In creating the Art Team contest, we wanted to help
them believe in themselves and give them the tools and knowledge that is
essential to implementing their ideas into a successful business project. That
is why I believe the second, educational part of the contest is just as
important as determining the winners. People who have achieved great results in
the creative industry will share their vast experience with young creators and
talk about how to properly build management processes and how to attract
financing for the project. It is particularly gratifying that projects from
different regions of Russia are competing in the contest, and its results will
help form a common, yet diverse creative space throughout the country», said Yelena Marinina, Deputy CEO of the
Roscongress Foundation and Director of the Innosocium Foundation.
The Art Team project aims to
seek out promising socially significant projects in creative industries and
create conditions for the professional fulfilment of creative young people
through training in managerial skills and providing them with tools to launch
creative projects with economic potential on the market. In addition to the
contest, the Art Team project involves an educational intensive workshop, which
will be available online on the project’sofficial website in June.
More information about the contest, including the full list of nominations, is available on the official Art Team website.
The Art Team project is
being organized by the Russian
Culture Centre and the Innosocium Foundation, the social platform of theRoscongress Foundation together with the Centre
for Film Festivals and International Programmes, with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund.
