Major interest in OPEN CALL

Because of a major interest in OPEN CALL 2015, Aarhus 2017 will contact applicants during Week 47, and not on Monday 16th of November as originally planned. The Secretariat for Aarhus 2017 has received 228 applications within areas such as music, theatre, dance, literature, performance, design, visual arts, architecture, sport, film and food.

Deadline for applications for OPEN CALL 2015 was on 12th of October. Here, Aarhus 2017 invited new cultural projects to be part of our programme – 12 months of cultural experiences with a programme that is inviting, vibrant and experimental, challenging us to go beyond our comfort zone. A programme that uses art and culture to rethink.

With OPEN CALL 2015, Aarhus 2017 were looking for projects with a strong international dimension and projects that stand out with highly original ideas and cross collaborations across art forms. And at the same time, projects that are realistic and show strong willingness to break ground, present the unexpected and have wide audience appeal.

Applications should: 

  • Demonstrate a clear European perspective and/or collaborations 
  • Collaborate across art forms 
  • Be innovative and of exceptional quality 
  • Have strong established partnerships 
  • Present regional activity in 2017 

We also looked for projects that:

  • Present realistic budgets and funding models
  • Have significant co-funding and/or external funding.

Projects could not seek funding for:

  • General administration and operations
  • Projects that do NOT present activities in 2017
  • Buildings and infrastructure


APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED DURING WEEK 47.