ART + FOOD + NEXT GENERATION
Activities for children and youth from 10 to 18 years
Project “Art+Food+Next Generation” uses art and food as a medium for critical reflection on the ongoing environmental crises. The project aims to help the next generation to creatively address and deal with anxieties and uncertainties related to climate and geo-political unpredictability.
A series of online and onsite activities are created in close collaboration between the Rucka Art Foundation in Latvia and Vitenparken in Norway, targeting children and youth in Latvia between 10 and 18. The project brings together an international and interdisciplinary team from Latvia and Norway. The experts come from fields such as visual arts, performance, design, media arts, technology, bio-arts, environmental sciences, and gastronomy.
“Art+Food+Next Generation” enables children and youth to shape and co-create their own future through art and culture. The project takes a sustainable approach to food as an artistic material and product. The participants are directly involved as co-creators of the artistic events, art objects, and the final exhibition in Cesis.
The project “Art+Food+Next Generation” (Nr. EEZ/2022/2/23) has been realized with the support of the European Economic Area (EEA) Grants Financial Mechanism funding period 2014. – 2021. program “Local Development, Poverty Reduction, and Cultural Cooperation” open call “Support for the Creation of Professional Art and Cultural Products for Children and Youth”.
The project’s realization period is from 1 October 2023 until 30 November 2023. The project’s total eligible costs are 164,958.33 EUR. The project receives a 140,214.58 EUR grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA Grants and a 24,743.75 EUR grant through national co-financing.
Project manager in Latvia: Oskars Goba
Project manager in Norway: Zane Cerpina
Project curator: Stahl Stenslie