Policies on visual arts


Where
Greece
When
2012
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Description of the policy/measure

The resources of the museum mainly come from the state budget, but it also relies on european union resources, private funding, sponsorships and co-productions. four people are occupied with its projects. the main challenge the museum is facing is difficulties in regular funding. its work reaches more than 100.000 persons. its results are mainly promotion of young creators and their work, as well as promotion of foreign creators in the greek society and education and training. in the future the museum plans to expand its activities in new areas, such as workshops for social groups with specific needs, including immigrants and prisoners, and to reinforce its action in research and education.the department of visual arts provides financial support on a non-regular basis to private bodies such as the hellenic centre for photography (hcp47), which organizes the athens photo festival, and remap km48, an art platform, which organizes exhibitions in urban spaces and promotes interaction of the public with theart. another activity of the department is the funding of artists to present their work in significant international fora, such as the venice biennial. a particular activity is the promotion of the exhibition 鈥渘ew roma photographers鈥 which has been presented in many international exhibitions. the material comes from a special project of the department, which took place between 1999 and 2004, in vocational training workshops held with roma children in athens.