With international partners Plovdiv 2019, Bulgaria; Novi Sad 2022, Serbia; uniT Graz – University of Graz, Austria; Kaunas 2022, Lithuania; Coventry 2021, UK; and associate partners Limerick City & County Council, Ireland; aRe, Yerevan, Armenia; Tartu 2024, Estonia and Veszprem 2023, Hungary.

The first open call offers the opportunity to artists and community leaders to join the Coventry Creative Europe School of Participation this summer from 18 to 25 July 2021 in Coventry – UK City of Culture. They are seeking 2 professional or non-professional creative practitioners, especially those with an interest in outdoor arts and those with a passion for co-creating with communities. Covid-allowing, professional and non-professional practitioners will travel to the UK from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Serbia, Austria, Ireland, Armenia and Hungary to join UK practitioners making a total of approximately 30 in the school.

The second open call is for Creative Practitioners interested in Community Art and Anthropology in the City. From 1 to 8 August 2021 they can join the School of Participation in Graz - Austria hosted by KUNSTLABOR. 25 practitioners are invited to work together in this school. They may be artists, teachers, scientists, students, activists, volunteers interested in collaborative artistic processes.

Deadline for application for both invitations is June 9, 2021. Detailed information about the two open calls and the application process can be found on Plovdiv 2019 website.