In 2017, the Glasgow City Council created a new role to tackle racism and inequality. The Agent for Change also known as Senior Arts, Music manager in charge of diversity, aims at improving racial diversity across the city’s cultural scene.
“heritage x design” is an initiative by the cultural department of the city of Eindhoven, Cultuur Eindhoven, pairing up heritage and design organisations to collectively propose a new storytelling of Eindhoven.
Locals and artisans are protagonists and work together to feature the city’s cultural heritage – art, crafts, history, gastronomy and landscapes – into unforgettable, immersive, cultural tourism experiences.
Swapmuseum is a cultural participation project, based on a mutual exchange among young people and 65 small museums and small companies in the Apulia region.
‘Door breakers’ is about creating and strengthening links between municipal museums of Zaragoza and young people.
Lisbon City Council created the programme Lojas com História in 2015. A sense of urgency drove the city to preserve and boost a distinctive local commerce and trade heritage, knowing that in it lies a relevant part of the identity and character of Lisbon.
In Leeds, consultation with teachers, universities and teacher trainers showed teachers wanted flexible, curriculum-linked classroom resources. Driven by the narrative of the city, these new resources are called ‘stories' and aim to raise the educational achievement of children through heritage and the arts.
KAAPELI, a real-estate company owned by the City of Helsinki, renovated an old cable factory building to serve as a cultural centre.