about zusa
Our journey to collective leadership in 2024
2024 marked another year of change for zusa. Early in the year, we bid farewell to four team members, some
October 24, 2024
stories
here you can find the latest updates and stories from our partners, programmes and our team.
open call
‘zusa connects’ Shadowing Open Call for Transcultural Arts and Cultural Professionals in Berlin
What we call for: We would like to offer up to 20 cultural professionals an opportunity to get to know
October 8, 2024
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”: Individual grants for mental health support up to 1000 EUR — sixth call
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” — an EU co-funded project implemented by Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE) — opens a fifth call for applications for individual grants. You can receive up to €1.000 as individual mental health support.
September 3, 2024
Culture Helps
«Culture Helps / Культура допомагає»: results of the third call of the project grants
The project grants programme supports organisations and initiatives working in Ukraine or abroad, and implementing projects for the integration of
August 6, 2024
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”: Individual grants for mental health support up to 1000 EUR — fifth call
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” — an EU co-funded project implemented by Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE) — opens a fifth call for applications for individual grants. You can receive up to €1.000 as individual mental health support.
July 3, 2024
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”: Collaboration grants for integration through culture results – third call
In March, “Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” — a project co-funded by the EU Creative Europe Programme and implemented by
June 3, 2024
What's next
Invitation to the “Mental health from the lens of social justice” third community event
⏰ Save the date: 14th May, 17:00-21:00📝 Please fill out the registration form by 12.05.2024.📍Herzbergstraße 82-84, 10365 Berlin 🇺🇸 Language: English This series of community meetings invites
May 7, 2024
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”. Project grants for integration through culture up to 5000 EUR – third call
Open call for applications for Project mini-grants. You can receive up to €5.000 for the implementation of projects, focused on the integration of people, who were forced to leave their homes because of the russian war against Ukraine.
April 30, 2024
open call
The Big Green: Open Call for Artists
Artists based in Hungary, Latvia and Portugal are invited to create new artworks for SOIL, a project under The Big Green initiative.
April 24, 2024
What's next
Invitation: What’s next? Mental health from the lens of social justice: Embodiment community meetings for cultural workers with Tanja Sokolnykova
This series of community meetings invites cultural workers and artists into a practice space and exploration of how we can create more trauma-sensitivity, safety and trust in our spaces – in ourselves, our communities and organizational structures facing multiple wars and conficts, growing violence and despair.
March 12, 2024
What's next
Invitation: What’s next? Solidarity Café: collaborating against the odds
In times of permacrisis (armed conflict, occupation, genocide, climate and natural catastrophes) and increased polarisation, solidarity seems to show different faces for different people at different times…
March 7, 2024
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”: Individual grants for mental health support up to 1000 EUR — fourth call
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” — an EU co-funded project implemented by Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE) — opens a third call for applications for individual grants. You can receive up to €1.000 as individual mental health support.
March 6, 2024
What's next
Invitation: What’s next, Body-oriented community meeting for cultural workers with Tanja Sokolnykova
This series of community meetings invites cultural workers and artists into a practice space and exploration of how we can create more trauma-sensitivity, safety and trust in our spaces – in ourselves, our communities and organizational structures facing multiple wars and conficts, growing violence and despair.
February 22, 2024
AiR zusa
AiR zusa: Meet our residents III
By the end of 2023, the residency had become home to 3 more artists and cultural professionals, in collaboration with Artists at Risk and funded by the Goethe Institut. They spent their time in Berlin resting, enjoying small gatherings with friends, or participating in other cultural events within the network. Once again, it became clear to us the necessity of maintaining and securing this programme…
February 14, 2024
VAHA
VAHA II: Transnational Networking Meeting
We are excited to welcome applications from cultural venues and organisations working in the context of today’s world of polycrisis
February 6, 2024
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”. Collaboration grants for integration through culture up to EUR 40.000 – third call
During the month of the competition, we received 351 applications and selected 23 cultural managers, activists, and artists within the third (and the last for this year) call for individual grants for mental health support within the «Culture Helps / Культура допомагає»…
February 1, 2024
about zusa
We don’t have a strategy, we do strategic work
In an effort to become more mission-driven and collectively advance our organisation’s purpose, the zusa team came together for a retreat in November 2023. Read what we came up with!
January 29, 2024
Results
Results of the What’s next: Residency open call for artists and cultural professionals
Open call for artists and cultural professionals to join residency in Berlin in frames of “What’s next? Safe cultural multi-spaces for the multidisciplinary reflection of (post)war and (post)crisis European identity”
December 19, 2023
Culture Helps
«Culture Helps / Культура допомагає»: results of the second call of the project grants
The results of the selection for the project grants competition for integration through culture within the “Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” project.
December 19, 2023
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”: Collaboration grants for integration through culture results – second call
During the month of the competition, we received 351 applications and selected 23 cultural managers, activists, and artists within the third (and the last for this year) call for individual grants for mental health support within the «Culture Helps / Культура допомагає»…
December 15, 2023
Culture Helps
«Culture Helps / Культура допомагає»: results of the third call of the individual grants
During the month of the competition, we received 351 applications and selected 23 cultural managers, activists, and artists within the third (and the last for this year) call for individual grants for mental health support within the «Culture Helps / Культура допомагає»…
December 6, 2023
AiR zusa
AiR zusa residency: Meet our residents II
AiR zusa is a programme designed to provide artists, cultural managers, curators, and arts and culture activists from Ukraine and other countries at risk…
December 5, 2023
about zusa
Sustainable Communications: the Art of Collaboration in the Big Green Project
Discovering Sustainable Comms with the Big Green partners —a journey of exploration and collaboration. Read about our first workshop!
October 16, 2023
Culture Helps
“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”. Project grants for integration through culture up to 5000 EUR – second call
Open call for applications for Project mini-grants. You can receive up to €5.000 for the implementation of projects, focused on the integration of people, who were forced to leave their homes because of the russian war against Ukraine.
October 13, 2023
