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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 of whom had been with us for over a decade. We knew this would leave gaps in leadership, but we didn’t know exactly how things would unfold. Instead, we embraced the process (as we have … Read more

‘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 Berlin’s cultural organisations and how they work (i.e., their structure, team, and programming, etc.) through short (up to 10 days) “shadowing”. zusa has a network of alumni organisations in Berlin, who participated in programmes like … Read more

“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. 

«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 Ukrainians into new communities through cultural events. Within the programme, you can receive up to 5,000 euros for the implementation of such a project. This is the third competition for projects grants for integration through … Read more

“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. 

“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 Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE) — opened the third and final call for applications for collaboration grants fostering international partnership.  The Collaboration grants programme offers support for cultural organisations that emphasises work with people, … Read more

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 cultural workers and artists into a practice space and exploration of how we can create more trauma-sensitivity, safety and trust inour spaces – in ourselves, our communities and organizational structures facing multiple wars and conflicts, … Read more

“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.

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.

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.