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Art Line – project prolonged until 2014!
Art Line continues until March 31 next year. The Steering Committee of the Programme South Baltic Cross Border Co-operation has approved an extension.
 The decision was based on conclusions from the project assessment, such as:
“The project enhances the dissemination of the already achieved results, and improves their durability. It is valuable contribution to the South Baltic area in the context of enriching the cross-border cultural arena. The proposed activities, in majority, are innovative, have logic of intervention, and positively impact the situation of the target group.
The Art Line project is valuable for the Programme area and symbolizes good practice example in terms of management, partnership and progress of implementation. The project is represented by the small institutions with a large dedication to the development of the culture/art field in the Programme regions. Within the project lifetime high ambition level and commitment are observed by the JTS, resulted in the appointment to the Flagship project for the EUSBSR. Following the assessment criteria the proposed extension should be considered as deserved prolongation, chance to reinforce impact of activities and networks development for durability in the future.”
Picture: Project leader Torun Ekstrand interviewed by the press after the announcement last month tha Art Line is a Flagship project. Now the project is also prolonged.
For more comments on the prolongation, please contact Torun Ekstrand at torun.ekstrand@artline-southbaltic.eu
Art Line at Kick-off for culture in Berlin
 Art Line participated at the Kick-off for culture as a priority area, PA, in Berlin. The Swedish Cultural Attaché in Berlin, Ms Marika Lagercrantz (picture), showed great interest in the Art Line project, which was one of the longest running culture projects that were present.
There is now a Priority Area Culture in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). The official Kick-Off for this new area took place on April 18 in the Representation of Land Schleswig-Holstein in Berlin.
At a separate meeting for the Flagship project leaders in the presence of the appointed co-coordinators for PA Culture, Art Line’s project leader Ms Torun Ekstrand gave a short orientation about the recently appointed flagship project. Other leaders for the Flagship-to-be projects were also there, presenting ideas for future collaboration.
Listen to soundbites!
The Kick-off event gave numerous opportunities to meet representatives of projects, officials and politics from the countries around the Baltic. Art Line took the opportunity to collect live interviews with some of the participants, e.g Marika Lagercrantz:
https://soundcloud.com/art-line/marika-lagercrantz-2013-04-18 
The moderator for one of the discussions, professor dr. Gernot Wolfram (See picture to the right; Publicist, Member of European Commission's Team Europe as cultural expert) also made a statement for the Art Line website. Listen to the interview with him here:
https://soundcloud.com/art-line/professor-dr-gernot-wolfram
Art Line also spoke with Ragnar Siil, undersecretary for fine arts at the Estonian ministry of culture. He has some interesting views of how the people from the culture sector in society can convince the economic people it is wise to support culture:
https://soundcloud.com/art-line/ragnar-siil-at-the-kick-off-in.
Comment from the project leader
- I am very pleased that we from Art Line got the opportunity to inform about our Flagship project. We also got a confirmation that the PA Culture co-coordinators has good knowledge about us and will be our “ambassadors” in the future, says Torun Ekstrand, project leader at Art Line as she is summing up the Berlin meeting.
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Kaliningrad Telling the Baltic
The International Art Exhibition “Telling the Baltic” is now officially opened in Kaliningrad. As from April 19, this is now the fourth time it opens, now in an entirely new context at the BB NCCA Kaliningrad.
 The exhibition is based on different personal stories which inspired artists from the participating countries to create contemporary art works.
What is shown in Kaliningrad is in big parts the same art that was previously shown in Karlskrona, Gdansk and Rostock, but here it has been placed in an existing museum, The Museum of the World Ocean, and the historic fort Kronprinz Tower with its contemporary art center. The works are shown in a new context such as the museum ship Vityaz or with museum exhibits, in departments like shipbuilding and fishing.
Nearly 30 project participants from Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad), Sweden, Germany and Poland have been working with photography, video and sound.
The exhibition in Kaliningrad will end the 3rd of June.
http://artline-southbaltic.eu/event/telling-the-baltic-in-kaliningrad/
A map of the exihibition area is provided by the Nida Art Colony:
http://nidacolony.lt/en/news/219-telling-the-baltic-in-kaliningrad
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Ingemar Lönnbom, information officer, Art Line: ingemar.lonnbom@arline-southbaltic.eu
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Lead partner: Blekinge museum. Partners: Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Rostock, Art Centre Gallery EL, Gdańsk City