Areos 49
1015 Nicosia
Cyprus
- Arts
D6:EU is a new cultural NGO based in Cyprus, developing new opportunities for artists and cultural collaborations in Cyprus, Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. With an expertise in visual arts practice which supports social and environmental justice, we collaborate with artists, communities and policy makers in valuing the role of the arts as the fouth pillar of sustainable development. We have a board of voluntary directors and plan to appoint permanant staff in 2024.
D6:EU works with cultural and civil society partners. We are the arts lead on a new Creative Europe programme with partners in 11 countries considering the impact of European Coloniality and on a British Council/Goethe programme with partners in the UK, Istanbul, Paris and Irbid (Jordan) and the Cyprus Refugee Council working with artists in exile. In addition we have been funded by Cultural Services, and have a number of smaller European applications pending. We are a young organisation, our planned turnover for 2023 is c€22k rising to a minumum of c€74k in 2024.
D6:EU is a visual arts organisation based in Cyprus, developing new opportunities for artists and cultural collaborations in Cyprus, Europe and the Middle East. Built upon the creative synergy between Founding Directors Clymene Christoforou and Argyro Toumazou, D6:EU draws on their extensive experience of European collaboration within the cultural sector, focussing on international capacity building and working with artists, cultural producers, heritage professionals and policy makers, to promote the sustainable development of our neighbourhoods. D6:EU was established in 2021 to develop Cypriot cultural capacity and international co-operation accross the following Objectives:
To promote culture and the European Green Agenda
To promote participation and equity in cultural engagement
To work with cultural actors to address the interection of Heritage and Diversity
Our shared values underpin a new programme of activity, encouraging equity and social and environmental justice. Our values are:
Equity - Fairness in engagement
Sustainability - Care for our people and our planet
Curiosity - Open, innovative and interested
Generosity - Listening, collaborating and welcoming
The time is right for the cultural sector to contribute to solutions for the good of our people and our planet.
ACT – Artists Connecting in Transition is a collaboration between studios who support artists in exile in Jordan, Turkey, UK and Cyprus, the Fanak Fund in Paris, supporting collaboration between the artists from the Arab speaking world and Europe and the Cyprus Refugee Council
CONTESTED DESIRES: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) engages contemporary artists to consider the problematic legacy of European colonialism held in museum collections and heritage sites. CDCD explores how artists and organisations work with communities to create dialogical exchanges, expositions, events, and other activities that can build shared understanding of the colonial past and what it can mean to different citizens of a multicultural Europe. It is a partnership between D6:EU (Cyprus), D6: Culture in Transit (UK), BJCEM (Belgium), Creative Court (Netherlands), ECCOM(Italy), H401 (Netherlands), Interarts (Barcelona), La Bonne (Spain), La Fabrique (Tunisia), Museo delle Civiltà (Italy), Museo Egizio (Italy), Museum of Memory and Human Rights (Chile), National Museum of Natural History and Science(Portugal), Nubuke Foundation (Ghana), Pro Progressione (Hungary) and Xarkis Festival (Cyprus) and Larnaca 2030.
The themes of our confirmed and planned programme underpin the values of ALF Network. We are establishing new programmes centred around intercultural dialogue pursing both social and environmental justice, and consciousness raising. Our work, whilst still very young, has already resulted in major international programmes where we raise interesting areas of discussion around ethics, engagment and equity.
As a visual arts organisation we can bring sector knowlege which is both local, European and wider (our board is both local and international)
As part of the cultural sector locally we can advocate for the value of the arts in creating a fairer, kinder and greener society. (we are members of Culture Action Europe and other networks promoting the value of culture)
As international operators we can support partnership projects connecting the local to the international.
The ALF network is an extraordinary platform for civil society organisatons. As a newly established NGO our projects and partners are starting to be wide reaching connecting to both arts and broader civil society partners. The network on both a local Cypriot level and internationally would be an interesting opportunity to widen our local knowlege and share joint social and environmental concerns.
The ethos of ALF is vital to pursue an equitable approach to intercultural dialogue. The wealth of resources available are valuable and the breadth of members both locally and in other country networks so interesting.
D6EU would hugely benefit from the knowledge learning and exchange opportunities our membership would bring.