Launch of half a million euros in funding schemes for feasts for 2023

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and the Local Government Owen Bonnici launched three funding schemes specifically aimed for Maltese feasts amounting to €500,000.
Arts Council Malta analyses the outcomes from the first ever State of the Arts symposium

October 2022 saw Malta’s first national symposium dedicated to the artistic and creative industries, State of the Arts.
Arts Council Malta’s 2023 Calendar

Status of the Artist Charter and 9 new schemes, among others
Paintings, a niche, an organ, and a loggia will be restored thanks to Arts Council Malta funds

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici announced funding for seven restoration projects of religiously themed objects thanks to Arts Council Malta’s Restoration Scheme for cultural property
Announcing the four beneficiaries of the President’s Award for Creativity

The President of Malta George Vella and the Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici presented the President’s Award for Creativity to four organisations, Gabriel Caruana Foundation with the project Whereabout Are You From for the year 2021, while Inizjamed with the project Niġru Ġrajja, Outlook Coop with We Are All Story Tellers, and Fondazzjoni Sebħ with See My Voice are the beneficiaries for the year 2022.
Launch of the First Ever Regional Cultural Strategies

Minister for The National Heritage, The Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici, together with Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government Alison Zerafa Civelli, launched the six Regional Cultural Strategies
Arts Council Malta announces the appointment of the new Head of Communications

On the heels of the recent launch of the Strategy 2025, Maria Angela Vassallo, fondly known to everyone as Mang, is taking over as Head of Communications for Arts Council Malta after her time as a Creative Entrepreneurship Executive at the same entity.
The ‘From Illustration To Book’ Exhibition Opens The 2022 Malta Book Festival

The National Book Festival had its official opening ceremony yesterday, where the From Illustration to Book exhibition was launched – a collaboration between the National Book Council (NBC) and Arts Council Malta (ACM).
One of the first certified carbon neutral artworks in the World

Diplomazija astuta is one of the first certified carbon neutral artworks in the world, meaning that its greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced, mitigated, or avoided due to specific interventions enacted during the creation, preparation, and setting up process. Diplomazija astuta is the project representing Malta and commissioned by Arts Council Malta for the 59th edition of La Biennale di Venezia, which will soon be closing its doors, on the 27th of November 2022.
Documentary on Diplomazija astuta, the Malta Pavillion for La Biennale di Venezia 2022 to be aired on TVM News Plus

The documentary on Diplomazija astuta will be aired this Wednesday 2nd November at 21:00 on TVM News Plus. Diplomazija astuta is the project representing Malta and commissioned by Arts Council Malta for the 59th edition of La Biennale di Venezia, which will soon be closing its doors, on the 27th of November 2022.