Arts Council Malta - Regional Cultural Strategies 2022-2027

Funds & Opportunities

Schemes 2024
Funding Schemes 2024 Theatre Spaces Support Scheme Newspapers Support Scheme Micro Grant Artistic Heritage Scheme Investment in Cultural Organisations - Gozo Screen Support Scheme Arts Support Scheme Apprenticeship Scheme Training and Development Support Scheme Restoration Funding Scheme Movable Artefacts International Participation Scheme Regional Cultural Cooperation Programme International Cultural Exchanges Scheme Artistic Research and Development Scheme Arts in Schools Scheme Arts Support Scheme - Right to Culture Access Support Mobility Guarantee Scheme General Budget Guidelines More...

Schemes 2023
Funding Schemes 2023 Co-Funding of Creative Europe Cooperation Projects Micro Grant Theatre Company Programme Arts Support Scheme - Right to Culture Arts Support Scheme Access Support Top-up Mobility Guarantee Scheme Artistic Financing for Feast Associations Scheme Training and Development Support Scheme KulturaTV International Cultural Exchanges Scheme The President’s Fund for Creativity Skema ngħinu finanzjarjament lis-soċjetajiet tal-banda Sabbatical for Artistic Research Grant Arts in Schools Scheme Health and Safety Standards in Fireworks Factories Fund General Budget Guidelines More...

Schemes 2022
Funding Schemes 2022 L-Iskema għall-assistenza loġistika tal-festa Seat Utilisation Scheme Events Assurance Scheme Training and Development Support Scheme Programme Support Scheme Project Research and Development Scheme Health and Safety Standards in Fireworks Factories Fund International Cultural Exchanges Project Support Scheme Arts Education Scheme Mainstream Education Il-Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività KulturaTV Artistic Financing for Feast Associations Scheme Arts Education Scheme for Further and Higher Education Investment in Cultural Organisations – Malta General Budget Guidelines More...

Schemes 2021
RESTART Schemes 2021 Digital Research and Development Professional Development Young Talent Programme Support Arts Education International Cultural Exchanges Project Support Scheme KulturaTV Event Support Scheme Creative Communities Investment in Cultural Organisations - Gozo General Budget Guidelines More...

Schemes Pre-2021
Creative Industries Platform Creative Communities Cultural Export Fund Investment in Cultural Organisations Gozo Cultural Support Programme KulturaTV Il-Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività Kreattiv Malta Digital Games Fund Malta Arts Fund Professional Development Grant Young Talent Fund Theatre Spaces – Funding Scheme Fund offering financial support to Maltese fireworks factories working on a voluntary basis More...

Opportunities
The State of the Arts – Malta National Symposium 2024 2025 GLOBAL CONNECT OPEN CALL Artivisti Culture Pass 2024 Ex-Rampol, Birkirkara Bands (One-Time) Support Scheme Reduced Tax Rate for Creative Practitioners Restoration Funding Scheme Il-Premju għall-Arti 2023 Il-Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività Radio New Talent Public Spaces Art Fund Atlas of Invisible Borders: Call for Applications 150% tax deduction on donations to culture State of the Arts – Malta National Symposium Tax Deduction on Fees paid for Cultural and Creative Courses Young Artist Development Programme Open calls National Opportunities Fund to strengthen cultural work done by band clubs Fund for the purchase of musical instruments for the local Musical Societies Fund offering financial support to Maltese fireworks factories working on a voluntary basis Artistic Financing for Feast Associations Scheme Call for Proposals for Original Musicals in the Maltese Language (2022 – 2026) Newspapers Support Scheme More...
Guidance & Advice

ACMlabs
Making Projects Sustainable Creating an Artistic Proposal Let's Strategise EU Funding opportunities ACMFunding Schemes & Opportunities Funding Your Future: Scholarships and grants for arts education Funding Schemes & Opportunities Audience Development The Sustainability Dilemma: Enabling Solutions through Art and Culture Meet the artists Pedagogical opportunities and challenges to arts educators Creative Europe and Diversity and Inclusiveness in the Cultural and Creative Sector ACM Funding Schemes & Opportunities The working conditions of artists: Local and European perspectives EU funding opportunities for the Creative and Cultural Sectors International Cultural Exchanges Grants and VAT Procedures for Artistic Projects ACM Funding Schemes and Opportunities Il-Lingwa tal-Arti Self-care in the arts Creativity and the arts in education Artistic Trajectories in Small States ArtsOnPrescription. Bringing practitioners together Taking the leap! Young artists and internationalisation Tomorrow’s performance venues Creative governance: a paradox or a way forward? Creating Business Ideas Together Cyber Security AfricanConnections. BrightProspects. Let's talk Art Activism Pitching Smart Green Activism, Practices and Policies in the Arts Exploring Other Funds Song Writing & Music Production Connect. Innovate. Grow. Optimising Customer Engagement Creative Europe – Supporting Europe’s Culture and Creative Sector - Online session The Arts, New Media and Young People Pitch Perfect Strength Through Diversity How the Music Industry Works European Cultural Networks - Connections, collaborations and opportunities Using Social Media for Artists Intellectual Property Going Global Innovation in the Creative Sector - hands-on workshop, harnessing the insights of all participants The Business of Music (with PRS for Music) Delivering an Effective Pitch Mapping Gaps: Hands-on Workshop on Collaboration in Artistic Research and Curatorial Practice Knowledge sharing and co-creation Arts Education Masterclass - Theatre education as a jump ( take-off - flight - landing) Freelancing the Arts: Why pay social security contributions? Making Great Cities: the Artist as Activist Pricing Your Performance: A Panel Discussion The Art of Freelancing Whose Culture? Diversity and Inclusion Practice-based artistic research: what, why? Meet the International Cultural Networks - Thursday 25 January 2018 Marketing the Arts European Cultural Networks - Connections, collaborations and opp "Backstage Stories - Where do we start?" Financial Planning & Budgeting More...

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The therapeutic value of art Working towards a sound cultural infrastructure Art & Technology: exploring non-fungible tokens and their impact on the art world Artistic programmes for young audience: the relevance & the challenge Art in times of conflict The value of art Audience attitudes, perceptions and behaviours: a spot on the Audience Research study report Disability and the Arts Safety in the creative industries Exploring Arts and Education Understanding intellectual property Policies and Strategies for the creative industries Sustainable practices in the creative industries Artificial intelligence and the Arts: How, why? The Online shift: the present and the future Creative Entrepreneurship: From vision to reality Creativity and Wellbeing: Links and Correlations Exploring the Digital and the Alternative Teaming Up: Seeking the right partners, engaging in ideal collaboration Effective Fundraising for Your Organisation Keeping memories alive: documentation and archiving Tapping into Collectivity More...

ACM Webinar Series
The Malta Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale Meet IETM: the international network for contemporary performing arts Right to culture. what stops you? Building bridges through International Cultural Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities Reimagining Critical Spaces for Arts Education The Artist in 2022: Rights and Freedoms Building bridges towards creative care and wellbeing Last orders, lost orders? Engaging with identity politics and cultural policy Squaring the Circle: Social Solidarity and the Circular Economy Joint Up Thinking: Collective Learning through the Arts More...

ACM Publications
Charter of the Status of the Artist Cultural and Creative Practice Survey 2024 Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2023 Regional Cultural Strategies 2022-2027 Strategy 2025 Cultural and Creative Practice Survey Artists in Malta: Myth to Method – Thematic Report published based on the Cultural and Creative Practice Survey Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2022 Arts Education report Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2021 Audience Research study report 2021 Cultural Policy Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2020 Strategy 2020 Funding Programmes 2020 Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2019 Funding Programmes 2019 Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2018 Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2017 Spazji Teatrali Research Sources Perspectives on Cultural Participation in Malta Cultural Participation Survey 2016 Culture Pass Programme 2017-2018 Evaluators 2017 Arts Council Malta Annual Report 2016 The Malta Showcase 2016-2017 More...

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The Regional Cultural Strategies (RCS) outline the overarching cultural themes and priorities for the Maltese islands from 2022 onwards. These cultural strategies were developed with the Regional Councils, Local Councils, non-governmental cultural organisations, Public Cultural Organisations, creative practitioners and residents of the localities.

Gozo Regional Cultural Strategy

The Gozo Region includes the following localities: Fontana, Għajnsielem, Għarb, Għasri, Ta’ Kerċem, Munxar, Nadur, Qala, Victoria, San Lawrenz, Ta’ Sannat, Xagħra, Xewkija and Żebbuġ.

Download the Gozo Regional Cultural Strategy in English and Maltese.

North Regional Cultural Strategy

The Northern Region includes the following localities: Mellieħa, Mġarr, Mosta, Naxxar, St Paul’s Bay, Ħ’Attard, Ħal Balzan, San Ġwann and Mtarfa.

Download the North Regional Cultural Strategy in English and Maltese.

East Regional Cultural Strategy

The Eastern Region includes the following localities: Ħal Lija, Tas-Sliema, St Julian’s, Gżira, Tal-Pietà, Msida, Ta’ Xbiex, Iklin, Ħal Għargħur, Pembroke, Swieqi and Birkirkara.

Download the East Regional Cultural Strategy in English and Maltese.

West Regional Cultural Strategy

The Western Region includes the following localities: Mdina, Siġġiewi, Ħaż-Żebbuġ Ħad-Dingli, Rabat (Malta), Ħal Kirkop, Imqabba, Qrendi, Ħal Safi and Żurrieq.

Download the West Regional Cultural Strategy in English and Maltese.

Port Regional Cultural Strategy

The Port Region includes the following localities: Valletta, Vittoriosa, Senglea, Cospicua, Ħaż-Żabbar, Floriana, Fgura, Kalkara, Ħal Tarxien, Paola and Xgħajra.

Download the Port Regional Cultural Strategy in English and Maltese.

South Regional Cultural Strategy

The Southern Region includes the following localities: Ħal Qormi, Żejtun, Birżebbuġa, Ħal Għaxaq, Santa Venera, Marsaskala, Marsaxlokk, Santa Luċija, Gudja, Ħamrun, Ħal Luqa and Marsa.

Download the South Regional Cultural Strategy in English and Maltese.