ArtNexus’ primary target groups are artists and cultural practitioners in our parter countries, s it is their conditions that we intend to strengthen with our activities. In order to achieve our ultimate goals, however, we work at different societal levels,  tagering:

• Organisations
• Art insitutions
• Politicians

ArtNexus is a needs-based programme, focusing on implementing activities in response to the specific needs of the target groups in the partnering countries. This means the programme has been conducting research on the local contexts and the cultural scenes of Albania and Armenia, targeting artists and cultural practitioners to analyze their needs, coordinate mappings of gaps in the cultural scenes, and structure ways on finding innovative solutions.

In Albania and Armenia, we are working with our local partners and international experts, arranging workshops and dialogue meetings, raising awareness of legal frameworks and strengthening the rights of the artists and cultural practitioners.

In Sweden, ArtNexus works with Swedish cultural experts within multiple cultural sectors. This reference group consist of representatives from various state agenecies and civil society organisations, from areas such as visual art, music, writing and journalism, film, and theatre. The experts consluted in the planning process for new activities wothin the programme.

This way, the ArtNexus programme promotes an international network and deepens the cultural dialogue across borders.

The reference group includes representatives from:

• Swedish Film Institute
• The Swedish National Touring Theatre
• Swedish PEN
• The Swedish Artists’s Association
• Musikalliansen
• University of Gothenburg
• The Swedish Intellectual Property Office
• Unga Klara
• The Swedish Arts Council.
• Throughout the programme, we include other Swedish and international experts in our work and activities.