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Country(ies):

Spain

Madrid between 2 Shores (Madrid entre dos orillas)

Immigrants as cultural entrepreneurs

Partners:

Fundación Directa, Madrid

Funding Bodies:

Social Fund of the European Union through the EQUAL Programme, Dirección General de Integración de losInmigrantes, SecretarÃa de Estado de Inmigración y Emigración, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales,Fundación Directa, Casa de América, Centro de Estudios Económicos Tomillo S.L. (CEET), FundaciónTomillo, Asociación de Investigación y Especialización sobre Temas Iberoamericanos (AIETI), Aula

Solidaridad, Fundacion Chandra

Project Description:

 Madrid entre dos orillas is a project funded by the EQUAL programme of the European Social fund, runningfrom March 2004 to December 2007. It provides support to artists with an immigrant background in Madrid toset up their own cultural enterprises and to promote their work. The project acts as a platform for artists to sharetheir experiences and to obtain new skills for effecting change in their socio-economic and socio-culturalenvironment. It provides training, advice, and assistance for cultural entrepreneurs. A data base of culturalentrepreneurs with an immigrant background living and working in Madrid ("Catalogue of artists") is availablefrom the project web site. The database includes 116 profiles of individual artists, artists' groups andorganisations, most of them originating from Latin American countries. The project also organised a meeting forartists with immigrant backgrounds.

Lessons to be Learned:

Through the business promotion of artists and their cultural enterprises and through providing a space for theexchange of experiences, the project acts as bridge between immigrant artists and the local population in theirnew surroundings. Knowledge is seen as an important instrument in the process of changing the perception of themigratory experience.

Target Groups:

Artists from immigrant communities and their cultural enterprises

Contact Details:

Sonia Pottecher Madrid entre dos orillasEmail: portal@entredosorillas.orgWeb: http://www.entredosorillas.org (in Spanish only)

Additional Resources:

The online database of cultural entrepreneurs from the immigrant communities in Madrid is available from the project web site (in Spanish only).

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Interarts Seminar Guide: "Cultural Policies and Immigration". International Seminar held in Barcelona from 21to 22 November 2006. Abstract of the speech given by Sonia Poetticher, communication officer of the "Madrid between 2 Shores" project.

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