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EUROPE ON FIRE – Expert Workshop

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EAIPA Expert Workshop / May 26-27, 2025, in Vienna, Austria

EAIPA invites peers and experts to explore the impact of an increasingly difficult political climate for arts and culture and to discuss what tools can be used to effectively address this issue.

POLITICS IN FOCUS

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The European Association of Independent Performing Arts kindly invites to a Series of Online Events / 14h – 16h CET

#1 12.12.2024 – Community Building: Uniting the Art Scene
#2 13.02.2025 – South-East Dialogue: Definitions of Art, Visibility and Funding
#3 08.05.2025 – Social Responsibility of Art
#4 12.06.2025 – Environmental Responsibility of Art

EAIPA Dossier 2018 – 2023

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This dossier provides new insights into the European independent performing arts sector. It is a collection of EAIPA’s research output, policy recommendations and event reports, which spotlights the current working conditions and support structures for independent performing artists in Europe. This includes comparative analyses of different national and regional funding and fair pay structures as well as social insurance and intermittency systems. It also surveys other overlooked areas, such as mental health support, career transition opportunities and the overall role of arts as public health service.

EAIPA CELEBRATES ITS 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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The European umbrella organisation The European Association of Independent Performing Arts was founded in September 2018. EAIPA represents the interests of professionals working in Europe’s independent performing arts scene and responds to Europe’s cultural policymaking by means of data collection and new policy proposals.

The independent theatre scene in Poland

The situation of the independent theatre scene in Poland is far more complex than it appears to be. It is therefore worth mentioning specific numbers at the outset. According to statistics from the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw, there are almost 800 independent entities actively operating in Poland. This number includes companies with a legal title (foundations, associations), private theatres (operating as a business), informal collectives and freelance artists.

Author: Katarzyna Knychalska
Picture: © Natalia Kabanow