CEC ArtsLink
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CEC ARTSLINK is an international arts service organization. Our program of cultural exchange sustains constructive, mutually beneficial relationships between the U.S. and the 27 countries of Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia.
Mission
We believe that the arts are a society’s most deliberate and complex means of communication, and that artists and those who work in the arts can help nations overcome long histories of reciprocal distrust and conflict.
Program
ArtsLink Awards offer funding to artists and arts organizations for residencies and creative collaborations.
Jubilee Fellowships is a U.S. residency program for young, mid-career Russian arts managers.
Open World Cultural Leaders brings young professionals in the arts from Russia to the United States.
VisArt: Contemporary Issues in Arts and Culture
offers short residencies in the U.S., seminars and performances by well known U.S. artists.
VisArt Central Asia, for visual and performing artists in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the Kirghiz Republic, offers U.S. residencies and workshops in contemporary arts.
Impact
CEC ArtsLink is recognized as an international resource for professional exchanges in the arts, thanks to our roster of artists and volunteer specialists; our experience in collaborating with arts organizations; our network of residency host sites in the United States; and our contacts in Russia, Eurasia and Central Europe.
Countries
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Contact
435 Hudson Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 643-1985
www.cecartslink.org
EIN: 13-2531695
Regular price $7500 $75.00
Sound equipment and technical help are not expensive by U.S. standards, but such costs are still beyond the reach of music schools and community cultural centers in Central Asia. $75 helps to make possible a memorable concert of new music and a demonstration of non-traditional performance styles.