Winners of the Young Art Fund (FAJ) "Creative Projects" program announced
The results of the second call of the program were announced in the last few days. Creative Projectsin the music category. This is an initiative of the Fondo de Arte Joven (FAJ) together with cultural institutions such as NG Art Gallery and the Habana Clásica music festival, and its objective is to support the production and development of creative proposals in the field of musicology, composition and interpretation.
The call for proposals ran from June 30 to July 21, during which time a total of 62 proposals were received from all over the country. The seven projects approved were Much more than wordsby Dayron Ortíz, dedicated to the music of Martha Valdés; Via D'Escapeby clarinetist Alejandro Coqui Calzadilla; Leo, the indispensable soulby cellist Amaya Justiz Robert, member of the string quartet Alma; Live Sessions - Annys Batistaby the singer of the same name; Changes colorby Kadir González, and SonGálvez: Sisters in Concertby Wendy Oram; and Assault to heavena proposal by Jorge A. Fernández Acosta, keyboardist and director of the rock band Histéresis.
According to statements by Fondo de Arte Joven officials, the selected proposals respond to criteria such as sustainability, quality and impact on the artist's professional future. The winners are currently in dialogue with the institution's team to finalize budgets and more details. From FAJ's social media profiles we can keep updated on the course that the careers of the classified artists may take.
The Fondo de Arte Joven is a cultural institution born in the digital space in January of this year. So far it has been actively involved in the support of artists in training or self-taught. The program Proof of this is that it recently launched the second call for the "Creative Projects" program, one of its first actions, and had a first edition last April, while the first was held in April. This project, in turn, is related to its counterpart To the rhythm of inclusionwhich is coordinated by CIERIC (Centro de Intercambio y Referencia-Iniciativa Comunitaria) and the UNJC (Unión Nacional de Juristas de Cuba), with the financial collaboration of the European Union, the Italian NGO CISP and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (COSUDE). Both initiatives pursue the objective of creating a network of impulse for a young creative collective with different visions.
