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Target beneficiaries:
Local residents, cultural institutions, cultural managers, artists,
students of architecture and of alternative theatre and performance.
Stakeholders:
Local public administration, several civic cultural and non-cultural
associations, businesses (owner of the Automatic Mills, Seek Harbor Booking,
bookshops Kosmas), cultural and educational institutions, others (Centre for
Integration of Foreigners).
Budget:
Approx. €13.000, Municipality 43%, Private corporate donor: 11,4%
Cultural institute publicly funded and NGOs : 45,6%
Results:
The festival showcased a total of 15 plays, 6 dance and theatre
performances, 12 concerts, 6 exhibitions, 7 lectures, 6 film screenings, a conference
and several workshops.These events mobilised 38 volunteers —who worked a total
of 1450 hours— and were attended by nearly 4.700 people.
The festival was successful in fulfilling its three main objectives, in particular in raising
the interest of the general and professional public on the future of the monument,
The initiative also led to the “Mills to City” civic initiative, a platform for setting up an
interdisciplinary working group of experts (cultural sphere, art managers,
representatives of local civic associations, city council officers) to prepare a project
on the future use of the Automatic Mills for its conversion into a social and
community centre (Kulturfabrik).
Success/ failure factors:
Success has been illustrated by the involvement of
stakeholders, strong public identification with the place (sense of belonging), large
volunteer base and the involvement and support (including financial) of the
Municipality.
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Topic:
Arts for social cohesion, wellbeing & social innovation / Culture to go
international
Country:
Spain
City context:
Valladolid had a population of 309,423 inhabitants in 2014
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the capital of the region and an important communication node in the Northwest
of Spain, the city’s economic activity focuses on the services sector, commerce and
hotel industry.
Valladolid’s position as communication node in the Hispanic peninsula has helped
the city to develop a mixed cultural heritage as well as a cultural tradition linked both
to the University and to the initiatives of the nineteenth century’s bourgeoisie that
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