Poland 3.4
Aug 19

Poland 3.4

  • August 19, 2019

Currently, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage runs subsidy programmes for:

  • National Collection of Contemporary Art of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The aim of the programme is to create and develop representative, international collections of contemporary art with the rank of national collections in order to strengthen the exhibition system and the field of visual arts in Poland.
  • Visual arts. The aim of the programme is to support the most valuable phenomena in Polish contemporary art and to popularise the most interesting phenomena of Polish and world art in Poland.

Recent editions of visual arts programmes increasingly support interdisciplinary artistic practices, international cooperation, accessibility and projects related to digital culture, sustainability and new technologies. Public discussions in the visual arts sector increasingly concern artists’ working conditions, institutional autonomy, ecological responsibility and the impact of artificial intelligence on artistic creation and copyright.

The Polish Craft Association, which was established in 1933, provides training programmes on environmental standards to promote awareness of these standards amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Together with 28 regional chambers, 478 guilds and 180 cooperatives it represent the interests of SMEs in view of government and regulatory bodies, public administration, courts and social-economic organisations. The Association remains active in vocational education and professional training, particularly in traditional crafts, handicraft and artistic professions. In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to the preservation of traditional craftsmanship, intergenerational transmission of skills, sustainable production and the adaptation of craft professions to digital and market transformations.

Through the membership in the European Union of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEunited), the Polish Craft Association participates in the European social dialogue.