ArtsLink Assembly: Beyond Greener Grass will share critical ideas, build networks of support, develop implementation plans and initiate a new cultural ecology for Ukraine and its diaspora.

The broad issues are set out in the paper Beyond Greener Grass: strategies towards Ukrainian transnational cultural reconstruction, produced by the Ukrainian Institute and Cedos, Kyiv, in partnership with CEC ArtsLink, New York, and launched in November at the ArtsLink Assembly 2023.

Beyond Greener Grass will be the culmination of a series of workshops for artists and cultural leaders held in three cities in Ukraine and two abroad between March and August 2024. These moderated dialogues will engage the broader artistic community on tools and strategies for Ukraine’s cultural reconstruction, create platforms for ongoing coherent cultural discussion, share knowledges, and add a wider range of artists’ perspectives to the strategic planning.

The Assembly will bring together key artists and cultural leaders to present the outcomes of the workshops – reflections, new issues and ideas, as well as constructive proposals for future action.

All presentations will be accessible through the CEC ArtsLink website, with public events to be livestreamed and archived for broad accessibility.

Partner / Venue in Lviv, Ukraine

ArtsLink Assembly 2024 is organized by CEC ArtsLink in partnership with Jam Factory Art Center. A newly opened independent contemporary art institution in Lviv, Ukraine, Jam Factory plays a key role in reflecting and presenting contemporary processes in Ukrainian and international art and culture, opening opportunities for public dialogue.