Culture Minister Owen Bonnici this morning announced a new €100,000 fund for artists to create programmes within their local communities.
The scheme, entitled Creative Communities, aims to leverage the cultural diversity and collective memory of local communities to create lasting partnerships with professional artists and voluntary organisations.
Arts Council Malta director of strategy Toni Attard said the council would be organising information sessions and one-to-one brokerage sessions to enable interested parties to take full advantage of the opportunity.
Dr Bonnici added that as part of the restructuring of the Arts Council, the Creative Communities fund would be administered fully by the council instead of the ministry, in the interest of increasing transparency.
The first round of applications is open until April 2 for projects between June 2015 and June 2016.