Or project’s aim is to contribute to the development of a critical mass operators and cultural managers that will get to know the contemporary Romanian cultural phenomenon through building experience under the roof of some cultural project that will have a certain impact in society and through dialogue with relevant artists that are accustomed to the cultural and creative field, for these new generation managers to come up with projects and to initiate innovative cultural practices, to make the projects visible and bring young and untraditional audience to the events and paths that may appear with the occasion of Timișoara 2021 – European Capital of Culture, to contribute to the cultural and social intentions that will validate modern Romania’s European aspirations, through the third edition of the autumn school that is meant for Romanian students from any field and are interested and have any kind of activity in the artistic and creative field. 

General and specific objectives of the
cultural project

O1. to professionalize cultural management through developing specific skills, be it entrepreneurial skills or cross skills, for a number of 10 youngsters selected at a national level, through taking part in an autumn school (development, residence, project, involvement in experiences/ events) and through internships in Timișoara European Capital of Culture ‘in the making’.

O2. to create a transdisciplinary and multigenerational network of creators, artists, managers, entrepreneurs and cultural operators that may work together and develop and implement productions and cultural and creative projects during the project and after the project is over through developing a webpage/ platform that will work as a workplace, an archive of resources and idea-generator for the network.

O3. to consolidate and build new links with artistic and cultural entrepreneurship potential between Timișoara and the creative neighbourhoods from Banatul Montan and between these two regions and other regions through reconfiguring the geography of the project.

O4.  to register the practises and the of the learning events, developement, dialogue and working on projects by conceiving a Compendium of good practises in the management of cultural projects and through a ‘making of’ film meant to promote the rising participation and the access to all cultural actors, to the traditional and non-traditional audience to the artistic act.

We see the TMcult Autumn School as a place of eminence. That’s why instructing and learning are grounded in principles and practices that showed their solidarity and efficiency all around the world, in universities and well-known organisations: substantial theoretical and academic training done through interactive and participative workshops, with specialised and niche themes along with fieldwork – participation and direct contact, documentation, practicing the ways of writing projects correlated with the application file/employment of the capital of culture 2021. We think that experiential learning focused on the project is innovative not only in the forming of cultural professionals and projects, but Romanian learning and teaching in general. 

In terms of development we offer:
1 MasterClass of Cultural project management
1 Seminar of Cultural and Politic Strategies
1 Fundraising workshop
1 Critical Thinking Workshop
1 PR&Communication workshop
Open source mentoring
Knowledge curating
Fieldwork
Networking, internship, fellowship, alumni

In terms of documentation we offer:
A meeting with the Timișoara 2021 – European Capital of Culture team
A meeting with the ArtEcounters – Contemporary Art Biennale Timișoara team
A meeting with producers and organisers from Timișoara
A guided tour in the Art Biennale, along with the curators Maria Lind and Anca Rujoiu

Extra:
Permanent or part-time internships in NGOs
Support in applying for project funding and development
Networking, fellowship, internship, alumni
Team Bonding with the residents of 2017 and 2018