Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Beleidsdomein Cultuur, Jeugd, Sport en Media (Ministry of the Flemish Community, Department for Culture, Youth, Sports and Media, Belgium), 30 January 2026, Belgium

With Horizon 2035, the Flemish government started a reflection exercise in the autumn of 2025 on the future of cultural policy towards 2035. In a future committee, culture makers, thinkers and policy experts – supplemented by theme experts – think about the major societal challenges for culture and cultural policy. The goal: to offer a guiding perspective to policy, sector and society.

Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, 30 January 2026, Ireland

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has announced funding of over €1.6 million for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Regular Grants Programme.

National Arts and Crafts Council of Seychelles (NACC), 29 January 2026, Seychelles

Sending off ceremony of Artisans, Dancers and Musicians participating in the 39th Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2026 which is scheduled from January 31 to February 15, 2026. The delegation will depart Seychelles to India tomorrow 30th January 2026 to represent Seychelles in the craft fair and to perform a traditional dance.

Arts Council England, 29 January 2026, England

‘Digital Arts’ joins Collections and Cultural Property, Combined Arts, Dance, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts as Arts Council England’s tenth supported artform.

National Endowment for the Arts, 28 January 2026, USA

Long before the founding of the United States, Indigenous nations practiced ceremonial dances that carried meaning, memory, and identity across generations. These dances connected people to the land and spirit. As settlers and immigrants arrived from around the world, they brought their own movement traditions, shaped by where they came from and the lives they built here. Over time, the fusion of…

Ministère de la Culture, 28 January 2026, France

This inter-inspection mission will have to deliver its conclusions by the end of May 2026, formulating concrete recommendations aimed at improving and protecting the activity of professional artists-authors, on the basis of in-depth expertise on the legal, budgetary, economic and social levels.