Projects & Campaigns
ArtPower Belarus
ArtPower Belarus is a programme that supports and sustains Belarusian civic space through culture and the arts. It backs independent cultural initiatives, while strengthening civil society, developing professional capacities, and fostering international connections among Belarusian cultural practitioners. The programme is implemented by the Belarusian Council for Culture in partnership with the Danish Cultural Institute and is funded by the European Union.
Belarusian Magistrates
Website: mahistrat.byculture.org
Telegram: t.me/bielmahistrat
The project aimed to find funding for definite cultural initiatives. A magistrate is a community of Belarusians eager to support promising projects with a certain amount of money for a certain period. The first magistrate was Knihauka, for a Belarusian publishing house abroad. There were Magistrates around a club for teenagers, an application with excursions, a sports club for children, and a Belarusian school in Warsaw.
Vasminoh
Website: vasminoh.school
Telegram: t.me/vasminoh_adukacyja
An educational programme for Belarusian school students, supported by the European Union. As part of the programme, an online learning platform was developed, operating in a cross-border format, and 30 distinctive Belarus-focused projects were implemented. The role of the Belarusian Council for Culture is to provide information support and facilitate collaboration with creators.
Culture and media
Expanding the presence of cultural topics in Belarusian media is one of the focus areas of the Belarusian Council for Culture’s work. As part of this direction, we create joint special projects with independent media outlets, readily respond to journalists’ requests – whether for a comment from the team or an expert opinion – and advocate for the needs of cultural journalists and art critics.
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#01-2026
February 12, 2026
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