All the best for the upcoming 2024 edition.  Maya (from Belgium)

**Urgent call to Support Curators to Impact Flying Carpet Children Festival**

**Join us in supporting Alumni to be part of a unique [Festival Visit at Flying Carpet Festival](https://www.thefestivalacademy.eu/en/activities/festival-visits/flying-carpet-festival/), in southeast Turkey.**

The [Festival Visits](https://www.thefestivalacademy.eu/en/activities/festival-visits/) aim to empower the community of Alumni of The Festival Academy, to use their festivals as catalysts for social change while studying the transformative power of festivals in caring for and revitalizing communities.

This Festival Visit invites an international cohort of curators to experience the magic of [Flying Carpet Children Festival](https://www.flyingcarpetfestival.org/), a mobile festival for refugee children that takes place at the Turkish-Syrian border. The festival is run by a volunteer-based collective of world-class artists and visionaries who believe in the power of festivals as a catalyst for positive change in the lives of children in war-afflicted regions.

Participants will be part of an immersive experience, engaging directly with artists, team, and the local community of the festival, studying the unique concept of the festival in depth, and gaining firsthand insights into the power of festivals in challenging contexts.

Your support will enable Alumni to create international visibility for the festival, build meaningful collaborations with artists from the region, and promote a deeper understanding of the role festivals play in fragile communities.

We are urgently looking for additional funding to cover the on-site costs of the Festival Visit (such as meals, accommodation and transportation) for participating Alumni.

Every donation brings us closer to making this life-changing experience possible. Every donation helps us in our mission to empower festival leaders to catalyse social change!

Please distribute the call as widely as possible. We really need our community’s support in these times.

Thank you very much!

(Our friends and supporters based in the United States can support all our activities through a contribution to the Friends of The Festival Academy at Myriad USA and are eligible for a U.S. income tax deduction for their contributions.) 

Photo: Berna Küpeli



Urgent: Support Curators to Impact Flying Carpet Festival 

The Festival Academy offers capacity building training for emerging festival managers guided by festival and cross-sector experts.

The Festival Academy (an initiative of the European Festivals Association) is a non-profit organisation that has trained so far 1000+ emerging festival makers from 100+ countries with a pool of 400+ cross-sector experts over the past 17 years in over 103 countries.

Vision:

We envision a world where future generations can peacefully coexist based on knowledge, respect and tolerance of different value and belief systems. We advocate the profound cultural and societal significance of arts and culture festivals in the world. Our goal is to bring about a shift in mindset among society and public authorities, creating positive change through the power of creativity. We empower festival managers through the access to international connection, knowledge, and inclusive conversation. We focus on supporting emerging art festival leaders and underprivileged cultural practitioners from conflict regions with the aim to generate awareness and make the creative sector more equal and united. We aim to develop and sustain a community of festival leaders of the future who act in solidarity and impact the main challenges of our times.

Mission:

We provide space and time for diverse groups of minds, including artists, cultural managers, and cross-sector stakeholders, to come together, connect, and think collectively. We facilitate a global, inclusive conversation on the role of festivals in today's world. We empower festival leaders to consider themselves as change-makers. We explore ways to foster fair collaborations, navigate the challenges and opportunities of the digital revolution, and mitigate climate change within the fields of action of arts festivals. We offer training formats for emerging festival managers that serve as catalysts for creating connections between local and international professionals, nurturing the development of both new and long-term collaborations, and promoting the exchange of expertise and knowledge, thus building a continuously growing global network of the arts based on solidarity. We focus on strengthening our global alumni community, facilitating networking, knowledge sharing and exchange, and offering online resources.

Why festivals?

We believe festivals are bridging platforms and meeting places with a direct link between people, civil society structures and public authorities. They represent communities, different values, and belief systems. They have the power to transform communities - they can foster community cohesion, strengthening community resilience and encouraging tolerance of diversity. They reinforce social links, forge new solidarities, and strengthen our ability to better face current and future challenges. They furthermore can bring positive economic impact, secure jobs and growth, and catalyse infrastructure development. Festivals are multipliers because of their wide audience reach - The Festival Academy has reached over 40 million people through attending festivals and their audiences.

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