Festival – Call for nominations

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NEU/NOW is a great opportunity for graduating students in the arts to present themselves!

The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) is pleased to announce the pilot of a festival that will present the most exciting and creative NEU artistic talent NOW emerging across Europe in the frame of the NEU/NOW Festival.

The NEU/NOW Festival will show selected work from graduating students from all art disciplines from all over Europe, first on line, followed by the first edition of NEU/NOW Live which will take place in Vilnius, European Capital of Culture 2009.

Vilnius Cultural Capital of Europe made it possible for ELIA to organise this pilot that is meant to become an annual festival, growing into a major leading and trendsetting event that will make the artists of the future visible to the world.


The NEU/NOW Festival is open to graduating arts students and recent graduates (within one year of graduation) of higher arts institutions and universities who are ELIA members. Students (as individuals or groups) will be nominated within one of the following five discipline categories.

-        Design
-        Film
-        Music
-        Theatre and Dance
-        Visual Arts

Each of the works selected for presentation in the Vilnius Live programme of the NEU/NOW Festival will be awarded a grant of up to a maximum of 5.000 € by ELIA towards the costs associated with presenting the work in Vilnius.

The European League of Institutes of the Arts – ELIA is the primary independent membership organisation of major arts education institutions and universities representing all subject disciplines and has a membership of more than 350 arts institutions in 47 countries. Through its membership network ELIA promotes dialogue, mobility, research, sharing of best practice and activities between artists, teachers, administrators and leaders, altogether representing more than 250,000 art students.

The lead organisation co-ordinating the Festival is the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), founded in 1990, which represents an independent network of 350 European Higher Arts Education Institutions and Universities, covering all arts disciplines.

The NEU/NOW Live Festival 2009 is presented by ELIA and Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009.
Partners in the event include the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and Vilnius Academy of Arts.

The festival is financed by Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009, the European Commission and ELIA.