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The COVID -19 crisis has hit the cultural and creative sectors hard.

There are several types of problems:

- Difficulty in moving
- Places of art consequently little frequented
- Closure of schools/universities/academies.

Travel, school, and all those activities that before the pandemic ensured our cultural and intellectual growth have now been put to the test. New scenarios are opening up, new horizons, and new cultural choices to be made with a single goal to pursue, to fill what we have lost, and to pursue, knowledge, history, and culture. Today more than ever, we need to create fertile ground for future generations to create the development of skills and competencies that strengthen creativity, innovation, contributing to the recovery of the cultural and creative sectors.

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Reinterpreting, rewriting the Sacred Icons of our cities in a contemporary key to transmit knowledge, values, and history. The language of art is universal and through its language, we can be architects of a cultural and human rebirth. The My Icon Your icon project aims to connect different European realities, but united by their Sacred Icons in a journey of experiences and history. Each city has its own Sacred Icon which takes on different meanings (religious, symbolic…) through the study of icons and their graphic and literary reinterpretation, young artists will connect with the social fabric.

Objectives

The main objectives will be:

- empower young people to learn about the European historical and artistic heritage
- improve skills and competencies in the aspects of creativity
- promote and strengthen the use of digital media to adapt them to the ways in which products are created, managed, disseminated, and consumed
- improve social inclusion and promote gender equality, non-discrimination, and equal opportunities through the virtuous use of new media
- broaden the knowledge of socio-professional functioning and possibilities of young people with partner countries
- expand and strengthen networks and new models of collaboration that stimulate intercultural dialogue and the development of a creative spirit among young people.

Target Group

Youth from 18 to 30 years of age.

Artists, writers, storytellers, graphic designers, visual artists, photographers