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Ars Biologica ArtXScience Residency Open Call
With the Ars Biologica ArtXScience Residency Open Call, České Budějovice ECoC 2028 and Ars Electronica invites artists, designers, creatives, and artist collectives to apply for a fully funded program designed for direct collaboration with local scientists.
Budějovice hosted the first ECoC Youth Clubs gathering. A new European collaboration of young creatives has begun.
What will remain for young people after the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) year ends? We're already looking for the answer.
SKATEHOLDERS FORUM 2026
The third edition of the international SKATEHOLDERS Forum festival, which will once again be closely intertwined with the local Transforma festival. Four days packed with contests, inspiring debates, exhibitions, workshops, concerts, and opportunities to connect with the very people pushing skate culture forward.
Evening School at Nová: Start the Sourdough, Kindle the Fire
The Nová Residency House is launching an Evening Baking School. Three sessions dedicated to working with sourdough, kneading, baking, and the questions that naturally rise from the dough—about fermentation, community, and everyday life.
MONTH OF CREATIVITY has come to an end!
The Family Saturday that took place at the Wortner House showed what a museum focused on the youngest children could look like.
Hotel Fatigue
Hotel Fatigue is a site-specific performance by Divadlo Continuo, inspired by the true stories of real people who lived, worked, or stayed at the Blanice hostel and its surroundings.
The first (Perma)culture open call has selected its projects. The next call remains open for another month.
Only one month left until the deadline for the second (Perma)culture Open Call. Until July 10, 2026, cultural organizations, artists, associations, schools, and other initiatives can submit projects to potentially become part of the program for České Budějovice – European Capital of Culture 2028.
Creativity Month has arrived in preschools too!
Creativity, movement, and collaborative crafting – preschool children in České Budějovice and the surrounding area experienced all of this during Creativity Month, which brought a total of twenty workshops to local preschools.
Ars Biologica Independent Studies (ABIS): Biointelligence: Zoom In / Zoom Out
How does our perception of the world change when we draw closer to the structures of life invisible to the naked eye? What happens, conversely, when we zoom out and begin to think on the scale of organisms, ecosystems, the planet, or the universe? A three-day workshop with Tereza Čajková and Barbora Kleinhamplová will explore these very questions. Register now!
CZECH OPEN CALL – SOUTH SPECIFIC 2028
The South Specific festival is launching an open call for new site-specific and immersive projects in the fields of performing arts and new technologies. South Specific is a unique theater festival dedicated to immersive and site-specific projects, connecting performing arts with unconventional locations across the South Bohemian Region. For its second edition, taking place in 2028, the festival is seeking new immersive and/or site-specific projects by creators and teams from the Czech Republic, or projects developed in co-production with international partners (though this is not a requirement). The festival is part of the České Budějovice – European Capital of Culture 2028 program.
The Nová Residence has opened its doors to artists and the local scene!
The Nová Residence has officially opened in České Budějovice. It is the first residential space with studios dedicated to literary and visual arts, focusing on artistic creation and cultural production across various disciplines. Read more!
The Urban Field symposium opens a debate on the future of cities and landscapes.
We invite you to the Urban Field symposium, taking place on June 20 and 21, 2026. The event will be held both on the land we plan to cultivate collectively and in the auditorium of the Faculty of Science at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. You can look forward to debates, workshops, and lectures on urban agriculture, food self-sufficiency, and the relationship between the city and its surrounding landscape. Together with scientists and local residents, we will explore options for a shared economic model that we plan to implement right in the heart of the city. Come and get involved in shaping the Urban Field!
