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Art/ists and museums within Croatia’s cultural policy

Since it joined the EU, the state has adopted the basic principles of the EU’s cultural policies and, based on them, shaped its cultural strategies. Recently, great emphasis in policy documents on both a supranational and national level has been given to participation in arts and culture and the importance of creative economy. is paper focuses on the role of artists and museums in the implementation of cultural strategies. It presents an analysis of the main national cultural policy documents and the manner in which participation in arts and culture is envisaged and carried out in Croatia, mostly as part of the most recent EU- funded projects “Arts and Culture for Young People” and “Arts and Culture 54+” implemented within the framework of the European Social Fund’s Operational Programme Efficient Human Resources 2014–2020 (ESF OPEHR). e research also provides insight into the experiences and attitudes of artists and curators involved in the projects. e view of art and culture as instruments for achieving certain social objectives, such as inclusion, employment and social cohesion supported by the ESF OPEHR stands in opposition to how art and culture have been regarded so far by the cultural sector in Croatia, especially in heritage-related professions. ere is an evident gap between cultural programming on the state and European level, a difference in attitudes on the part of art and heritage professionals about the EU projects as opposed to their regular activities, and a lack of infrastructure and policy for making the programmes sustainable once the projects end.

art, artists, museum, participation, inclusion, cultural policy

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