Albania has joined the BJCEM – Biennale des Jeunes Crà©ateurs de l’Europe et de la Mà©diterranà©e (Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean). The membership was implemented within the cooperation agreement in the field of art, culture, and heritage between the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Turin, which was signed in Turin in 2015 by Albanian Minister of Culture Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi and Mayor of Turin Piero Fassino.
“The Ministry of Culture, within the promotional policies for young artists and expansion of cultural cooperation in the Mediterranean region and beyond, through membership in BJCM will create new opportunities to artists to participate in all activities, conferences, residencies, exhibitions etc., that the network will organize,” according to Albanian Ministry of Culture. Countries affiliated within the BJCEM voted unanimously for Albania’s entry into this network, seeing it as an opportunity to exchange ideas, visions among artists as well as give them the opportunity to cooperate with other artists from Europe and the Mediterranean.
BJCEM which organizes the Biennale of Young Artists every two years, has proposed to organize the 2017 Biennale in Tirana, following previous editions in Turin, Rome, Sarajevo, Athens, Naples, Bari and Skopje. Two potential choices for the next Biennale are Tirana, and the city of Seville in Spain. The final choice will be taken at the General Assembly in June 2016. Established in Sarajevo in July 2001, BJCEM network consists of 55 members
from 17 countries, representatives of cultural institutions and independent organizations. Aiming to create opportunities for young artists to show their works and to support them in the process of creation and artistic research, BJCEM gathers hundreds of young artists together, showing their art in various disciplines in cinema, music, food, visual art, theater, dance and literature. So far BJCEM has organized 17 biennials, bringing together over 10,000 young artists. Latest edition Mediterranean Young Artists Biennale- 17 was organized in Milan where more than 300 artists participated
