Our journey - Art Ally

Upcoming

Preparations are underway for the launch of the professional introductions service in 2024 and a wider programme of live matchmaking events. Follow Art Ally social media channels for the most up-to-date news.

2023: Art / Technology / Climate Change

In cooperation with Acting for Climate (Norway) and Menddie Oy (Finland) organised an event on 11 August 2023 to further develop a framework for values-based cross-sectoral cooperation. We brought together art organisations and start-ups in Helsinki that address climate change in their work for two sessions of knowledge-sharing and networking walk in nature.

Values-based partner matchmaking

Started prototyping the partner matchmaking tool for the facilitation of meaningful connections based on shared values, organisational cultures and Sustainable Development Goals.

Pivot

Our research led to shifting the focus to the most pertinent challenges we face as humankind. Art Ally takes a new course to facilitate partner search for meaningful initiatives between art & culture and other sectors. Online networking platform is closed down. We embark on testing the model for values-based cross-sector cooperation, closely tied to the Sustainable Development Goals.

2022: Networking event in cooperation with Creative Europe Desks

We looked into how arts & culture organisations look for partners and what obstacles they encounter. As a way to learn we organised a networking event in cooperation with Creative Europe Desks. 31 representatives of arts and culture organisations of various sizes and scopes from 8 countries joined in to learn more about EU cooperation and how to search for partners.

Professional matchmaking in the arts

The online platform was a space where sculptors could meet dancers, artists could meet producers, and students could meet established professionals. And vice versa. We launched Art Ally 1.0 in November 2021 and it served the community until 5 February 2023. Over this time we welcomed almost 200 users, created around 40 random matches, and helped to promote 15 opportunities for cooperation. It was a rewarding experience to learn about various aspects of networking, growing and supporting the online Art Ally community, and testing ways to make the initiative sustainable. We featured the profiles of professionals in search of creative partners,…

2021: First prototype

The first online platform for networking in arts & culture goes live and brings together artists and cultural professionals from different disciplines and countries.

2020: Idea

Art Ally initiative started as an idea for an easier way to make diverse connections in the field of arts and culture.