Sometimes it all starts with something small: an artist who dreams of recording her first DVD; a sculptor who seeks to produce her first personal exhibition; a cultural manager who opens a space for encounters; a teacher who imagines a project that invites generations of visual artists to dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making women's work in the creative industries visible implies recognizing the collective processes, the spaces of mutual support and the strategies that allow them to sustain creation in contexts that are often challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, since its creation in 2023, the cultural platform Fondo de Arte Joven (FAJ) supports projects led by women working in different contemporary creative fields. It is an accompaniment that seeks to strengthen cultural initiatives with the capacity to generate impact on their protagonists and the environments in which they develop, while exploring new forms of cultural participation and strengthening the social fabric, promoting perspectives of rights, diversity and inclusion in the emerging cultural and creative industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through access to resources, the visibility of their projects and\/or creative processes, professional training, and the possibility of connecting and establishing alliances with other essential figures in the cultural ecosystem, each proposal, led by women, has been able to consolidate and transcend local contexts, facilitating the projection of their work inside and outside Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the creation grant awarded by the FAJ, singer Annys Batista produced her DVD \u201cAnnys Batista Live Session\u201d, winner of the Cubadisco 2024 award in the \u201cMedium-length Audiovisual\u201d category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n