The Academy: where ideas become transformative culture
On February 19, the second edition of the Academy, the Lluís Carulla Award training and promotion environment. Throughout this phase, the 20 projects those selected will get tools, knowledge and support to bring their ideas to consolidation.
With the creation of the Academy, the Foundation aims to expand the scope of the Lluís Carulla Prize and to offer the country’s cultural fabric much more than a financial benefit. It’s not just training: is a shared learning ecosystem that connects creators and methodologies under the same purpose.
Four workshops to grow with meaning
The Academy consists of four intensive workshops based on philosophy I will mutatean experiential methodology aimed at the practical application of ideas. These sessions offer a space to work on projects in depth and to grow from collective intelligence. At the end of the process, those selected will have been able to rethink their proposals to make them sustainable over time and to expand their transformative potential.
- Workshop 1 – Culture and social transformation: application of the Mutare methodology to analyze and improve projects.
- Workshop 2 – Entrepreneurial skills: planning, sustainability and economic viability.
- Workshop 3 – Impact: evaluation and definition of indicators to measure results and generate real impact.
- Workshop 4 – Creativity and communication: think disruptively from the arts.
In the fifth session, those selected will justify their proposal in front of the jury only 10 of these projects will pass to the Incubation phase and will compete for the final award of the Lluís Carulla Prize.
Twenty projects, a plural view
The 20 selected projects they draw a living map of contemporary Catalan culture. Diversity is one of the great strengths of this year’s edition: from the community theater ofStories of the People (Sonder Produccions) until the fight against misinformation ofUnpublished newspaperpassing through the impulse to the cultural accessibility of LSC.circ (Assoc. Cultural PolArt), the distribution of cinema in Catalan to depopulated areas of linked or the work of Gout (Assoc. Cal Gras) for the promotion of the arts in education.
Beyond the variety of formats and disciplines, there is a significant coincidence: many of the proposals focus on the cultural rights of young people. “The group that is the future is being addressed a lot”, points out the mentor Judith Barnés. It is no coincidence: creators are increasingly aware that the new generation is not only a passive audience, but an active subject of transformation.
Despite the apparent diversity, the common thread is clear. The projects selected for the Academy understand culture as a right and a tool to foster cohesion and critical thinking; as a specific way to influence the present to build the future.
More than an award
In its second edition, the Academy confirms a fundamental conviction: cultural projects do not grow only with an initial push, but with time, strategic vision and a community that supports them. The Lluís Carulla Award is thus understood as a accompanying itinerary that strengthens capacities, organizes strategies and fosters alliances between various initiatives.
In a context of constant digital, social and territorial transformations, the cultural sector needs spaces to stop, rethink and professionalise without losing purpose. The Academy responds to this need. And it is here, in this shared space of learning and connection, where ideas start to become reality.
