Reflections from Skopje: Building the Foundations for the P2CC Online Guide

By Yane Calovski, Press to Exit Project Space, Lead Partner, WP3 – Creative Mentoring Exchange, P2CC.

From 2 to 4 June 2025, partners and mentors of the Pathways to Creative Careers (P2CC) project gathered in Skopje for the Creative Mentoring Exchange Co-Production Lab. Hosted by Press to Exit Project Space at the Socio-Cultural Space Centar Jadro, this three-day meeting was an inspiring and focused exchange on how creative professionals and educators can co-design new mentoring models for the cultural and creative sectors.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | Start: 11:00 AM, duration until 1:00 PM Europe House Skopje

The Organization for Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practices Press to Exit from Skopje is pleased to invite you to the public presentation of the international project
Pathways to Creative Careers / P2CC, supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union.

This event will present the results and vision of the project, which focuses on training and supporting youth educators in the field of creative and cultural industries, with a special focus on mentorship and accessibility for young people from marginalized communities.

Project activities | OPEN CALL: Echo Curve Project | Implemented by Association of Artists "Project EXP", Novi Sad; "Press to Exit Project Space", Skopje; and Autonomous cultural center "Attack". Financially supported by the Government of Switzerland, within the project "Culture for Democracy", implemented by the Heartefact Foundation| 2024

APPLICATION FORM LINK: https://forms.gle/7vsr6tyZwNoAgrua7

What are we looking for?

We invite emerging artists up to 30 years of age, from Novi Sad (Serbia), Zagreb (Croatia), and Skopje (North Macedonia) to explore and open up discussions on the potential of artistic practice as a relevant modus of communication in contemporary society. The artists will be selected based on their portfolio, motivation, and a proposed idea on the concept of the Echo Curve theme.

External activities | Yane Calovski | Artist talk: DIY - Independent Spaces - Neweast  | organized by Art Collection Telekom | KVOST, Berlin | 15.09.2023

DIY - Independent Spaces - Neweast  is an artist talk and discussion with Yane Calovski, Boyana Dzhikova and Vikenti Komitski, organized by  Art Collection Telekom, that will take place at KVOST, Berlin, on 15^th of September 2023.

External activities | Yane Calovski | Exhibition "Don’t Dream Dreams" | organized by Art Collection Telekom | Moderna Galerija Ljubljana | 24.05 – 17.09.2023

Don’t Dream Dreams presents a selection of works from Art Collection Telekom and is an appeal not to take refuge in dreams in the face of the growing threat to democracy, the state of our planet and a terrible war in the heart of Europe.