The new member of the Tartu 2024 Foundation Supervisory Board is Kalmar Kurs, the current Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Ministry of Culture.

From 11 March to 2 April applications for the Tartu 2024 foundation’s volunteer team are open. Volunteers are sought for the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 events in seven categories: hosts, information staff, volunteers at special events, backstage assistants, technical volunteers, environmental volunteers and photographers.

Heigo Teder is an experienced cultural event producer. For the last six years he was the Chief Manager at Ugala Theatre, for eight years prior to that he was employed at Rakvere Theatre. As of January 2021, he works at the Tartu 2024 foundation as a Production Coordinator. What will be his first steps in the new position? What do the Arts of Survival mean to him? What is, in his opinion, the current state of Southern Estonian cultural landscape? Read the first interview with Heigo Teder.

Hailing from Nõo Parish in Tartu County, Jaan Ulst is an experienced choreographer-stage director and cultural manager. As of January 1 2021, he works at the Tartu 2024 foundation as a Programme Line Manager. What will be his first steps in his new position? What do the “Arts of Survival” mean to him? How does he assess the current Southern Estonian cultural landscape? Read more for the first interview with the new Tartu with Humanity Programme Line Manager Jaan Ulst.

During the last week of January, 19 Southern Estonian municipalities signed a cooperation agreement for preparing and implementing the European Capital of Culture.