Call for hosts for the annual CIRRUS Network Meeting

Would your institution like to welcome the CIRRUS network to your campus? We invite member schools to host one of two upcoming meetings, in autumn 2029 or autumn 2030. We especially welcome proposals from schools hosting for the first time.

The annual meeting brings colleagues from Nordic and Baltic art and design schools together to share teaching practices, meet potential partners and plan joint courses and exchanges. Around 100 colleagues registered for the 2026 meeting in Lahti.

As host, your school chooses a theme, shapes the programme and organises the meeting locally together with the CIRRUS board. You might open your studios to visiting colleagues, lead a workshop or couple of them on a shared teaching challenge or introduce participants to local artists and designers. CIRRUS has so far contributed 3000 EUR per year towards hosting the meeting. Participants pay a participation fee to cover hosting costs

How to express interest

Please submit filled one-pager max (pdf) form by 30 November 2027.  Tell us which year you are proposing, where you would host and roughly when (dates Wed-Fri) in the autumn the meeting could take place. Briefly describe your theme, why it would be of interest to other member schools and who we can contact. Below is the network meeting template you can use for guidance.

After the deadline, the CIRRUS board will review the proposals, consider the relevance of each theme to the network and select the host for each year.

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