Overview

What if imagination wasn’t just a creative talent — but a practical skill?

IMAGINARI helps artists, entrepreneurs and cultural professionals turn creativity into sustainable careers, meaningful collaborations and future-oriented ideas.

Together, participants explore how imagination, wellbeing and regenerative thinking can inspire new ways of working, creating and building resilient communities across Europe.

IMAGINARI: The Art of What’s Next

IMAGINARI: The Art of What’s Next is a Creative Europe–funded project that began in February 2026. Ideated and coordinated by Traces&Dreams (Sweden), it supports artists, cultural creatives, entrepreneurs, and SME founders across Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, and Cyprus.

The partnership includes, The Serendipitous Black Cloud (Cyprus),  MVIdee (Netherlands), The Serendipitous Black Cloud (Cyprus), FILOERGOS II (Greece).

The project is ongoing under Project ID CREA-CULT-2025-COOP/101255589

Objectives

Supporting sustainable creative careers

Connecting artists and entrepreneurs

Exploring futures thinking

Encouraging regenerative business practices

Building a European creative network

Activities

During the project, partners will:

Conduct research and participatory mapping to identify shared needs and opportunities across sectors.

Deliver an online Imaginative Learning Journey for artists and entrepreneurs focused on futures literacy, storytelling, and regenerative business models.

Organise an international Co-Creation Lab where participants experiment with theatre, speculative design, and collaborative innovation.

Host a Collective Futures Festival to showcase results, engage stakeholders, and stimulate dialogue with wider audiences.

Develop an open-access digital hub and toolkit to ensure long-term visibility, replication, and community building.

Impacts & Outcomes

Increased entrepreneurial confidence and financial sustainability among artists.

Greater creative and strategic capacity among entrepreneurs to design purpose-driven businesses.

New cross-sector partnerships and collaborative models between cultural and economic actors.

Improved awareness of wellbeing, care, and regenerative thinking as drivers of innovation.

A lasting European ecosystem and resource platform that continues to connect, inspire, and support future-oriented cultural and business practices.

Project Updates

Discover the latest news, stories and milestones as IMAGINARI develops. From partner meetings to creative experiments, this is where the project evolves in real time.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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