Invitation to the Winter Plenum on Tuesday, February 13, 2023, 6:00 pm

Dear Independent Arts Community,

We invite everyone who is a part of Berlin’s independent arts community, who would like to get to know it or to support it to our winter plenum:

Please join us on February 13, 2023 at 6:00 pm for a digital plenum!

Online https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82127702368
Meeting-ID: 821 2770 2368

We recently had our shared Jour Fixe with Rat für die Künste with State Secretary for Culture Sarah Wedl-Wilson and want to tell you about it: what are our goals? What do we want to achieve?

We want to discuss these and other questions with you and also listen to your questions and demands!

We will also report on the other things we have been up to. And we are happy to have the team from RAUMBÜRO FREIE SZENE (formerly PROSA) give an update as usual. Finally, the KdFS working groups (AGs) present will report on their activities.

We will also hold our elections for the speakers not representating the discipline-specific advocacy groups (Verbände). Two people who are already speakers, Kerstin Quitsch and Julia Schell, have announced their candidacy and have been members of the Speaker's Circle since the summer of 2019. Their applications can be read here: http://www.koalition-der-freien-szene-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kandidatinnen-SK-Winter-2024-1.pdf

There will also still be time to discuss topics from all of you. Or we can all get a drink and continue discussing things informally. You are welcome to send us your topics and questions in advance via email or share them with us at the beginning of the plenum.

Here are the dates for the plena in 2024:

  • Spring Plenum: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
  • Summer Plenum: Friday, September 6, 2024 (followed by summer party)
  • Fall Plenum: Tuesday, 12. November 2024

Here is the agenda for the plenum:

  • TOP 1 Progress Report and Current Issues from the Speaker’s Circle
  • TOP 2 Progress Report from RAUMBÜRO FREIE SZENE (formally PROSA)
  • TOP 3 Election
  • TOP 4 Reports from the Work Groups
  • TOP 5 Miscellaneous / Open Discussion

We are very much looking forward to seeing all of you and ensuring that we keep things moving for our community!

With best wishes,
the Speaker’s Circle