Taskforce – Cooperation with the Bikuben Foundation

Cooperation with the Bikuben Foundation on development programs for cultural institutions

Together with the Bikuben Foundation, we have started a development programme for cultural institutions to help them realise their potential.

The aim is to create new opportunities and ensure the sustainable development of arts institutions by:

• strengthening institutions’ insight into and overview of their own business strategy
• identifying and developing a number of concrete development activities that address the institutions’ potential and needs for development
• initiating development activities that strengthen the institutions’ long-term business development, financial sustainability and international operations

Lastly, working closely with institutions also allows foundations to gather knowledge across the field and test new forms of collaboration.

The program was tested as a pilot project in 2020-21 and will be further developed as a methodology for selected art institutions in 2022-24.

The following institutions are or have been in a Task Force process:

Nuuk Kunstmuseum

In 2022, the Nuuk Art Museum began the Task Force programme focusing on organizational and business development.

The Bora Bora theater

In 2022, the Bora Bora Theater began the Task Force programme focusing on organizational and business development.

The performance group Sisters Hope

In the spring of 2022, Sisters Hope began a Task Force process. Based on the process, a number of development activities have been initiated focusing on:

• Internationalisation
• Organisational development
• Strengthening of the business model
• Update of graphic identity and website

SMK Fridays project organisation

SMK Fridays began the Task Force programme in the spring of 2021. It has identified the following focus areas:

• Experimental art outreach with a focus on diversity
• Greater emphasis on institutional learning
• Strategic partnerships with culture institutions and professionals, as well as the private sector

Performing arts organisation HAUT

Haut completed its participation in Task Force in 2021. During the programme, it identified the following focus areas:

• Establishment of a professional board (with the assistance of a consultant)
• Re-organisation and review of management procedures in the hopes of establishing a clearer division of roles and responsibilities (with the assistance of an occupational psychologist)
• Clarification of the institution’s brand (with the help of a communications agency)

Haut’s participation in Task Force led to a multi-year partnership with the Bikuben Foundation to establish a residency centre.

The Fix&Foxy theatre company

Fix&Foxy completed its participation in Task Force in 2020. During the programme, it identified the following focus areas:

• Re-organisation focusing in particular on management (with the assistance of an occupational psychologist)
• Graphic identity and website (with the assistance of a design and communications agency)

Fix&Foxy’s participation in Task Force led to a multi-year, internationally focused partnership with the Bikuben Foundation.

Festival secretariat CPH Stage

CPH Stage completed its participation in Task Force in 2020. Its participation led to a “purpose workshop”. During its participation, it also took part in a review as a part of a process that will lead to the establishment of a professional board of trustees.

Exhibition platform ARIEL – Feminism in the Aesthetic

Ariel began participation in Task Force in 2021 seeking to learn how to become a better platform for exhibitions and conversations about “feminisms in the aesthetic”. Specific focus areas will be identified in the autumn of 2022.