Glasgow based UZ Arts, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and the Hull based Freedom Festival are all part of the Europe-wide arts initiative The IN SITU Network, which has received four-year funding to create new arts projects in public spaces.
The European Commission Creative Europe programme has provided funding of €1,940,000 (£1,520,000) which will see the realisation of two concurrent projects, IN SITU ACT and IN SITU Platform.
Together the projects will run across Europe, promoting public engagement and showcasing the work of emerging artists.
Artists will benefit from transnational writing seminars, mentoring, European and international residencies, training modules and tailored consulting and expertise for European cities.
Coordinator and project manager Ariane Bieou said, “IN SITU has been a very powerful network for UK artists, bringing opportunities for them to collaborate with artists across Europe and to present work to international audiences. It has also provided support for artists through international residencies in Europe and Sri Lanka.
"IN SITU has had a dramatic impact on audiences enabling us to bring increasing numbers of artists from across Europe to perform at festivals across Scotland.”