The cooperation between the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF) and the Corps will focus on a grant programme supporting cultural and artistic projects dedicated to reflecting on the war and the lived experience of it.
Anastasiia Obraztsova, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, outlined the key areas of cooperation with the Corps in more detail. The UCF continues to actively involve service members in shaping cultural and artistic projects addressing the theme of war. She emphasized that it is fundamentally important for the Foundation to bring to society the voices of those who are living through the war. This is not about official reports or documents, but about the Ukrainian cultural space itself.
As part of the partnership between UCF and the First Corps Azov, a joint grant competition will be launched in the near future. The programme will be aimed at artistic reflection on the experience of war and at addressing social trauma in sensitive areas, particularly those affecting Ukrainians impacted by the war, including veterans, children, and internally displaced persons.
Chair of the UCF Supervisory Board Nataliia Kryvda noted that the upcoming joint programme continues the broader policy of consolidating Ukrainian society and preserving national memory:
The First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine shares this vision of the UCF. Within the Corps, culture is viewed as a fundamental element of national identity, one that is shaped and strengthened in times of war.
The new joint grant call will support cultural and artistic products in a wide range of formats, including interactive memory platforms, artistic objects and spatial installations, podcasts, exhibitions and displays, video content, theatrical productions, performances and staged readings, as well as literary and publishing projects such as catalogues, art books, and collected works.
Further details and full competition terms will be announced on the official website of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation later.