In 2025, the various Creative Factories are launching the Barcelona Crea – Creative Factories Grants 2025, an initiative supported by the Institute of Culture of Barcelona (ICUB) aimed at supporting the stages prior to production that accompany the development of artistic proposals: conceptualization, gestation, research, experimentation, documentation, and rehearsal. Some of the Factories have already announced the results of their open calls.

This is the case of La Escocesa, which, among the 200 applications received, has selected the following projects:

• Helen Torres – Semillero para el Chthuluceno: A collective and situated speculative fabulation exercise that will collect and generate terms to nourish the compost of La Escocesa, enriching these “cultivation zones that are the framework of thinking, values, and intentions that nourish and shape everything that happens at La Escocesa.”
• Arelis Magdalena Benítez Rosario and Patri Vizcaino Villalón – Influencias Negras y Caribeñas en la globalización: Diálogo visual y sonoro: A research project on how Black and Caribbean aesthetics and sounds shape the artistic landscape of the Global North.
• Pantea Armanfar – Alteradio: A community ecological radio project developed at La Escocesa by the collective So, which includes the Soundcamp Cooperative and artist Pantea. The aim is to create a mobile ecological radio studio using DIY devices and participatory methods such as sound walks, workshops, and collaborative gatherings.

Joint call by La Caldera, El Graner, and La Poderosa

The joint open call from the Creative Factories La Caldera and El Graner, along with the collective La Poderosa, has also been resolved, with the following results:

La Caldera – Research and Creation

• Jose Manuel Pérez González (Pepe Lolo) – La salida
• Lara Brown – Tórtola Valencia, pienso en ti con mis manos

La Caldera – Writing and Archive

• Esther Solé Alarcón – Si de la conjunción de un rayo y un cadáver

El Graner – Thought and Archive

• André Felipe Costa Silva – Fabulaciones, dispositivos de activación de un archivo vivo

El Graner – Transmission

• Si Los Martes Fueran Viernes + LosInformalls + LaCerda – Bailar sin mis amigas no es bailar

El Graner – Mediation

• Pedro Díniz – Sortida d’emergència

La Poderosa – Research and Creation

• Mariona Naudín – Com matar un home

La Poderosa – Transmission, Methodologies, Theoretical and Practical Thinking

• Carmelo Salazar – Emotional Dance Training

Benet i Jornet Grants

The annual call for the Benet i Jornet Grants for the writing of original theatrical texts in Catalan, promoted by Sala Beckett, has been incorporated into the Barcelona Crea – Creative Factories Grants 2025. The three grants have been awarded to Marc Angelet, Ivan Morales, and Marta Aguilar, for their respective writing projects: La relatora, Una nova carrera a una nova ciutat (working title), and Erma (working title).

Homesession

The visual arts research and creation space Homesession, which is part of the Creative Factories Network, has also announced the results of its Barcelona Crea Grants call. Oriol Arnedo Casas and Anna Pasco Bolta are the selected artists and will receive the corresponding research grant.

As for the Barcelona Crea Grants from the other Creative Factories, some are currently open, others have closed their application periods and are awaiting resolution, and some will be announced shortly. You can find all the details here.