Every 18 months, Mekong Cultural Hub organises Meeting Point, a regional gathering for people interested in art and social action in Asia.
MCH is currently seeking people to host Local Gatherings as part of the 2024 Meeting Point. The aims of this programme are to expand the community of people engaged with the Meeting Point platform, and to give practitioners micro-grants to organise events in their local communities.
A Local Gathering can be an activity such as a talk, workshop, seminar or creative action which engages people in connection and exchange in relation to the theme of the 2024 Meeting Point, ‘Perspectives from the Grassroots’. It can be a short event (e.g. half a day) or happen over 2-3 days. It can be for a big group or a small group, depending on the topics you want to engage on and the format of your gathering.
By creating a network of multiple local gatherings happening in parallel, MCH aims to generate collective energy to feed into the Meeting Point and to create a sense of connection and solidarity between communities.
After organising their local event (anytime between 8-16 March 2023), hosts will take part in an in-person programme in Hanoi from 21-23 March 2024. There will also be exchange workshops for local gathering hosts (2 hours per month online between November 2023 and February 2024, and 1 full day in-person in Hanoi on 20 March 2024).
MCH offers a grant of between $500-1500 USD to organise your gathering, and will cover all costs for one representative per Gathering to attend the Meeting Point in Hanoi.
