Baltic-Nordic Artists and Art Workers' Initiatives Network




The network joins initiatives – unions, associations, networks, and grassroots movements – that address the precarity of material, social, and political conditions of artists and art workers in Baltic and Nordic countries. We aim to understand the complex reasons for precarity in the visual arts sector and to tackle this problem on shared practical grounds.

The B-N AAWI network’s activities, including a meeting in Vilnius in 2025 organised by the Art Workers’ Union (Lithuania) and hosted by the Contemporary Art Centre, are financed by the Nordic Culture Point. You can read about the wonderful meeting here.



Art Workers’ Union (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Artists’ Association
Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association
Council of the Creative Unions of Latvia
Grassroots organisers from Estonia
Grassroots organisers from Finland
Kiila (Finland)

Artists’ Association of Finland
Artists’ Association of Sweden

Young Artists’ Society (Norway)
Verdensrommet (Norway)
UKK (Denmark)
Danish Visual Artists