Meeting Point 2025
The next Meeting Point on Art & Social Action in Asia is taking place in Vientiane, Laos,
from October 16th-18th, 2025.
Building Bridges
Our theme for the 2025 Meeting Point on Art & Social Action is Building Bridges. Together with our local hosts in Vientiane, we want this Meeting Point to open up new pathways for connecting the local Laos arts scene and practitioners, organisers and policymakers from elsewhere in Asia.
More broadly we want to challenge ourselves to consider what bridges we in the arts, culture and society space need to be building with other sectors. What relationships do we need to work on so that we can see arts on the agenda for development, the economy and sustainability across the region? What do we need to learn and to change, so that we can build new partnerships? Of course, the Meeting Point continues to offer space for practitioners to build your own bridges with each other, and to find time and space for connecting with new friends.
Important dates!
September 26th – October 3rd:
Local Gatherings in various locations across Asia
October 10th – 11th:
Online Meeting Point
October 16th – 18th:
In-person Meeting Point in Vientiane
In-person Meeting Point in Vientiane
The full duration of the in-person 2025 Meeting Point on Art & Social Action in Asia will be 3 days, from October 16th – 18th, 2025. There will be a welcome reception from the Laos’ hosts on October 15th, and a cultural tour program integrated into day 2 of the program, where you will have the chance to visit local artists and arts spaces, including the exhibitions within the Lao Art Week program, and to understand the context of Laos’ arts sector more deeply.
Local Hosts
Steering Committee
Open call schedule for Meeting Point programs
As with previous years, the Meeting Point program will include sessions presented and facilitated by Fellows who have been enrolled in pre-programs involving a process of exchange and collaboration with peers, in order to develop sharing and activities to bring to the wider Meeting Point community.
If you would like to be involved in the Meeting Point by taking part in one of these pre-programs then please keep an eye on our social media and our website, where we will be issuing open calls as follows:
- Curated Conferences
- Small-group in-depth exchange on a specific topic, inspired by the Building Bridges theme, with support and guidance from a curator over 9 months
- OPEN CALL CLOSED: Deadline November 17th 2024
- Local Gatherings
- Small grant to organise a local gathering in your own community, inspired by the Building Bridges theme, accompanied with facilitated networking and exchange with the other hosts
- OPEN CALL EXPECTED: January 2025
- Interactive Sessions
- 6 hosts (3 from Laos and 3 from other Asian countries) selected by open call to facilitate diverse and interactive sessions on Building Bridges during Meeting Point
- OPEN CALL EXPECTED: April 2025
- Join Meeting Point in Vientiane
- In addition to opportunities to be part of Meeting Point as a speaker or facilitator, you can come along as a general participant (with pop-up opportunities to present your work being available)
- REGISTRATION EXPECTED TO OPEN: May 2025
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact meetingpoint@mekongculturalhub.org
EXPLORE MEETING POINT 2025
Partners & Supporters
Partners
Meeting Point 2025 is organised in collaboration with:
Local Host
Producer
Implementation Partners
Supporters
Mekong Cultural Hub is organising Meeting Point as a program of Living Arts International (LAI). LAI is deeply grateful to its individual and institutional supporters, including:
