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Baltrum – Coming of Age 2026
1st – 14. October 2026
With “Coming of Age 26,” we are returning to the North Sea island of Baltrum for the first time with a special format for former RR participants. In a two-week residency, former participants will work on new artistic ideas—supported by coaches and the RRCGN team.
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To participate in the Baltrum – Coming of Age 2026 project, you must register for the “RRCGN Match Days 2026.” All interested parties are invited to register for the Match Days on the project website in good time.
The RRCGN Match Days 2026 are your gateway to all international ROOTS & ROUTES projects: During two free workshop days, you will get to know the team, receive feedback on your artistic skills, and find out which project suits you best. Participation in a Match Day is a prerequisite for taking part in this international exchange project.
Since the first RRCGN meeting in 2014, Baltrum has become a permanent location for artistic development. For Coming of Age 26, we are launching a format specifically aimed at people who have already participated in at least one ROOTS & ROUTES exchange.
In a self-catering house on the edge of the nature reserve, former participants meet to continue working together: on their own questions, on transdisciplinary ideas, and on issues of growing up in an artistic context.
The impulses and the subsequent theme will be developed jointly within the group. The residency offers space for in-depth research, exchange, and concentration—accompanied by artistic coaches and the RRCGN team.
At the end of the two weeks, the resulting works will be presented in Cologne.
Dates
Videos of previous Baltrum projects
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Statements from participants
Yarima Lugo
The safe and open environment that these projects offer create such a strong bond between…
İpek Kızıltan
All of my experiences with ROOTS & ROUTES have given me opportunities to understand myself…
Irene Alfambra
During these kinds of processes, you really grow through participating in a creative mood, through…
Benjamin Mathieu
The connections I have made are very important to me, ROOTS & ROUTES is a…
Penelope Brachou
ROOTS & ROUTES has been one of the greatest connectors that allowed me to enjoy…
Lorenzo Ciacciavicca
I learned most of my craft skills working on ROOTS & ROUTES projects and met…
Alex Di Capua
My first ROOTS & ROUTES Experience was in 2016 and since then, I couldn’t get…
Gabriele Cinti
Art is not only entertainment, it is much more, is an educative and strongly political…
Mattia Bacchetti
ROOTS & ROUTES has been one of the greatest connectors that allowed me to enjoy…
Funding
#Baltrum26 is an RRCGN project and is funded by the EU Erasmus+ Youth program and the City of Cologne.
