The Ministry of Culture will launch in April the second call for grants for cultural projects with social impact, with a total budget of €4.7 million. The announcement was made by the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, during his visit to the project “La Cañada es real. Museo portátil de la memoria” (La Cañada Is Real: A Portable Museum of Memory), one of the initiatives supported in the 2025 edition.
These grants, promoted by the Directorate-General for Cultural Rights, are aimed at both non-profit and for-profit organisations that develop cultural initiatives focused on improving social cohesion, promoting inclusion, strengthening communities, or encouraging citizen participation in cultural life. Individual grants will range from €10,000 to €80,000 per project.
The total funding represents an increase compared to the previous year, rising from €4.5 million in 2025 to €4.7 million in 2026. In the previous call, 1,064 applications were submitted and 58 organisations ultimately received funding. The initiative forms part of the Ministry of Culture’s Cultural Rights Plan, a strategic framework designed to broaden participation in culture and remove barriers to access.
During his visit, Urtasun highlighted the role of culture as a tool for strengthening communities, building collective memory, and giving visibility to realities that are often absent from mainstream narratives.
The minister also visited the headquarters of Asociación Tabadol to learn more about “La Cañada es real. Museo portátil de la memoria”, a project coordinated by the collective Todo por la praxis in collaboration with the association, which is made up primarily of migrant women from Cañada Real. The initiative gathers and reinterprets the neighbourhood’s historical and contemporary memories through a collective creative process.
This collaborative work has resulted in a series of artistic pieces—including sculptures, installations, audio works, images and videos—that together form a portable museum built from the community’s memories and testimonies. These works are currently on display in the exhibition “Museo La Cañada”, which can be visited at the La Quinta del Sordo Contemporary Creation Centre in Madrid.
After its presentation in the capital, the exhibition will travel to several Spanish cities, including Lleida, Granada and Bilbao. In each location, it will be accompanied by public activities and artistic mediation processes involving communities in neighbourhoods facing challenges similar to those of Cañada Real, with the aim of fostering dialogue around memory, cultural rights and urban inequalities.
Source: Ministerio de Cultura