Kultuurikatel

Kultuurikatel, also called the Tallinn Creative Hub is a non-profit foundation and cultural organisation in Tallinn, Estonia situated in the Tallinn Power Plant and a medium between international culture, creative industry and private sector. Kultuurikatel organises events, workshops, performances. Each year it hosts the Stalker Festival and is a partner in the Tallinn Music Week.

The organisation is managed by the Tallinna Kultuurikatel foundation, founded in 2007 by the City of Tallinn. The aim of the organisation is to develop the cultural life of Tallinn and Estonia in cooperation with other organisations. The organisation also runs an active artist-in-residence program to serve professional artists from different fields of culture. The organisation has several departments such as a sound lab, a maker lab, a digital and audio-visual lab, Toidulabor/a food lab.

The Cultural Hub is a continuation of the European Capital of Culture programme, following Tallinn’s designation as the European Capital of Culture in 2011. It is also a member of several international networks, such as ECOC (European Capitals of Culture), ENCATC (European Network on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy), ECBN (European Creative Business Network), Circostrada and Estonian Chamber of Service Industry. The historic buildings that house the organisation are entered in the Register of Cultural Monuments of Estonia as architectural landmarks.

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