Meet D-Art House

What Is D-ART House? D-Art House is an entrepreneurship program under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "Gelecek Gençlerin" (The Future Belongs to Youth) Support Program for Increasing the Creativity and Entrepreneurship Potential of Young People in the Cultural Industries. The need for creative talent in the creative industries is growing every day in our country. D-Art House will provide artists and/or entrepreneurs aged 18-35 with the specialized training they need to produce in creative sectors within digital arts. It will bring the creative business ideas developed during the training process together with potential institutions and investors in a virtual gallery. What Does D-ART House Aim For? Focusing on design, gaming, 3D visual design, visual effects, color grading, virtual and augmented reality, cinema, sound design and advertising among the creative industries, the first goal of the D-Art House project is to share the knowledge and skills needed to become part of the creative industries with the prospective entrepreneurs accepted as participants.

The ultimate framework of the project is to enable individuals who, by taking part in the project, move from being prospective independent creators in the creative industries to the production stage, to gain the skills to contribute to our national economy in these sectors, and to connect them with the relevant channels so that they can turn their ideas into sustainable businesses.

Project Duration: The training to be provided to prospective entrepreneurs within D-Art House will last nine months and will consist of two options, weekday and weekend. Each option will receive BAUKEM and BAU Hub Incubation training consisting of six modules totaling 85 hours. After the training, participants will produce works and creative ideas with mentors for a digital exhibition to be presented to potential investors and institutions. The program will start on 4 July and, together with the exhibition, will continue until 6 February. During the program, two outstanding participants will visit Berlin International University and have the chance to present their ideas and works to the business community there.

Who Can Apply? The program is suitable for people aged 18-35 who want to become entrepreneurs in the creative industries.

Program Content:The program consists of 170 hours of training in three stages.

1. The first stage includes six modules of BAUKEM training. At this stage, participants will also be introduced to blockchain, non-fungible tokens and minting services and will gain the knowledge to bring their own entrepreneurial ideas to life.

• Basic Design Principles
• Production Techniques
• Advertising and Creativity
• Game Design and Gamification
• Branding, Patents and Copyright in Digital Art
• Digital Art Production and Sales Methods (NFT, Blockchain)

2. In the second stage, participants will attend Incubation training organized by BAU Hub.

3. In the third stage, participants who complete the training on the topics covered in the project will be asked to produce works within a set period, around themes to be determined and under the supervision of the project team. Through a virtual gallery to be launched by Bahçeşehir University, participants' works will be gathered in a single channel and presented, through a three-dimensional art experience, to investors who may be interested in the project. Two students found successful during the project will earn the right to visit Berlin International University to present their works and ideas to the business community in Berlin.