Cultural education of Malopolska district through a series of artistic workshops - PEACEPAINTING in Poland and Norway

Project facts

Project promoter:
Municipal Public Library in Proszowice
Project Number:
PL09-0042
Target groups
Students,
Children
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€128,118
Final project cost:
€125,852
From EEA Grants:
€ 101,780
The project is carried out in:
Małopolskie

Description

The project answers the need to bring and propagate high culture into small towns of Malopolska district which requires cultural support and get different target groups together so that they can take part in regular artistic workshops. The creative process is to be free and will bring cultural activities to the underprivileged inhabitants of degraded areas. The project is composed of a series of workshops consisting of three modules: art exhibition of the invited artist, seminar for the participants and the workshops. It will provide professional promotion of art in non-urban areas and shape the future recipients of culture. The project will strengthen cooperation between institutions on local, regional and international level. Target groups are students, their families, the disabled and the elderly who will benefit through taking part in all 20 events over 2-year implementation period. Partner will share its know-how and co-organise workshops and exhibitions on international level. The partnership will bring two institutions from different countries together and activate culturally our communities.

Summary of project results

The project answered the need to bring and propagate high culture into small towns of the Malopolska district which requires cultural support and get different target groups together so that they can take part in regular artistic workshops. The creative process was free and brought cultural activities to the underprivileged inhabitants of degraded areas. The project was composed of a series of workshops consisting of three modules: art exhibition of the invited artist, seminar for the participants and the workshops. It provided professional promotion of art in non-urban areas and shape the future recipients of culture. The project strengthened cooperation between institutions on local, regional and international level. Target groups were students, their families, the disabled and the elderly who benefited through taking part in all events over 2-year implementation period. Partner shared its know-how and co-organised workshops and exhibitions on international level. The partnership brought two institutions from different countries together and activated culturally their communities.

Summary of bilateral results

Workers of Peacepainting conducted training on intuitive painting and implemented their ideas during workshops sharing their expertise. Norwegian artists presented their works in Poland and also provided artistic activities during exchange of project participants as well as financial input. The project promoted Polish and Norwegian art and allowed to create a network of different institutions involved in creating, promoting and propagating art and culture in order to develop artistically conscious people.