Belišće 2023 / No Borders / Photos

Nature, forest, fire dancing, live music, jewelry making, archery, ceramics, textiles, crocheting, candles, forest café, paintings, cooking, sticker exhibitions, celebrations… a weekend of art and creativity at the Forest Art festival with our partner Udruga Revolution in collaboration with Udruga Zvono who were celebrating their 20 year anniversary. See the photos!

*(Bilingual message Croatian and English)

We are grateful to have had the chance to deepen our friendship with our partners, meet new people, learn about their life and their passions, and feel, at least for a short time, the heartbeat of the land. The land, recently flooded, shapes the life of the people. A mere few weeks before all hands were on deck to salvage all belongings and furniture from the citadel and homes along the river as it swelled upstream announcing an inevitable flood. Except for the devastated garden—no vegetables this season—the swollen door frames and the flood marks on the walls, visitors would never guess how much love and work went into the festival. Again we are reminded how so little we can see at a first glance without inviting and welcoming a deeper encounter. We are forever inspired by the tenacity, solidarity and passion we witness and share on these trips. Thank you to all from Udruga Revolution and Udruga Zvono and all who were part of this journey!

This trip was made possible by several projects: * Our “No Borders: Women to Women, conversation around ceramics, tea and glass” project is made possible through the Clubture network program (CTHR) with donations from the Ministry of Culture, Foundation Kultura Nova, the City of Zagreb, and the National Foundation for Civil Society Development through their project Knowledge Hubs. / * “The Integration of Art – Art of Integration: Women to Women” project is with our partners “Centar za kazalište potlačenih POKAZ” that benefits from a grant under the Active Citizens Fund from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA Grants.

Belišće / Bez Granica: Putujuća izložba i radionica gong fu čaja!

Priroda, šuma, ples vatre, živa glazba, izrada nakita, streličarstvo, keramika, tekstil, heklanje, svijeće, šumski kafić, slike, kuhanje, izložbe naljepnica, proslave… i mi smo bili dio svega toga – vikenda umjetnosti i kreativnosti na Forest Art festivalu s našim partnerima iz Udruge Revolution i u suradnji s Udrugom Zvono koji su tako šumski raskošno slavili 20 godina postojanja. Zahvalni smo što smo imali priliku produbiti prijateljstvo s našim partnerima, upoznati nove ljude, učiti o njihovom životu i strastima te osjetiti, barem nakratko, otkucaje srca zemlje. Niti mjesec dana od poplave – kad su svi tamo spašavali domove – ljubav, zajedništvo i ogroman trud učinili su Citadelu magičnom oazom. Da, vrt im je opustošen i ostali su bez povrća ove sezone. Okviri vrata i boja zidova pokazuje nivo do kojeg je došla nabujala voda, ali za nas su to ožiljci-znakovi ispunjeni upornošću, solidarnošću i strašću. To je inspiracija kojoj svjedočimo, koju upijamo i dijelimo na ovim gostovanjima. Hvala svima iz Udruge Revolution i Udruge Zvono i svima koji su bili dio ovog puta! Fotke!

Ovo putovanje omogućilo je nekoliko projekata: “Bez granica: Žene ženama, razgovor o keramici, čaju i staklu” omogućen je kroz mrežu Clubture i program Clubture-HR programska razmjena i suradnja uz donacije Ministarstva kulture i medija RH, Zaklade Kultura Nova, Gradskog ureda za kulturu, međugradsku i međunarodnu suradnju i civilno društvo Grada Zagreba i Nacionalne Zaklade za razvoj civilnog društva kroz program Centri znanja. / * “Integracija umjetnosti – Umjetnost integracije: žene ženama” provodimo s našim partnerima, Centrom za kazalište potlačenih POKAZ, koji su korisnici bespovratnih sredstava u okviru Fonda za aktivne građane s Islanda, Lihtenštajna i Norveške, kroz EEA Grants.

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