The project „Areas of Inspiration“
Project “Areas of Inspiration” has been selected from 430 applications and is receiving financial support from the European Union within the programme Creative Europe – the largest EU direct funding source for the cultural sector in Europe. The project is managed by the Slovak-based Association of Nature Conservation – Machaon International and is jointly implemented during its two-year period with its national partners in Slovakia (AnnoGallery, village Ganovce), in the Czech Republic (National Institute of Folk Culture and MAS Straznicko), in Estonia (Muusa Kapriis MTU) in Austria and Ukraine (European Wilderness Society) in Ukraine (National Nature Park Synevyr and Museum-reserve Tustan).
The main idea of the project is to encourage mobility of artists and creative people into the countryside as a source of their inspiration, while at the same time making use of their creative work to enhance local development (tourism), nature conservation and cultural heritage through international collaboration and promotion of the beauties of wild nature and rich folk culture of rural areas through works of art.
| Title of event | dates | place |
|---|---|---|
| Plain Air and Folklore event 'Sheeps for the White Carpathians" | 17.06 – 23.06.2017 | Czech and Slovak Rebublics, 6 villages of microregions Straznicko and Mijava |
| Festival Straznice and plain-air event | 23.06 - 25.06.2017 | Czech Rebublic, Straznice |
| 5 Creative camps for children "Ceramic world' | 10.07 - 14.08.2017 | Slovakia, Horka |
| Plain Air event, land-art symposium and art-photography workshop „Genius loci. Lahemaa. Viinistu“ | 14.08 – 18.08.2017 | Estonia, national park Lahemaa |
| Study-tour | 23.04 – 29.04.2018 | Italy, Piedmont region |
| Plain Air event and Festival 'Service Tree - Feeling of Straznicko spring' | 03.04 - 08.04.2018 | Czech Rebublic,Tvarozna Lhota |
| Ceramic and painting art symposium ‘Nature – muse of Inspiration'. | 14.06 – 21.06.2018 | Slovakia, Horka village, national park Slovak Paradise |
| Enamel symposia 'Nature – muse of Inspiration' | 11.06 - 22.06.2018 | Slovakia, Ganovce village, national park Slovak Paradise |
| Land-Art symposium "TuStan: History and people" | 19.07 – 29.07.2018 | Ukraine, Urych, open-air museum Tustan |
| Festival "Tu Stan!-2018" | 27.07 – 29.07.2018 | Ukraine, Urych, open-air museum Tustan |
| WildArt expedition | 11.08 - 20.08.2018 | Ukraine, Synevir National Park |
| Photo-exhibition „Areas of Inspiration“ | Spring 2019 | EU cities |
| Final Conference "Areas of Inspiration" (Conteporary art - for conservation of nature, traditional culture and Rural Development") | 17.05 – 18.05.2019 | Estonia, national park Lahemaa |
Main project events are:
We invite you to join us in our project:
national parks and other protected areas which organise art-events with social component;
art-residencies located in rural areas or national parks;
interested villages and NGOs.
Project web-site: areasofinspiration.eu