At the heart of the Summer Academy is a dedicated team of artists, educators, and facilitators who bring years of experience in socially engaged art practices.
THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY
Krisztina Scholtz is a trainer and psychodynamic movement and dance therapist. For more than ten years, she has been facilitating creative processes focused on self-awareness, primarily using social theatre (forum theatre), movement-based, and visual artistic methods – including street art and art therapy tools. In her work, these approaches support collective reflection, self-expression, and engagement with social issues.
Her practice brings together experiential learning, a body-based approach, participation, and social awareness, through which she accompanies groups.
As a trainer, she works with non-formal methods and considers it important to co-create a safe and accepting environment, where everyone can connect to themselves and others at their own pace. She enjoys combining different forms of creative expression so that participants can reflect on themselves and on the topics explored in ways that resonate with their own needs and modes of expression.
OUR FACILITATORS
Olga Irimiás works at the intersection of social inclusion, arts-based engagement, and personal development. Over the past 15 years, she has coordinated international projects, community initiatives, and educational programs focusing on migration, intercultural dialogue, and participatory empowerment.
She believes that art can create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and connected across social and cultural boundaries. In her work, she combines community-based methods, facilitation, and creative approaches to support participation, critical reflection, and collective action. She has worked with migrant communities, young people, civil society organisations, and international partners in diverse multicultural contexts.
As a trainer, she aims to create collaborative and inspiring learning environments where participants can explore how artistic activism can become a tool for social change, solidarity, and democratic participation.
Katalin Walter is a psychodynamic movement and dance therapist based in Hungary, with over eleven years of professional experience. She is also an analytically oriented theatre therapist and a guest lecturer in the training programe of the Hungarian Association for Movement and Dance Therapy (HAMDT). Alongside her therapeutic work, she serves as deputy delegate of HAMDT within the European Association for Dance Movement Therapy, supporting the visibility and professional recognition of dance movement therapy at both national and European levels.
Her work focuses primarily on long-term therapeutic processes with children and adults. Drawing on embodiment, dramatic play, and creative expression, she supports self-exploration, emotional awareness, and the development of a more authentic connection to oneself and others. She also works with disadvantaged communities and people from minority backgrounds. She has experience working in residential care with adolescents, with people in recovery from addiction, with Roma minority teenagers, and in psychiatric settings with adolescents living with eating disorders.
As a trainer, she integrates elements of visible imprint, movement and visual creation into her practice.
On 14th of April from 17:00 CET, we held our online Open House. If you missed the event, you can find the recording of the event here.
If you’re interested in joining our Summer Academy in June, the full open call is available here:
https://proprogressione.com/en/news/open-call-for-artistic-activism-training-academy-for-actors-of-social-change-focusing-on-artivism-2026/
The Academy project is co-funded by Erasmus+ programme of the EU and Tempus Public Foundation.