The theater hall of the Bethlen Téri Színház hosted the presentation of the DemArt art project plans, where the representatives of the three selected projects, Dorottya Márton, the Metrum Ensemble and Kristóf Szabó, presented what kind of artistic work they would create focusing on the stories and characteristics of the 7th District. In 20 minutes each, the artists presented the purpose and justification of the art project, its impact on the community and their relationship with the community. The workflow and detailed budget of the art project, during which the work is created. They presented what kind of permissions they might need and how they would prepare and present the work. At the event, curators and guests had the opportunity to ask the artists questions.
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Insights from the Budapest Field Visit – PERFARE
The final field visit of our PerFare project took place in Budapest on May 27th and 28th. This time, we had the opportunity to introduce Hungarian organizations dedicated to connecting the welfare sector with the arts.
OPEN CALL for Artistic Activism Training – Academy for Actors of Social Change focusing on ARTIVISM 2024
An exclusive opportunity is extended to participants from V4 countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia – with the additional inclusion of Serbia, to partake in a specialized training focusing on Artistic Activism, aimed at cultivating Artivism within the region.
Artists Selected – DemArt Project for the Seventh District of Budapest
The International Institute of Community Commissioned Art (IICCA) was co-founded by Bethlen Theater (Bethlen) / Pro Progressione (HU), Art Transparent (PL), and New Theater Institute of Latvia (LV) as part of the DemArt project. Its goal is to democratize art funding and commissioning practices in local municipalities and other cultural organizations, as well as empower local communities to support their cultural needs.
CREATResili – Open Call for Artists and Designers
CREATResili is seeking 12 passionate and socially conscious individuals with a background in art, design, or related fields, to join a comprehensive training program in social design specifically aimed at building resilience in marginalised communities.
Academy for Actors of Civil Change focusing on Artivism – 2023
We organize yearly our Summer Academy Erasmus+ programme, which focuse on social change. In 2023, the 2-week training programme invited professionals of social and educational fields coming from different countries from all over Europe and Erasmus+ eligible countries. During the program, the participants could gain an insight into a unique merge of socially engaged art techniques developed by experts throughout years of practicing and teaching within the field of socially engaged arts. Thereby the program provided them the opportunity to learn formal and non-formal artistic methods and put the newly gained knowledge into practice with the help of professional advisers.
Online @cademy Conference – 2020
On the 2nd of October, 2020, Pro Progressione has organised its first large-scale digital conference titled @cademy Conference: Social art practices in the digital era.
Academy for Actors of Social Change – 2019
In 2019, the Academy for Actors of Social Change improved and widened the skills of professionals of social and educational fields, youth workers and individuals working with underprivileged people in remote areas of the world. The two-week programme invited 40 young professionals representing 8 organizations from all over Europe to learn and experiment with new ways of working with underprivileged youth through special social art practices in the fields of Theatre In Education techniques, mask & object work, psychology, sociology, music and other disciplines.
Academy for Actors of Social Change – 2018
The Academy for Actors of Social Change in 2018 aimed to improve and widen the skills of professionals of social and educational fields, youth workers, and individuals who worked with underprivileged youth in remote areas of the world. It was an educational project that combined the positive characteristics of pedagogy and added an innovative layer from the performing arts, methods used and improved by experts.
Summer Academy – 2017
Our Summer Academy for Non-Formal Youth Practices aimed to address the challenges taking place in the education of underprivileged children from remote areas, facing a lack of basic human competence. Based on the recognition that stage is an exceptionally effective asset of community building, our core team established new ways of social work through arts and culture to work with the disadvantaged youth.