For the Wrocław Institute of Culture, 2022 was intensive and full of challenges but, most importantly, extremely exciting. For the last twelve months, we have not only built a new cultural institution in Wrocław but also tested the effectiveness of its programme. One of our tasks was to stimulate the development and strengthen the competencies of people working in the culture sector – that is where we are starting the summary of 2022.

Arnis Aleinikovas, a resident of the Wrocław Institute of Culture as part of the European MagiC Carpets platform, worked in workshops with a group of Wrocław’s resident for over a month. The performance classes of the Lithuanian artist ended with a show open to the public – on January 12 we had a premiere of the “LUCIDITY” performance.

We invite artists belonging to minority groups living in Poland to apply for the residency exchange , “Whose voices are being heard?” implemented by Wroclaw Institute of Culture (Wroclaw/PL), Hvitsten Salong (Hvitsten/NO) and Safemuse (Oslo/NO). The year-and-a-half-long project benefits from funding from the EEA funds under the Culture Program. Its main goal is to equalize the opportunities and visibility of minority artists and create safe and inclusive spaces for artistic work.

A daydream, provocative sounds of rave, ecstatically moving bodies and a pleasantly calming blue light that puts the audience in a meditative state. January 12 at 6 pm. Wrocław Institute of Culture invites you to Barbara for a Arnis Aleinikovas’ performance entitled “LUCIDITY”. Participation is free, but registration is required.

The Ukrainian artist, a resident of the Wrocław Institute of Culture as part of the European MagiC Carpets platform, worked for a month running workshops with a group of Wrocław’s newcomers. The collective activities of Mariia Yakymenko together with a workshops participants translated into a social portrait of our city composed of mosaic stories. Group created an artistic publication – a spatial ZINE full of collages.

Mariia Yakymenko, a resident of the Wrocław Institute of Culture, worked creative for a month and runned a series of workshops with a group of new residents of Wrocław. The collective actions of the Ukrainian artist together with a large group translated into a social portrait of the city composed of mosaic stories. “I came to Wrocław for the weekend and I live here to this day.” This and other stories, not only Polish, are illustrated by collages that make up subsequent pages of the zine – the artistic publication “Portable house”. Soon we will have opportunity to see the project results – the zine premiere will take place on December 15 at. 5:30 p.m in Barbara – join us!