Culture

Democratising access to culture and fostering both vanguard initiatives such as popular culture are some of the commitments of Educating Cities in this area. At the same time, creativity and cultural innovation constitute an important factor of socio-economic development of cities and a road to the inclusion of underprivileged groups.

Principles of the Charter: 3 and 4

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Oaxaca for you

The initiative offers information accessible through a QR code on 180 places of interest in the municipality, including: temples, houses, monuments, walks, streets, legends, gardens, museums and a theatre. It has the support of renowned academics, historians and writers from Oaxaca. [...]

Prisma Geek Space

A disruptive space for creative learning, reading and authorship, incorporating print and digital media, which covers literature, education, culture, arts, technology and games, that has emerged to consolidate Passo Fundo as a regional centre for culture, education and innovation. [...]

Recovering identity through bread, ‘regueifa’ and biscuits

Since 2013, Valongo has launched a strategy to recover the bakery tradition of the municipality, aiming not only to rebuild and promote its cultural identity, but also to promote development, local entrepreneurship and urban renewal. [...]

Welcome to S.A.M town (Sports, Art and Music program)

The ‘SAM village’ project, managed by the residents themselves, is a community that pursues self-fulfilment, social integration and autonomy in the creation of spaces for learning. [...]

The Houses and Places of Feeling

The Houses and Places of Feeling are a network of spaces within the territory that recover local knowledge and traditions and highlight the importance of tangible and intangible heritage from Portugal's Centro region. [...]

Ouro Musicians

“Músicos d’Ouro” (Ouro Musicians) is a project launched in 2014 committed to democratising access to culture for children and young people in situations of social vulnerability through collective orchestral practice. [...]

Microtheatre

Dissemination and professionalisation project for new playwrights and young theatre performers. [...]

MIRAGEM (Mirage)

Performing arts project in the school environment. [...]

LaB InDança

Inclusive dance project based on the creation of a space that offers all people (in particular those with functional diversity) a multitude of experiences, both educational and in the arts, with the aim of promoting regular daily artistic practice. [...]

CAL- Community Art Laboratory

Community co-creation participatory art project [...]

Season of local creation in the Atrium

Dissemination and artistic residency programme for local performing arts groups [...]

ArtcomVida

Participatory amateur film programme developed by senior citizens and people with functional diversity attending Anadia’s social institutions. [...]

EnvolvAr-te – Circo por Todos (Get Involved in Art – Circus for All)

Circus arts programme aimed at people with functional diversity. [...]

Culture Lives Here: CATUL Network

Network of Culture Houses, Theatres, Articulated Life Units and Sound Production Laboratories. [...]

INclude – Workshops for one and all

Inclusive art workshops aimed at people with severe mental illnesses. [...]

Lifelong education for adults with disabilities

Initiative to provide a lifelong learning programme that fosters opportunities for personal development, cultural participation and artistic expression in adults with disabilities. [...]

SHORT FILMS 72 HOURS

Filmmaking festival for young people. [...]

Community Murals towards social transformation

Cultural and educational project that aims to build a rapport with the community through art and seeks to generate trust, restore the social fabric, motivate participation, strengthen the sense of belonging and improve citizen security. [...]

In Terms of Coexistence

A socio-educational and cultural space for young people in detention centres. [...]

Anti-racist education for the inclusion and valorisation of ethnic and cultural diversity

Educational programme to raise awareness of the past and lay the foundations for a society that respects and takes pride in its diversity. [...]

In the heart of my childhood

Project to promote inter-generational relations that provides meeting spaces for children, youth and the elderly in rural communities through activities that link memory, life and art. [...]

District Sounds Good: Education and support to beginner music bands

Project addressed to beginner music bands from Katowice. Its purpose is to encourage musical groups rooted in the city, through specific training, creative support and access to the local cultural circuit. [...]

EN RESiDÈNCiA (IN RESIDENCE). Creators in Barcelona’s Secondary Schools

The Creadors EN RESiDÈNCiA (Creators in Residence) programme at state secondary schools in Barcelona provides a shared workspace for artists, students and teachers. [...]

The Board of Historical Studies

To enrich, consolidate and guide the historical research project as well as protect, disseminate and promote the history, heritage and community memory of the Department of Godoy Cruz are the objectives of this initiative. [...]

The House of Urban Cultures

This space was created to promote a new framework of expression and training for young people wanting to devote themselves professionally to different urban cultures, such as hip-hop, disk-jockeying, graffiti, dance, urban poetry, etc., thus providing them with new job opportunities. [...]

Memory & Life

Through this initiative it is intended that the public cemeteries of Sao Paulo are perceived as open-air museums, places of learning that preserve part of the history and art of the city. [...]

Gamcheon Cultural Village

In 2010, the local Government of Saha-gu, in collaboration with urban planners, artists and the residents, had the idea of regenerating the degraded area of Gamcheon through art and culture, and attracting tourism. [...]

The Archimedes’ Library

A new cultural and meeting place and a lifelong learning facility addressed to the citizens that brings traditional reading closer to scientific-oriented activities and to the new technologies, as well as to social inclusion initiatives. [...]

The Oriente Arts and Trades Factory – FARO

This initiative is both a cultural center and a training facility which has become a hub of artistic creation, a space for art-focused dialogue, and a forum for diverse and important cultural expression. [...]

Culture in the Square

The initiative consists in taking to the public squares different cultural manifestations through free interactive exhibitions, in order to stir the interest of citizens of all ages, incentivize their participation and have them appreciate the work of the cultural agents and institutions. [...]

Creative Orchestra

By the means of music this community project fosters social Integration, cross-generation relations and the value of recycling. An important part of the musical instruments come from recycled materials such as: electrical installation tubing, traffic signs, bottles, cans, buckets, etc. [...]

Art to Grow

The programme was created in order to build links between schools and cultural centres, based around the idea of running educational projects for children and young people. [...]

Nutrients for Growth

The experience consists in holding a festival whose goal is to raise the profile of artistic/expressive projects at primary and secondary schools in the city during the school year. [...]