Nugle II bb
70230 Bugojno
Bosnie-Herzégovine
- Arts
DP Eko Art base its work on voluntarism of youth and adults, community activism and has no employees. We aim to entice children and youth to adopt 21st century skills such as emotional intelligence, independent and critical thinking, communication, team building, principles of social justice and empathy as basic skills for life, using drama education. Modalities of work vary from drama education in groups, through documentary and community theater as activism forms and inspirational campaigning/lobbying methods. Careful design of each activity ensures it corresponds to group’s needs and interests. DP Eko Art create at least three socially engaging plays/performances annually and participate in various youth/children theater camps/projects aiming to bring youth from various communities together through creative arts. Strong cooperation formed with various NGOs and theater groups Bugojno, Banjaluka, Vitez, Mostar and other. Annual budget vary 1.000-5.000 BAM, gained through projects, membership fees and tickets.
We inspire children and youth to think, imagine and actively participate in creating a creative communities, welcoming for differences and individual specificity. Our programs inspire children and youth to question and explore 21st century world and grow into healthier, smarter and better people. We use and contribute to drama education and enable children and youth from diverse background with skills needed for development of critical thinking, individual stance, self-esteem and civic courage. We create innovative and socially engaging and relevant plays and performances, thus strengthening emotional intelligence, inter-generational dialogue, teach compromise, cooperation, collaboration and creativity.
- using process drama (Theater in Education) to create at least one play for children, one puppet play and one play for youth annually;
- participation in theater camps, exchanges, workshops and seminars;
- participation in BH theater festivals and youth exchanges in creative arts, youth activism, social justice, youth and civil society networking
- initiating and organizing activities to mark International Tolerance Day and promote 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence
DP Eko Art is well established in the community and wider bh creative arts/youth theater networks. One of our volunteers is drama pedagogue (certified by Center for Drama Education BiH) and a social justice trainer (certified by Step by Step). We are very experienced in drama education, process drama, theater in education (TiE), social justice and gender equality training for children and youth, etc. We have a significant experience in organization of creative and performing arts for youth (BuJaMo – youth camp 2017 and 2018 as support for Jajce students protests against segregation; PriT – applied theater youth camp; SolidArt – using performing arts for promotion of marginalized groups; etc). We are experienced in collaboration and joint projects with other NGOs (NGO Leptir Bugojno, DIS Banjaluka, GKM Vitez, MtM Mostar, FEDRA Bugojno, schools, etc)
We aim to expand collaboration and cooperation and develop/participate in projects based on exchange of youth from diverse backgrounds, thus confronting prejudices in long term by providing opportunities for youth to meet, get to know each other, collaborate in creative arts or activism. In addition to our grassroots work, our hope is that by expanding the youth horizons outside of box-like ethnically colored narratives in communities and schools, we will contribute in development of inclusive multicultural communities.