Pod Krzywą Wieżą 1
87-100 Toruń
Poland
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
According to the statutes of our institution our tasks are following:
1) organising festivals, artistic and cultural events at local, national and international level, city cyclic events, conferences, seminaries and thematic meetings,
2) organising workshops, trainings and other forms of cultural education which activates people to participate in cultural life of the city,
3) realization of tasks which will create good conditions for dynamic development of amateur and professional artistic movement,
4) supporting artists and people acting within the field of culture with the program of small grants (Mikrowsparcie),
5) activating local and regional business environments to support cultural activities taking place in the city of Toruń,
6) realization of national and international campaigns which promote city of Toruń as an important center of culture on the map of Europe,
7) collaborating with the departments of the City Council of Toruń, city cultural institutions and non-governmental organizations to create
8) consistent cultural policy and develop and promote cultural activities.
Our most important event is international light festival Bella Skyway Festival, which is held every year since 2009 and provides a unique combination of beauty, architecture, art, light and scientific, mainly astronomical, inspirations — is the largest outdoor cultural event in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region and one of the most highly rated cultural events by the domestic audience. We are also the organizer of other international festivals such as The Art of Fact Festival and Street Theatre Festival and o a national-level festival: The Festival of Film Songs and Ballads
Toruń Cultural Agency has a long-standing record of participation in European Voluntary Service programmes, as well as of facilitating local cultural activities. Our European Voluntary Service (EVS) programmes included projects with volunteers from Spain, Macedonia, Hungary and Portugal. Support for local artists and cultural activists is provided by “Mikrowsparcie” (Micro-support) programme of small grants, enabling beneficiaries to publish or promote their work, as well as to organise free of charge events addressed to the public.
Our international projects have included, among others:
“Lightbridge” (Polish-Norwegian light art project),
“Lux Scientia” (British-Polish-Estonian light art project),
“Spectrum 2014/2015” (Portugese-Slovenian-Finnish-Czech-Polish light art project),
“Mixdoor” (Hungarian-Greek-Croatian-French-Polish street dance and theatre project),
“ALIPI — Advancing Light-Driven Public Interactions” (Czech-Dutch-Polish- Slovenian light art project), “COOLture Freshmaker” (youth project connecting people from Poland and Czech Republic),
“At Home in Europe” (youth project connecting people from Poland, Latvia, and Portugal).
Our contibution to the Polish Network would involve our experience in international projects and cultural cooperation as well as large cultural evenst organization. We could collaborate with other organizations from the Network - they could be our partners, we could transfer knowledge and share experiences.
We would like to join the ALF Network in order to enhance the institution's Euro-Med cooperation capacity, to develop international contacts, learn to know new possibilities and new partner organizations from Poland and from abroad.