The limited presence of cultural events in Barajevo further reinforces the marginalization associated with its status as a suburban municipality of Belgrade, deepening both the...
Contemporary dance has long occupied a marginalized position within the performing arts in the Balkans, receiving significantly less recognition and institutional support than other artistic...
Critical Rebellion – Rebellious Readers Association
One of the key challenges facing literary criticism in Serbia today is the limited access to media platforms for new and progressive critical voices. Innovative...
Activism, Ecology, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival
CircleArt Festival – Is Green Change Feminine? – Association for Nature and Society Multivox
The lack of a culture of recycling and giving new life to discarded materials remains a significant challenge that the Multivox Association seeks to bring...
Audiovisual art, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Photography, Visual arts
Limitations – Mezanin
Civil society actors, artists, and professionals working in the creative industries within the field of contemporary art occupy a disadvantaged position in Serbia's cultural production...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival
Xhada Fest – LIVRIT Association
Preševo is a multiethnic municipality with an exceptionally large youth population, a demographic profile that is increasingly uncommon in many local communities across Serbia. The...
Activism, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Publishing
Job Shadowing – Jasmina Radojičić – Initiative for Equality, Innovation and Social Engagement (IRIDA)
The Initiative for Equality, Innovation and Social Engagement (IRIDA) is a youth organization founded in Novi Sad in 2018. It advocates for a society in...
Activism, Audiovisual art, Literature, Performing arts, Visual arts
Who’s Afraid of Shakespeare’s Sister? – Re-examining Critical Perspectives on Identity, the Legacy of Patriarchy, and Feminism – Academic Initiative “Forum 10”
In every patriarchal society, the struggle for women's equal rights has always faced significant resistance. One of the main motivations behind the Academic Initiative "Forum...
Ecology, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival, Performing arts
30th Edition of the Festival of Ecological Theatre for Children and Youth – METAMORPHOSIS – Festival of Ecological Theatre for Children and Youth
The Festival of Ecological Theatre for Children and Youth (FEP) was founded in 1994, during a period marked by war, hyperinflation, and large-scale migration, circumstances...
Comic book, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities
Fem.Com(ics): The Representation of Gender Roles in Contemporary Independent Comics in Serbia – Center for Women’s Studies
In Serbia, there is no comprehensive publicly available data or substantial research on the representation of women comic artists active on the domestic comics scene....
Cultural policy and management, Music, Visual arts
Polycrisis Residency – (Un)Expected Encounters – Zemun Small Art Center (ZMUC)
The Polycrisis Residency – (Un)Expected Encounters project is ZMUC’s response to the increasingly precarious position of artists and cultural workers, as well as to the...
Cultural (De)Center – Reflector Gallery – Association of Visual Artists of Užice
After six years of operating in the former “4th Regiment” military barracks in the Krčagovo neighborhood—where not only Serbian artists but also artists from across...
SHARED VISION – The First Artists Cooperative in the Western Balkans – Association of Fine Artists of Serbia
The Culture for Democracy (CfD) grant enabled the implementation of four seminars across Serbia, bringing together participants from Bor, Požega, Niš, Pirot, Struga, Sofia, Podgorica,...
Dance Survivors – Association Station – Service for Contemporary Dance
he Dance Survivors project supported the local dance scene and artistic community, which is among the least visible in Serbia and has the fewest opportunities...
Poor Mileva from Bosnia in Our Civilization in the Year 1878 – Rural Cultural Center Markovac
The play “Poor Mileva from Bosnia in Our Civilization in the Year 1878” represents the first collaboration in decades between the Hungarian and Serbian ensembles...
Belgrade, Novi Sad, Čačak, Užice, Zrenjanin, Niš, Subotica, Kruševac, Vršac, Smederevo, Požega, Kragujevac, Valjevo
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities
ABC of Independent Culture – Civic Association SEEcult.org
The ABC of Independent Culture project included the production of numerous in-depth textual and video interviews with civil society organizations active in culture and the...
ROMODROM – Caravan of Roma Culture – Roma Cultural Centre
The ROMODROM project was implemented in the form of several different events with the aim of educating the majority population about the culture, traditional heritage...
The "Just Spaces: Igniting Queer Retrospective" project, through a series of innovative artistic events, has made a significant contribution to improving LGBTQI+ visibility, preserving culture,...
Preserving the Anti-Fascist Heritage of Yugoslavia – Propaganda Film
The CfD grant enabled the implementation of several components of a project dedicated to preserving the anti-fascist heritage of Yugoslavia. First and foremost, it supported...
Audiovisual art, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities
CINEMA ON TOUR – Citizens’ Association Cultural Center PRE ART
The "Cinema on Tour" project was an extremely successful initiative that contributed to the cultural and social development of local communities, encouraging dialogue, exchange of...
Independent art scene as a driver of social change – Association of Independent Art Scenes
The project represents a direct response of the independent cultural sector in Serbia to public spending and procedures related to the distribution of public funds...
The poetry performance titled “Poetry Knows” successfully combined poetry and stage expression, shaping it as a two-act theater play. Poets interpreted their verses as characters...
Anti-war franchise KRAF – Citizens’ Association “MillenniuM”
he founders of KRAF (Kragujevac Festival of Anti-war, Engaged and Academic Film), the association "MillenniuM", which was created with the mission of developing democracy and...
Through numerous activities of this project, the organization has included young people in the cultural life of the city and attracted a new audience. Art...
The third Reconciliation Festival entitled “Dare to Reconcile” was held in June in Novi Sad. The main goal of the Reconciliation Festival is to encourage...
The Fine Crafts Club in Mošorin has been engaged in the renovation of earthen houses, training and education in the field of earthen architecture for...
Activism, Cultural policy and management, Visual arts
Archive in the making: collaborative art practices in Serbia since 2000 – Kiosk
The project constitutes a multi-year research into the rich tradition of contemporary art practice in Serbia (and the region) since 2000, which is focused on...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Performing arts, Publishing
“New Paths of Cooperation” – Association in the field of culture and cultural and industrial heritage “Simply Put”
The project "New paths of cooperation" explores personal memories of the period of industrialization of Yugoslavia after World War II, exploring the rich industrial heritage...
This Is Also Violence – Initiative for Equality, Innovation and Social Engagement – IRIDA
IRIDA has many years of experience working with young people and providing education on gender-based violence. This project emerged from that experience and resulted in...
In the Embrace of the Forgotten – Citizens’ Association IMPULS
The project focuses on the culture of remembrance of the first local feminist and human rights activists in this highly closed and patriarchal environment. The...
Interpretation of Otherness – Hijab as a Cultural Signifier – Academic Initiative “Forum 10”
As part of the project Interpretation of Otherness – Hijab as a Cultural Signifier, the Academic Initiative “Forum 10” from Novi Pazar organised a photography...
Cultural policy and management, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities
Continue Without Yourself? – Cultural Centre Rex / B92 Fund
The project marked 30 years of the existence of Cultural Centre Rex by reaffirming and critically examining the role, position, and future of the independent...
Teen Doc Interaction 2024 – Independent Film Centre Filmart
The project consisted of educational workshops for secondary school students focused on documentary film production and directing, as well as media literacy. The workshops brought...
Festival of Roma and Serbian Culture in Prokuplje – Film Club
The Festival of Roma and Serbian Culture in Prokuplje provided an opportunity to promote unity through art and culture, offering a rich and diverse programme...
The Alternative Cultural Centre “Gnezdo” is an independent space for young people and contemporary culture in Kruševac. The Culture for Democracy project supported the realisation...
Zlakusanka techno – Citizens’ Association Eufonija
The essence of the Zlakusanka project lies in the attempt to merge an acoustic concert with a techno event. The artistic intention was to figuratively...
The ECHO CURVE project was realised through the collaboration of three regional organisations: the Artists’ Association “Project EXP” (Novi Sad), the Association for Artistic Research...
Historical Documentary Exhibition Between Empathy and Prejudice: Roma in the Press of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1944) with Educational Materials – Historical Society of Šumadija
he Historical Society of Šumadija organised the historical documentary exhibition Between Empathy and Prejudice: Roma in the Press of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1944) with...
Promoting Gender Equality through Socially Engaged Art in Niš – Girls Centre
Recognising that women’s artistic production and gender equality in the arts often remain overlooked, the project Promoting Gender Equality through Engaged Art in Niš created...
Manifest 2.0 – Collective Self-Education as an Intervention in the Context of Serbia’s Independent Cultural Scene – Centre E8, Reflektor Teatar
or Reflektor Teatar, Manifest 2.0 marked an important step forward, as the company invited a guest director for the first time. Filip Petkovski from Skopje,...
Jobshadowing – Centre for Culture and Education Sonta (CEKOS)
During her training at CEKOS, intern Sara Smiljanić expanded her knowledge of theatre practices and learned how to manage programmes and secure funding for them....
Democratic Perspective – Theatre as a Tool for Transformation – Bestseller
This theatre project brought together a community of young artists who use different artistic media to address issues relevant to the Roma community, while creating...
Svi UGLAS! is a project that uses music and choral singing as tools for social development. It actively promotes the social inclusion and empowerment of...
The Apostrof Association, founded by young architects Stefan Milošević, Emir Kahrimanović, and Maryam Kristina Gbaya, engaged expert Vladimir Ilić to help them overcome the challenges...
Gender (Im)Balance of Revolution 5.0: Technology and Feminism – Citizens’ Association “Anonymous said:”
The Citizens’ Association “Anonymous said:” is dedicated to the field of contemporary artistic production. Its activities include curatorial, publishing, and exhibition projects. The project Gender...
GlamFest Drag Performance Festival – Aleksandar Savić PR FEU Leskovac
GlamFest created a space for natural cohesion between the LGBTI+ community and cisgender heterosexual women. The project brought drag performance and drag artists closer to...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Performing arts
Forum Theatre performance on the topic of peer violence – Centre
Research conducted by representatives of the organization in mid-2023 on peer violence in elementary and high schools in Novi Sad involved anonymous surveys of young...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Multidisciplines, Music
Soundscape of Women’s Experience – Association of Citizens Cooperative ARTRUST
The project "Soundscape of Women's Experience" began with visits to gerontological centers and the promotion of an open call inviting women to participate in group...
Cultural Centres, Design, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Multidisciplines, Photography, Visual arts
Annual program of the Reflektor Gallery – Association of Visual Artists Užice
The Reflektor Gallery is one of the rare non-institutional galleries outside of Belgrade and Novi Sad. Over seven years, it has successfully built a strong...
Contemporary circus, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Performing arts
Diversity makes us stronger – Kreativni pogon
The activities supported through this project included the creation of a contemporary circus performance, accompanied by workshops for children and debates.
Activism, Ecology, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival
Festival “CircleArt” – 0% waste, 100% culture – Association for Nature and Society “Multivox”
The Association for Nature and Society "Multivox" from Niš launched and organized the Recycling and Circular Art Festival "CircleArt" with the message “0% Waste, 100%...
Interpretation of otherness – hijab as a cultural marker – Academic Initiative “Forum 10”
The main activity of the supported project “Interpretation of Otherness – Hijab as a Cultural Marker” was a photography exhibition accompanied by a catalog and...
Niš, Leskovac, Vladičin Han, Surdulica, Vranje, Knjaževac, Zaječar, Bor, Pirot, Bela Palanka, Babušnica, Dimitrovgrad
Comic book, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival, Music, Photography, Visual arts
Capacity Building and Affirmation of the Creativity of Artists from Southern and Eastern Serbia – Stethoscope Activist Association – Niš
: As part of this support, training sessions were organized for artists from the southern and eastern regions of Serbia. The first seminar focused on...
The key activities supported by this project include film criticism workshops for high school students in Požega, Niš, Kragujevac, Zrenjanin, and Subotica, as well as...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Performing arts
InterAct – Klara i Rosa
As part of the support, a bilingual interactive theater piece was created in Serbian and Hungarian, performed in front of high school students in Subotica....
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival
Mosaic of Identity – Labris – Lesbian Human Rights Organization
The Art Boost support for Labris resulted in the Art Festival dedicated to women who love women, organized in collaboration with the organization Rainbow Ignite,...
Cultural Centres, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities
Towards the Joint Sustainability of Independent Cultural Centers – Fakirs of the South
The partnership grant between the organizations Fakiris of the South from Kruševac, the Association of the Independent Cultural Scene of Serbia from Belgrade, and K-Town...
Artists and the local community for self-governing practice in culture – Association of citizens “Tatamate” Stara Pazova
The partnership grant between the Citizens’ Association "Tatamate" and the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia began with the gathering of local residents active in...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival, Literature
READ ALOUD! Public Reading Towards Democratization – Užice Literary Republic
The partnership grant between the Užice Literary Republic and the Workers' Commune Links from Belgrade resulted in a collection of scholarly papers on the work...
Job shadowing – use of natural materials – Citizens’ Association WCSCD
The Job Shadowing program in the village of Gornja Gorevnica near Čačak was implemented in collaboration between the local WCSCD association and architects Sergio Bravo...
Job shadowing – writers’s room for the development of serial formats – Kolektiv Talas TIRV
The job shadowing program was carried out in collaboration between the Talas TIRV Collective and the Midpoint Institute, an international organization for audiovisual training and...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities
Youth Activation in the Theatre – DITURIA Cultural Association
Within the Job shadowing program, the project "Youth Activation in Theater - Education Based on Theater" was supported, providing a group of young women from...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Music
Job shadowing program – Jasmina Ristić – Association of Citizens ART APARAT
Since the organization Art Aparat engages in specific work, much of which is based on involving vulnerable groups, particularly the Roma community, the skills and...
Job shadowing – how to create an ideal residency? – Zemun Small Art Center ZMUC
The ZMUC Art Association does not have permanent curators, but instead selects collaborators on a project basis. Since 2023, the organization has been managing the...
Job shadowing – ethnographic method and qualitative research – Association of Citizens Positive Youth
Through the job shadowing model, guest expert Dr. Ivan Rajković trained members of the host organization in the basic principles of ethnographic methods and qualitative...
This is Violence Too – Initiative for Equality, Innovation, and Social Engagement – IRIDA
The project This is Violence Too empowered and affirmed 19 young writers across Serbia who, through their creative work and direct engagement in their communities,...
8th Sombor International Comic and Fantasy Festival – Sombor Comic Lovers Club
The 8th Sombor International Comic and Fantasy Festival popularized comic strips as the "ninth" art form and fantasy as an artistic genre in Sombor and...
Experiences of cultural centralization in Serbia – Center for Empirical Studies of Culture in Southeast Europe
Previous research addressing the issue of cultural decentralization in Serbia has mostly focused on the uneven territorial distribution of cultural institutions and organizations. However, until...
Design, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Visual arts
Invisible Creators of Magic – Damast
"Invisible Creators of Magic" is a multimedia and educational project that focuses on research, education, and promotion of stage design as an essential segment of...
Audiovisual art, Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Festival
Interaction 2022 – Independent Film Center “Filmart” (in collaboration with “Kinokult,” the Business Club of Western Serbia, and the “Beldocs” Festival)
The International Student Film Camp "Interaction" has been regularly organized since 2006 in the Western Serbia region (Užice, Čačak, Požega...). Numerous young individuals from the...
Educational, cultural, artistic, and creative activities, Performing arts, Visual arts
Constitution and Citizens’ Rights – GRUPA GRUPA (and Center E8 and Kombinart)
"Constitution and Citizens' Rights" is based on the socio-political self-education of artists and young people, aiming to inform the public about the significance of democracy....
