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In Ernestinovo, the village of artists and the cradle of naive sculpture, a construction on the Creative Children’s Center in Ernestinovo has begun in January 2025. It will be a center of excellence for culture and art, a center of countless encounters between children and youth, a center of creativity and imagination, social and cultural encounters, a center of immense happiness and togetherness, as part of the INNATUS project.
The purpose of the construction of the Creative Children’s Center is to create spatial and technical conditions for the development of creative and artistic creativity in children and young people, as the most important determinants of the future cultural center, and for local associations active in culture, local and visiting independent artists, art associations and institutions, thereby contributing to interactivity and cross-sectoral and intergenerational cooperation.
The facility will be equipped with complete furniture, state-of-the-art equipment that includes VR technology, and all the tools and equipment necessary for the creative growth and development of children and young people. It will have two above-ground floors, a ground floor and an attic. The ground floor will house a multifunctional hall for holding presentations and conferences, round tables, events and performances, four rooms for creative workshops, and the attic will house an exhibition space for works and storage for storing materials needed in the work of creative workshops.
The workshop rooms will be intended for cultural and educational content, and the permanent exhibition will include workshops for sculpture, painting, clay work and multimedia workshops, i.e. art workshops of various creative techniques, as well as social support workshops that would promote inclusivity, cooperation and prevention of all forms of discrimination and inappropriate behavior.
By building the Center, the Lead partner Municipality of Ernestinovo’s goal is to develop creativity and art in children and young people, to awaken in the younger generations a love for art, tradition, customs, with the aim of transferring knowledge and skills to younger generations in order to ensure the longevity and survival of our unique creativity, but also to introduce them to different techniques and ways of working.
