Artivism for Social Change: Surinam
Our project Artivism for Social Change Surinam has kicked off with trainings in filmmaking and radio/podcast in February 2020. The upcoming two years, Stichting art.1 will keep returning to Surinam to conduct trainings in podcast, storytelling, film and human rights. We’re very exci
Perform2Reform: Training in Thessalonki
The youth exchange ‘Blended Mobility of Young People’ from the Perform2Reform project is taking place between the 23rd to the 29th of September in Thessaloniki, Greece. Organized by the Thessaloniki Youth Club for UNESCO, the main goal of the exchange is to allow participants to
Queer Film Days in Albania
Between 18-22 September 2019 a new film event happened in Tirana, Albania. Entitled “Queer Film Days” (QFD), the program consists of a number of films and events which highlight topics that refuse to be invisible and tell stories that “create a new cultural space”. QFD has bee
The LightHouse Project
Today we submitted our project proposal The LightHouse Project in the Open Call for Cinemas as Innovation Hubs for Local Communities from the European Commission. The LightHouse Project consists of a consortium with cinemas, cultural institutions and film festivals from Latvia, Hungar
Attending the Training Refugees+ for Youth Workers in Brussels
Recently, our intern Clara Mendes participated in the training Refugees+ which took place in Brussels, organized by JINT and funded by Erasmus+. Besides her, other twenty-three people from 20 different nationalities joined the training, eager to learn about each other’s projects a
Youth Artivists for Change: Balkan
Youth Artivists for Change is a project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Creative Twinning scheme. Art. 1 is the main applicant of the project, which focuses on the participation of youth (15-24 years old) in film, theater, podcast and storytelling activitie
Upcoming: Attending the REFUGEES+ training in Brussels
Stichting art. 1 will be attending the training REFUGEES+, which will take place in Brussels from the 24th to the 28th of June. This training aims to generate an exchange of information between participants from different countries in order to create a deeper understanding of main con
First filmmaking training in Tirana, Albania
The filmmaking training in Tirana started on the 10th of May and it took place in the Marubi Film Academy. The group of participants consisted of 9 people, with ages ranging from 17 to 29 years-old. They all shared an affinity for the arts and particularly for filmmaking, but most of
Filmmaking training in Skopje, North Macedonia
The filmmaking training in Skopje happened between the 18th and the 22nd of April, and it was given by the Dutch trainer Nienke Eijsin and the local trainer Hanis Bagashov. We were received by a group of 9 participants, with ages varying from 17 to 26 years-old, who were very excited
Storytelling training in Novi Sad, Serbia
The first YAC storytelling training in Serbia took place between the 2nd and the 6th of April, in Novi Sad. The training was given by Fouad Lakbir, on behalf of Stichting International Storytelling Centre and it consisted of a four-day workshop for the youth and a one-day of a Train
