Residential district Trakia block 41 entrance b
4023 Plovdiv
Bulgaria
- Arts
Magna Silva Association has 3 employees employed on a civil contract. We have 8 volunteers who help with various activities. The organization's budget for 2023 is 18,500 euros. Sources of funding – European programs, America for Bulgaria Foundation, Bulgarian Fund for Women, Ministry of Culture. The association organizes exhibitions, trainings, art residencies, etc. Main partners: municipalities, community centers, galleries, schools, cultural institutions.
Mission Implementation of initiatives in the field of culture, art, education, environmental protection, social and ethnic integration, tourism. Objectives 1. Promotion of Bulgarian culture, history, art. 2. Restoring ancestral memory and affirming the spiritual values of civil society, with an emphasis on the Magna Silva Bulgarica region. Revival and preservation of Bulgarian national traditions, holidays and spiritual values, folk and historical memory. 3. Increasing public awareness and commitment to respecting nature and sustainable development; environmental education. 4. Protection and restoration of the environment. 5. Stimulating the development of tourism with an emphasis on alternative tourism. 6. Confirmation of the association as an equal and legitimate partner of the public authorities in making decisions for the development and promotion of education, culture, spiritual values, civil society. 7. Protection of human rights. 8. Development of cultural tourism as a means of getting to know different communities, for the expression of regional identity and diversity, for integration into the pan-European cultural space. 9. Preservation of culture, language and Bulgarian identity, national interests and common human cultural values. 10. Confirmation of the principles of ethnic tolerance, tolerant coexistence of ethno-cultural communities, development of intercultural education. 11. Supporting the development and promotion of Bulgarian art and cultural-historical heritage in the country and abroad. 12. Creation of favorable conditions and opportunities for the harmonious development of children and young people and for making sense of their free time through educational, cultural and social programs and initiatives.
Association Magna Silva has a mission to culture and art, with a priority to the fine arts, combining them with modern forms such as performances, musical events. Some of the organized exhibitions are collective, as a way to carry out a cultural dialogue and gather artists working with different means of expression - painting, sculpture, photography, conceptual arts. From 14.10.2022 to 30.04.2023, the Magna Silva Association implemented a PEACEFUL TERRITORY project, financed by the Ministry of Culture under contract No. RD 11-06-336, with the participation of female artists from Ukraine, dedicated to the Eternal Clash of Peace and War, of tolerance and violence. The event was widely covered in numerous national electronic print and social media. The objectives of the project were: - Stimulating the creative development of young authors, authors in the middle stage of professional development and unknown authors who have a civil position. - Encouraging the development, renewal and enrichment of cultural life in a sparsely populated and remote area from large urban centers by organizing and promoting cultural events. - Attracting new audiences living in an area far from large urban centers - Creation of works of art of various genres - Provoking audience perceptions through the multiplying impact of several arts – fine, performance art that blurs the line between performer and audience, and film that documents and preserves all these otherwise ephemeral events. - Provoking civil positions in artists and audiences, including through the art of young Ukrainian artists - an inside look at war as the antithesis of peace. - Development and strengthening of the association's capacity to organize cultural events and expand the scope of audiences. In connection with the set goals, a five-day art residency was held with the main theme: "Peaceful territory" with the participation of 6 Bulgarian and 3 foreign authors, including 2 Ukrainian artists. In 2023-2024, we are implementing the "Bridge through Time" project, funded by America for Bulgaria Foundation and aimed at involving teenagers in the history and cultural heritage of Plovdiv by organizing computer tests, historical games etc. We support refugees from Ukraine through the following initiatives: - We organize Bulgarian language courses - We work with children in the field of arts - Legal-administrative assistance - Adaptation activities in Bulgarian conditions - conducting mixed - theoretical and practical - activities, including history, ethnography, geography, peculiarities of the Bulgarian way of life and daily life, on-site visits to major institutions, significant cultural, educational, commercial and others sites in the region.
By participating in initiatives for cultural exchange and cooperation between artists from Bulgaria and artists from Anna Lind network countries. We can participate in initiatives for the protection of human rights and environmental education.
The goals of the Magna Silva association are to help promote intercultural dialogue with the Mediterranean countries, to contribute to the development of civil society and to expand its opportunities for cooperation and exchange.