Midtown Cultural Centre (Śródmiejski Ośrodek Kultury)

National Network
Poland
Address

Mikołajska 2
31-027 Kraków
Poland

Telephone
(004812) 422-19-55
E-Mail
lamelli@lamelli.com.pl
Website
http://www.lamelli.com.pl
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1970
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. Youth and education
General Information
The Cultural Centre is a government-erected institution, currently employing as much as 34 people. The main building is located in an antique building in the city centre, and it administers 5 more centres across town. Casual work of the whole organization is founded by the city, but the realization of any additional projects require extra founding – obtained from National Ministry founds, EU founding projects and money from foundations.
Mission and Objectives

The Cultural Centre was crated as part of a government network meant to deliver cultural education to the general public. With time The Midtown Cultural Centre developed individual aims. Our program is based on promoting artistic activity, as well as cultural education. For many years now we have specialized in intercultural projects, collaborating with non-government organizations dealing and erected by ethnic minorities – local, as well as foreign, who have migrated to Poland.

Main Projects / Activities

As a cultural institution, we constantly organize, or participate in organizing cultural, artistic and educational projects. Among our recently developed work is The African Festival (www.e-afryka.ovh.org), A Native-American Culture Conference, The Romanian Culture Festival. We also organize educational meetings concerning the heritage of various ethnic groups on a monthly basis, and weekly meetings with travellers telling about the countries they have visited. We also author the Trans-Poetica project, inviting poets from around the world.

Contact (1) Full Name
Anna Ko?ciuszko
Head of the organisation
Janusz Paluch