STEP Association for Education and Progress (Stowarzyszenie Edukacji Postępu STEP)

National Network
Poland
Address

Radziłowska 5 m. 1
03-943 Warsaw, Poland

Warszawa
Poland

Telephone
48 22 617 68 06
E-Mail
2b@2b.art.pl
E-Mail (2)
ja.pani.ka@gmail.com
E-Mail (3)
sylwiafederico@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+48 517 36 06 26
Mobile Phone (other)
+48 608 48 63 47
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2001
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
The organization has a four-Member Board, elected by the General Assembly. The Association is project-based and has no full-time employees. The year budget varies from. ca. 100,000 – 300.000 Euro. The sources of funding are grants and services. The activities include art and educational projects. The partners are other organizations, art institutions, local government.
Mission and Objectives

The STEP Association is active in the field of art animation, education through arts, revitalization of the city space through social participation in the arts. Since 2003 we’ve been organizing various art events, exhibitions, workshops, open meetings etc., mainly in postindustrial spaces and on river banks. Between 2003 and 2007 our independent Gallery 2b hosted over 200 artists, presenting their works in a modern, dynamic way in various locations, mainly in Warsaw and Łódź. Beginning of 2004 we’ve been publishing a bimonthly magazine „tytuł roboczy – otwarty magazyn sztuki” [working title – open art magazine] devoted to modern art, and various participatory projects. We focus on making the city a better place to live and on developing citizen's creativity.

Main Projects / Activities

transFORM:
a project of creating by the Vistula river in Warsaw a space, where artists and residents, interested and not necessarily interested in art—can explore the area together, work together, create or simply have fun. Modern art is the basis for those encounters. It is a socio-artistic laboratory where experiment, discovery, creativity are in the centre of interest.
Icons of Victory:
an attempt to present various records of transformations - those undergone by whole nations and societies as well as those which change ourselves personally. Over 100 artists of different age and nationalities participate.
WYKLUCZONE! (EXCLUDED? NO WAY!)
a project including competitions, meetings, exhibitions, raising the issue of abandoned spaces and the search for new uses for them. Three editions so far.

Contact (1) Full Name
Klara Kopcińska
Head of the organisation
Klara Kopcińska, president
Contact (2) Full Name
Sylwia Federico