Pro Progressione

The Book of Dreaming project is in progress! The project has its roots in the current social situation of participating countries that are coping with the integration process of Ukrainian children. It aims to strengthen the integration through art activities and focuses on activities in 4 partner countries: Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukraine. Working with the methodology developed by Beckie Darlington and Andy Field, children create personal maps and alternative guides to their often new cities, and write letters - to other children who are also trying to find their place in unfamiliar surroundings. In Wrocław, The Book of Dreaming is created together with four partner schools attended by children with refugee experience: Special Educational and Care Center No. 1, Primary School No. 9, School and Preschool Complex No. 25, and Primary School No. 1. - we’re happy to be working with you! 💚 Find out more about our partners in the gallery above. The Book of Dreaming is implemented in close collaboration with @theatre.lv , @proprogressione , Hnat Khotkevych Palace of Culture @khotkevychpalace and the @arttransparent Foundation, which is the project leader.

#CC26 Culture Converge 2026 is approaching! Let's dive into the programme. On the morning of day three, we will be introduced to a number of European #culturalcooperation projects ENCC is involved in. Through workshops and roundtables, consortium partners will share research-based insights and resources on the #CulturalSectors from a number of different perspectives. 🌍 Beyond inclusion: cultural democracy in an age of climate displacement - insights from the @intracomp_transformations project by Sara Salmi, from Università degli Studi di Verona and Livia Marschall, from Pro Progressione 🌍 How to: Community-Based Research for Cultural Policy - Participatory methods from @intracomp_transformations , d@rts , and #INSITU Research Project - by Lea Frauenknecht, Julius Heinicke, Helena Walther, and Alperen Kalay, from the Institute for Cultural Policy, University of Hildesheim 🌍 Ecosystems, Stories, Roles: Co-designing ENCC's Impact Framework - by Anna Maria Ranczakowska, #JuST project researcher 🌍 Can cultural voices drive systemic change? Pathways for social innovation and bottom-up policy in non-urban areas - roundtable by #INSITU project partners Paola Di Nunzio, Sílvia Silva, Nancy Duxbury, Lidia Varbanov, Erna Kaaber, and Tiago Vinagre de Castro Culture Converge 2026 is our annual #conference, hosted by @carpintarias_sl in #Lisbon on May 20th-22nd. Discover the full programme and get your ticket at the link in bio.

🌿 Join us for the "ESR Open House II: Meet the Partners" on Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 6 pm, via Google Meet. 🎤 Srdjana Cvijetić (Managing Director – Art Radionica Lazareti), Anna Némethné Molnár (Head of PP Social – Pro Progressione) & Miloslav Vorlíček (Head of Residencies, Lidice Art Collection – Lidice Memorial)  🔗All links are in the Lidice Art Collection's profile bio. 👋 The 60-minute session allows potential ESR 2026 applicants to meet representatives from all three partner organisations. Each partner representative will briefly introduce their unique methodologies, locations and programmes. The session concludes with Q&A. APPLY FOR ESR 2026 📌 Reminder: Open Call Closes: Wednesday, 13 May 2026 at 1 pm CEST 👉 Join the free ESR Commons Membership (Free) at our website 👉 Complete the ESR 2026 Application Form there 👉 Submit CV/resume to the ESR 2026 Application Form 🌍 Partners: @lidice.art.collection @proprogressione @arldu 📍 ESR 2026 will take place in three locations – Budapest, Dubrovnik & Lidice – from Monday, 14 September to Tuesday, 13 October 2026. 📸 Selfie of two participants in ESR 2025 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. 🇪🇺 The European Solidarity Residency project is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. 🫂 Supported by the Call for Curators, Artalk and Artmap

☀️As part of the Border Situations exhibition, the roundtable The Price of Social Mobility: Mobility and Coloniality opened up the question of social mobility. ☀️What does it mean to move forward in society? Who gets the chance to do so? What kinds of adaptation, compromise or loss can come with moving forward? ☀️Starting from Budapest and Hungary, the speakers discussed inequality, exclusion, work and migration. They also reflected on the aspiration to catch up with the West, and on how this connects to the lasting effects of colonial power. ☀️Social mobility is often presented as a personal success story. The roundtable asked what remains hidden behind that story: pressure, adaptation, loss, and the feeling of not fully belonging anywhere. ☀️Who gets to cross borders, and at what price? The exhibition was organized as part of the LEAP project, which is co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe program ///// ☀️A Határhelyzetek kiállítás kísérőprogramjaként valósult meg A felemelkedés ára: mobilitás és kolonialitás című kerekasztal-beszélgetés. ☀️Mit jelent előrébb jutni a társadalomban? Kinek adatik meg ez a lehetőség? Milyen alkalmazkodásokkal, lemondásokkal vagy veszteségekkel járhat az előrejutás? ☀️Budapest és Magyarország tapasztalataiból kiindulva a résztvevők egyenlőtlenségről, kirekesztésről, munkáról és migrációról beszélgettek. Szó esett a Nyugathoz való felzárkózás vágyáról is, és arról, hogyan kapcsolódik mindez a gyarmatosítás máig ható örökségéhez ☀️A társadalmi mobilitást gyakran sikertörténetként látjuk. A kerekasztal arra kérdezett rá, mi marad rejtve e mögött: nyomás, alkalmazkodás, veszteség, és az érzés, hogy valaki sehol sem tartozik egészen oda. ☀️Ki lépheti át a határokat, és milyen áron? A kiállítás a @projectleap.eu projekt keretein belül valósult meg, amelyet az Európai Unió Kreatív Európa programja társfinanszíroz #ProProgressione #PPCult

🌿On 26 April, the second day of Garden Stories / Discover Budapest’s Biodiversity took us to Törökbálint, where Liza Varga, András Vigvári, and the Mandala Educational Garden guided us through the world of local allotment garden areas. 🌿The walk opened up not only a landscape of gardens, paths, and informal spaces, but also the social, housing-related, and community questions connected to them. With the guidance of Liza and András, we gained insight into how life, care, and community can emerge in these urban-edge environments. T🌿he day ended at the Mandala Educational Garden, where Orsolya Carrick introduced us to the garden, permaculture, and practical approaches to sustainable living. A shared tasting prepared from the garden’s produce offered a warm and generous closing to the day. Thank you to everyone who joined us — and to all those who helped us better understand the layered world of Törökbálint’s allotment gardens. ///// 🌿Április 26-án a Garden Stories / Fedezd fel Budapest biodiverzitását második napján Törökbálintra látogattunk, ahol Varga Liza, Vigvári András és a Mandala Oktatókert segítségével ismerkedtünk meg a zártkertek világával. 🌿A séta során nemcsak a tájjal és a kertekkel találkoztunk, hanem azokkal a társadalmi, lakhatási és közösségi kérdésekkel is, amelyek ezeket a területeket formálják. Liza és András vezetésével közelebbről láthattuk, hogyan alakul ki élet, közösség és gondoskodás az informális városi-peremterületi környezetekben. 🌿A nap a Mandala Oktatókertben zárult, ahol Carrick Orsolya mesélt a permakultúráról, a kert működéséről és a fenntartható életmód gyakorlati lehetőségeiről. A közös kóstoló pedig különösen szép lezárása volt ennek a napnak. Köszönjük mindenkinek, aki velünk tartott ezen a sétán — és mindazoknak, akik segítettek közelebb kerülni a zártkertek sokrétegű világához. #GardenStories #ProProgressione #FreeRadicals #UrbanBiodiversity #Törökbálint AllotmentGardens MandalaEducationalGarden Permaculture Biodiversity PPGreen

🌿As part of the @freeradicals.space project, on 25 April, the first day of Garden Stories / Discover Budapest’s Biodiversity took us to Margaret Island for an urban foraging walk with Slovenian artist, educator, and forager Gaja Pegan Nahtigal. 🌿During the walk, the often-overlooked plants of the urban environment became visible in a new way. Together, we explored edible, medicinal, and otherwise remarkable species growing in the middle of the city. At the end of the walk, the plants gathered along the way became part of a shared picnic — a moment of learning, tasting, and reconnecting with the living world around us. 🌿Thank you to Gaja, to all participants, and to everyone who joined us in discovering how much life can be found within the city. ///// 🌿A #FreeRadicals projekt keretében, április 25-én a Garden Stories / Fedezd fel Budapest biodiverzitását első napján a Margitszigeten indultunk útnak Gaja Pegan Nahtigal szlovén művésszel, oktatóval és gyűjtögetővel. 🌿A városi környezet sokszor észrevétlen növényei ezen a délelőttön új jelentést kaptak: ehető, gyógyító vagy egyszerűen csak figyelemre méltó városi fajokat kerestünk, ismertünk meg és gyűjtöttünk közösen. A séta végén a résztvevőkkel együtt készítettünk ételt abból, amit a Margitsziget tavaszi növényvilága adott nekünk — piknik, közös tanulás és érzéki tapasztalás formájában. 🌿Köszönjük Gajának, a résztvevőknek és mindenkinek, aki velünk fedezte fel, mennyi élet rejtőzik a városban. #GardenStories #ProProgressione #FreeRadicals UrbanBiodiversity Budapest MargaretIsland UrbanForaging Biodiversity PPGreen

#OPEN CALL #DEADLINE 🌟Open Call for Artists: Residency at the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany 🌟Apply by 3 May 2026 and bring your artistic vision into dialogue with heritage, nature, and contemporary culture. 🌟Create in one of Hungary’s most iconic cultural and spiritual landscapes. The MON-ART residency at the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany invites artists to develop site-sensitive projects inspired by Benedictine heritage, ecology, lavender culture, and the unique atmosphere of Lake Balaton. 🌟We are looking for artists whose practice engages with sustainability, regeneration, inclusion, and meaningful community connection. 🌟More details: /en/news/mon-art-residence-programme-in-hungary-call-for-artists/ MON-ART project is co-funded by the @creative.eu programme of the European Union. ///// 🌟Nyílt felhívás művészeknek: alkotói rezidencia a Tihanyi Bencés Apátságban 🌟Jelentkezési határidő: 2026. május 3.! 🌟Alkoss Magyarország egyik legkülönlegesebb kulturális és spirituális helyszínén. A MON-ART rezidenciaprogramja a Tihanyi Bencés Apátságba várja azokat a művészeket, akik a bencés örökség, az ökológia, a levendulakultúra és a Balaton-felvidék sajátos atmoszférája mentén hoznának létre helyspecifikus projekteket. 🌟Olyan alkotókat keresünk, akik számára fontos a fenntarthatóság, a regeneráció, a befogadás és a közösségekkel való valódi kapcsolódás. 🌟Hozd párbeszédbe művészeti gyakorlatodat az örökséggel, a természettel és a kortárs kultúrával. 🌟További info és jelentkezés: /hir/mon-art-rezidenciaprogram-magyarorszagon-palyazat-muveszek-szamara/ #ProProgressione #PPCult #OpenCall #ArtistResidency #Tihany #MONART #ContemporaryArt #LakeBalaton #Hungary #SiteSpecificArt #CommunityArt #Sustainability

👍 Join us for the "ESR Open House I: How to Apply (Technical Session)" on Thursday, 30 April 2026, 6 pm, via Google Meet. 🎤 Miloslav Vorlíček, Head of Residencies at Lidice Memorial 🔗All links are in the Lidice Art Collection's profile bio. 🍋 The 60-minute session will cover the details of the ESR 2026 residency program, including application deadlines and logistics, and will include a reminder of the tight deadline for the current open Call. It provided prospective applicants with a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of the application process for the fully funded 30-day residencies in Budapest, Dubrovnik, and Lidice. ⚠️ APPLY FOR ESR 2026 📌 Reminder: Open Call Closes: Wednesday, 13 May 2026 at 1 pm CEST 👉 Join the free ESR Commons Membership (Free) at our website 👉 Complete the ESR 2026 Application Form there 👉 Submit CV/resume to the ESR 2026 Application Form 🌍 Partners: @lidice.art.collection @proprogressione @arldu 📍 ESR 2026 will take place in three locations – Budapest, Dubrovnik & Lidice – from Monday, 14 September to Tuesday, 13 October 2026. 🇪🇺 The European Solidarity Residency project is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. 🫂 Supported by the Call for Curators, Artalk and Artmap

We took another big step in The Book of Dreaming project! Just over a week ago we met at workshops in Wrocław. During the “Accessibility & Inclusion” meeting, we looked at how artistic practices can support children, including those with migration, neurodiversity, and disabilities. The workshops reinforced a key understanding: art can meaningfully support processes of inclusion and integration, but only when it remains open, relational, and grounded in the lived experiences of participants. Our group also reflected on art as a relational and developmental medium - one that enables children to participate on their own terms, without pressure to adjust to predefined norms or expectations. Workhshop facilitated by Dr. Kamila Kamińska became an intensive exchange of practices and perspectives, alongside collaborative work on an artistic “toolbox” - we’re really looking forward to seeing the final result! The Book of Dreaming is implemented in close collaboration with New Theatre Institute of Latvia @theatre.lv , @proprogressione , @khotkevychpalace and the Art Transparent Foundation, which is the project leader.

🟢 @sciaena 's 4-year-long artistic group within #TheBigGreen, @borischimp504 also returned to @marmotto this year! Miguel Neto and Rodrigo Carvalho are the duo behind the audiovisual project Boris Chimp 504. Since 2010, they have been exploring the relationship between sound and image. They have presented live audiovisual performances and interactive installations at festivals and events such as Sónar (Barcelona and Lisbon), Mutek (Barcelona and Santiago, Chile), Mapping Festival (Geneva, Switzerland), Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks (France and Italy), ECHO Dubai (United Arab Emirates), ADAF (Athens), BAM (Liège, Belgium), LPM (Rome, Italy), among others. #ProProgressione #PPGreen #ProtectedMeansProtected #MarMotto

«Book of Dreaming» у Львові — це не лише про ідеї, а й про людей та місця, які допомагають їм ставати реальністю 💙 Щиро дякуємо всім організаціям-партнерам за відкритість, довіру та співпрацю. Саме завдяки вам цей проєкт отримав простір для життя, розвитку та зустрічей. Окрема подяка викладачам і викладачкам — за вашу чутливість, підтримку, залученість і щоденну роботу з дітьми. Ви створюєте середовище, в якому з’являється сміливість мріяти, говорити і бути почутими. Разом ми формуємо простір, де мрії мають значення ✨ — The “Book of Dreaming” project in Lviv is not only about ideas, but also about people and places which help turn them into reality 💙 We sincerely thank all partner organisations for their openness, trust, and collaboration. Thanks to you, this project has gained space to grow, develop, and bring people together. Special thanks to the educators — for your care, support, dedication, and everyday work with children. You create an environment where there is courage to dream, to speak, and to be heard. Together, we are shaping a space where dreams truly matter ✨

TOMORROW! Garden Stories, Day 1 Urban Foraging with Gaja Pegan Nahtigal (@fromgaja ) Saturday 25th April 2026 from 11am Margaret Island, Budapest Register on the link in bio! 👆🏻🌱 ~~~ Convenez by @proprogressione 🌱 Garden Stories is part of Free Radicals, a two-year research project exploring the intersections between plant biodiversity and artistic practice, co-funded by @creative.eu and @ministerstvokultury