EU VOLUNTARY SERVICE
“Culture and Art’s project NOASS” is accredited sending and hosting organization for the European Voluntary Service (EVS).
EVS is an opportunity for youngsters from 18 to 30 years to work in on of the European countries for 2 till 12 months, helping out the hosting organization to accomplish its goals with own ideas and work.
“Culture and Art’s project Noass” especially are happy for youngsters, who want to work in culture field, however everyone can apply for this program, even if volunteer is not interested in culture. The main criterion is applicants motivation.
More information about European Voluntary Service
Contact persons on Noass:
Alise Vetrova
tel./fax: +371 67703241
mob.t. +371 26348218,
e-mail: alise.vetrova@gmail.com
Kate Zilgalve
tel./fax: +371 67703241
mob.t. +371 29138556
e-mail: kate.zilgalve@gmail.com
Sending organization – exchange and volunteers
Water. Sinking Cities. – P60 and NOASS
8 young artists from 2 cultural centres – P60 (NL), NOASS (LV) perform in a live show in each venue, using audio-video expressions and collecting material inspired from the 2 exchanges, between June and September 2010.
After a month of communication at online platform international artist crews are working together at a joint project inspired by the theme: Water – natural element and its reflection of Sinking city aspect. The next stage of the project is to visit each project cities – Riga (21st – 27th June) and Amstelveen (13th – 19th September), making researches in the local environment and preparing audio visual works for live performance.
In the meantime of artists exchange they continue to communicate in project’s website – shearing experience of the previous stage, uploading audio visual materials from Riga stage, as well as preparing for the next stage in Amstelveen. In the website each artist has a profile and crews which will be created by members.
Pekarna – magdalenske mreže
17th January NOASS sent Ieva Strazdiņa to Pekarna (Maribor, Slovenia). She will spend one year volunteering in project: Prenos znanja/veščin – Transfer of knowledge/skills.
Pekarna-magdalenske mreze is founded as an organisation for encouraging and supporting programme and project cooperation among individuals and groups conducting artistic, cultural, educational, research, ecological, informative and humanitarian activities. The centre was established in 1996 by three different associations (Association of dolphine friends, Alternative music workshop, Gallery house). It is situated in a former military bakery, occupied in 1994, and is now the biggest alternative cultural centre in north-east Slovenia.
REGENLAB: New Cartographies of the Creative Cities
At the beginning of the October team from “Culture and Art project NOASS” will participate in Youth Exchange program REGENLAB: New Cartographies of the Creative Cities in Portugal.
From the 1st till 12th of October in Porto 11 day workshop will take place and the participants from France, Lithuania, Latvia, Spain and Portugal will take part. The main reason for this project is to exploit the city “cartographies” as a methodology to build new mental maps of the urban territory in question through the gathering of ideas of the youngers involved in the exchange. During the 11 day time the participants will have the opportunity to exploit the city “cartographies” as a methodology to build new mental maps of the urban territory in question through the gathering of ideas of the youngers involved in the exchange also thinking and participating on the various contributes to the urban developing .The participants will produce in workshop creations that the results will be presented with an exhibition and interventions in the public space in Porto.
IDEIAS EMERGENTES – the organizers of this project and a EVS host organization – for many years have been a partner organization for Culture and Art project NOASS. During the realized EVS program in year 2008 IDEIAS EMERGENTES hosted Ineta Želve and during the first part of the year 2009 Annija Senakola and Kristina Lukjanska.
P60
In autumn Culture and art project NOASS in corporation with one of the largest Independent Cultural Centres in Europe and TEH member P60 (Podium voor pop, cultuur en media) in Amstelveen started a yearlong project GLOBALSTAGE. During this project P60 hosted a volunteer from Latvia – Linda Konone. Linda and other volunteers from P60 created and leaded youth exchange project Water. Sinking Cities.
P60 is a venue for art, music, culture and multimedia in Amstelveen, Netherlands next to Amsterdam airport. The centre opened on 1st November 2001. P60 mainly hosts various concerts, dance events, multimedia, theatre, literature and fashion workshops etc., and the centre collaborates with other local cultural institutions and art schools.
Ankara – What is EU?
In Ankara (Turkey) from the 3rd till 11th of August a Youth Exchange program “What is EU?” took place. The blistering Turkish sun and the contrasting city environment of Ankara was not able to distract the participants from Turkey, Rumania, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia and France to be interested in the most important and current events and topics connected with European Union. The active discussions and workshops, trips in and outside the Ankara city encouraged the youth to change their points of view about the traditions and habits in the EU member countries and Turkey.
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