West Balkan Cooperation Projects – Potential Partners

West Balkan cooperation projects – potential partners: Presentation of Region Midtjylland within the cultural institutions are situated: Central Denmark Region The region is a politically governed, administrative unit that has three main tasks in welfare and development. Namely, health and hospitals, specialized services for socially disadvantaged and disabled people, as well as being a political driver for growth through regional development. Central Denmark Region's cultural efforts are contributing to an attractive and sustainable region for all by strengthening the community and giving citizens the opportunity to live a good life. Through strengthening the region's cultural actors and institutions, we will develop cooperation on culture across the region. We want to promote access of all citizens in the region to artistic and cultural experiences and opportunities as well as to engage in cultural life and society • Central Denmark Region covers 19 municipalities and an area of 13,000 square kilometers. • Central Denmark Region has a population of 1.3 million people - approx. 23% of the population in Denmark. • Central Denmark Region has a gross budget of 28.9 billion DKK (2019). • Central Denmark Region has approx. 30.000 employees • Situated in Viborg. https://www.rm.dk/regional-udvikling/det-gode-liv-i-hele-regionen/kultur/ Cultural Institutions: The Green Museum The Danish national museum-and knowledge center for hunting, forests, agriculture and food-culture. As a visitor you can experience livestock, fields, gardens, traditions, people, machines and good stories in the changing seasons. The museum has focus on food where visitors can experience a historical experience of food making through times. The Green Museum is a living museum and the living cultural heritage is one of the cornerstones of our work. When you visit our museum in the old Danish vegetable varieties in the agricultural botanical garden, pass your fingers through the old Danish rye on the historical fields or talk to our many animals of old breeds, you will experience a bite of the living cultural heritage, which we work every day to preserve and communicate. Climate and nature, sustainability is primary subjects. The museum participates in a number of projects and works together with compagnies and science center. https://detgroennemuseum.dk/en/about-the-green-museum Gammel Estrup – The Danish Manor & Estate Museum Gammel Estrup – The Danish Manor & Estate Museum is Denmark’s leading manor house and estate museum. The museum is state-approved and undertakes both conservation and development of the manor Gammel Estrup and research into, and communication of, the history of Danish manors in general. The museum involves itself with all aspects of manors, including architecture, landscape, culture, history, agriculture and economy, in both a national and an international perspective and is a living museum with a wide range of activities and events. Gammel Estrup – The Danish Manor & Estate Museum aims for national recognition as a quality museum with a research department of high repute – an institution that transforms and realises information and knowledge about manorial culture, architecture and history for the benefit of society. The public will be met with passion, dialogue and involvement – we will promote professional and personal enthusiasm for the past, present and future of the manor. The museum aims be known for its creative and visionary approach and for its courage to follow new paths in the manorial world. The museum will function as a social and cultural hub in the local community, as a national museum for manorial history and as an international collaborator in the manorial field. http://gammelestrup.dk/en/ Kulturprinsen – Developmet center for youth culture An experimental development center for culture with children and young people. The Centre will develop cultural, gather knowledge and work with new communication forms in relation to children, young people and culture.” The Prince of Culture is a regional, national and international development center for children's and youth culture. • The purpose of the institution is to develop qualitative and innovative new cultural services for children and young people. • The Prince of Culture must generate, develop and disseminate new knowledge in the field of children's culture. • The Prince of Culture must, based on the Municipality of Viborg and through national and international cooperation, help to make visible and promote children's and youth culture at other cultural institutions and actors. • The Prince of Culture must build networks and collaborative relationships with cultural, artistic and educational institutions as well as research institutions. https://www.kulturprinsen.dk/?lang=en The Women's Museum – Gender Museum of Denmark The Women's Museum will be leading dialogues on the importance of gender in society and create curiosity, dialogue, reflection and knowledge about the importance of gender - historical, current and future. The museum's area of responsibility is the cultural history of the sexes. The museum's focus areas are gender culture historically and topically based on women's history, including changes in gender terms and relationships over time as well as diversity in living conditions across gender, sexual orientation, androgyny and ethnicity. to focus on gender so that everyone can speak. As an active and modern museum institution, the Women's Museum in Denmark will continue to work to involve the museum guest directly in the exhibitions by creating curiosity, dialogue, reflection and knowledge about the importance of gender - historical, current and in the future http://kvindemuseet.dk/ Skovgaardmuseet – Art museum The Skovgaard Museum is the only art museum in Denmark, which is dedicated to the artistic heritage of one family - the Skovgaard family. It is housed in a landmark heritage building, in an old 18th century town hall in the city of Viborg city. Skovgaard Museum's goal is to convey art in a contemporary and relevant way that opens up the Skovgaard family's art to a diverse audience. We need to help debate the role of art in society and show the relevance of art history to today's world. http://www.skovgaardmuseet.dk/english Viborg Kunsthal – Exhibition space for contemporary art Viborg Kunsthal is an exhibition space for the living and dynamic contemporary art with an ambitious exhibition program with renowned Danish and international artists. Riddergade AIR is Viborg Kunsthal kunstnerresidency. Riddergade AIR is part of Viborg Kunsthal where artists can develop and immerse themselves in their artistic practice and strengthen their network. Viborg Kunsthal offers with Riddergade AIR artists good workshop facilities, assistance with tasks of practical and art academic art, as well as access to a wide local, national and international network. Riddergade AIR creates links between the resident and the Danish artists and facilitates new opportunities for international development of the Danish art scene. https://viborgkunsthal.viborg.dk/ Musikhuset Aarhus - Concert Hall From students to international stars. Music is the center of attention, when the Concert Hall every year enrich, excite and inspire more than 600.000 guests. Impressive acoustics and beautiful architecture constitute the Concert Hall’s six halls and nine scenes that set the stage for more than 1.200 yearly events. The Concert Hall offers experiences for everyone. Children’s shows, concerts, musicals, comedy, dance, theatre, opera, performance from the Symphony Orchestra and meetings, events and conferences for business. The Concert Hall is a musical cultural magnet that in addition to attract the biggest musicians to Aarhus, also has six local and musical actors as residents: The Concert Hall Aarhus, the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, the Danish National Opera, the theatre group Filuren and Comedy Zoo Aarhus. Together they form a Concert Hall that is one of Denmark's most popular cultural centres as well as the largest Concert Hall in Scandinavia. The Concert Hall is a unique concert and learning centre on an international level. It is a musical melting pot, where it is possible to meet hundreds of students, teachers, professional musicians and employees in the Concert Hall every day. https://musikhusetaarhus.dk/en/about-the-concert-hall/ Ensemble Midtvest – Classical music orchestra Founded in 2002, Ensemble MidtVest consists of a string quartet, a wind quintet and a pianist. Performing more than 100 concerts a year both in Denmark and abroad, the ensemble has been invited to such venues as the Carnegie Hall, New York, Kings’ Place, London, and to festivals as the Musikfestspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rio International Chamber Music Week, ULTIMA Festival, Oslo, the Vale of Glamorgan Festival; and the Mantova Chamber Music Festival. Ensemble MidtVest has recorded more than twenty CDs, Ensemble MidtVest is supported by the music committee of the Danish Arts Foundation and the municipalities of Herning, Holstebro and Struer. .

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