A Description of an Ongoing Or Prospective Cultural Project
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A description of an ongoing or prospective cultural project Woodstock Festival Poland is a huge and free music event which takes place in the beginning of August in Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland. There are four stages, which host a variety of different music genres: Main Stage, Second Stage, Viva Kultura Tent Stage, and Night AFA Stage. The massive event is firmly rooted in the ideals of peace, friendship, and love, and it might be the last vestige of the world, where people of all creeds and beliefs can co-exist peacefully together. The festival, which attracts thousands of guests each year, not only boasts a diverse line-up of performers, catering to people with very different music tastes, but also creates a vibrant, diverse community, where everyone can feel welcome and appreciated. The festival campsites, which, just like the main event itself, is free, remains open for everyone. Young and old representatives of different subcultures, which are usually pitted against each other, come together for the duration of the festival and form one community. Woodstock Festival is organized by Foundation “Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity” with strong support from my institution - Town Hall Kostrzyn nad Odrą. MUSIC Each year the line-up of the festival showcases a few dozen Polish and international bands: both well- known artists and up-and-coming bands. We take care to make sure that the line-up is very diverse, but the festival is well-known for its heavier, rock infused sets. So far, we have had the pleasure of hosting amazing artists, such as: Within Temptation, Afro Celt Sound System, Black Label Society, Dream Theater, Shaka Ponk, Illusion, (Hed)p.e, Congo Natty, VOO VOO, Decapitated, Furyon, Eluveitie, Molotov, Shaggy, Modestep, Protoje, Hatebreed, Skid Row, Volbeat, Ky-Mani Marley, SKA-P, Accept, Manu Chao La Ventura, The BossHoss, The Prodigy, Guano Apes, Die Toten Hosen, Killing Joke, The Stranglers, Clawfinger, Kreator, Machine Head, Anthrax, Ugly Kid Joe, Soja, Enter Shikari, Emir Kusturica, Kaiser Chiefs, Sabaton, Beatsteaks, Zion Train, Twinkle Brothers, Juliette Lewis, Caliban, Volbeat, The Futureheads, Type O Negative, Subways, Life of Agony, Papa Roach, Nigel Kennedy, Airbourne, Helloween, Gentleman, Dog Eat Dog, Leszek Możdżer, Dżem, Coma, Hey, T.Love, Vavamuffin, Farben Lehre, Sweet Noise, Pidżama Porno, just to name a few! ACADEMY OF THE FINEST ARTS Another interesting element of the festival is the Academy of the Finest of Arts, meant as an open meeting space for well-loved and respected representatives of the arts, sciences, politics, and social activists. The Foundation aims to educate young people and introduce them to ideas of tolerance and peaceful dialogue. The meetings between the young audience of the festival and authorities in their given fields are based on the exchange of opinions, questions, and honest and open discussion about matters such as religion, tolerance, war, and arts. So far, the stage at the Academy of the Finest Arts has welcomed religious authorities and social workers, political leaders, travellers, journalists, artists, and other experts. In accordance with the ideal of tolerance, which is one of the governing ideals of the festival. Expected results and impact - Interest in implementing the program in public and / or prívate organizations that have an impact with youth culture or public - Public and private organizations related to youth expressed interest in replicating the program - Profile of initial conditions of the young participants - Participants develop project incorporating cultural innovation by Design Thinking Workshop (workshop empathy, ideation , prototyping and testing of cultural ideas) - Festival organization and executed for the participants of the program, the main purpuse is apply and put into practice the skills developed during the program. - Building relationships on an on-going basis – through communication, building trust, reciprocity and showing commitment; - Developing diverse funding sources – including grants, fees for services, volunteers, donations, active fundraising campaigns, etc.; Individual implication - Individual reflectiveness and empathy, illustrated by case studies of the role of arts and culture in the criminal justice system and their place in supporting professional and informal carers - Individual Personal implication in the relationship between arts and culture in producing engaged citizens, more active in voting and volunteering, and more willing to articulate alternatives and fuel a broader political imagination - A critical assessment of the widespread use of arts and cultural interventions to help peace- building and healing after armed conflict - Whether the role of small-scale arts in generating healthy urban communities might be more important for the health of towns than large-scale culture-led regeneration projects - The ways in which arts and culture feeds into the creative industries, supports the innovation system and attracts talent and investment to places - individual contribution of arts and culture to addressing key health challenges such as mental health, an ageing population and dementia. - Being flexible – capacity to accommodate change by incorporating on-going evaluation into project evaluation. - . Links to pictures and media http://woodstockfestival.pl/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxuDHnnvuAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQQYh-ziyDo .