Pro Progressione

💡 Three days in Novi Sad, bringing the Intracomp Transformations consortium together to listen, create and plan for the year ahead.

The General Assembly brought together workshops, discussions and creative exercises around intercultural competence, arts education, policy, mentoring and the CultureComp framework.

We’re happy to be part of this international collaboration and to continue exploring how creating together can help us understand and work across cultures.

Read more about the General Assembly and the Intracomp Transformations project here: https://intracomp.info/

Three days in Novi Sad have given us time to listen, create, and plan together. As the Intracomp Transformations General Assembly closes today, we’re carrying forward the questions and ideas shared across the consortium.

We reviewed our progress and the year ahead, gathered feedback on the CultureComp framework, and explored how mentoring, the CultureComp Academy, and RhizoVerse can bring more people into the conversation. Workshops on policy, arts education in formal and non-formal settings, and artistic attribution gave us space to learn from one another’s perspectives.

From a shared music exercise to the workshop tables, these days reflected a central question for INTRACOMP: how can creating together help us understand and work across cultures?

Thank you to our Novi Sad host Kulturanova, our coordinator Nord universitet, and all our partners at University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau, Universität Hildesheim, University of Verona, Centro Studi Interculturali UniVr, University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto, In Place of War, European Network of Cultural Centres, Divadlo bez domova, Sutta Scupa, Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies (IPNGS), Pro Progressione, LATRA

Explore the project: https://intracomp.info/

✨ Last Thursday, we brought the Lights On Rural Touring – Final Conference of the SPARSE Plus Project at the (University of Miskolc) Library with a full day of discussions, experiences and encounters around rural performing arts, international cooperation, community engagement and the achievements of the past years.

The professional programme was also enriched by a performance by All In Circus Company, adding a special artistic experience to the day.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, shared their experiences, questions and ideas. A huge thank you to all our partners for the collaboration, shared thinking and all the work that made this project possible! 🩵

Sparse PLUS is co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.
🔎 Learn more about the project: https://www.sparse.eu/

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✨ Múlt csütörtökön a Miskolci Egyetem Könyvtárában tartotuk meg a Lights On Rural Touring – a Sparse PLUS projekt zárókonferenciáját, amely a vidéki előadóművészet lehetőségeiről, nemzetközi együttműködésekről, közösségépítésről és a projekt elmúlt éveinek tapasztalatairól szólt.

A szakmai programot az All In Circus produkciója színesítette, amely egy különleges művészeti élménnyel kapcsolta össze a nap témáit.

Köszönjük mindenkinek, aki velünk tartott, megosztotta tapasztalatait; a partnerszervezeteknek pedig az együttműködést, a közös gondolkodást és a rengeteg munkát! 🩵

A Sparse PLUS projektet az Európai Unió Kreatív Európa programja társfinanszírozza.
🔎 Tudj meg többet a projektről: https://www.sparse.eu/

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AMAT I Žuvies AKIS I Eesti Tantsuagentuur I NOVÁ SÍŤ I Shoshin Theatre Association I Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo I Sinum Theatre Laboratory Association I T4G | Teatro 4Garoupas I Riksteatern Värmland I Art Fraction Foundation

📖 Some dreams really do come true!

📖 That’s exactly what happened to us when, after several months of brainstorming and planning together, *The Book of Budapest* was finally completed – based on the methodology of Andy Field and Beckie Darlington – with the collaboration of nearly a hundred pupils and their teachers from the Hungarian-Ukrainian Bilingual School in Budapest!

📖 Graphic designer: Katia Drozd

📖 The publication is available online in all three of our working languages:
📖 Ukrainian:https://proprogressione.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/the_book_of_budapest_ukr_small.pdf
📖 Hungarian:https://proprogressione.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/the_book_of_budapest_hun_small.pdf
📖 English:https://proprogressione.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/the_book_of_budapest_eng_small.pdf

The book was born as part of The Book of Dreaming project, and co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Project partners: Fundacja Art Transparent Latvijas Jaunā teātra institūts Палац Гната Хоткевича Lviv City of Literature


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🌿 Art, nature and shared reflection: the fourth year of the Big Green has begun!

Last week, we joined our project partners in Gorzanów, Poland, for a retreat officially opening the fourth year of the Big Green, dedicated to Ecosystem. With Gorzanów Palace as our base, we explored connections between culture and nature through the surrounding landscapes, local stories and creative communities.

The programme brought together geological walks, an artistic exploration of peatlands, visits to local artists’ studios and a workshop on inclusive communication. Alongside our discussions, there was time for shared meals, informal encounters and an intergenerational evening of dance.

These shared experiences offered a starting point for the year ahead: how are landscapes, water, local knowledge, art and community life connected?

💚 A heartfelt thank you to our hosts, the Art Transparent team, for their thoughtful organisation, warm hospitality and rich programme! Thank you also to all our partners for the conversations and time together. We look forward to continuing our shared work!

The Big Green project is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Project Partners: Fundacja Art Transparent (PL), BAZAART (SRB)
Collective Walden (NL), Interpret Europe (B), Marche Teatro (I)
Latvijas Jaunā teātra institūts (LV), Kulturno izobraževalno društvo PiNA (SI), Rosendal Theatre (N), OTELOeGen (AT), SERI (D),
zusa (D), Universitatea din București (RO), Xamk (FIN)
Sciaena (PT)

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🌿 Művészet, természet és közös gondolkodás: elindult a the Big Green negyedik éve!

Múlt héten a lengyelországi Gorzanówban találkoztunk projektpartnereinkkel, hogy közösen megnyissuk a the Big Green negyedik, Ecosystem tematikájú évét. A gorzanówi kastélyból kiindulva a környék tájain, történetein és alkotóközösségein keresztül fedeztük fel a kultúra és a természet kapcsolódásait.

Geológiai séták, a tőzeglápok világát bemutató művészeti program, helyi alkotóműhelyek és az inkluzív kommunikációról szóló workshop is szerepelt a hét programjában. A közös gondolkodás mellett a találkozásoknak, a közös étkezéseknek és a generációkat összekötő táncnak is jutott hely.

Az előttünk álló év témájához így közös élményeken keresztül kapcsolódtunk: hogyan függ össze a táj, a víz, a helyi tudás, a művészet és a közösségek élete?

💚 Köszönjük házigazdánknak, az Art Transparent csapatának a gondos szervezést, a vendégszeretetet és a gazdag programot! Köszönjük partnereinknek is a beszélgetéseket és az együtt töltött időt – örömmel folytatjuk a közös munkát!

⛪️Two artists were selected for the MON-ART residency at Tihany Benedictine Abbey ( Tihanyi apátság ) to explore the connections between contemporary art, Benedictine heritage and the natural landscape of Lake Balaton. Through collaboration with the monastic and local communities, they will develop artistic projects that encourage shared creation, ecological awareness and new ways of connecting with the area’s cultural and spiritual heritage.

⛪️Let's meet now one of the artists!

⛪️Sanja Dragutinović Komatina, MA is an artist, iconographer and conservator-restorer based between Budapest and Belgrade. She graduated in painting and restoration from the University of Arts in Belgrade, where she later taught conservation and restoration for 25 years, and also was a guest lecturer at University in Thessaloniki (Greece). She specialized in wall-painting conservation at ICCROM in Rome and worked on conservation projects in Turkey, Italy and Serbia. After decades devoted to conservation and education, she has returned to her primary artistic practice: painting. Her work has been exhibited in Serbia, Hungary and Canada. Her recent practice combines traditional icon painting with a personal artistic expression.

If you're interested in Sanja's work, visit her website:
https://sanja-icon-art.carrd.co/

MON-ART project is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

🌊 How can music help inspire the next generation of ocean protectors? 🦭🎶

At European Maritime Day, TidalArts supported artist Rebecca Katsaris in creating an experiential music workshop introducing children to the Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s rarest marine mammals.

🔗 Read the full story: https://tidalarts.eu/here-only-monachus-using-music-to-inspire-future-ocean-protectors/

🇪🇺 The project is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.
Learn more about TidalArts: https://tidalarts.eu/

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🌊 Hogyan segíthet a zene abban, hogy a következő generációból az óceánok védelmezői váljanak? 🦭🎶

A European Maritime Day keretében a TidalArts Rebecca Katsaris művészt támogatta a Here Only Monachus című élményalapú zenei workshop megvalósításában, amely a gyerekeket a Föld egyik legritkább tengeri emlősével, a mediterrán barátfókával ismertette meg.

🔗 Olvassátok el a teljes beszámolót: https://tidalarts.eu/here-only-monachus-using-music-to-inspire-future-ocean-protectors/

🇪🇺 A projektet az Európai Unió Horizon Europe kutatási és innovációs programja finanszírozza.
További információ a projektről: https://tidalarts.eu/

🌊 In case you missed it: Here Only Monachus

How can music help inspire the next generation of ocean protectors?

As part of the Blue Senses initiative at European Maritime Day, TIDAL ArtS supported artist Rebecca Katsaris in delivering Here Only Monachus, an experiential music workshop introducing children to the Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s rarest marine mammals.

🔗 Read the full story: https://tidalarts.eu/here-only-monachus-using-music-to-inspire-future-ocean-protectors/

⛪️Two artists were selected for the MON-ART residency at Tihany Benedictine Abbey ( Tihanyi Apátság ) to explore the connections between contemporary art, Benedictine heritage and the natural landscape of Lake Balaton. Through collaboration with the monastic and local communities, they will develop artistic projects that encourage shared creation, ecological awareness and new ways of connecting with the area’s cultural and spiritual heritage.

⛪️Let's meet now one of the artists!

⛪️Edoardo Bosi, also known as , is an Italian artist, musician and sound designer based in Milan. Born in the UK and raised in Uganda, his practice moves between music, sound recording, sound design and experimental approaches to listening. His work explores relationships between sound, place, memory and human experience/ perception, often combining field recordings with composed and improvised music. He studied Music Production and Sound Engineering in Berlin before completing a Master’s degree in Music Publishing in Milan. His work spans recorded music, live performance and site-responsive sound projects.

⛪️“I’m interested in discovering Tihany by listening rather than simply looking at it. The residency gives me the time to become attentive to the small sounds, silences, voices and rhythms that make a place what it is, and to understand how those sounds change through the people who inhabit it.”

If you're interested in Edoardo's work, visit his website:
edoquarto.com

MON-ART project is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.