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TREŠNJEVKA CULTURAL CENTRE

ABOUT US

Established in 1980. In 1994, the foundation rights passed on from the Centre to the City of Zagreb, which assumed the programming and operational responsibility.
The Centre is obliged to submit its annual plans to the City Department for Education, Culture and Sport, which then approves funds for selected programs.
Funding partially covers staff, salaries, material expenses and programs.

Trešnjevka Cultural Centre, situated in the town’s most populated boroughs; Trešnjevka Sjever and Trešnjevka Jug – with over 150 000 inhabitants, works both as a meeting point (social and cultural) in the neighbourhood  and as a meeting point for various cultural and artistic events. We try both - to encourage artists in their expression and put an emphasize on the differences among them.

The main fields of activity are: cultural education, art education, the development of interest in culture, promotions of amateur art, as well as, planning and performing of various programs such as: concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance performances, film and video art performances. Social and cultural projects are carried out through programs concerning social and cultural heritage, new modes in cultural production and communication, urban culture and sociology, emphasizing multicultural aspects.

Trešnjevka Cultural Centre is a member of ENCC since 2008. and partcipates in its BECC (Bridge Between Cultural Centres) programme.

 

MISSION

Trešnjevka Cultural Centre, the City’s social and cultural institution, conducts and promotes various cultural and educational programs, encouraging individual and group creativity, lifelong learning and creative involvement during one’s spare time in order to enhance life quality. The mission is accomplished through seminars, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, film projections and theatre, dance or music performances.

VISION

In the future, the Centre is to be even more recognizable and rooted within the local community. It is to be among the respected institutions contributing the City’s cultural scene, known within the cultural public for its excellence and receptivity for new initiatives.

We attract the public through our regular activities;
- seminars for both professional and amateur artists
- lectures covering different socio-cultural or artistic fields
- applied art workshops and exhibitions
- amateur art performances and exhibitions
- professional art performances and exhibitions
- theatre performances
- dance performances
- concerts
- dance workshops
- theatre workshops
- music workshops
- social and cultural training programs
- visual art seminars and performances

Target groups are: general public, youth, professional artists and elderly.
Participants come from local community.

The centre employs university degree or equivalent in cultural administration and management staff, under both permanent and contractual conditions.
For some projects we engage professionals having specialized training.

Legally, we are dependent on The City Department for Education, Culture and Sport.

Financing is managed through the three main sources;

•    Public budget (Departments of the City)
•    Foundations, donations or sponsors
•    Market sources (sales, subscription fees)

Within the Centre there are:
TNT theatre; performing plays for both youth and grown up public.

TREPS (Trešnjevka dance scene); conducts and performs various dance projects by both professional and amateur dancers. Projects include workshops and
seminars for amateur and professional dancers and dance performances.

GLAZBENI PODIJ (Amateur music); organizes an important state championship in choir singing and concerts of  jazz, classical and traditional music.
Glazbeni podij also gathers more than one hundred amateur music ensembles.

MODULOR GALLERY; specializes in architecture and design exhibitions.

GLAS TREŠNJEVKE (Trešnjevka voice); local news magazine, a project started in cooperation with municipal authorities. With this project, we are aiming at involvement of local citizens and authorities to take an active role in creating and conducting cultural programs and policies.