New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

Email user
adequatestuff@gmail.com

Basic information
Initiative title
Art Centre Terezín

Full initiative Title
Art Centre Terezín

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
Art Centre Terezín is a project which aims to revive the fortress of Terezín, enhance creative industries and culture capital in Aussiger Region.
Linking creative, educational, social and commercial sphere in an organic way should create a vibrant spot where both individuals and companies come to create new ideas and solution in the name of sustainability.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Local

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Czechia

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Aussiger Region, Terezín – Město změny (Project Terezín)

Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly urban

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organization, in partnership with other organisations
If you are submitting this intiative as part of a group, please provide the contact details of the other individuals or organisations
- Name of the organisation(s): Adequate stuff z.s.
  Type of organisation: Non-profit organisation
  First name of representative: Hannah
  Last name of representative: Saleh
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Czechia
  Function: Director, Founder, Spokesperson
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Jakoubkova 3331
  Town: Teplice
  Postal code: 41501
  Country: Czechia
  Direct Tel: +420 774 077 755
  E-mail: saleh.hannah@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.facebook.com/artcentreterezin
- Name of the organisation(s): Terezín – město změny
  Type of organisation: Public authority (European/national/regional/local)
  First name of representative: Vendula
  Last name of representative: Bláhová
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Czechia
  If relevant, please select your other nationality: Czechia
  Function: Director
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Akademická 409
  Town: Terezín
  Postal code: 411 55
  Country: Czechia
  Direct Tel: +420 771 232 882
  E-mail: vendula.blahova@projekt-terezin.cz
  Website: http://www.projekt-terezin.cz
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: http://www.facebook.com/artcentreterezin
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #adequatestuff
- URL: http://www.facebook.com/adequatestuff
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
ICUK - Inovation Center for Aussiger Region

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
The Terezín Art Residency Centre is a pilot project, the development phase of which is funded by the Innovation Centre of the Ústí nad Labem Region (ICUK) and is being developed with the support and participation of Terezín - City of Change (TMZ). The operator will be Adequate stuff z.s., a cultural and educational platform established in 2021 and based in Teplice.
The idea arose from the need for quick action to revive Terezín.
It connects several goals: to bring art and design students both from Czech republic and abroad to come, stay, meet and improve their skills, bring in cultural events and new visitors to Terezín, to further develop arts and crafts in the Ústí nad Labem region and, in the long term, to contribute to the creation of new jobs and increase professional expertise.

The uniqueness of the concept lies in several points:
● symbiosis with the needs of historical spaces and involved organisations
● consistent philosophy of sustainability and recycling
● focus on the regional problems

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
region

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
recycling

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
craftmanship

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
inclusion

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
art education

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The equipment of the centre and the materials to be worked with will be obtained from donations from sponsors, donated from closed factories or salvaged after the modernization. In the case of materials, this will include residual substances, deadstock, donations and also bargains obtained through the Cyrkl waste materials marketplace. If shortages or waste materials are perceived as an advantage, we can expect surprising and innovative solutions. The Centre had potential to become an important spot for innovation and recycling.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
THE OPEN WORKSHOP FOR PUBLIC

The generous and impressive space of Information Centre will provide an inspiring space for expert-led workshops, but also an opportunity for individuals to create a souvenir and learn something new. In this way, the centre can fulfil an important function - not least because for many people nowadays, even small and creative manual work is an unfamiliar discipline. In this way, there is also an opportunity to attract new visitors to the 18th-century exhibition, which has long received undeserved attention at the expense of the Holocaust Memorial, which ultimately leads to the disrepair of some of the buildings.

Activities that could take place here include making badges, printing T-shirts and tote bags, small sewing projects with possible assistance (scrunchies, fanny packs made from old jeans, ladies' dresses made from men's shirts, etc.), making collages, posters, comics, paper-making or bookbinding, etc.

The open workshop includes an exhibition of donated specimens created by the residents.

The presence of Art centre can enhance the whole area of Terezín city by public space interventions and collaborations with local businesses as well as attracting new residents, visitors, tenants, vendors etc.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The role of the Centre is also to advocate for public education in the region across generations - both practical education under professional guidance and theoretical education. This will again contribute to the development of local and sustainable tourism. Residents participate in educational programmes as part of their learning experience – to deepen their teaching skills and develop their future careers and making their income from teaching and art praxis rather than of selling their art as a commodity.

- practical lectures for the public in cooperation with the universities involved
- connection with the future workplace of the Štětí Secondary School: students can meet their older colleagues and use the workshop for their projects
- initiating lectures and educational events
- summer schools for fostered children whom has radically smaller opportunity to nourish their talent

Access to the public workshop should be free of charge as Aussiger regions is one of the poorest in Czech republic.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
The aim of this complementary initiative is to link the artistic and commercial spheres in the region for a case of particular cooperation, which may ultimately take many forms and which will be developed in cooperation with the marketing department of the company in question. In this way, it is possible to bring respected brands (TON, Malfini, Průša 3D, etc.) and additional funding to Terezín, as well as to help smaller, local design firms from here.
Aussiger region desperately needs to raise cultural capital, qualification and life quality.
Eventhough it sounds like a cliché, especially in terms of bureacracy, Aussiger region need more hope, something new and it needs it rather sooner than later.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
LOCAL:
Adequate stuff z.s. : founder and provider
Terezín – Město změny / Project Terezín: providing premises and HR
- various sponsors and donors: from enthusiastic individuals to czech companies

REGIONAL:
ICUK (Inovation Centre for Aussiger Region) – connections, primary fungindg (October 22 – March 2023), networking and supervising
Aussiger Region: secondary funding from April until August 2023 (in process)

EUROPEAN:
Deutsch-Tschechische Zukunftsfonds: funding of phase two starting September 2023

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
The initiative is based on long-life study and working experience of the founder, BcA. Hannah Saleh. With both social sciences and art education, working experience from film (directing, production and costume design), writing (VICE magazine etc.), work in hospitality and cultural production, also including experiences from volunteering in homeless shelters, during refugee crisis, foster homes and from living abroad (London, Berlin, art residency in Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE).

The key is mixing several fiels together in the purpose of more sustainable, organic and sensible projects.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
An organically conceived project has several options for further growth, which can be implemented in different order according to the current possibilities and needs:

other fields: product design, graphic design, footwear, architecture
an additional residency for theoretical disciplines (art history, curating), whose resident* will participate in exhibitions and further presentation of the works created there

- manufactory with sheltered workplaces dedicated to the production of high-quality, regional arts and crafts products

cooperation with brands (TON, Průša, Malfini, etc.)
overlap with local cultural events: exhibitions, conferences, symposia, cultural events, festivals

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
Art Centre Terezin should be a model study for similiar projects not only in Aussiger region, but also in the wider area: how to link art, commercial, educational and social sphere in order to create more sustainable environment and increase living conditions, cultural capital and genuine potential.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
The approach aims to be quite revolutionary: bringing low-key, artistic (=cheaper and more effective) ways to meeting goals. From papers to real life.
Using of the DIY method bring more efficient and quicker solutions.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
- reviving former mining areas through creative industries
- social inclusion and rising cultural capital in poor region with structural problems
- rescuing historically unique fortress that is trapped in bureaucratical no-man's land and thus uses minimum of it's potential

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
The idea arose in October 2022, the opening is set for April 2023.
Smart approach makes this project happen quicker than is usual in cultural sphere, especially in Czech republic.

The accomodation and studio is already set, the materials are being sources.

Two particular cooperations with partners (Malfini, TON) are in process.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
- http://www.facebook.com/artcentreterezin
- http://www.hannahsaleh.com
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
Aussiger region suffers by lack of professional competence of the population as well decent jobs.
Bringing experts and commercial partners in combination with individual education through art and crafts can consistently help with social and economical situation in the region.
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