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ÖKS Österreichischer Kultur-Service
Department of Project Management
Stiftgasse 6
A-1070 Vienna
Austria
Director: Dr Michael Wimmer
Phone: +43 1 523 57 81-22
Fax: +43 1 523 89 33
E-mail: ulrike.giessner@oks.ac.at
Web site: www.oks.at
Background, orientation and purpose
Profiles: Austria
ÖKS Österreichischer Kultur-Service is a non-profit association that was founded in 1977 as part of an
initiative by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
As a specialised service facility located at the interface of art, culture and education, ÖKS supports the
dialogue between schools and artists from all disciplines. Many years of experience in the realms of
education and culture make ÖKS experts in cooperative exercises with young people.
ÖKS develops ideas and concepts across the whole context of arts and education, with a focus on arts
mediation. It also provides project management, and organises arts and education events, projects
and conferences for public and private customers at both the national and international level.
ÖKS cooperates with all schools in Austria and supports co-operation between teachers and artists in
the school context (personal art mediation). It has contact with more than 100 cultural institutions
and as many as 800 artists working with young people across all artistic disciplines.
In its role in European and international partnerships, ÖKS organises EU-projects in the fields of its
core competence and participates in various networks at a pan-European level.
As part of these network activities, ÖKS conducts cultural and educational policy lobbying and
promotes information exchange in order to highlight its main concern: a closer link between arts and
education.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
Schools, Arts and Management - seminars and workshops.
Art Mediation and Contemporary Art Practices - seminars and workshops.
Be prepared! Artists and new working fields – workshops.
Duration
Schools, Arts and Management - 2-5 day seminars and workshops.
Art Mediation and Contemporary Art Practices - 2-5 day seminars and workshops.
Be prepared! Artists and new working fields - 1-2 day workshops.
Content
Schools, Arts and Management:
Under the title, “Schools, Arts and Management”, ÖKS offers various short-term seminars and
workshops for teachers on topics such as time management, project management, public relations,
marketing, sponsorship, etc. The main objective of these seminars is to professionalise teachers who
organise cultural projects in schools.
Art Mediation and Contemporary Art Practices:
Under the title, “Art Mediation and Contemporary Art Practices”, ÖKS offers various short-term
seminars and workshops for teachers on topics like choreography and contemporary dance in school
projects, theatre mediation, radio and film workshops, art and new technologies, etc.
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