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We have some triedand-tested
methods:
a team that is cooperative,
professional, responsible
and responsive; a leader
who is part of the team,
never watches from
a distance and always
cooperates; satellites
– the people, organisations
and institutions we work
with; mobility – a cultural
centre can be anywhere:
in a rural community
centre, at a bus stop or,
sometimes, actually at the
local cultural centre; we
love what we do – this the
only way to do it.
live far from the Communal Cultural Centre
(GOK) and cannot participate in regular art
activities held there. Senior citizens were another
important group of beneficiaries. It is
much more tragic to be an old person in a rural
area than in the city. Problems faced by
elderly people include long distances, infirmity,
dependence on other family members,
a tradition that emphasises passivity and
helping your children raise their children and
do housework.
funding
The project was funded by the National Centre
for Culture as part of the Cultural Centre+
Programme (Priority II), the Communal
Cultural Centre in Dywity and Przyjaciółka
Foundation. We also received support from
the Communal Committee for Solving Alcohol
Problems, which paid part of the costs of
food for the youngest beneficiaries.
Photo: archive of GOK in Dywity
challenges
It is a bit embarrassing to talk about problems
when you have such an ambitious mission.
Our rural cultural centre has a close relationship
with local residents – close enough
to know how much work there is to be done
and how useful we could be. We are constantly
thwarted by lack of money. However,
we get a second wind thanks to generous donors
whom we find on our own and whom we
try to impress with our ideas in competitions.
Communal Cultural
Centre in Dywity
We are nuts about the quality of culture
in rural environments. We are, as it were,
culture animation soldiers, brigadiers of
culture who have to wage a twofold fight
– one to battle the myth of communal
culture centres as empty, poor, boring,
closed, low-quality, crude; another to
keep the same centres alive, offer them
support, make them matter. We have won
many battles, but have not yet won the
war. We don’t accept defeat. Our centre
has extensive experience in running
original projects. We won a Culture
Foundation award in the Little Homelands:
Tradition for the Future competition.
One of our projects was recognised
by Polish Children and Youth Foundation
with the title of Exemplary Project.
Communal Cultural Centre in Dywity (Gminny Ośrodek
Kultury w Dywitach)
Warmia-Mazuria Province
ul. Olsztyńska 28, 11-001 Dywity
gokdywity@wp.pl
www.gokdywity.eu