Music Art Tabor experimenting with new spaces to open the boundaries between professional artists and amateurs through the synthesis of arts and interpretations of traditional topics related to Roma culture

About this project

<p>Music Art Tabor has a main goal: to increase people's access to arts and culture,by experimenting with new spaces to open the boundaries between professional and amateur artists and interpretations of traditional topics related to Roma culture. The main activities of the project are: Experimenting with new spaces outside the city center – the outermost districts of Sofia inhabited by Roma and holding of a traveling event/festival. The project is aimed directly the needs and requirements of artists,representatives of minority or ethnic groups and young people. The synthesis of the arts-various artistic and creative events, performances, exhibitions and initiatives will revive the peripheral areas (the extreme districts of Sofia with a concentration of Roma population) by attracting new audiences. A traveling event will improve access to arts and culture and breathe new life into remote smaller towns and villages in northern Bulgaria. The project will contribute to the promotion of cultural initiatives among Roma and improve their access to culture through successful bilateral cooperation and exchange between Association IME Bulgaria and NOPA Norway.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

The partner from NOPA was an essential part of the project's success and reinforced the creative unity that transcends borders and ethnicities.

Project partners

• Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists Donor project partner· Norway