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The project's goal is to raise awareness about the importance of art as a socially responsible activity that contributes to community development and raising social awareness through visual arts creation. The focus is on sensitizing students to the importance of social and civic engagement and encouraging critical reflection on the role of art in society. The project implementation will emphasize expanding the space for dialogue between the local and academic communities as well as audiences outside the art milieu. Collaboration with public institutions at the university, city, and county levels will ensure wide accessibility of activity results.

Activities: exhibition programs; artistic-research projects; visual arts workshops; lectures; will be realized in collaboration with visiting professors, renowned artists, and experts working within targeted visual arts and social fields. The goal of the activities is also to improve teaching and research practice through knowledge exchange and contemporary working methodologies, development of innovative artistic approaches, and encouragement of collaboration among broader social groups at national and international levels. A special segment of the project will relate to the ecological component in terms of: using materials and techniques that are environmentally friendly, while the use of digital tools and technologies will enable creative expression in an ecologically acceptable way. Active student involvement in project activities contributes to the development and strengthening of their learning outcomes as well as establishing and expanding professional connections in accordance with professional requirements and the contemporary labor market.

Title: Contact: Art in the Community - KUZ
Code: IP-UNIST-56
Duration: 01.10.2025.-30.09.2029.
Value: 131,911.50 EUR
Project Manager: Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov

The views and opinions expressed reflect solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

Team

No.	Name	Position	Field	Institution
1	Vedran Perkov	Assoc. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
2	Sonja Gašperov	Asst. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
3	Ivan Kolovrat	Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
4	Anita Miloš Tomaić	Asst. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
5	dr. sc. Blaženka Perica	Assoc. Prof.	Social/ Humanities	University of Split, Arts Academy
6	Viktor Popović	Prof. Art. (T)	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
7	Neli Ružić	Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
8	dr. sc. Božo Kesić	Senior Assistant	Social/ Humanities	University of Split, Arts Academy
9	dr. sc. Dalibor Prančević	Assoc. Prof.	Social/ Humanities	University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
10	Nikša Vukša	Lecturer	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
11	Edvin Dragičević	Full Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
12	Petar Katavić	Asst. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
13	dr. art. Gloria Oreb	Assoc. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
14	Lana Stojičević	Asst. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
15	Slobodan Tomić	Assoc. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy
16	Maja Zemunik	Assoc. Prof. Art.	Arts	University of Split, Arts Academy

Project activities

	Work Packages	Activity Leader	Participants
WP1 Artistic Visibility and Social Inclusion
A1.1	Establishing collaborations with institutions outside the art sector	Prof. Art. Neli Ružić	Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić
A1.2	Production and installation of student exhibitions in specific contexts	Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović	Prof. Art. Edvin Dragičević, Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov, Asst. Prof. Art. Petar Katavić, Asst. Prof. Art. Anita Miloš Tomaić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Art. Gloria Oreb, Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić, Asst. Prof. Art. Lana Stojićević, Assoc. Prof. Art. Maja Zemunik
A1.3	Website creation and maintenance	Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov	Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov, Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat, Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić, Lecturer Nikša Vukša
A1.4	Audience development and marketing	Asst. Prof. Art. Anita Miloš Tomaić	Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov, Asst. Prof. Art. Anita Miloš Tomaić, Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić
WP2 Contemporary Art Practices
A2.1	Lectures and workshops	Asst. Prof. Art. Lana Stojićević	Prof. Art. Edvin Dragičević, Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov, Asst. Prof. Art. Petar Katavić, Asst. Prof. Art. Anita Miloš Tomaić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Art. Gloria Oreb, Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić, Asst. Prof. Art. Lana Stojićević, Assoc. Prof. Art. Maja Zemunik
A2.2	Laboratory of Contemporary Art Practices	Assoc. Prof. Art. Maja Zemunik	Prof. Art. Edvin Dragičević, Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov, Asst. Prof. Art. Petar Katavić, Asst. Prof. Art. Anita Miloš Tomaić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Art. Gloria Oreb, Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić, Asst. Prof. Art. Lana Stojićević, Assoc. Prof. Art. Maja Zemunik
A2.3	Study trips	Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović	Asst. Prof. Art. Sonja Gašperov, Asst. Prof. Art. Anita Miloš Tomaić, Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić
A2.4	Conversations with artists	Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov	Assoc. Prof. Art. Vedran Perkov, Prof. Art. (T) Viktor Popović, Prof. Art. Neli Ružić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević
WP3 Scientific, Theoretical and Professional Discourses
A3.1	Public lectures by experts	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Blaženka Perica, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević
A3.2	Theoretical support for student projects	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Blaženka Perica, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević
A3.3	Literature procurement	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Blaženka Perica	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Blaženka Perica, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević
A3.4	Collaboration with experts from other fields	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Blaženka Perica, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević
A3.5	Proceedings	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević	Senior Assistant Dr. Sc. Božo Kesić, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Blaženka Perica, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dalibor Prančević
WP4 Visuality in Digital Media
A4.1	Realization of student digital works	Lecturer Nikša Vukša	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat, Lecturer Nikša Vukša
A4.2	Digital documentation of exhibition activities	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat, Lecturer Nikša Vukša
A4.3	Formation of a digital archive	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat, Lecturer Nikša Vukša
A4.4	Development and maintenance of digital project components	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat	Prof. Art. Ivan Kolovrat, Lecturer Nikša Vukša

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The project coordinator is the University of Split, Arts Academy, which is implementing it without official partners.

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