Belgrade Youth Center
Belgrade Youth Center, or Dom omladine Beograda (DOB), is a cultural center in Belgrade, Serbia, dedicated primarily to youth.[1]
Overview
DOB organizes numerous programs in the area of modern art and culture, as well as educational-debate programs: around a thousand different programs per year, visited by over 180,000 youths. It aims to encompass all art forms: prose, poetry, music, theatre, film, visual arts, new media and others.
The Center was founded in 1964[1] under the auspices of the Secretariate of Culture of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade. The Assembly provides the main funds for the center.
Belgrade Youth Center functions as a platform for promoting new artists, ideas and initiatives.[1] Additionally, Belgrade Youth Center is a meeting point for domestic and foreign artists. DOB is a member of local, regional and international cultural networks.
Organization
DOB's activities are organized in five centers:
- Center of Music Development,
- Center of Visual Arts and Multimedia,
- Center of Education and Interactive Communication,
- Center of Publishing, and
- Laboratory of Initiatives – Art & creativity unlimited.
Space
Dom omladine is located in the center of Belgrade, near the Republic Square. For its programs, it maintains:
- Big hall (520 sitting places or 1200 standing places),
- Americana Hall (300 sitting places or 800 standing places),
- Club (100 sitting places or 300 standing places),
- Art Gallery,[1]
- Debate room (60 sitting places), and
- American Corner.
Separate from this building, DOB also has the Magacin on Kraljevića Marka Street, a former warehouse near the city center with over 5,000 square meters of available space.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Belgrade Youth Center". City of Belgrade. City of Belgrade. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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