Crvena
Udruženje za kulturu i umjetnost Crvena
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
About
Founded in 2010, Crvena is a non-profit association based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina working on gender equality, arts & culture, education +4 more.
Crvena is a feminist and left-oriented association for culture and art based in Sarajevo, founded in 2010 by a group of friends. It works in culture, research, education and political practice to support progressive social change, including through developing self-governing skills, critical thinking and organisational capacity. Its work covers the social position of women, management of natural and social resources, housing, the right to the city, water and rivers, and education. Activities include exhibitions, public walks, lectures, summer schools, publications, an online feminist magazine, residencies and engaged research. Crvena is funded by international foundations and donors and is run by a membership-based assembly with an operational team and steering committee. It is a member of local and international networks, including the European Housing Coalition, the European Water Movement and the Coalition for the Rivers.
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Feministika
Gender equality · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Internet magazine and public political campaign on contemporary women's issues, aimed at feminist exchange and renewing the movement.
Symposium
Arts & Culture · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Series of experimental artistic and life-practice interventions, launched in 2017, opened as spaces for artistic and life practices.
Nona Residency
Arts & Culture
International residential programme for women researchers and artists working in feminist practices, launched in 2018.
Precious Plastic Sarajevo
Environment & Climate · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Experimental hub developing creative plastic recycling machines, in cooperation with universities, since 2017.
Archive of Anti-Fascist Struggle of Women in BiH and Yugoslavia
Heritage · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Digital archive of emancipatory and utopian elements of the region's past, launched online in March 2015.
Educational programme Politike svakodnevnice
Education · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Educational programme of lectures, workshops and modules critically examining present-day society, including labour and leisure.
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Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Kvinna till Kvinna, Olof Palme International Center, Global Fund for Women, Mediterranean Women's Fund, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Goethe-Institut BiH, Foundation for Arts Initiative, Open Society Fund BiH, Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Urban Design Studio Sarajevo
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