![]() The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek takes pride in the fact that it is the first and only puppet school in Croatia: puppetry is also studied at the Department of Theatre Arts. ![]() The Academy consists of seven sections: the Department of Music, the Department of Creative Technologies, the Department of Culture, Media and Management, the Department of Instrumental Studies, the Department of Visual and Media Arts, and the Department of Theatre Arts and Postgraduate Study of Creative Therapies. The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek is an institution of higher education that is, in many respects, quite unique within and outside the borders of the Republic of Croatia since it offers study programmes and grants degrees in art, social sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary fields of science and art, making it an institution of broad views and open to different types of students where they can acquire artistic and scientific competence in order to be able to live and work in contemporary society. The LPT is a member of the International Puppetry Associations UNIMA and ASSITEJ. The LPT also pays special attention to cultural and artistic education in all dimensions, while at the national level cooperates in the endeavours to strengthen the standards and systemically place quality cultural content in the programmes of educational institutions. In its work, the LPT builds on the hundred-year tradition of Slovenian puppetry. The theatre was established in 1948 (as the City Puppet Theatre) and has been based in Mestni dom in Krekov Square since 1984. Its predominant target audiences are children and young people. Ljubljana Puppet Theatre (LPT) is the main Slovenian puppet theatre staging puppet and drama performances for children, youngsters and adults. ![]() The project is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Finally, The Puppet Theatre Critics Handbook will be released. Furthermore, video lectures on puppetry and puppet theatre criticism will be created as a joint production of all the partners. This will be a special edition on puppet dramaturgy with joint editorial board of all partners. During the implementation of the project, a magazine on puppetry arts and theatre of animated forms, LUTKA, will be published. Although the project runs between 20, the EU Contemporary Puppetry Critical Platform will become a sustainable international network that will unite other contributing countries. ![]() The EU Contemporary Puppetry Critical Platform will present a series of seminars, workshops, discussions, artists’ and critics’ residencies at puppetry festivals and exchanges, exploring and sharing knowledge about the current best practice of contemporary puppetry, aiming to inform and strengthen the future resilience and sustainability of the art form and practitioners. The project will promote the circulation of professional discourse and theory, and will increase transnational mobility of cultural operators active in the field of puppetry reflection (young critics, mentors, theorists, editors, professional writers, translators) through the exchange of puppetry knowledge and theoretical articles, travelling, professional workshops and critical residences. An equally important objective is to alter prejudiced public perceptions of puppetry being “only for children” and an “elitist” form of art. The project aims to reposition puppet theatre criticism as an element in the public discourse, as well as to make contemporary puppet theatre relevant to a wider public by building an audience with an integrated approach and contemporary technology. The EU Contemporary Puppetry Critical Platform is an international project between four European countries led by the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre in Slovenia, with other partners in Croatia (The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek), Lithuania (Vilnius Theatre “Lėlė”) and Scotland (Puppet Animation Scotland/Manipulate Festival).
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