Bridges of CREATIVITY

10.00 Session 1 – Amateur Arts and YouthsModerator: Aled Rhys Jones
10.05 Miroslav Keveždi, MA (Cultural center of Vojvodina)„Status of the amateur“10.15 Savo Mučibabić (Amateur Art Association of Vojvodina)„Amateur Arts and Youths in Intercultural society of Serbia“10.25 Zoë Zernitz (LKCA Netherlands)“Amateur art associations and youth in the Netherlands ”10.35 Marjeta Turk&Maja Papič (JSKD Slovenija)“Youth engagement in amateur arts ”10.50 Discussion

Miroslav Keveždi was born in 1976 in Novi Sad, Serbia. He graduated in philosophy and religious culture, Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus in Zagreb in 2001. After that he continued his education on the specialized academic studies in Novi Sad, department "Media and multiculturalism". Since then has performed media research, dealing with content analysis of electronic and print media. Finished his master's degree in 2012 at the UNESCO Chair University of Arts in Belgrade majoring in Cultural Policy and Management. Areas which he explores and is active in are media, culture, religion and minority rights. He has published dozens of scientific and professional papers in these areas.

Savo Mucibabic He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad (Yugoslav Literature) and the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade (Ethnology).He became a permanent associate - a journalist in the Student newspaper "Index", editor of literary and social stands at the Student Cultural Center, and at the end of the studies and editor in the well-known literary magazine "Polje".In 1975, he was elected director of the Youth and Students' Cultural Center "Sonja Marinkovic". He has prepared four monographs, edited some 20 professional newsletters, and catalogs for various events.Since 1999 he has been working in the Cultural-Educational Community of Vojvodina, later the Institute for Culture of Vojvodina, on professional and organizational affairs.As a prominent worker in cultural and artistic amateurism, he was the president of the Serbian Amateur Association.Today he is Secretary of the Amateur Art Association of Vojvodina. He is a great fighter for the emancipation of cultural and artistic amateurism and his constant advancement towards professional reach.

Zoë Zernitz works as a researcher at the National Centre of Expertise for Cultural Education and Amateur Arts (LKCA) based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. LKCA conducts independent research on developments in cultural education and participation. LKCA helps shape political and public opinion by providing stakeholders with information, both unsolicited and on request.