Painting from Peacepainting Poland for the Minister of Defense Søreide

Under minnemarkeringen av 75 år siden 2. verdenskrig i Narvik i mai 2015, fikk forsvarsminister Ine Eriksen Søreide overrakt et maleri av to polske ungdommer. Den polske presidenten var også til stede. De to ungdommene var sammen med ordføreren i Proszowice invitert til Narvik. Ungdommene var med på et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom norske og polske ungdommer fra Bindal og Proszowice. Under besøket i Norge hadde de polske ungdommene tema:" Munchs scream-my scream”. De besøkte Munch-museet i Oslo, og bildet ble malt på Bindalseidet på et maleverksted i 2014.

Forsvarsminister Søreide med maleri fra Peacepainting

Forsvarsminister Søreide med maleri fra Peacepainting

EEA project with Poland

The library in the Polish town Proszowice near Krakow has received 1.1 million kroner in support from EEA funds and has started a cooperation with Peacepainting. The project shall run for 2 years. Read about the project at the Arts Council Norway website here. The first phase of the cooperation began in April 2014, when a group of 12 people from Bindal visited Proszowice and Krakow. Seven students from the three comprehensive schools in Bindal participated in workshops in Proszowice together with 80 Polish young people.

At the end of May 2014 a large delegation of 50 Polish people came to Norway. They visited Bindal and Brønnøy. 35 young people and 15 tour guides were accommodated privately. They joined in in hiking to the mountain, Mulingen, in Bindal, and visited Brønnøysund Upper Secondary School and the mountain, Torghatten. They joined in in a painting workshop and met Norwegian young people at a disco.

The project continues in September 2014, when approximately 20 young people from Bindal and Herøy travel to Poland. Report from project travel in Poland September 2014. Read also in Herøyfjerdingen.

A number of Polish young people and artists are coming back to South Helgeland in spring 2015.

Link to website for the project in Poland.

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