Belgrade Youth Center

Dom omladine Beograda in April 2007, before reconstruction.

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:

Space

Dom omladine is located in the center of Belgrade, near the Republic Square. For its programs, it maintains:

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. 1 2 3 4 "Belgrade Youth Center". City of Belgrade. City of Belgrade. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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