Experts from the National Center for Culture selected Galeria Katowicka’s HIGHER LEVEL PROJECT as one of 20 best cultural initiatives in Poland, recognizing its contribution to redefining the role of culture in public spaces. The assumptions and details of this unique project will be presented during Ogólnopolska Giełda Projektów [Polish Projects Exchange] event held under the name of “Animation + Public Space.”

This is an annual event organized by the National Center for Culture and attended by active promoters of culture. Its key goal is to allow sector leaders to share their experience related to cultural projects aimed at communities across Poland, as well as to encourage discussions. For the first time in the event’s history, a project carried out by a shopping mall found itself among the best cultural initiatives.

Over the past four months, Galeria Katowicka has hosted more than 150 theater and art workshops, experiments, lectures, relaxation sessions, career workshops, music production and arrangement classes, workshops for aspiring TV presenters and journalists, international exhibitions, performances and other events. The HIGHER LEVEL PROJECT also entailed the opening of “Scena w Galerii” [Mall Stage] where the Silesian Theater performs its plays.