From May 25 to June 30, Cultural Platform Zakarpattya NGO invites teenagers and young people of Kryvyi Rih to the “Teatralnyi” park—to join Spilno Camp! It is a free summer space with a creative program for anyone aged 10 to 24. A place where you can openly be yourself and explore your potential, find new friends, process emotions together, and never stop creating!
Spend time together usefully at Spilno Camp: here teenagers and young people gain new knowledge about socially important topics and develop their creative thinking, emotional intelligence, teamwork, and other skills that will be valuable in the future.
Learn more about Spilno Camp and follow the schedule of events in Kryvyi Rih on the project’s website spilnocamp.cultpz.org
Season three and city number six for Spilno Camp!
In the summer of 2022, Spilno Camp united more than 6,000 internally displaced and local children and teenagers from all over Zakarpattya: the space was active in Svaliava, Irshava, and Uzhhorod. In 2023, we brought Spilno Camp to Chernihiv and Poltava. More than 4,000 participants took part in the creative program there.
More about the creative program in Kryvyi Rih
We have prepared two programs for the participants of Spilno Camp in Kryvyi Rih—one open program and one modular.
In the open program, various daily activities await the participants, such as lectures, workshops, movie nights, and master classes. The main program consists of 5-day-long modules in the field of creative economy for teenagers and young people of different ages.
Within these modules, participants will learn and practice acting, sound design, free movement, contemporary art, technology and innovation, direction, and design under the guidance of contemporary creatives from all over Ukraine to create their own physical or audiovisual artifacts.
Entry and participation in events are free! You just need to sign up. The space will be open daily from 12:00 to 20:00
Themes we plan to explore together
The focus topics of this year’s Spilno Camp, which will be held in Kryvyi Rih, are mental health and safety culture. In a space that is friendly to everyone, teenagers and adolescents will have the opportunity to open up in a new way and experience emotions sustainably, as well as learn more useful information about things like mine awareness.
On top of that, participants will explore the themes of ecology, democracy and self-governance, team building, and other relevant issues.
We are waiting for you in the creative space that is Spilno Camp! Follow the schedule of events in Kryvyi Rih at spilnocamp.cultpz.org and on the Cultural Platform’s social media on Instagram, Facebook, or the Spilno Camp Telegram Channel.
The “Spilno Camp” project was organized by Cultural Platform Zakarpattya NGO with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine and the German Government in cooperation with the Kryvyi Rih City Council and the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council.
Olena Smirnova-Kochetkova