Interpret Europe is one of the partners in The Big Green Project – Going big to use art to promote sustainability.
The Big Green Project is funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the EU. It unites 15 partners from 13 countries, among which are non-governmental organisations, universities, artistic groups and art companies. The project seeks to explore innovative ways of using art as a promoter of sustainability. The mission of Interpret Europe, as one of the partners, is to demonstrate how heritage interpretation can support and enhance this process. The project is in its second year of implementation. Each year, artists from various countries take to experiment with a different element of the environment in their work – painting, sculpture, visual and applied arts, music, dance, theatre and more. The environmental theme of Year 2, which is currently being explored by the selected European artists, is SOIL. Last year they worked with AIR and they will dive into WATER in the next year.
The artists gather together with all project partners for a retreat where science and creativity are united. The first retreat took place in Hungary in October 2023, and the second in Latvia in August 2024. The hosting countries for years 3 and 4 are Portugal and Poland. The results of the artists’ work are then presented at various festivals, such as the Valley of Arts (Hungary) and Homo Novus (Latvia).
More information about the project can be found here: https://proprogressione.com/en/project/the-big-green/
Simana Markovska has been a sustainable tourism expert for 25 years, promoting heritage interpretation in Bulgaria through her work as both the chairperson of the association Pirin Tourism Forum and a freelancer. Simana also started the informal community of Interpret Bulgaria. She is an IE trainer for the Certified Interpretive Writing (CIW) course. She can be contacted at: smarkovska@mail.bg.
To cite this article: Markovska, Simana (2024) ‘Going Green, and Big ‘ in Interpret Europe Newsletter 3-2024, pg.9.
Available online: PDF-Newsletter_2024_3.pdf
