Here’s a small selection of photos from the final event in Warsaw on April 26th, mostly between 12 noon and 2.30pm.

Jacek Kauron high school, location of Wonders book launch.Clues in Praga lead to the Bazar…Mentor session, Bambini di PragaMentor session, Bambini di PragaBook launch, Bambini di PragaMentor session, Bambini di PragaMentor session, Bambini di PragaBook launch, Bambini di PragaBook launch, Bambini di PragaOur Lithuanian invigilators…

Watch these wonderful photos taken by Tomek Kaczor and Janek Mencwel on the day of the event (April 26th) in all its many locations on both sides of the Vistula river.

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The Art Institute (VMU) invites you to one more finissage of the ANIMATOR project – presentation of the book ‘The Wonders of Kaunas: a field guide’ for Kaunas residents and guests. Come to the gallery ‘Meno parkas’ in the old town at 6 pm on Wednesday 7 May, get your copy of the book, take a glass of traditional punch, chat with co-authors of the book, learn more about cultural animation, meet your neighbors and friends. And don’t forget to bring your own wonder of Kaunas with yourself!

The Wonders of Warsaw and The Wonders of Kaunas - two model projects each resulting in a publication that was launched as part of the PoWisle i Po Pradze event on 28th April.

 Click here to download information panels about the Wonders projects.

Dzień pełen wrażeń, działań, opowieści, cudów i wędrówek po Powiślu i Pradze. Oba brzegi Wisły połączone nie tylko liniami autobusów 174 i 162, ale także akcjami animatorów kultury z Warszawy, Litwy, Czech i Wielkiej Brytanii wspólnie prezentujących swoje pomysły na akcje w przestrzeni miejskiej.

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Day full of events, activities, stories, wonders and wandering around Powisle and Praga. Both banks of Vistula linked not only with bus lines 174 and 162, but also with actions of cultural animators from Warsaw, Lithuania, Czech Republic and England, presenting their ideas of animating urban spaces.

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here you can read a short research study on cultural animation in post-soviet Lithuania which was presented at the conference "Cultural Animation…?" on 25 February 2008 in Prague.

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Video made by Blue Group: Vilma Baltrušaityt, Silvija Burokait, Ernesta Stackevičien, Violeta Mikutaityt, Aidis Stuck and Beata Godlewska, working with Brendan Jackson.

On the way to Kristaus Prisikėlimo - in the search for Wonders of Kaunas. Created by students from the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University and from the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University - Rita Akelaitytė, Vilma Balčiauskaitė, Aistė Kasperavičiūtė, Arnas Šedovas and Patrycja Proniewska - working with Pamela Wells from Laundry.

The confluence of the Nemunas and Neris Rivers - in the search for Wonders of Kaunas. Created by Beata Godlewska working with Brendan Jackson from Laundry. Part of workshops run by Laundry with students from the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University and from the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University.

A silent movie searching for Wonders of Kaunas in Vilijampole. Created with Ania Bas from Laundry and Vaida Gedzevičiūtė, Sandra Kliukaitė, Indrė Šurkutė, Rūta Vainauskaitė, and Agnieszka Nasierowska - students from the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University, and from the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University.