President Milanović Supports Project Q’ART COMMUNITY ART&CARE Centre

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović received today the team of authors of the Imagine Platform Art Organization and the Ilica Q’art project Ivana Nikolić and Aleksandra Battista Ilić and content creator Andrea Krkač who presented their new initiative to him – the Q’ART COMMUNITY ART&CARE centre project.

Presenting their initiative to President Milanović, the authors emphasized that the Centre is conceived as a space for a new social and cultural model in which art, health, community and sustainability become a single whole that has the power to regenerate the city and society. It is also a pilot model for the revitalization of neglected state spaces, which would begin in Zagreb, on the ground floor of a building located at Ilica 71 – a space in the very centre of the city that has been vacant and dilapidated for more than 25 years, in a building of exceptional cultural and historical value, they said.

Repurposing this space into the Q’ART COMMUNITY ART&CARE centre would open up space for artistic research, personal development, creative expression, art therapy, education, and social inclusion, especially for vulnerable groups. This model of repurposing space would become an example of regenerative and inclusive action in Croatia. They pointed out that the project already has the support of neighbours, citizens, and the local community, as well as institutions such as the Zagreb Tourist Board, the Cancer Clinic, art academies, and even the New European Bauhaus initiative.

After they presented their initiative to him and explained its significance for the city of Zagreb, its inhabitants and society as a whole, President Milanović gave his support to the realization of the Q’ART COMMUNITY ART&CARE centre.

Alongside President Milanović was the Special Adviser to the President for Culture Zdravko ZIma.

PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Dario Andrišek