The Arts Cluster in Kemerovo is one of the most important elements of Kuzbass transformation for its 300th anniversary

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Yesterday, on May 24, the Second International Women's Forum “The Role of Women in the Development of Industrial Regions in a Changing World: Covid-19”. A project for the construction of a cultural and educational complex being one of the most important elements of Kuzbass transformation by its 300th anniversary has been discussed at the plenary meeting which was hold as part of the forum with the involvement of Valentina Matvienko, the Chairman of the RF Federation Council. The project of a Complex in the Kuzbass capital is being implemented by Stroytransgaz Group of Companies at the request of the National Cultural Heritage Social and Cultural Projects Fund; the project was named as one of the most significant in region’s history.

The Complex facilities are being built on the initiative and by order of Russian Federation President V.V. Putin. The regional authorities, in their turn, lay the favourable groundwork for construction!

Kuzbass Governor Sergey Tsivilyov has repeatedly emphasized the Arts Cluster role in the Region’s future as a cultural and unifying centre, which will help to attract to the region creative youth from all over Siberia and to reduce the regional outflow of applicants and, consequently, of entire families.

The International Women's Forum is a unique opportunity to communicate and exchange experiences. Every woman will be able to find an interesting topic for herself at the Forum site. The discussion focuses on relevant and sensitive issues - development of industry, changes in healthcare, education, culture, the latest trends in sports industry, construction, tourism, safety in social networks and much more.

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A detailed informal conversation about the significance of cultural clusters took place in the open air site of Orbita park. Marina Yevsa - the Minister of Culture and National Policy of Kuzbass participated in this discussion and noted that global changes are becoming points of growth, including for culture.

– Clustering matters a lot. Coalition of cross-industry networks gives impetus to the regional development. We can see this using the example of the arts cluster: an educational complex will open very soon, followed by opening of a theater-and-museum complex in 2023. This is necessary to keep young people in the region. Conditions for this are already being created in Kuzbass: Tchaikovsky Central Music School has been operating for two years, the teachers of the Moscow Academy of Choreography have been educating young dancers and ballerinas for a year. Federal experts in the field of creative industries and art space creation were invited today to our discussion platform as speakers, – said Marina Yevsa, the Minister of Culture and National Policy of Kuzbass.

Native of Kemerovo, theatre and film actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Alena Babenko has also visited the Eurasian Women's Forum, she participated in the discussion on culture clusters and spoke about her work in Moscow Sovremennik Theatre, which will celebrate its 65th anniversary this year.

– There are tiny theatres, there are people who make art on a small patch of space using their own funds, they have no space, they have nothing. I am personally interested in such theatres which we are not familiar with, but which are awarded with the “Golden Mask”. To get to know them we need art spaces, – shared Alena Babenko.

Professor of London Metropolitan University, Doctor in Art Management and Cultural Policy Arthur Gukosyan took part in the discussion as well. He spoke about the current global trend of polycentric urban development.

– Everyone pays serious attention to how the culture develops in the city, and how the city becomes cultural. This is influenced by the construction of educational institutions, sports, cultural facilities, etc., – said Arthur Gukosyan.

Participants and spectators of the discussion were satisfied with its results and expressed confidence that such discussions create a solid foundation for functioning and further development of the cultural cluster, which will soon begin to operate in full force in Kuzbass.

In total, the forum was attended by representatives of 15 countries, including online representatives from seven foreign countries, who participated in the online session.