20 August 2021 | Veles, North Macedonia The almost end of the summer brought the CAN for BALKANS project teams in Veles, North Macedonia Official opening of the 3rd Comic colony “Veles 2021” The 3rd Comic Colony “Veles 2021” officially started on 20th August, organized by the coordinators of Comic …
1 August 2021 | Tirana, Albania History as it was… At the end, all participants from Romania, Belgium, North Macedonia and Serbia visited the National Historical Museum and the National Museum “House of Leaves”. The archaeological, historical and cultural wealth of Albania shown through the objects exhibited in the pavilions …
1 August 2021 | Tirana, Albania Let’s talk / listen about graphic novels in Albania The third day in Tirana was focused on the project topics, because one of the most important aspects of this project is the connection between the different artistic environments involved and the knowledge of local …
31 July | Tirana, Albania The day ended in the same way it started, with another trip where the whole group visited the Archaeological Museum of Durrës and became more acquainted with the archaeological discoveries. The museum was very inspiring for the comics artists.
31 July | Tirana, Albania The afternoon was reserved for the partners presentations where everybody had the chance to do a follow-up of their work in the last period, beginning with the meeting in Leskovac (Serbia), in June, and until the time of the meeting in Tirana
31 July | Tirana, Albania Durrës: C A(rheologiy) N 😊 The second day in Tirana was for both working at the project goals but also traveling and getting to discover Tirana, in order to understand better the local context of the history and culture and what for an impact this …
30 July | Tirana, Albania Next steps On the first day of the events in Tirana within the project, a meeting was held between the project coordinators. They discussed the work progress and assigned the next steps in having a successful project also in other stages of its development.
30 July-2 August 2021 | Tirana, Albania The project goal is to create a cross-border cultural network to facilitate cooperation between artists and specialists in the world of historical graphic novels in Western Balkans and the EU, in the spirit of European Union values. The next CAN for Balkans stop …
27 June 2021 | Leskovac, Serbia The first offline meeting was the perfect framework for the partners to discover more about what the others are doing, in the comics field and not only. In the Culture Center of Leskovac, the project partners presented their organizations, activities, and national comics scene. …
26 June 2021 | Leskovac, Serbia The N from CAN stands for: Networking As a part of the meeting with the local artistic environment, CAN for Balkans project was presented to the local artists, representatives of cultural institutions in Leskovac, media and participants of the 23rd Balkans Festival of Young …
26 June 2021 | Leskovac, Serbia The ”red thread” of all meetings was the debate “Cultural and social clichés and stereotypes in the Balkans” where different experts expressed their views on the subject. In Leskovac the debate was organized as a public event moderated by our colleague Marko Stojanovic (comics …
26 June 2021 | Leskovac, Serbia The first face-to-face meeting of the project took place at the … library 😊 The main activities of the meeting in Leskovac were held on Saturday, 26 of June, at the National Library ”Radoje Domanovic”. After the guided city tour in Leskovac and the …
