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About

Who are we?

Utopia Art and Education Organization, serves in the field of art, education, youth work and culture. Our main idea is using non-formal education and art as effective tools for children, teachers, youth and lifelong learning programmes. By following this objectives Utopia is coordinating International exchange projects, International training courses for youth, teachers, workshops, exhibitions, shows and local festivals. Utopia's artistic specializations are creative drama, theatre, photography, video, animation, creative handcraft and music. Utopia believes the importance of non formal education and lifelong learning and focus on the following topics: human rights, social exclusion, poverty, Enviromnetal problems, cultural degeneration, democracy, children rights, children violance, children labor, children in prizons and local social other problems.

Why Utopia?

The lexical meaning of Utopia is “the idea or proposal impossible to come true”. Farabi, impressed by Pluton, designed a Utopic state in his work called “Medinet’ül Fâzıla”. According to him, humans should live all together by helping to each other. If it is possible for organs to work in a healthy organism in harmony, it should be so for human beings. The man who used concept of Utopia first, Thomas More also revealed a utopic country concept. In this country, there isn’t any personal property and it is forbidden. Everyone gets how much they need from what is produced. People work six hours in a day and they engage in art and science in their leisure time. Executives have a serious education process while growing up as in ideal state of Pluton.

While most intellectuals are still talking about utopic state structure, the ways to reach Utopia, needlessness of unachievable utopias or necessity of this concept; to us, Utopia is a place people live happily with love and respect without discrimination (nationality, language, religion, gender and class discrimination) and war. And we aim to reach the utopia...

The team

In Utopia, project coordinators, educators, and volunteers work all together. Our project coordinators design project organizations in local and international level. Our educators are the ones who study art as a master and have pedagogical content knowledge at the same time. They are also highly experienced in youth works and school education. When it comes to our volunteers, they make contribution to their own personal development by participating in our social responsibility projects.