ABOUT

THE FOUNDATION

The Open Arts Foundation was founded in Plovdiv, in 2007, by Katrin and Vesselina Sarievi. It is registered in the Central Register of the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice as a public-interest non-governmental organization.

Before that (2005-6), the Open Arts Foundation existed as a platform for non-commercial culture of the Sariev Gallery, developing such projects as the Plovdiv Night of Museums and Galleries (the foundation’s largest undertaking), as well as smaller, one-off ideas like Project O, project o_copy and New BG Souvenir.

In March 2010, the Open Arts Foundation opened its own office in 36 Otets Paisiy St., in close proximity to the Sariev Gallery and the artnewscafé.


MISSION

Our mission is to activate, reflect and communicate the city with the medium of the arts.


ACTIVITIES

The foundation’s policy is to develop and produce our own cultural production.
A small number of our projects are developed externally (more specifically, the Film Program).

Our three main programs from 2010 are: Night of Museums and Galleries, City & Culture and the Film Program. In 2011, the Open Arts Foundation we  started new Educational program in contemporary art - Introduction to Contemporary Art .


FUNDING

The Open Arts Foundation works with the financial support of private and public organizations, as well as individual citizens.


TEAM

Our core team is: Vesselina Sarieva – Director, Samuil Vladimirov – Finance consultant, Yordanka Pavlova – Marketing Manager, Stanislava Grueva – General coordinator, Ecaterina Chaparova – Office Assistant.

We also use the services of a network of consultants, experts, interns and volunteers.


CAREER

The Open Arts Foundation runs its own internship and volunteer program in support of its current and future projects. The positions cover a wide range of operational and research activities and are announced in our News section.