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EVS project in Alvesta
Art and culture
Alvesta train station
About Alvesta Exhibition Hall
Alvesta is a municipality with 20 000 inhabitants in the region of Småland, with an important train connection for the trains in the south of Sweden.
The Train station of Alvesta is an historical buildning partly managed by the municipality which organizes exhibitions in cooperation with local organisations, studios and schools. The second floor of the station is therefore used for art and culture goals: the old waiting room is used as an exhibition hall and holds temporary exhibitions open to the public; the old restaurant of the station is used by an antiquarium, managed by a local association.
The exhibition hall exists to promote and show the municipality's history, culture, landscape, inhabitants and local organisations to its visitors. The target group of the Exhibition hall is travellers, visitors, school classes and people who come to the station to pick up travellers.
Examples of exhibitions hold by the Exhibition hall of Alvesta train station: painting and sculptures by the students of Grimslövs Folkhögskola, Japanese art, Islamic art and culture, Christmas exhibition. The Exhibition Hall also hosts poetry evenings and concerts.
Alvesta is a municipality with 20 000 inhabitants in the region of Småland, with an important train connection for the trains in the south of Sweden.
The Train station of Alvesta is an historical buildning partly managed by the municipality which organizes exhibitions in cooperation with local organisations, studios and schools. The second floor of the station is therefore used for art and culture goals: the old waiting room is used as an exhibition hall and holds temporary exhibitions open to the public; the old restaurant of the station is used by an antiquarium, managed by a local association.
The exhibition hall exists to promote and show the municipality's history, culture, landscape, inhabitants and local organisations to its visitors. The target group of the Exhibition hall is travellers, visitors, school classes and people who come to the station to pick up travellers.
Examples of exhibitions hold by the Exhibition hall of Alvesta train station: painting and sculptures by the students of Grimslövs Folkhögskola, Japanese art, Islamic art and culture, Christmas exhibition. The Exhibition Hall also hosts poetry evenings and concerts.
Activities for volunteers:
The volunteers' role is to help setting up exhibitions and creating communication tools. The volunteers will also participate in teambuilding, brainstorming and meeting local personalities.
Here are some activities for the volunteers:
- Create posters and flyers about the exhibitions
- Document the exhibitions by pictures and films
- Update Facebook and website with news and advertisement for the Exhibition place
- Contact with twin towns of Alvesta in other countries to plan future projects and cooperation
- Help with material and equipment and putting up a new exhibitions
- Host visitors and guide them in the building explaining the history of the Train station, the culture of Alvesta
- Create an own exhibition with own creations or in cooperation with a local school or association
-Get involved in other cultural project in the Alvesta Community which have connection to Alvesta municipality, the exhibition hall and its Cultural department. And there participate to develop cultural life in Alvesta.
We are looking for a volunteer who:
- is interested in art and culture and also in design/media
- enjoys working in a team with people with different backgrounds
- is flexible and creative
- is willing to live in a small town environment
-is interested in the work of a municipality in Sweden
To know more about Alvesta and the Exhibition Hall, please visit:
http://www.alvesta.se/
http://www.alvesta.se/Se--Gora/Utstallningshall/
Dates of the EVS project:
April 2020-March 2021
If you are interested in this project please, send your CV and motivation letter to: alvesta@globalakronoberg.se
The volunteers' role is to help setting up exhibitions and creating communication tools. The volunteers will also participate in teambuilding, brainstorming and meeting local personalities.
Here are some activities for the volunteers:
- Create posters and flyers about the exhibitions
- Document the exhibitions by pictures and films
- Update Facebook and website with news and advertisement for the Exhibition place
- Contact with twin towns of Alvesta in other countries to plan future projects and cooperation
- Help with material and equipment and putting up a new exhibitions
- Host visitors and guide them in the building explaining the history of the Train station, the culture of Alvesta
- Create an own exhibition with own creations or in cooperation with a local school or association
-Get involved in other cultural project in the Alvesta Community which have connection to Alvesta municipality, the exhibition hall and its Cultural department. And there participate to develop cultural life in Alvesta.
We are looking for a volunteer who:
- is interested in art and culture and also in design/media
- enjoys working in a team with people with different backgrounds
- is flexible and creative
- is willing to live in a small town environment
-is interested in the work of a municipality in Sweden
To know more about Alvesta and the Exhibition Hall, please visit:
http://www.alvesta.se/
http://www.alvesta.se/Se--Gora/Utstallningshall/
Dates of the EVS project:
April 2020-March 2021
If you are interested in this project please, send your CV and motivation letter to: alvesta@globalakronoberg.se
Alvesta Exhibition Hall
