The group consisted of 15 project participants living in Georgia — ethnically Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian — and visited Berlin from May 18 to 25, 2025. “This visit didn’t just give me professional inspiration — it reminded me of who I am, what I love, and what kind of world I want to help create.”…
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Project “Support for Minority Youth in Georgia”: Study Visit to Germany
From May 12 to 18, 2023, ten ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani project participants visited Berlin as part of a study visit. The aim of the visit was to learn from German organizations and their best practices. The participants had the opportunity to engage with representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations working on youth participation, gender…
Participation in the Dialogue For Future 2023 conference
On September 18 and 19, 2023, the Rönne Foundation once again participated in the Dialogue For Future conference organized by the Federal Foreign Office, the Civil Society Corporation, and wechange e.G. have an update on topics related to cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries and exchange views with our contact persons at the Federal Foreign…
Project ‘Georgian minority women as integration ambassadors’: Study visit to Germany
From 13 – 20 May 2024, 10 ethnic Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian project participants living in Georgia visited Berlin.Including the two project leaders, the group consisted of 4 teachers, 4 activists and 4 journalists. The participants got to know the work and best practices of German and international educational institutions, organisations, media houses and meeting…
Rönne Foundation visiting Georgia
From 22 – 26 September 2024, the founder and board member of the Rönne Foundation Burkhard Saar, and project manager Mareike Steinig visited Georgia for the kick-off event of the new project ‘Empowering Youth Supporting Minority Communities’. This project, which will run from 1.08.2024-31.07.2025, is once again being organised and implemented on site by our…
Deformation. An exhibition about unlearning and refusing | Odkształcenie. Wystawa o oduczaniu się i rezygnacji | Дэфармацыя. Выстава пра развучванне і адмову
Die Aufstände in Belarus sowie auch die schwarzen Proteste in Polen brechen mit überkommenen Traditionen und dem etablierten Status Quo. Sie setzen Energien frei, die Zukunft unter rechtsstaatlichen und demokratischen Vorzeichen neu zu denken. Die Ausstellung widmet sich den Fragen danach, wie ein bewusstes Ablehnen und Ablegen von gewohnten Denkmustern und Strukturen Teil dieser Proteste…
Online project presentation
On 9.12. we presented the results of our joint work in the BelarusArtChange project: ДЭФАРМАЦЫЯ/UNLEARNINGCritical Art in Belarus and Poland beyond established mindsets Digital exhibition tour and artist talk. What is the situation like for Belarusian artists living in exile, what are the topics and challenges they deal with in their everyday lives and in…
Exhibition in Poznan
From 7 October to 3 November, the exhibition “UNLEARNING”, which we planned and organised together with our Belarusian and Polish partners, was on show at Art Space Domie in Poznan. 14 artists presented their ideas on the role of art in the protest movements in Belarus and Poland. The exhibition is part of the BelarusArtChange…
BelarusArtChange
Times of upheaval are also creative times. This is clearly evident in the Belarusian art scene, critical of the regime, which has experienced a blossoming since the beginning of the protests in August 2020 and is increasingly turning the uprising into a cultural protest through ever-new artistic forms. However, artistic initiatives and activists in Belarus,…
Anniversary of Protests in Belarus
The euphoria is over. A reflection on the protests and the development of future scenarios for a democratic Belarus have started. An interview with the artist and curator Sergey Shabohin on the anniversary of the protests in Belarus. A year ago, mass protests against electoral fraud began in Belarus. Artists, musicians and writers began to…