The building that the Community Center of Shipka Chitalishte Svetlina – 1861 is occupying nowadays was not the intended place for the Chitalishte. It’s the building of the old primary school but the first Chitalishte building infact. Another building, much more majectic is standing up just below the actual Chitalishte building and it was finished … Read more
As stated in our previous article so far 1,400 leva have been donated for the cause of the roof of Community Center from the 19,000 required for the most minimalistic variant for repair of the roof of the Community Center. Due to the fact that the roof is in a very poor state and only … Read more
For this fourth article, we have decided to present to you a painting depicting a coastal landscape inspired by “romanticism” style, painted by Alexander Ovsyannikov, a Russian artist who stayed in Shipka. As far as the place is concerned, we do not have more information; which gives it a mystical aspect: Is it an imaginary … Read more
Welcome to part 3 of our series “Impressions of Shipka’s Art Gallery”. The Art Gallery “Hristo Pesev” is located in the Shipka’s Community Center. We are currently running a campaign to collect funds for the roof repair of the building, which needs to happen this spring to prevent negative consequences for the cultural heritage stored … Read more
Here is part 2 of our series “Impressions of Shipka’s Art Gallery”. The Art Gallery “Hristo Pesev” is located in Shipka’s Community Center and now in great danger due to the broken roof . See here how you can donate for the roof repair of Shipka’s Community Center and help to preserve our art collection … Read more
Take a look at the unique art collection of the Art Gallery “Hristo Pesev” in Shipka’s Community Center. To make our collection of paintings and sculptures accessible for the public at large, we decided to present a selection of art pieces from our Gallery in a periodical manner. By doing that we want to … Read more
In June we started to work on the outdoor space of the Chirpanlieva house. The new EVS volunteers just arrived and were motivated to create a new space for a small café and an outdoor exhibition of agricultural equipment. Moreover, the place will be used for handcraft workshops and other cultural events to give … Read more