DOBROtraining
Gateway to Volunteering DOBROškolenie is the entry point to volunteering for Trenčín 2026. DOBROtraining Dates: 3/2 – 17:00–19:00 – DOBROtraining 4/2 – 17:00–19:00 – DOBROtraining 5/2 – 17:00–19:00 – DOBROtraining 26/2 – 17:00–19:00 – DOBROtraining Do you want to become a volunteer for Trenčín 2026? Register here – Volunteer Registration After that, we will invite […]
Exhibition Boris Vitázek: Infinity Countdown
We invite you to the exhibition Infinity Countdown: Boris Vitázek. The rapid progress of generative AI models has become a highly polarizing topic in the field of art. The existence of these models directly challenges fragile questions of ego, human uniqueness and consciousness, as well as the value of human labor. The installation combines various […]
Training for DOBROleaders
DOBRO Leaders Training An interactive workshop focused on developing the skills needed to lead a volunteer team or programme – effective communication, task distribution, basic administration, handling unexpected situations, and supporting less experienced volunteers. Participants will gain practical tools that can be used not only in volunteering, but also in personal and professional life. This […]
How to respond in a crisis and help
Be ready to act when it matters. This training combines crisis management and first aid into one intensive day, during which you will learn how to respond calmly, support your team, and help in challenging situations. You will gain practical skills that you can use not only in volunteering but also in everyday life – […]
Food + people = community
An informal gathering dedicated to thanking our volunteers for their work, time, and energy. This community dinner creates space for getting to know each other, strengthening relationships, and building a sense of community between the volunteers and the Trenčín 2026 team. This time, we’re heading to a pub quiz at Perla – 29 January at […]
Exhibition Painted with Light II
Painted with Light II is a loose continuation of the exhibition of the same name, featuring artistic photographs focused on traditional dress in the Myjava region from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. Once again, the exhibition presents forms of clothing that are today often overlooked or already forgotten. This time, however, the […]
FRENCH KISS
THIS EVENT IS TICKETED! We are heading into the 20th season of the iconic club night FRENCH KISS, which every year during Valentine’s weekend brings a charismatic French house DJ, producer, and radio host to Slovakia – PAT HEART. A DJ and musical traveler who has been behind the decks for more than four decades. […]
A Photographic Installation by Oliver Ressler: Out of the Passage to Seize Back the Sky
The five lightboxes in Trenčín’s underground passage are Austrian artist Oliver Ressler’s contribution to Green Line, part of European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026, curated by Oto Hudec. The underpass linking the old town to the river is a typical piece of car-centric infrastructure: a dim tunnel pushing pedestrians below ground so vehicles can move […]
Pop-up Dance Performance Katarína Čillíková & Anna kolektiv: City as a Body City centre
The City as a Body Dance-performative situations by the Anna Collective Choreography and curatorial concept: Katarína Chilli Čillíková The City as a Body is a series of site-specific dance-performative situations in which urban space becomes a living organism. Urban still lifes function as a memento of the present moment and invite audiences to walk between […]
Discussion The City after the Title: One-Time Success or Lasting Change?
The discussion will focus on what remains for the city after receiving the title of European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026 and what long-term impact this moment may have on its development. It will open up topics of the cultural, social, and economic legacy of the ECoC project, as well as the sustainability of new […]
Discussion Central Europe and Culture in Times of Uncertainty
How Can Culture Respond to Periods of Social, Political, and Environmental Uncertainty? A discussion held as part of the Opening Weekend of Trenčín 2026 – European Capital of Culture will bring together voices from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary to reflect on the role of art, cultural institutions, and civil society in times […]
Discussion Culture as a Placemaker
Culture as a driving force for urban change and public space transformation with the aim of local communities engagement. Join us for a discussion with leading European experts who will demonstrate the topic of „placemaking“, through concrete projects, how art and creativity can heal communities, revive industrial heritage, and forge a new urban identity. Speakers […]
Exhibition: Maj Horn (DK): Floating Communities
Maj Horn’s work combines socially engaged art with an installation merging costumes, masks, images and organic materials. The installation serves as a workshop and meeting place, where Horn collaborates with local artists, designers, and theatre professionals to create masks. The mask-makers take turns to become hosts, inviting visitors to contribute to the collaborative process. This exhibition emerges from a deep curiosity about the strange and wonderful, and also irritating plants and animals, with whom we share urban habitats and surrounding landscapes. As part of her artistic practice, Maj Horn asks herself the following questions: Which plants and animals do I see and how do I value them? How do plants, animals and humans coexist together in the same environment? How can I expand my awareness and understanding of other species and their ways of being in the world, their superpowers? To explore these questions, Horn has developed a working method: she selects a plant or animal and gathers knowledge and stories about it. She chooses species with whom humans have a deep history and complex relationship with. The exhibition features four figures that she has been working with in performances and workshops over the past few years: the cow, the pigeon, the nettle and the beaver. The beaver is the newest figure and is chosen specific for Trenčín: After being absent from Slovakia for over a century due to human hunting, the beaver has returned and now lives in the centre of Trenčín. As part of her work, Maj Horn creates masks and costumes. She uses used textiles, paper, and organic materials. This approach becomes a method of seeing other species, and working with material transformation as forms of changing perspective. In the exhibition this approach is combined with Slovak folkloric animal mask traditions. A site-responsive process took place prior to the exhibition in Spring and Fall, 2025. Numerous meetings and events were held with ecologists, artists and other local people. Gradually, a community emerged, sharing stories about their connections with, and knowledge of, the plants and animals of Trenčín and the surrounding area. These public events included lectures, performances, workshops, shared meals, and walks. We held discussions with herbalist and plant guide Veronika Repková, and with artist, researcher, and urbanist Isa Klee, focusing on how sustainable interspecies relationships can be built in times of climatic and social change. Together with Sylva Mertanová, director of the Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, we visited a site inhabited by beavers. The exhibition will culminate in a walk. On 1 March, a public performance will bring all the masks and costumes to life. Maj Horn (b. 1987, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen. Her artistic practice explores nature-culture relations, storytelling and ecological thinking. She works with performance, installation and socially engaged art. She holds a master’s degree from the Funen Art Academy, followed by postgraduate courses in Nature Interpretation in Theory and Practice at the University of Copenhagen. Hosts: Jana Gombiková, Kasha Potrohosh, Paulína Pokryvková, […]
Community Leader and Their Personality I.
Working as a leader means working with people. Communication, handling difficult conversations, giving and receiving feedback, motivation – these are all essential skills. Community leaders also encounter situations where they need these abilities. Within the team they work with on projects and collaborations, they need to clearly explain their ideas, be able to listen and […]
DOBRO for Everyone: How to Make Culture Access
Everyone has the right to experience culture — without barriers. When: 17 January and 24 January 2026 This training is intended for volunteers and DOBROleaders who want to learn how to communicate accessibly, provide guidance, and support visitors with disabilities — people using wheelchairs, people who are blind or visually impaired, deaf or hard of […]