Mixing Cultures

Among the initiatives and services for the community, in 2006 Consortium Kairos promoted the requalification of Public Baths located in Via Agliè, in Torino. The building already existed before World War II: it was bombed and severely damaged. As the building was of no use, Consortium Kairos had the idea of turning it into a gallery for intercultural exhibitions and other initiatives, even culinary, whose aim is the socialization among different cultures. "Mixing Cultures" is the name of this project taking place in the Public Baths fostering and promoting art as a meeting point, developing new urban scenarios, meeting and promoting artists, fostering the encounter of cultures and styles, mixing different ideas and displaying them in expositions, with the help of painters and immigrants. The Public Baths are a crossroads of people of different nationalities and from different ethnic groups; it is an ambitious project fostering the values of social inclusion, democracy and tolerance in a neibourghood experiencing the cultural changes linked to immigration, with troubles. The main “users” of the centre are young people coming from different nationalities and young Italian people living in the area. One of the main goal of the centre is to actively involve the local inhabitants and the civil society, thanks to a calendar of events planned together. “Mixing Cultures” represents the process of creating a network of groups of citizens, associations, institutional bodies and non profit players. The volunteer we would like to host will be offered a dynamic and vibrant working environment, an open and multicultural setting, will learn new languages, acquire new skills, have an unforgettable experience both personally and professionally, providing their support to the actitivies and initiatives for the local community.