Center for Arts Art Laboratory
The Center for Arts Art Laboratory is a multifunctional art space located in the “artistic district” of Sofia in an authentic building from the beginning of the early XX century. The mission of the Center is to inform, provoke and encourage the interest of the society in art.
Its aim is to create art events that are up to date with the contemporary world practices, thus attracting new audiences and contributing to the cultural life of the capital.Founded in 2015, Art Lab has been initiator and organizer of exhibitions, presentations, lectures, courses, competitions, literary readings, creative presentations and collaborations. It has hosted international festivals for art and literatre and has been a guest to events in various indoor and outdoor galleries, educational and urban spaces.
Creators
Yulian Stankulov
Yulian began his painting education at the National School for Fine Arts, having continued through the National Academy of Arts (Bulgaria), Kent State School of Art (USA), Mimar Sinan University (Turkey) and successfully defended PhD in art history and fine arts. Over the years, he has experimented with various techniques and forms of painting, sculpture and photography. Most of all he loves to paint and rest on the background of nice music and natural landscape.
Yagmur Stankulova
Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Yagmur graduated from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University and specialized in painting at the National Academy of Arts in Bulgaria. She works in the field of painting by mixing classical and contemporary techniques, developing the subjects of tenderness and sensitivity through the eyes of a modern woman. She loves to cook, travel and making photos. You can see the results turned into paintings and photos at Instagram
Our Partners
Missions
Art Info Point
Today, each of us searches for information on the Internet. Despite the great advances in technology, a great deal of information remains beyond the reach of the online space. Much of this knowledge continues to be transmitted person to person or found in dusty and hard to find books. Our Art Library stores such information in its hundreds of editions. We have art albums and books in over ten languages, the oldest of them dating back to the begining of XX century. Our colleagues in various fields of art continue to share and relay information about the art world. The Art Info Point project combines the information base of the Center for Arts with the creation of a network of people and the making of a photo studio for works of art. This allows us to easily to access, archive and forward information. For two years Art Laboratory has been offering free consultation on creating an artistic portfolio and photographing artworks for students in the art fields. Donate an art book or album Requested a portfolio consultation hour
Mobile Lab
The project Mobile Art Lab for Bulgarian Art and Traditions is a traveling studio which provide the audience with lectures, demonstrations, trainings and creative workshops. The idea of the Mobile Lab is to reach more people outside the Center for Arts. The project is intended for any audience, with special regard to the invitations from schools for children with special educational needs and segregated schools. The traveling studio has already visited state educational institutions away from the central city parts of the capital, other cities, as well as the central streets of Sofia at festivals for urban culture such as Mini Art Fest, Sofia Breathes and more.