The main goal of the regional cultural policy is to make cultural wealth and benefits accessible for all the social and community groups.
The Kemerovo region has a rich cultural and creative potential.
In Kuzbass there are five artistic unions uniting professional artists, actors, composers and writers. There are also artistic Houses, by profession, that serve as a meeting ground for creative intelligentsia, namely Actor's House, Artist's House and Writers' House in Kemerovo as well as House of Artistic Unions in Novokuznetsk.
The region has a great creative potential.
We have established one of the best national and Siberia-wide staff training system, which is multilevel and includes 140 various institutions
- music and arts schools, five educational institutions of secondary vocational education;
- federal higher vocational institutions, like Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts; establishment of additional vocational education and the Governor's Cultural Center "Young Talents of Kuzbass".
Children schools of arts provide a good basis for further development of artistically talented people.
All over the Oblast there are cultural clubs with more than 4,000 amateur artistic groups, interest groups, all kinds of societies and Fashion Theater involving more than 67,000 children.
The attention paid to the talented children creates the basis for further effective development of highly qualified art professionals.
Our artistic groups are famous both in Russia and abroad. The Governor's Symphony Orchestra of Kuzbass performed successfully in Germany, France, Belgium and China. The Chamber Choir of Kuzbass has become the winner in the International Festival of Academic Choruses in Finland and was awarded the silver medal in the contest in Italy. The Chamber Choir from Novokuznetsk was awarded the Golden Diploma at the International Chorus Contest named after Mendelss
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