Cultural station Egység, Novi Sad

Photo: Milena Ćuk, Eva Bočković Janković

Ledears retreat, Fruska Gora

Search for the Hidden

Search for the Hidden is a collaborative project by Milena Ćuk, psychologist, and Milena Stanojević, a performing artist. Within the project, workshops and retreats are organized at different locations on the mountain of Fruška Gora. The goal of the events is connecting and reconnecting with ourselves, others and nature. During events, we are practicing exercises based on imagination, improvisation, sensory labyrinth theater, and expressive arts therapy.

Search for the Hidden # 1 – Promo workshop held in Kamenički park (Fruška Gora) on October 3rd, 2015. Photo: Tina Solar. Photo gallery on FB page

Search for the Hidden # 2: A magical Beings of the Silence – a workshop held on November 28th, 2015 at Stražilovo (Fruška Gora). Photo: Tina Solar. Photo gallery on FB page.

Obscura Day – Search for the Hidden: Inspired by a deer and symbolism of this wonderful being, we discovered and experienced Forest Spirit with our ability to listen, observe, imagine, perform and dance. Our event, held on April 16th, 2016 at Fruška Gora has been one of 165 curious and awe-inspiring events curated in more than 30 states and 25 countries around the world. Obscura Day, hosted by Atlas Obscura, is a celebration of wonder and discovery, and is designed to make explorers out of everyone.

Gavez klub, Beograd

Art therapy based workshop held in Belgrade in Gavez club on November 15th, 2015. Photo gallery on FB page

Art therapy-based workshop held in Studio BlinkBlink, Berlin on September 19th, 2015.

September 12th, 2015. Workshop held within Emergent festival which was about sustainable urban culture and lifestyles in the Berlin’s neighborhood in expansion – Wedding.

Atelje Sigeti, Novi Sad

Photo: Monika Sigeti

Workshops with Roma students

More than 15 workshops held within the Romaversitas program in the period 2011 – 2015. Implemented by Vojvodinian Roma Center for Democracy, funded by Roma Education Fund.

A participatory approach has been applied in the sense that students participated in the process of choosing topics for the workshops. It has been confirmed that students are interested in working on their personal development meaning to strengthen their self-esteem, to improve emotional literacy, communication skills, etc.

Besides working on everyday issues and typical challenges students are facing, some of the topics that we covered have been: Skills of assertive communication; New Year’s resolutions and plans for the next year; How other people see me and how I see myself; Public performance; On the crossroad – decision making; Fear, anxiety, and jitters;  Partner relationships; How to deal with procrastination etc.

Guest trainer at the fifth regional peace camp Kozarac; July 4th  – 10th, 2014.
Location: Mrakovica, Kozara, Bosnia, and Herzegovina

The goal of the camp has been raising awareness about the consequences of the war and participation in the reconciliation process through meeting up and connecting of young activists from the region.

As a psychologist, my role in this camp has been to help participants to work through difficult feelings aroused after facing facts related to the atrocities in the war in Bosnia and possible retraumatization of the participants.

A trainer in Youth in Action training courses (EU program for non-formal education in the field of youth; from 2014 named Erasmus +) for international groups of youth organized by Elektrana. Titles of the projects had been: ”Hey rocks and stones I provoke you all to break” (May 2013); “Remote Youth Voices” (November 2013); and “Level up Your Video Game” (May 2014).