In 1996, the Association for the Promotion of Women in Culture – City of Women was established as a legal entity, responsible for the organisation of the International Contemporary Arts Festival – City of Women. In 1995, the festival was initiated by a group of visionary women who prepared the first edition within the frame of a no longer existing governmental institution called the Women’s Policy Office.
The City of Women Association gradually professionalised, and its structure changed accordingly, as reflected in the list below. In 2014, the executive and programme direction were formally split for the first time. In addition, the function of the honorary president was introduced.
From its initial focus on the annual festival, the City of Women Association expanded its activities throughout the years. Today, it produces new artworks, maintains its library and archive, educates and mentors, advocates for better working conditions and equal opportunities in the arts and culture, participates in public debates and campaigns, and engages in a number of art-based community projects.
We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the people who have enabled the growth and success of the City of Women since its inception in the 1990s:
Honorary President
2022–
Honorary President
2017–2021
Artistic Director
2016–2021
Honorary President
2010–2017
Programme (Co)selector
2010–2011
Honorary President
2008–2009
Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
2007–2008
Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
2007–2008
Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
2005–2006
Programme (Co-)selector and Artistic Director
2009–2015
President of the City of Women Association
2005–2007
Programme (Co-)selector and Coordinator
2002–2004
Honorary President
2002–2004
Programme (Co-)selector and Coordinator
1997–2007
President of the City of Women Association
1999–2001
Programme (Co-)selector and Coordinator
1995–2002
Artistic Director and Festival Director, President of the City of Women Association
1995–1998
Director of the Women's Policy Office and the first Festival Director
1995
... to those people who have been a part of our core team throughout the years:
Arts Education, Library and Editing
2019–2023
Executive Festival Producer
2022
Public Relations
2020–2022
Administration and Finances
2011–2022
Group Coordinator (Women on Women)
2019–2021
Assistant (Digital Archive – Network Museum)
2018–2020
Public Relations
2019
Public Relations
2017–2018
Public Relations
2016
Public Relations
2012–2015
Public Relations
2009–2010
Administration and Finances
2009
Executive Festival Producer
2023
Administration and Finances
2008–2010
Public Relations
2008
Public Relations
2007
... and those people who have built our visual identity or provided technical support:
Visual Identity and Design
2016–2022
Technical Director
2011–2014
Festival Visual Identity
2007–2015
Festival Visual Identity
2007–2015
Technical Director
2004–2009
Technical Director
2010
Festival Visual Identity
1994–2006