Culture

In 2003, the Department of Culture of the City Executive Committee and cultural institutions of the city of Lutsk worked on resolving issues aimed at implementing the city program for the development and support of the cultural sector for the period up to 2004, adopted to implement the Decree of the President of Ukraine of 19 February 2002 No. 153 "On declaring 2003 the Year of Culture in Ukraine" and the order of the Regional State Administration of 29 November 2002 No. 512 "On holding the Year of Culture in the region". The program provided for measures aimed at supporting city cultural institutions, improving cultural and artistic services in the city, creating more favorable conditions for meeting growing spiritual needs, supporting talented youth, broadly involving children and adolescents in cultural heritage, and introducing modern information technologies into work practice.

Despite financial difficulties, the city has preserved its network of cultural institutions and personnel potential.

On the basis of the city's club institutions, there are 32 club formations, 6 amateur associations and interest clubs, 25 amateur art groups, involving more than 1000 participants; 6 amateur art groups bear the honorary title "people's amateur", and 2 - "exemplary children's".

Amateur groups have repeatedly become winners of regional, all-Ukrainian and international competitions and festivals.

The children's "exemplary" dance ensemble "Volynianochka" was recognized as one of the best in the regional selective round of the All-Ukrainian Festival-Competition of Folk Choreography named after Pavlo Virsky (Lviv, February this year), participated in the international festival of folk dance art held in Maribor (Slovenia), and in the celebration of the Days of Ukrainian Culture in Russia (Sochi). The dance ensemble "Volynianka" participated in international folklore festivals in England and Greece.

The reporting period was rich and fruitful in terms of cultural and artistic content. Concert-artistic and cultural citywide events were financed in the amount of UAH 90 thousand. The funds were directed to celebrating a number of all-Ukrainian, citywide cultural and artistic events and ensuring the celebration of state anniversary and commemorative dates.

The library fund of the city's centralized library system amounts to 534.1 thousand copies. Library institutions of the city served more than 33237 readers. Book circulation amounts to 620.8 thousand copies of printed publications.

The foundation for the development and enrichment of art is the city's aesthetic education schools. They teach 2120 children and employ 290 teachers.

On the initiative of the Lutsk Children's Art School, the 2nd International Plein Air of Young Artists was held from August 18 to 24, gathering about 40 participants from various regions of Ukraine and abroad in Lutsk. Under the plein air program, children worked from nature in parks, historical and protected places of Lutsk and Volyn Oblast, in particular in the Lutsk Historical and Cultural Reserve, the Historical and Memorial Reserve "Field of the Battle of Berestechko", the Svyatohorsk Zymne Monastery, and the Museum of Agriculture of Volyn (Rokyni village). The best works of the young artists were displayed at an exhibition during the solemn closing of the event on the territory of Lutsk Castle, some of which replenished the collection of the Children's Art School.

A new curriculum of the Lutsk Children's Art School has been approved. Education at the school is conducted under a 6-year program: grades 1-4 - the basic course, grades 5-6 - the full course with professional orientation (graphics, textiles, design). Within the number of hours determined by the curriculum, additional disciplines were introduced - pysankarstvo, plastic anatomy, color studies, design history, computer graphics.

In the existing network of cultural institutions, the "Promin" cinema operates, where during the reporting period 1008 film screenings took place, attended by more than 21000 spectators. This year, the cinema hosted the 1st city festival "My City - My Life" and a week of Slavic cinema.

On the territory of the collective enterprise "Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after Lesya Ukrainka", more than 50 leisure facilities operate. These are attractions, slot machines, playgrounds, and a children's town.

With the efforts of park employees, repairs to attraction equipment were carried out, and landscaping works are ongoing.

In 2003, the municipal enterprise "Center of Leisure and Recreation named after the 900th Anniversary of Lutsk", which includes a zoo and a park of culture and recreation, carried out a number of measures aimed at improving the territory and built 3 enclosures for animals.

The zoo's exposition currently comprises 43 species, 5 of which are listed in the International Red Book, 4 - 11 in the Red Book of Ukraine. The total number of the exposition is 142 animals and birds.

During the reporting period, the city's cultural institutions held about 400 cultural and artistic events, including New Year and Christmas holidays, festive concerts on the occasion of Unity Day of Ukraine, Defender of the Fatherland Day, a festival of kobzar art, March 8, Victory Day, Constitution Day, the children's creativity festival "Let the Land Be Glorified by Talents", a series of events on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence, etc.

Relevant work is being carried out on the issues of major repairs of the "Prosvita" people's house, the House of Culture of the Veresneve microdistrict, the "Suchasnyk" club, completion of the construction of Children's Music School No. 1, major repairs at Children's School of Arts No. 2, and reconstruction and repair of the premises of the Children's Art School.

Analysis of the economic activity of subordinate cultural institutions in 2003

Performance indicators	Unit of measurement	Club, library, educational	Cinema "Promin"	Lesya Ukrainka Park of Culture and Recreation	Leisure and Recreation Center named after the 900th Anniversary of Lutsk
Number of employees	Persons	492	22	35	34
Average monthly income per employee	UAH	290	185	325	187
Volume of services in current prices	UAH	370200	26900	296600	31418
Volume of services for the corresponding period of last year	UAH	297400	29793	187000	24038
Value of fixed assets	UAH	2976214	1688725	281200	1994287
Profits, losses	UAH	-	-29200	+50500	-21564