Do you work in the cultural sector? This October, we invite you to two free training sessions dedicated to equality, diversity, and creating more open and inclusive cultural institutions. During the workshops, we will explore topics such as responding to stereotypes and microaggressions, identifying barriers to participation, and designing events with diverse audiences in mind.
Anti-discrimination training
About the event
How to respond to stereotypes, what microaggressions in the workplace are, how to work with your own biases, what equal treatment means, and how to build a culture of respect within a team.
About the facilitator
The workshop will be led by Jolanta Sienkiewicz-Prochowicz (she/her) – philosopher, Polish language specialist, teacher and trainer. She works in anti-discrimination education, inclusive and intercultural communication, and explores how language, culture and institutions shape our ideas about ourselves and others. She leads trainings and workshops and also works as a philosophy and ethics teacher.
Details
When: October 15, 2026 (Thursday), 14:00-18:00
Where: Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 5a, auditorium, 2nd floor
For: culture sector professionals
Registration: via the online form
Admission free, places are limited
Designing for diversity
About the event
How to plan events, programmes and spaces with different audiences in mind, identify barriers to participation, and create more open and welcoming cultural institutions.
About the facilitator
The workshop will be led by Krystian Kamiński (he/him) – linguist, curator of social, educational and cultural projects, and member of the Cultural Projects Department at Goethe-Institut in Lublin. Member of the UMCS Equality Team and the Board of Unia Równości Association. Graduate of the School of Anti-Racist Practices for White People (new visions Association and Black Justice Poland Foundation) and participant of the School of Dialogue (Think Tank Miasto Foundation). He works on inclusive language, accessibility, and equality and allyship practices in culture. He leads workshops and training sessions for people working in the culture sector, and also creates and curates social and educational projects. Author of texts on inclusivity in culture, including the article “Sztuka budowania – o sojusznictwie w instytucjach kultury”.
Details
When: October 20, 2026 (Tuesday), 14:00-18:00
Where: Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 5a, auditorium, 2nd floor
For: culture sector professionals
Registration: via the online form
Admission free, places are limited
Fact-checking – culture in a world of disinformation
About the event
How can you verify information and communicate responsibly with your audience? What can be done to ensure that culture and our institutions are spaces full of reliable information? Are there still reliable sources of knowledge about the world in the present day? During the next workshop as part of this year’s Inkubator Kultury at the Workshops of Culture, we invite you to confront disinformation as a challenge that tests both us and our activities every day.
About the faciliators
Dr Krzysztof Kot – journalist and media scholar, doctor of social communication and media studies, academic lecturer at the Institute of Social Communication and Media Studies at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Associated with RMF FM for about 25 years as a reporter, with experience in field work, verifying information and reporting on events.
Świadomi Mediów Foundation
The Foundation works to promote media education and to develop the skills needed to navigate the modern world of information. It helps to recognise manipulation, verify content and understand the impact of media, algorithms and new technologies on how we perceive reality and make decisions.
Details
When: 27 October 2026 (Tuesday), 10.00-16.00
Where: Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 5a, auditorium – 2nd floor
For: culture sector professionals
Registration: via the online form.
Free admission, limited number of places.
Inkubator Kultury
The workshops are part of Inkubator Kultury, a comprehensive development programme for culture sector professionals. After several years away, it has returned to Workshops of Culture to continue supporting people working in culture and initiating new activities that expand the city’s cultural offering.
In September, we launched a comprehensive training programme for a selected group of participants. Now we are opening up a series of workshops to the public, supporting cultural life organisers in further areas related to their work.
As part of the “Kultura dla równości” programme, together with Unia Równości, we invite you to a series of workshops designed to develop the skills of people working in culture in the areas of communication, dialogue, equal treatment and designing activities for diverse audiences. The programme combines knowledge with practice, draws on real-life situations from cultural institutions, and uses engaging workshop methods.
Inkubator Kultury is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as part of the National Centre for Culture’s Kultura – Interwencje programme. 2026 Edition.