Motive forces in the cultural life of Dunaújváros

Abstract

Contemporaneously (in parallel) with the development of the town, the cultural institutional system in its proportioned and arranged form functioning even at present was established. It is characteristic for the development of the cultural life of the town that the socialist art policy set the objective to make the valuable works public property to the wider circles of society. According to the estimation of the era at that time, the diversity of the cultural life was primarily up to the artists, specialists of public education and the leaders of the art policy resident in the town instead of the cooperation of town dwellers. The Dunaújváros College having been self-dependent since 2000 as the spiritual centre of the region exercises both direct and indirect influence on the cultural life of the town. The 4500 students and the 250 teachers and employees of the College are the potential users of the cultural institutions of the town at any time. A number of civil organizations are active in Dunaújváros. One of the key issues for the efficient operation of organizations is the degree of their readiness to cooperate and capability of enforcing their interests.